2022-11-03 Summary

HUB North Shore Committee regular meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Everybody is welcome.

In-person at the North Vancouver City Library (14th/Lonsdale) in the Don Preston Boardroom (2nd floor).

Attendees: Mike, Paul J, Jen, Sophia, Jasper, Demara, Peter S, Rhianion, Larry W, Ruben, Heather, Don

General

• Agenda additions
• Introductions

Public Input/Consultations

• Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
• TransLink Bike Parking Survey

New Municipal Councils

• Plans to connect with new councillors
  • Template emails from HQ
  • Introduction of HUB
  • Share our priorities
  • listen to their thoughts/concerns/ideas
• Delegations to councils in New Year
  • Book soon to get in queue
  • Key messages
    • Generate a prioritized list of Cycle routes/Infrastructure.
    • Fund them over the coming years in priority order thought the budget process
• Bike Rides with Councils in Spring??

Goals & Objectives

• Review 2022 Goals & Progress
  • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways - Annual Improvements Map
    • 2023 Improvements:
      • Esplanade, Upper LV Rd, 2 blocks of Lower Mtn Hwy,
      • Hunter St bridge, Marine Drive eastbound just west of Taylor Way.
    • Gaps still in Top priorities:
      • Bellevue, Marine at Cap(2023), Cotton & Main(2023/4)
      • Rufus(2023) - Cassano Loutte(2023/4) - Brooksbank(2023)
      • Grand Blvd to Seabus
  • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
  • Recruit more committee members

• Setting 2023 Goals
  • Add Phase 2 top priority Bikeways? - current Gaps Map
    • AI: Municipal Liaisons to come up with a couple routes for each Muni
  • Communications - continue
  • Recruiting - continue
  • Ensure DWV Strategic Mobility plan has a prioritized list of Cycling infrastructure and a plan to implement it.

Annual Committee elections

• Results of this year's Elections, including 2 new positions

Events

• December Meeting + Social - Dec 1st
  • Save the Date! Short meeting and then adjourn for social gathering

City of North Vancouver - Nadia/Sophia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Meeting with staff on September 21st. CNV staff present: Brandon Green, Elicia Elliot (new manager of transportation planning), Kliment Kuzmanovski, Justin Hall.
• Completed bike ride with CNV team on October 17th at 3:30 PM

Summary of current/upcoming CNV projects - this year & beyond

St. Andrew’s

• Still a hot spot for the city with some vocal residents keen to have the road return to its original state
• main goal was slowing traffic; from this perspective it has been successful based on recent data -no data yet on bike usage; more data coming in November
• education required for residents on how to cross pedestrians/bike lane and then enter the road -delineators will not be put in place until any changes are finalized
• some parking creep into the bike lane is occurring but delineators will deal with this issue -comments from HUB in the NSNews article were challenging for city staff; some residents latched on to the comments as evidence that the bike lanes weren’t necessary or working

Esplanade

• cycling and pedestrian infrastructure should be finished by end of year; green paint may be delayed until spring
• some negative feedback from roadies that the bike lane slows them down too much but positive otherwise
• still waiting for temporary push button at 3rd and Forbes

Forbes

• larger changes are intended at this intersection but dependent on discussions with the Squamish Nation
• Nation is open to changes to reduce traffic cut through but discussions are currently slow. Any significant change would require excavation and this is the site of a former residential school, and therefore there are larger implications that need to be considered

Casano-Loutet Overpass

• new legislation requires any project that touches provincial land to have First Nations consultation -because this goes by a river, an archeological survey is underway to assess if this is a place of importance; this should be complete by summer
• if all goes well, construction will begin in 2023 and complete in 2023

Upper Levels Greenway

• lots of community questions and they have been researching answers to these questions to go back to community members
• lots of interest in the route along 25th; will need spurs to other amenities like schools
• discussions underway with MOTI to ensure they are on board with the proposed changes
• need to clarify how this will cross the highway on/off ramps.

4th and Chesterfield

• in line to get a bike light but no timeline

Midtown

• planning for this will most likely start in December/January
• connects West 1st bike lane to Casano-Loutet/route not yet decided
• would like to hear HUB’s perspectives early in the project

Long-term north/south project -Jones and Chesterfield

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

• May meeting postponed to end of month (no updates)

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Meeting with Staff - currently exchanging emails on various projects.

• Upper Lynn Valley Rd
  • Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road (Phase 1) - mostly built
    • Parking in loading zone (and bike lane) near Maple Leaf Garden centre is a problem. Sent email Nov-2
  • Public consultations for Peters to Dempsey (Phase 2) - next spring?
  • Concerns about Garbage cans blocking bike lanes 1 day a week
  • Discussion on preference for using quiet streets vs bikelane on arterial routes
    • directness, vs parking/pushback, lack of alternatives.

• Main St - Harbour Ave - Barrows
  • Initial main St design looks good, provided comments
  • Consultant working on design options for Harbour Ave & Intersections (this is an extension of the project)

• Mtn-Hwy Arborlynn connector
  • West Side still waiting for Metro Van approval to start construction (in spring 2023?)
  • Received 2nd draft of East Side design for review Nov-3 - good except dismount to cross arbourlynn - request they change to cross walk+ cross ride. Plan spring 2023
    • Also raises issue of locations for garbage cans
    • access to crossing button on NE corner (currently not in scope)

• Hunter Street Bridge
  • Spans are in, Ramps underway, complete by New year?
• Kirkstone-Rufus-Brooksbank-SalopTrail
  • Raised issues with design of crossing at Kirkstone Rd
  • Trail needs a curb letdown at Whitely
  • Requested details of wayfinding signage

• Spirit Trail, East of Seymour planning:
  • Consultant doing report on phased development (over ~10 years)
  • Delayed due to limited staff - Requested staffing in 2023 budget

• Repaving Riverside Drive - 2023
  • They are working to see if they can widen the west side shoulder.
  • We asked that they do a road diet south of Old Dollarton Rd to add bikelanes similar to Brooksbank near Park & Tilford/MEC

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

• Peter participated with his daughter and two grandsons in the HUB Cycling Volunteer Appreciation Skating Party last Saturday at the Scotia Barn in Burnaby from 13:30 – 15:30.
• Park Royal's new improved exterior cycling infrastructure:
  • eastbound separated bike lane on Marine drive leading up to Taylor Way (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/7/78/Marine_Drive_eastbound_separated_bike_lane_2022-11-02_MG_4312.jpg);
  • 25 new well-designed bike racks have been installed around the outside of the two towers of the new, not-yet-opened Gateway Residences development (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/index.php?title=File:Bike_racks_at_Gateway_Residences_2022-10-28_IMG_4308.jpg); and
  • a new rub rail has been installed on the north side of the multi-use path across the Welch Street Bridge (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/e/e6/Rub_rail_on_Welch_Street_Bridge_2022-11-02_IMG_4311.jpg).
• DWV transportation engineer, Sean O'Sullivan, has agreed to meet with us soon and could join us on a group bike ride.
• An email has been sent to Jenn Moller, DWV director of the Engineering Division, suggesting that we revisit the proposal to establish 4 slow-street bike loops south of Hwy 1 and east of 28th Street (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/4/4a/Proposed_Slow_Street_Bike_Loops_with_ascents.jpg).
• the 31st & Westmount bike and pedestrian improvements are underway. Mike was able to find the narrative here and the map of the project is here.

Schools - Paul Janzen

• Here are the stats outlining the growth in HUB educational programs in primary schools within the Lower Mainland:
  • 45 Learn2Ride and 22 Ride-the-Road this Fall (2022). (30L2R, 8 RtR in 2021). Approximately 70% growth over Fall 2021. Already taught more kids in Spring this year than all of 2021! Around 75% of the way towards meeting our 2025 goal of having every student in metrovan participate.
  • Richmond, Vancouver, New West, City of North Van, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Pitt Meadows - we are in all schools every 2 years. Burnaby, District of NVan, Delta, Maple Ridge getting there.
  • We have taught at the following schools this year:
    • RTR - Westview; L2R - Cederdale (West Van), Cove Cliff, Eastview, Ross Road (North Van).

Translink - Antje

• Smart Lockers at Lonsdale Quay
  • Standing Bike locks are operational - free for 1st 24 hours!.
    • lock frame and one wheel. Look quite sturdy.
  • Bike Boxes are still behind construction fence.
• Phibbs Exchange upgrades - seems they have started Phase 1 this week, but no detours for Cyclist!
  • AI Don to contact MoTI.