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# Attendance |
# Attendance |
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#* Guests from the City of North Vancouver: Daniel Watson and Iona Bonamis, Transportation Planners |
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#* Antje, Peter, Heather, Fiona, Dianne, Ian, Sibylle, Erika, Karine, Don (Norwest Cycle Club), Tom (North Shore Safety Council) |
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# AAA Routes in the City of North Vancouver |
# AAA Routes in the City of North Vancouver |
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#* presentation by Iona Bonamis and Daniel Watson |
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#* All Ages and Abilities (AAA) facilities |
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# Review of agenda, additional agenda items |
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#* this initiative builds on and updates the 2008 transportation plan and the 2012 bicycle master plan, which aims to have all residents within 300m of bicycle facilities |
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# District of North Vancouver Adopt a Street (Dianne, 5-10min) |
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#* AAA generally plans for physical barriers on arterial streets (e.g. delineator posts on Larson Street in North Vancouver) and bikeways on local streets, which generally costs less (about $50,000 per km) |
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#* bi-directional separated bike lanes cost about $1.5 M per km |
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#* off street and multi-purpose paths cost about $1.0 M per km |
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#* Iona presented three scenarios for AAA infrastructure in 10-year capital plan: |
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#** Scenario A: fill in existing AAA facilities - $6 M more than existing capital plan |
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#** Scenario B1: use local roads as AAA routes to connect major destinations and isolated areas – $8 M more than existing capital plan |
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#** Scenario B2: focus on more direct AAA routes via arterials - $19 M more than existing capital plan |
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#* ensuing discussion on AAA routes included: importance of Chesterfield or Lonsdale to access city centre and SeaBus, 13th versus 14th, Queensbury versus Hendry, East Keith, and 24th Street connection to Westview |
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#* staff needs our comments (via Heather) by the 15th of January - indicate what is missing, what we like and what we don't like |
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#* Low Level Road and the related section of the Spirit Trail to be finished in October 2014 |
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# Social media (Karine) |
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#* Karine is on HUB's social media team and updates on Facebook, Twitter |
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#* Please send news, updates, photos etc. for social media distribution to Karine (or to the HUB-NS email list if you don't have her email address) |
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# Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 10min) |
# Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 10min) |
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#* MoTI staff met with HUB in Vancouver to present potential design of improved causeway paths |
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# Low Level Road detour (Heather/Antje/Sibylle, 5min) |
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#* Antje brought proposed cross section design and collected feedback |
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# 4th Street bike route (Karine, 5min) |
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#* will include in HUB feedback letter to MoTI |
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# Lower Lynn streetscape design guidelines (Antje, 5min) |
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#* next step will be survey of causeway |
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#* Report with cross sections of all streets on DNV council agenda Jan 13 |
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# Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review 29 Nov - 24 January 2014 (Fiona, 5 min) |
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# Main Street east of Mountain Highway (5min) |
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#* comments:higher speed limits will make highways less safe for cyclists and produce more greenhouse gases |
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#* New Phibbs Exchange is being planned with possibly bus bays along Main Street |
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#* feedback requested by 24 January (http://engage.gov.bc.ca/safetyandspeedreview/) |
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#* Highway 1 interchanges redesign may affect area |
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# Bike parking at Lonsdale Quay SeaBus (Antje, 5min) |
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Latest revision as of 18:39, 30 January 2014
- Attendance
- Guests from the City of North Vancouver: Daniel Watson and Iona Bonamis, Transportation Planners
- Antje, Peter, Heather, Fiona, Dianne, Ian, Sibylle, Erika, Karine, Don (Norwest Cycle Club), Tom (North Shore Safety Council)
- AAA Routes in the City of North Vancouver
- presentation by Iona Bonamis and Daniel Watson
- All Ages and Abilities (AAA) facilities
- this initiative builds on and updates the 2008 transportation plan and the 2012 bicycle master plan, which aims to have all residents within 300m of bicycle facilities
- AAA generally plans for physical barriers on arterial streets (e.g. delineator posts on Larson Street in North Vancouver) and bikeways on local streets, which generally costs less (about $50,000 per km)
- bi-directional separated bike lanes cost about $1.5 M per km
- off street and multi-purpose paths cost about $1.0 M per km
- Iona presented three scenarios for AAA infrastructure in 10-year capital plan:
- Scenario A: fill in existing AAA facilities - $6 M more than existing capital plan
- Scenario B1: use local roads as AAA routes to connect major destinations and isolated areas – $8 M more than existing capital plan
- Scenario B2: focus on more direct AAA routes via arterials - $19 M more than existing capital plan
- ensuing discussion on AAA routes included: importance of Chesterfield or Lonsdale to access city centre and SeaBus, 13th versus 14th, Queensbury versus Hendry, East Keith, and 24th Street connection to Westview
- staff needs our comments (via Heather) by the 15th of January - indicate what is missing, what we like and what we don't like
- Low Level Road and the related section of the Spirit Trail to be finished in October 2014
- Social media (Karine)
- Karine is on HUB's social media team and updates on Facebook, Twitter
- Please send news, updates, photos etc. for social media distribution to Karine (or to the HUB-NS email list if you don't have her email address)
- Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 10min)
- MoTI staff met with HUB in Vancouver to present potential design of improved causeway paths
- Antje brought proposed cross section design and collected feedback
- will include in HUB feedback letter to MoTI
- next step will be survey of causeway
- Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review 29 Nov - 24 January 2014 (Fiona, 5 min)
- comments:higher speed limits will make highways less safe for cyclists and produce more greenhouse gases
- feedback requested by 24 January (http://engage.gov.bc.ca/safetyandspeedreview/)