2022-02-03 Summary

HUB North Shore Committee regular meeting 2022-Feb-3, 6:30pm - 8:15pm.

Attendees: Fiona, Jonathan A, Jonathan M, Peter, Dana Duncan, Paul S, Paul J, Don, Nadia, Antje, Rhiannon, Jasper, Mike.

General

• AI: Liaisons to send Don a list of 2021 completed projects for HQ

• North Shore MLAs
  • Jan-28: Meeting with Bowinn Ma & Erin O'Melinn (HUB Exec Director)
  • AI: set up meeting with MLAs - AI: Don

Public Input/Consultations

• Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
  • Take the CNV's Mobility Strategy survey! Closes Feb 11 4pm. .
  • CNV's Upper Levels Greenway proposal .

Goals & Objectives

• Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
• Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
• Recruit more committee members - some of the ideas include:
  • On the roles page, include time estimates, and highlight some of the "less time" positions
  • Industry rep? see if bike shops would be interested
  • More diversity - how to connect?
  • Shorter more focused meetings
    • Breakouts for specific topics? (Muni's, MoTI, projects?)
    • Liaison verbal reports limited to one or two items needing group input or heeding help (keep the full written ones for all to read)
  • Onboarding - critical to involving new attendees - membership coordinator?
  • Retaining is easier than recruiting, best fix for burnout is more helping hands
  • Many don't know about local committee and what we do, explain this better on communications channels?
  • Capitalize on controversy when it occurs
  • What did I miss?

Events

• Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
  • looking for a couple volunteers to staff the booth

City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Next meeting with staff: TBD

Esplanade Complete Street

• Construction is currently underway between Mahon and St Georges.
• Bike lanes are maintained in both directions through the work area.
• Current information can be found at www.cnv.org/ecs
• Any comments/questions can be directly sent to Mo Bot at ecs@cnv.org

Moody Avenue & 3rd

• Up and running!

St Andrews Safety Improvements

• The following are now complete:
  • New sidewalks on the east side
  • Bumpout & yellow delineators (at 9th)
  • Raised crosswalks (at 8th and 9th)
• Due to a national road paint shortage, the road has not yet been repainted to narrow the travel lane and provide an uphill parking protected bike lane.
• Once complete, counts will follow to measure changes to volume and speed.
• Signage:
  • Signage typical on CNV bike routes will be added, confirming users are on the route.
  • Destination based bicycle wayfinding is not included in this project, as it will be delivered once the City develops a broader wayfinding strategy.
• At Andrews Project drawings

CNV Mobility Strategy

• Met with CNV staff on Feb 2 to provide HUB North Shore’s feedback:
• Take the survey! It closes Feb 11 @ 4pm (1 week extension) - https://letstalk.cnv.org/mobility
• Coordinated with HUB HQ to send an email out to all HUB members/stakeholders with our suggestions HUB Action Alert

Community Wellbeing Strategy

• The City is developing a Community Wellbeing Strategy to plan for the services, resources, amenities, activities, and places that will help our community thrive. The Strategy will serve as a guide for how to make decisions about social infrastructure over the next 10 years.
• Public feedback results will be shared in early 2022.
• Project timeline:

At next CNV staff meeting, plan to follow up on:

• Upper Levels Greenway
• Carson Graham School Area Active Transportation Improvements
• Forbes & 3rd
• Bike storage designs

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

• New term cycle of ITC with a few new members. Meeting was mostly orientation and an overview of how the City development process works.
• The Upper Levels Greenway proposal is out for public comment

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Next Meeting with staff: Feb-24
  • Marine Dr cycling link (south): DWV border – McGuire
  • Mtn Hwy - Arborlynn connector
  • Arborlynn corridor safety study
  • Spirit Trail planning
  • Wayfinding priorities
  • Slow Streets

• Transportation Workshop - Jan-31
  • over 60 people attended the workshop
  • Upper Lynn Rd
    • Biggest concern is public consultation
    • Also some discussion of Priorities, RoI on this route vs other options.
    • 30% of 1.4M$ cost is for Cycling, rest for lights, sidewalks & bus stops.
    • Not many objections to Phase 1, Phase 2 is more challenging, several options need to be explored.
    • 3 people spoke in favour, Thanks! Only objections were Dracott St residents and their concerns was resolved. (not related to bike lanes)

• • E 29th
    • Average 50 users per day in fall 2021
    • 3 on Council want to re-instate parking on south side - "compromise"
      • Proposed to remove pylons due to safety issues
      • One councillor stated that cyclist don't pay for roads (which is incorrect), but was not corrected.
      • Some residents want parking on one side, move bi-directional bike lane to north side.
    • Other 4 councillors focus on safety, long term goal and that numbers will increase as the network grows.

• 2022 Construction plans (to be confirmed):
  • Hunter Street Bridge
  • Marine Drive connection?
  • Paisley Rd route
  • Arborlynn connector - several asked for details, AI: Don to share.
  • Welch St

• 2021 Completed:
  • W 15th
  • Lower Lynn Wayfinding
  • Permanent Traffic counters (LV RD & Welch St Park)

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

2022/23 budget proposals for ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

• 2022 DWV Active Transport Proposal
• Bike Rack Installation - District-Wide focussing on parks.
• Marine Drive Bike Lanes - East of LGB planned to be completed this year.
• Marine Drive Separated Bike Lanes - 26th to 31st.
• 31st to Westmount Road Active Transportation Upgrades will include some separated uphill bike lanes and sharrows on the downhill lanes.
• Mathers Avenue Extension of cycling path from the Hugo Ray Connector along local streets (3rd Street and Mathers Avenue as far as 575 Mathers Avenue).
• Cycling Wayfinding - Hugo Ray to Deep Dene, Capilano Pacific Trail.
• Mobility Initiatives - 30 km/h Pilot, Shared/Slow Streets, Traffic Calming Policy, School Safety Upgrades.
• Traffic Signals & Intersection Improvements - Marine at 31st involving upgrades to the intersection, including signalization of the north and south approaches (currently stop-sign controlled).
• North Shore Connects - Temporary Full Time FTE to support participation in this and other regional initiatives.

21 January meeting with Jenn Moller, Director of Engineering and Transportation

• Just one 30 km/hr speed restriction zone - signage only as not enough funds for engineering features - will not be a pilot.
• Slow Streets - depending on funding, will look at what can be done on Bellevue and Ambleside/Dundarave loops.
• Mobility Plan (formerly an update to the strategic transportation plan) - Kirk and Co. will be doing public engagement this spring - the plan will not be completed this year.
• Ambleside Local Area Plan - initial step will be driven by a citizen-led initiative that could go on into 2023.
• We should meet with Sue Ketler, Director of Parks, Culture & Community Services re: the Spirit Trail bypass and Horseshoe Bay Park renovation to get separated bike lanes on Bay Street.
• Lime e-bike share will be launched in DWV this spring with no helmet mandate.
  • Several people ask for details, AI: Peter S

New path on Welch Street Bridge

• The official opening will probably be in the spring and could include the unveiling of some Squamish Nation public art.

Cilcovia Family Day Event

• It is tentatively planned for June or September of this year.
• HUB North /Shore will not play a major role in the overall organization of the event but has offered to organize the following four proposed components of the event:
  • set up and operate a tent and table to distribute HUB information;
  • coordinate with the North Shore Safety Council to arrange for a bike rodeo;
  • coordinate with DWV Police Dept to see if they will offer 529 Garage registrations; and
  • will lead one or more group bike rides around a predetermined bike loop through Ambleside and Dundarave.

MOTI - Don/Jonathan

• Lower Lynn Interchanges
  • Mountain Hwy Interchange
    • Protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI will add spring 2022.
  • Mt Seymour parkway/Keith Interchange
    • DNV Ph2/4 wayfinding signage should going up???
  • Main-Dollarton interchange
    • New access ramps to existing tunnel on north side, completed but path ends with fence at Phibbs
    • Sent comments to DNV on Ph3 wayfinding signage.
  • Phibbs exchange upgrade
    • Requested changes to bikelanes on Orwell and wider cross-walks+cross-rides

• Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
  • Still waiting for draft report - seems that DNV got a copy.

• Lynn valley & Cap road Interchange Cycling improvement designs -
  • have asked to see and share final designs, next year maybe?

• Cycling Gaps project
  • Provided comments on draft of MoTI's Gap's list.
  • Next phase will be prioritization, no dates yet.

• Small projects - maintenance issues
  • Meet with MoTI's Operations Mgr Oct 14th
  • Phillips ave Tunnel barriers - looking to make changes, but best option will require DNV and local resident buy in.
  • Will consider Repairs to Paths between Cap bridg , North interchange and Phillips tunnel in 2022
  • Cypress Bowl Road - MoTI are gathering information. We and others have suggested reallocation of 1 uphill lane during non-ski season.
  • HSB & Exit 0

Communications & Outreach - Heather/Antje/Giacomo/Paul

• Communications = Paul, Antje, Giacomo, Heather
  • Send Antje photos of new or existing good infrastructure on the North Shore or tag @hubnorthshore on Twitter
  • let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.

Schools -

• Several folks have expressed interest in working on Bike Educations and encouraging kids to ride to school
• If a few people are willing to champion this this could be a 2022 goal

RCMP -

• Ask them about slow streets - AI Don
  • Also ask if they have a bike unit?