Meeting Summary: March 7, 2013: Difference between revisions

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Attendance & Agenda

Attendance: Kathy, Nelson, Ann, Bill, Winifred, Antje, Fiona, Helen, Dianne and Yoko

Education & Outreach

Sea to Sky cycling project update
- map of cycling hazards will put on a website with real time updates possible - now in beta
- suggest contact Grand Fondo organizers
- to be finished in 3 weeks
- can access from Flickr and Twitter
- need volunteers to spread the word about website
- $116,00 estimated cost to fix hazards
- presented at Velo City
- MoT agrees with hazards are dangerous
- database to be unploaded to SFU

HUB delegation at DNV council meeting Feb 18, recap (Antje)
- Antje presented
- question about bike to school and training
- Antje followed up with a letter about cycling education in schools
- City pays HUB to provide education to schools

HUB delegation at West Van council meeting May 6 (Peter)
City Cycling book for councils (Antje/Jay)
- 4 to West Van, 3 to City and 4 to DNV
Bike to School on the North Shore
- Transportation demand management
- Use Pro D to distribute info
- start at elementary schools
- get teachers in schools that are bike riders
- some schools takes kids for one-week trips
- exclusion zones is an idea
- use school newsletters for bike to school da
- Antje will talk to Steph to see if there have been similare intiatives
- send email to principals, mention fitness advantage of cycling
Connect with other NS groups?
- E.g. Cool North Shore, North Van Urban Forum
North Shore bike map distribution
- copies have been printed – antje will bring some to the next meeting

draft letter to West Van council concerning review of STP

Infrastructure

Sea-to-Sky Highway (Ann & SFU)
Second Narrows bridge update (Fiona)
- meeting with manager of south coast region and operations manager a four cyclists
- funding by end of March 20 million for widening
- designs tendered by end of March
- width 2.5 m will do one side at a time
- new railings will be higher 3m vertical 5" between veertical bars
- working on changing Dollarton exit
- announcement before election?
Mountain Highway design in Lower Lynn (Antje)
- sent letter asking for separated bike lane
Cycling during construction of new Low Level Road (Heather)
Park Royal
- HUB Surrey/White Rock has used Living Streets assessment form for mall
Government Road on Bowen Island (Antje, from Richard)

Other Business

Events Coordinator position (Antje)
Survey for Provincial election candidates on the North Shore (do we want to send out a survey to candidates as we did for the muni election? - heather in absentia)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 '''Attendance & Agenda'''
-* Attendance, Peter Antje, Dianne , Nelson, Ann Yew, Fiona
+* Attendance: Kathy, Nelson, Ann, Bill, Winifred, Antje, Fiona, Helen, Dianne and Yoko
-* Welcome new members and guests
-* Additional agenda items
 '''Education & Outreach'''
+* Sea to Sky cycling project update
+** map of cycling hazards will put on a website with real time updates possible - now in beta
+** suggest contact Grand Fondo organizers
+** to be finished in 3 weeks
+** can access from Flickr and Twitter
+** need volunteers to spread the word about website
+** $116,00 estimated cost to fix hazards
+** presented at Velo City
+** MoT agrees with hazards are dangerous
+** database to be unploaded to SFU
 * HUB delegation at DNV council meeting Feb 18, recap (Antje)
+** Antje presented
+** question about bike to school and training
+** Antje followed up with a letter about cycling education in schools
+** City pays HUB to provide education to schools
 * HUB delegation at West Van council meeting May 6 (Peter)
+**
 * City Cycling book for councils (Antje/Jay)
+** 4 to West Van, 3 to City and 4 to DNV
 * Bike to School on the North Shore
+** Transportation demand management
+** Use Pro D to distribute info
+** start at elementary schools
+** get teachers in schools that are bike riders
+** some schools takes kids for one-week trips
+** exclusion zones is an idea
+** use school newsletters for bike to school da
+** Antje will talk to Steph to see if there have been similare intiatives
+** send email to principals, mention fitness advantage of cycling
 * Connect with other NS groups?
 ** E.g. Cool North Shore, North Van Urban Forum
 * North Shore bike map distribution
+** copies have been printed – antje will bring some to the next meeting
 * draft letter to West Van council concerning review of STP
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 * Sea-to-Sky Highway (Ann & SFU)
 * Second Narrows bridge update (Fiona)
+** meeting with manager of south coast region and operations manager a four cyclists
+**funding by end of March 20 million for widening
+** designs tendered by end of March
+** width 2.5 m will do one side at a time
+** new railings will be higher 3m vertical 5" between veertical bars
+** working on changing Dollarton exit
+** announcement before election?
 * Mountain Highway design in Lower Lynn (Antje)
+** sent letter asking for separated bike lane
 * Cycling during construction of new Low Level Road (Heather)
 * Park Royal
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 '''Other Business'''
 * Events Coordinator position (Antje)
+* Survey for Provincial election candidates on the North Shore (do we want to send out a survey to candidates as we did for the muni election? - heather in absentia)

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