2023-04-06 Agenda

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).

Or Online, using Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/myr-xmnd-iob

or by Phone: +1 587-977-8033‬ PIN: ‪290 663 905‬#

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!!
• Are there Any?????????

• St Andrews Safety Improvements Project. Submit feedback by April 20. https://www.cnv.org/streets-transportation/transportation-projects/st-andrews-safety-improvements

Goals & Objectives

• Add Phase 2 top priority Bikeways - current Gaps Map
  • Liaisons to select a one or two for their municipality
• Communications - any ideas??
• Recruiting - Fill vacant positions
• Ensure Cycling Priorities are in DWV's Transportation Strategy

Events

• Need a coordinator/organizer for events
• Our Community Bikes, bike drive - Saturday April 29th, 10am-12pm, United Strangers Cafe
• Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness Open House - Saturday, May 13, 11am-2pm, Argyle School
• Spring Go By Bike Week. - May 29th to June 4th
• Cargo Bike Race - Disaster Preparedness. May 13th? https://disasterrelieftrials.com

City of North Vancouver - Nadia/Sophia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

Cyclist Fatality (link) Meeting with Mayor Buchanan, April 28th to discuss Vision Zero and current overview of cycling infrastructure in CNV.

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

• Signal timing
  • Please enter intersections of concern here. We will take them to CNV

• NVCL cargo bike initiative
  • currently discussing adding cargo and accessible bikes with the NVCL.

• Marine Main – Eastbound Transit Extension
  • CNV has requested a letter of endorsement for this project

• Cotton/Main WB
  • City engineers have requested a markup of our suggestions. They believe there is insufficient space between the hydro poles and existing landscaping.

• Casano-Loutet Overpass/Midtown Connector
  • construction will begin in 2023 and complete in 2024. As this nears completion, they will start to turn their focus to the connector route. We are currently planning on a group ride and a Google Form to gather prospective destinations along the connector.

• Upper Levels Greenway
  • 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

• Forbes
  • larger changes are intended at this intersection but dependent on discussions with the Squamish Nation

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

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

District of North Vancouver - Duncan/Stephen/Don

• Meeting with Staff - currently exchanging emails on various projects.
• 2023 Budget
  • Strong public push-back resulted in reduction of the proposed AT construction deferrals.
  • Includes 4.5M for Active transporation - but not allocated to any projects (From Feb 6th revision)
  • Includes 20M for Spririt trail east of Seymour, including additional staff headcount (Mar 2xth version)
  • Council add $3M more to Active transpiration (Cllr Catherine Pope sponsored this, Mar 27th)
    • Liaisons working to find our how the $4.5M + $3M will be allocated and to which Cycling related projects.

• East 29th
  • Council decision was to add 2 parking pockets and to replace the plastic Pylons with start-of-block barriers for the cycle lanes (similar to upper Lynn Valley road)
• Main St - Harbour Ave - Barrows
  • Design for Main St section looks good.
  • Sent Project Mgr (Ben) comments on updated design for Harbour Ave & Harbour-Main Intersection
    • Generally design is good, but we are pushing for better protection to be added for bikelane on Harbour.
• Spirit Trail, East of Seymour planning:
  • This is a big project and will take 5-10 years to implement.
  • Development plan maybe revised to enable some easy short term segments in the next couple years.

• DNV Library Cargo Bikes at Lynn Valley Library -Duncan (DW)
  • • Funding/Budget and "Report back by staff" was approved by DNV council on 03-Apr-2023 - Yay!!!
    • Means project has passed a major hurdle. Some staff already briefed and were very keen.
    • Staff can officially work on this now & will work through the logistics.
    • Some at CNV exploring a similar initiative.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

Protected bike lanes on Marine Drive between 26th and 31st Streets dangerous. We would prefer to see a sidewalk as well as a separated, buffered bike lane with delineator poles installed. Meetings with DWV staff on Monday, 6 March

• Paul and Peter met online with Jenn Moller, Director; Sean O’Sullivan, Traffic Operations Engineer; and Andy Kwan, Deputy Director, Engineering & Transportation Services.
• Westmount Road project
  • Work starts during spring break and they plan to remove approach islands to the roundabout and may even remove the roundabout after consulting with Blue Bus.
  • Related project work further down on Thompson Crescent will be delayed to the summer.

Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure- Mike/Don

• Phibbs Exchange
  • Phase 1 just started (complete by May-2023?)
    • Detours with signage in place. The connection between Orwell and south side of main is a long ugly detour via Mtn Highway, or ride with traffic on the off-ramp. They will try to improve this in month or so if they can widen the off-ramp once they move some utilities.
  • Phase 2 will start after Phase 1 and finish in late 2024. Detours should be much better for this phase.

Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Paul/Heather

• let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
• Twitter (Rueben)
  • Tragic news of the person killed on 23rd Street (mostly re-tweets and posting of the discussion on the NS News and CBC).
  • More coverage of the DNV budget.
  • Duncan posted about the mess at Phibbs exchange.
  • Duncan posted about Cargo e-bikes at the DNV library as a pilot.
  • Documenting new and existing bike lanes (and related infrastructure). In February, posted photos of:
    • Before and after photos of Esplanade Construction

• Facebook(Heather)
  • We now have 327 group participants and more joining each week
  • March topics:
    • Person killed at Lonsdale and 23rd
    • St.Andrews
    • DNV Budget
    • Spirit Trail East
    • Injured person on Westmount
    • Broadway bike lanes
    • Library cargo bike loan program

• North Shore News - March
  • Interviews with Stephen Lake (story about Spirit Trail) and Heather Drugge (story about cycling safety on 23rd street)
  • Column about Healthcare costs and active transportation
  • Flurry of letters to the editor about biking
  • Good map from NSNews showing cycling crashes 2017 to 2021 = Our todo list! https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1damPbZyPKQ176AHlk3rhk5Zh-EAgGMM&usp=sharing

Schools - Paul Janzen

• School programs have commenced with a grade 4/5 Learn to Ride at Canyon Heights in DNV April 4th.
• 2 more LTR programs this spring in DNV
• ERG45 has funding for 2 more LTR this spring in DNV and 1 more in DWV.
• RTR program at CNV this spring (4 schools) but ongoing discussions about continuous funding delayed by staff turnover- new TDM planner.

Group Rides - Who?

• Need an Organizer/coordinator
  • also qualified Leads& Sweeps
• HUB Evaluation rides
  • evenings or weekend afternoons?
  • Invite Municipal staff along?
• Destinations:
  • Welch St bridge to Dunderave
  • Maplewoods, Dollarton, Orwell, Lower Mtn Hwy, Brooksbank, Keith, MSP, Riverside loop
  • Other routes???

Developers - Fred, Paul & Peter

• Currently active:
  • West Van
    • ????
  • CNV
    • ????
  • DNV
    • Don to add