2019-10-10 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
  • Presentations to CNV & DNV

General

• Draft Whitepaper on economic impacts of installing bike lanes.
  • Erika working on 1 page infographic slide
• HUB State of Cycling project
  • Completion is delayed until December

• Letters
  • Jill re: Jones overpass baffles (see CNV below)
  • Sacha re: secure weatherproof bike parking at schools

Events - Fred

• Rivers Day - Sept 22
• Fall Bike to Work Week - Oct 21-25 2019
  • Celebration station Oct 22 at NE and of 2nd narrows 4-6:30pm

City of North Vancouver - Erika/Heather

Projects and Council update

Walk CNV City's walking plan WALK CNV was adopted at Council Sept 9. It is pedestrian focused but according to Tony: "Among many many goodies is a commitment to develop a strategy for MUPs to manage safety for pedestrians as volumes increase." We need to push for separated cycling facilities as MUPs largely inappropriate for commuting and focuses too much on cycling just for recreation. See next item for potential inroad.

Council's 2018-2022 strategic plan Envisions providing active and sustainable and ways for people to move around as part of the broader "healthiest small city in the world" vision. https://www.cnv.org/your-government/mayor-and-council/council-strategic-plan

Esplanade Protected Bike Lanes. A new protected bike lane will be ready shortly along the Prominade development. This design has room for sidewalk, trees, bike lane, trees then car lane. there will be a textured surface separating the sidewalk and bike lane (similar to Carrall St approaching Expo Blvd in Vancouver) with the street trees between the bike lane and the curb. It will set the precedent for any new lanes. A design concept for Esplanade will be presented to council in September. Council will approve or not. If approved the concepts will go to public consultation. HUB will be asked to review more detailed designs.

New Mosquito Creek Bridge there will be wide sidewalks for peds and cyclists and a pathway underneath to connect to the trail, though with the off Marine bike route, the Marine Drive bike lanes are not likely to stay. ** Marine Dr Mosquito Creek Bridge

Mackay MUP Parking has been removed in some segments. A wide MUP has been constructed on top of the dyke being built for flood mitigation and there will also be bike lanes on both sides with parked car buffers in places. Should be done soon. No sign yet of bike lanes and the MUP itself had not yet been finished as of this past week. Road is in poor condition next to the unpaved part of the MUP. Connection to other side of Marine remains to be seen.

New building at 3rd and Chesterfield is nearing completion (anyone know the status?) with cycling facility integrated.

* eBike Share Update Postponed - Staff expect to be able to share more information later this summer. New North Shore Mobility Options Coordinator, Zach Mathurin He will be the main point of contact for e-bike share on behalf of the three municipalities.

* Bikes Mean Business and the Lower Lonsdale BIA Central Lonsdale Engagement and infographic forthcoming.

* Oct 7th - Delegation to Council.

District of North Vancouver - Jay/Giacomo/Ryan

• 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

• Feedback discussion from Council delegation - October 7, 2019
• Last meeting with Staff- October 8, 2019
  • discussion on potential "Low Level" and "Creek to Peak" route options
  • integration with MOTI work on Lower Lynn next phases
• Ongoing correspondence with Steve Ono regarding delineators on Riverside Drive - these are generating close passes and driver aggression - request for signage / markings so it is clear bikes may take lane
• 20 in 20 updates?

District of West Vancouver - Peter

• Hugo Ray connector
  • Signage
  • Klee Wyck to 3rd
• HUB NS delegation presentation to the mayor and council
• Ambleside Waterfront Plan

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(BIA), 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

• Stakeholders meeting Oct 7th - Peter attended
• Public Meeting Oct 7th
• online public input form - Key points to raise:
  • Access to Ticket Booths from both Highway and Spirit Trail
  • Holding areas for Cyclists
  • protected Bikepath from terminal to Exit 0 (Spirit Trail) and also to Highway shoulder

ANYTHING NEW this month? Translink - Fred/Antje

• 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

• Lions Gate Bridge west sidewalk closure this fall/winter
  • email from MOTI to HUB-NS about upcoming Lions Gate Bridge reversible lane control system upgrade project
  • west sidewalk will be closed two months
  • Antje to arrange meeting with MOTI to provide HUB input to facilitate safe movements of cyclists and pedestrians during the closure
• Mountain Highway Interchange
  • top lift paving and pavement markings emerging - need to monitor intersection, particularly right-turn-on-red conflicts (HUB had requested a ban on these) as well as sufficient width for bike/trailer combos to navigate protected intersection channels
• Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
  • No changes have been observed since summer correspondence from Operations Manager
  • Fencing holes still not fixed, no response yet to letter sent by HUB
• Lower Lynn Interchanges next phases
  • Meeting with Jay Porter October 18 to provide design updates

Other

RCMP

• doing a publicity campaign on Bike Theft & 529

Bike to School

• Should we have a Liaison to other groups and/or the school district?
• we have had 2 interested parties