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Committee priorities in our 2021 Action Plan

Improve our relationships with municipalities.
Improve committee focus.
Improve our integration with the community.

Details here: 2020 Action Plan

HUB and the Tri-Cities + BeAn Local Committee

HUB is an organization in the Greater Vancouver area whose mission is to get more people cycling more often. HUB's main office is in Vancouver, but we do advocacy all over the GVA. HUB has volunteer Local Committees in most GVA locations.

The Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore Local Committee of HUB works specifically in the Tri-Cities (Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam), plus the villages of Belcarra and Anmore.

The challenges of bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities + Belcarra + Anmore

Bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities is tricky, because there are a lot of different governing bodies that make decisions about cycling infrastructure out here. Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody have separate municipal governments and engineering staffs, with different sets of priorities. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, two very popular cycling destinations, are in the picture too. The provincial government's Ministry of Transportation Infrastructure (MOTI) manages some of our most critical bike connections, such as the Pitt River and Port Mann bridges. Finally, Metro Vancouver plans and maintains bike infrastructure in Metro parks, such as the Sheep Paddock Trail in Colony Farm Regional Park.

Having all these different factions involved in making cycling infrastructure happen in the Tri-Cities has created a tendency for bike infrastructure that peters out as it meets the limits of the current jurisdiction. The HUB Tri-Cities Local Committee is focused on counter-acting this tendency, and creating as much integration and cohesion as possible. Very few of us spend all their cycling time in just one city, on routes that just one organization plans and maintains. We travel around the Tri-Cities and the region all the time. We need usable and connected infrastructure that goes everywhere.

Tri-Cities Committee's Top Six Map Gaps

HUB's UnGap the Map campaign focuses on fixing the worst problem areas to create a connected cycling map. Here are our committee's Top Six gaps.

Braid Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam.
Let's extend the Central Valley Greenway all the way to the Port Mann Bridge.
Guildford Way, Coquitlam City Hall to Port Moody City Hall.
This stretch is well served for confident grownups, but none of us is going to ride there with our kids anytime soon. It connects two Skytrain stations, many schools, two civic libraries, two city halls, multiple recreation complexes, multiple parks. It is also an existing gap on the TCT/ Great Trail. It needs a separated lane on the north side, where there is a lot of room and very few cross-streets.
Pitt River Bridge to Coquitlam Center/ Lincoln Station, PoCo/ Coquitlam.
Clarke Road, Port Moody. Let's connect the Barnet Highway to Rocky Point Park and Moody Central Station!
Alderside to Sasamat Lake/Belcarra Park. Let's create a connection to Sasamat Lake. Regional Greenway Plan 2050 has also identified the Sasamat Greenway gap.
Coquitlam Central Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam. This important transportation route is dead flat. Let's create a great bike connection here!.

Getting on our email list

Send an email to Tri-Cities+join@hubcycling.groups.io . We send out one or two emails per month on average: this list is primarily for monthly meeting agendas.

Meeting agendas and minutes

HUB documents

HUB Tri-Cities "Map Gaps"

Tri-Cities Infrastructure Plans , press releases, more generic documents

How to get edit privileges for this wiki

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Getting started with editing the wiki

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-== Committee priorities for 2020 ==
+== Committee priorities in our 2021 Action Plan ==
 # Improve our relationships with municipalities.
 # Improve committee focus.
-# Improve our visibility in the community.
+# Improve our integration with the community.
-Details here: [tbd]
+Details here: [[TriCities_Committee_Priorities_For_2020 | 2020 Action Plan]]
-== Our Local Committee ==
+== HUB and the Tri-Cities + BeAn Local Committee ==
-HUB is an organization in the Greater Vancouver area that aims to get more people cycling more often. The Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore Local Committee of HUB works specifically in the Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore.
+HUB is an organization in the Greater Vancouver area whose mission is to get more people cycling more often. HUB's main office is in Vancouver, but we do advocacy all over the GVA. HUB has volunteer Local Committees in most GVA locations.
+The Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore Local Committee of HUB works specifically in the Tri-Cities (Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam), plus the villages of Belcarra and Anmore.
-== Bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities ==
+== The challenges of bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities + Belcarra + Anmore ==
-Bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities is tricky because, well, there are three cities here! Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody have different municipal governments and engineering staffs, with different sets of priorities. The governments of Belcarra and Anmore are in the picture too. To further complicate matters, some of our most critical bike connections are along big infrastructure that is the responsibility of the provincial government. The Pitt River and Port Mann bridges are two examples. Finally, Metro Vancouver plans and maintains some bike infrastructure in Metro parks, such as the Sheep Paddock Trail in Colony Farm regional Park.
+Bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities is tricky, because there are a lot of different governing bodies that make decisions about cycling infrastructure out here. Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody have separate municipal governments and engineering staffs, with different sets of priorities. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, two very popular cycling destinations, are in the picture too. The provincial government's Ministry of Transportation Infrastructure (MOTI) manages some of our most critical bike connections, such as the Pitt River and Port Mann bridges. Finally, Metro Vancouver plans and maintains bike infrastructure in Metro parks, such as the Sheep Paddock Trail in Colony Farm Regional Park.
-The HUB Tri-Cities Local Committee is focused on working with all these different governing bodies in a way that creates as much integration and cohesion as possible. Very few of us spends all their time in just one city, cycling routes that just one organization plans and maintains. We travel around the Tri-Cities and the region all the time. We need usable and connected infrastructure everywhere.
+Having all these different factions involved in making cycling infrastructure happen in the Tri-Cities has created a tendency for bike infrastructure that peters out as it meets the limits of the current jurisdiction. The HUB Tri-Cities Local Committee is focused on counter-acting this tendency, and creating as much integration and cohesion as possible. Very few of us spend all their cycling time in just one city, on routes that just one organization plans and maintains. We travel around the Tri-Cities and the region all the time. We need usable and connected infrastructure that goes everywhere.
-== Tri-Cities Committee's Top Five Map Gaps ==
+== Tri-Cities Committee's Top Six Map Gaps ==
-HUB's UnGap the Map campaign focuses on fixing the worst problem areas to create a connected cycling map.
+HUB's UnGap the Map campaign focuses on fixing the worst problem areas to create a connected cycling map. Here are our committee's Top Six gaps.
+[[File:tri_cities_gaps.png | border | 500px | link=https://draganarad.github.io/TriCityGapsMap/index2.html]]
 # Braid Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam. <br/>Let's extend the Central Valley Greenway all the way to the Port Mann Bridge.
-# Guildford Way, Coquitlam City Hall to Port Moody City Hall. <br/>This stretch is well served for confident grownups, but none of us is going to ride there with our kids anytime soon.  It connects two Skytrain stations, many schools, two civic libraries, two city halls, multiple recreation complexes, multiple parks. It needs a separated lane on the north side, where there is a lot of room and very few cross-streets.
+# Guildford Way, Coquitlam City Hall to Port Moody City Hall. <br/>This stretch is well served for confident grownups, but none of us is going to ride there with our kids anytime soon.  It connects two Skytrain stations, many schools, two civic libraries, two city halls, multiple recreation complexes, multiple parks. It is also an existing gap on the TCT/ Great Trail. It needs a separated lane on the north side, where there is a lot of room and very few cross-streets.
 # Pitt River Bridge to Coquitlam Center/ Lincoln Station, PoCo/ Coquitlam.
 # Clarke Road, Port Moody. Let's connect the Barnet Highway to Rocky Point Park and Moody Central Station!
+# Alderside to Sasamat Lake/Belcarra Park. Let's create a connection to Sasamat Lake. Regional Greenway Plan 2050 has also identified the Sasamat Greenway gap.
 # Coquitlam Central Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam. This important transportation route is dead flat. Let's create a great bike connection here!.
+== Getting on our email list ==
+Send an email to Tri-Cities+join@hubcycling.groups.io . We send out one or two emails per month on average: this list is primarily for monthly meeting agendas.
+== Meeting agendas and minutes ==
+* [[HUB Tri-Cities  Meeting Agendas ]]
-== Getting on our email list ==
+* [[HUB Tri-Cities  Meeting Minutes ]]
-If you would like to receive meeting reminders and other occasional local information, just send an email  to [mailto:hub-tri-cities-subscribe@yahoogroups.com hub-tri-cities-subscribe@yahoogroups.com  ]. Your email can be empty, or not... the computer program that will receive it only cares about your email address.
-You can unsubscribe just as easily, by sending an email to [mailto:hub-tri-cities-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com hub-tri-cities-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  ]
 == HUB documents ==
 * [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n-QN-_0rMI4SZDLGtNdGCuo7fBQRxshIXoHvuYdiryE/edit#gid=1931269859&fvid=287743172 HUB Tri-Cities "Map Gaps" ]
-* [[HUB Tri-Cities  Meeting Minutes ]]
-* [[HUB Tri-Cities  Meeting Agendas ]]
 * [[HUB Tri-Cities Open Action Items]]
 * [[HUB Tri-Cities Bike Routes]]
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 * [[HUB Tri-Cities Videos ]]
 * [[HUB Tri-Cities letters to the Tri-Cities  and Parks Board]] and other local bodies
-* [[HUB Tri-Cities Letters to the provincial ministry ]]
 * [[Tri-Cities Infrastructure Plans ]] , press releases, more generic documents