2019-08-08 Agenda

HUB North Shore Committee holds regular meetings at 6:30pm - 8:30pm on the second Thursday of every month. Everybody is welcome. The meetings are at the North Vancouver City Library (14th/Lonsdale) in the Don Preston Boardroom (2nd floor).

• Agenda additions
• Introductions

2019 Objectives

• 3 Top Priority Bikeways + Active Transportation Coordinator
  • How do we measure progress on these goals?
  • Is there a way to link HUB goals and Community Energy and Emissions Planning (CEEP) goals?
  • added backup slide on funding sources from HQ

General

• TransLink Regional Transportation Strategy (Transport 2050) collecting input until September for plan to be completed late 2020.
• Draft Whitepaper on economic impacts of installing bike lanes.
  • Erika working on 1 page abc slide
• Review of HUB State of Cycling maps for the North Shore. - Jay
  • . Classifications: meeting with TransLink's Transportation Planning SubCommittee (TPSC) next Friday, July 12th

• Letters
  • Brenda re Dollarton/Cap U residences
  • Lyle re unsafe Lynn trail detours
  • Don re broken rails on causeway
    • are these the same as the ones at NE end of 2nd narrows
  • Brent -

• Bowen Island - Have $$ for cross island bike route
  • need a champion to drive this
    • can contact BI HUB members and yahoo/twitter
    • need someone to help them get organized.
    • BI councillor interested in an assessment ride.

Events - Fred

• Parkgate Community- early September
• Fall Bike to Work Week - Oct 21-25 2019

City of North Vancouver - Erika/Heather

• July 17th meeting with staff
  • FILL IN
  • Casano – Loutet Overpass - funding
  • Marine Dr Mosquito Creek Bridge

• Oct 7th - Delegation to Council to present our goals and request implementation plan and funding.
  • Feedback and recommended next steps
• 20 in 20 list

District of North Vancouver - Jay/Giacomo/Antje

• 29th Street protected bike lanes (Tempe Cres to Lynn Valley Rd)
  • Work is underway.
  • send thanks you to councillors and those who send supporting emails

• Meeting with Staff- NEED UPDATE
  • focus on wayfinding on 15th but also upcoming projects
  • Lower Mountain and E Keith crossing conflicts with left and right turn vehicles - letter detailing concerns submitted - analysis underway by staff but no commitment to change anything'
  • Ross Road bridge replacements - no cycling infrastructure included in project (widened bridges with new sidewalks)
  • Lower Mountain and Oxford - protected cycle path design input
  • Lynn Valley Road - pilot project uphill bike lane from Mountain to Kilmer
  • Status of other pilot projects - can we enhance / extend these?

• Oct 7th - Delegation to Council to present our goals and request implementation plan and funding.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter S

• Meeting with Staff - 17 Jun. UPDATE
  • Klee Wyck to 3rd
  • Upper level route
  • Keith Road Bridge
  • LG Bridge signage
  • Marine Drive-15th Ave coordination with DNV/CNV
    • Bike BC funding for a protected bike lane on Marine Drive eastward from the Lions Gate Bridge.
  • Spirit Trail speed management
    • Spirit Trail & Welch St proposed changes- draft HUB letter: http://wiki.bikehub.ca/northshore/index.php?title=File:2019-06-13_LDWVSpirit_Trail_V5_HUB_190613.pdf
• 12 June meeting between Squamish Nation and Park Royal re widened sidewalk on Welch Street Bridge over the Capilano River.
• Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan - Phase 1 - Visioning meetings
• No Bike Valet at Harmony Arts
  • talk to Organizers or West Van?

Communications & Outreach - Heather/Antje/James

• Channels
  • Yahoo Group -
  • Twitter - Antje sends out local news
  • FaceBook - James has offered to maintain a HUB NS account
  • HUB membership (NS)
• Communications
  • Upcoming HUB Events & meetings
  • Current cycling news & NS Issues
  • Publicizing opportunities to provide input (Public meetings, online surveys, ...)
  • Request for support of improvements & projects
  • Annual committee update - Don
• How to expand our reach & effectiveness
  • Other groups - Cycle clubs, NSMBA
  • Local media (NS News & Global Canadian)
  • Any other ideas
  • Presentations to Councils, business groups, schools? ...
• Recruiting "interested but concerned" people
  • Membership coordinator?
  • adopt-a-gap
  • reach out to people who cc us on letters/emails to governments.
• Create a library of good/bad infrastructure on the North Shore
  • Need a volunteer(s) and a list of locations.

BC Ferries - Peter S

• ANYTHING NEW this month?

Translink - Fred/Antje

• ANYTHING NEW this month?
• e-Bikes on Buses - Update on HUB HQ discussions with TransLink
• Bike parking at Exchanges:
  • letter to Translink re Lonsdale Quay -pinged Rex, still no response, how to escalate??
  • Also want space for future at Phibbs (and for bike share)

MOTI - Antje/Giacomo/Jay

• walk though of Mountain/Brooksbank intersection with Jay Porter and Mike Farnyk (contractor rep)
  • signage and striping incomplete, considering options to allow westbound sidewalk riding on Keith Road
  • upcoming detours will move cyclists to west side of Mountain via two-way fenced path - need to ensure proper signage, adequate width for uphill/downhill travel and connectivity to crosswalk at ArborLynn
  • summer closure of pathway connection under Highway 1 - sidewalk detour signed via Keith / Fern - issues with sidewalk riding and narrow pinch points