2022-05-05 Agenda

HUB North Shore Committee regular meetings will be held online using Zoom, on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Everybody is welcome.

Online conference call at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85326713256?pwd=UUNtTGx4NVBSL2FXcFVXY1dVS1pNZz09

By phone: call 778-907-2071, Meeting ID: 853 2671 3256, Passcode: 406068
One tap mobile: +17789072071,,85326713256#,,,,*406068#

General

• Agenda additions
• Introductions
• In-person/Hybrid meeting
  • Need a room at the library with screen - Fiona
• North Shore MLAs
  • set up meeting with MLAs - Don

Public Input/Consultations

• Public input is critical when Council and Staff make trade-offs and decisions. Please make sure your voice is heard!!
  • Upper Levels Greenway
    • Survey closes May 20 4pm
    • https://letstalk.cnv.org/upper-levels-greenway

• • The Shipyards Strategy
    • https://letstalk.cnv.org/theshipyards
    • Survey is now open until August 31st 4pm (it’s quick ~ 5 minutes. 1 open ended, rest are multiple choice/checkboxes).
    • ‘What could we do better?’. A few cycling related responses:
      • More bike parking
      • Better/clearer bike routes (wayfinding signage with destinations, pavement markings)
      • Separation of walking & cycling
      • Slower car speeds in the surrounding areas
      • Bike valet at events

Goals & Objectives

• 2021 Goals Setting
• 2022
  • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
  • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
  • Recruit more committee members

Events

• Updated Join HUB NS cards - with Groups.io, Twitter & Facebook - Don
• Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
  • Need one or two more volunteers to help staff the booth.
• Go By Bike Week - May 30 - June 3, 2022
  • Dates?

Survey Results

• Survey Form
  • Emailed to HUB members living on NS & Groups.io Apr 8/10th
  • 58 Responses by April 15th
  • 2022 member-groups.io survey results

City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Met with Brandon on April 27th.

CNV Mobility Strategy

• Final Mobility Strategy unanimously approved by Council
• HUB North Shore Letter of Support: File:2022-04-18 CNV-mobility-strategy.pdf

Community Wellbeing Strategy

• Engagement for draft strategy will be in mid/late June; in parallel with the Climate & Environment Strategy
• Final strategies to be presented to Council in September
• More info here: https://www.cnv.org/city-services/planning-and-policies/community-wellbeing

Forbes & 3rd

• Timeline for upgrades is uncertain; CNV is working with the Squamish Nation. Archaeological component to any changes given the site of a former residential school.
• Could be up to 2 years away.

Bike Storage Designs

• As part of the Mobility Strategy, CNV will be looking at zoning bylaw updates regarding new developments and high quality bike storage/bike rooms designs.
• Taking on some research over the summer re new developments (including on/off street bike parking). Will engage HUB on guidelines this summer/fall.
• Sent this document to Brandon to share with the team: https://bikehub.ca/sites/default/files/hub_cycling_amenities_report.pdf

E-Bike Share

• Going well, ridership has been strong & feedback has been positive
• Last summer, ~6000 rides/month with ~2.5 rides/bikes/day
• Ridership declined over the winter, but starting to creep up again
• In the process of addressing: providing helmets with the bikes, equity programs, additional groves across the city
• Working on getting ridership data publicly available

Casano-Loutet Overpass

• Staff are still working through the permitting process with MoTI and First Nations. Construction anticipated in 2023.

Cotton-Main St Bridge Over Lynn Creek

• Scope is two-fold: need to conduct a bridge inspection + putting forward a business case to widen the bridge
• No detailed plans/designs yet; will engage HUB for input at a later stage
• Need to wait for federal funding as it is going to be costly.

E-scooter Pilot (no update)

• Bylaws received final adoption at Council in early March. Pilot runs until April 2024.
• The pilot allows privately-owned e-scooters for personal use on local streets, paved multi-use pathways, and in mobility lanes. E-scooter share programs will not be permitted at this time.
• More info here: https://www.cnv.org/city-services/streets-and-transportation/sustainable-transportation/travel-options/cycling/e-scooters

The Shipyards Strategy (no update)

• https://letstalk.cnv.org/theshipyards
• Survey is now open until August 31st 4pm (it’s quick ~ 5 minutes. 1 open ended, rest are multiple choice/checkboxes).
• ‘What could we do better?’. A few cycling related responses:
  • More bike parking
  • Better/clearer bike routes (wayfinding signage with destinations, pavement markings)
  • Separation of walking & cycling
  • Slower car speeds in the surrounding areas
• Connected to the Waterfront Transportation Network Survey? (December 2021)

Esplanade Complete Street (no update)

• Check out HUB Cycling North Shore's Twitter page for updates!
• Full design here: https://www.cnv.org/city-services/streets-and-transportation/sustainable-transportation/travel-options/cycling/mobility-network-project/esplanade-complete-street
• Current information can be found at www.cnv.org/ecs
• Any comments/questions can be directly sent to Mo Bot at ecs@cnv.org

St Andrews Safety Improvements (no update)

• 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.
• https://www.cnv.org/-/media/City-of-North-Vancouver/Images/Image-Panels/Streets-and-Transportation/St-Andrews-road-maps.ashx

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Upper Lynn Valley Rd
  • Ingrid will set up meeting with us in next month or so.
  • Council approved building Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road this summer
    • painted bikelanes on both sides, much of the parking removed. Protection at start of each block
  • Council approved for public consultations for Peters to Dempsey this spring

• 2022 Construction plans:
  • Upper Lynn Valley Road
  • Hunter Street Bridge
    • construction started, complete by Nov/Dec
  • Marine Dr cycling link (south): DWV border – McGuire - Design spring, Build Winter 2022-23
    • Will share concept design in month or so.
  • Paisley Rd route - TBC
  • Arborlynn connector
    • West side in 2022
      • Design done, Waiting for Metro Van approval to start construction
    • East side
      • requested an update design 2022? build 2023?

• Spirit Trail planning:
  • Initial Concepts & timeline will be shared with this summer
  • Will build in multiple phases over next 10 years
• Wayfinding signage:
  • DNV has put up some new wayfinding signage around the new Keith/Mt Seymour overpass, but not all.
  • DNV will share new Lower Lynn & Brooksbank designs by end of April
  • Also requested some for Lower cap road, Pemberton heights (23rd to Paisley and McKay)
• Slow Streets: Safe Streets workshop planned for May 2nd
• Repaving Riverside Drive - asked for design and if bikelanes included.

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

9 March Liaison Meeting on Westmount Road

• Paul and Mike met with DWV Engineering staff on-site to review HUB concerns over proposed improvements planned for a 1.6km stretch of route between Marine Drive and Hwy 1/Westmount Dr Interchange. The stretch includes Westmount Drive, Thompson Cst, Mathers Ave and 31st St. HUB has raised concerns over inconsistent bike lane/shared lane arrangements planned along this steep OCP-designated bike route, as well as urging suitable traffic calming and speed control measures. An application for TransLink funding of the improvements was reportedly rejected on the grounds of low design standard.
• The current Westmount roadway is a two-lane configuration incorporating traffic calming measures installed at the request of residents concerned at excessive traffic speeds. The proposed improvements were planned some years ago (prior to the publication of the BC Active Transportation Design Guidelines) as part of road reinstatement following the installation of a major storm sewer along this route in 2020 to serve the Five Creeks development area above the Highway. The storm sewer is not yet in service pending delayed completion of its Hwy 1 crossing, and we were informed that a sanitary sewer may also be installed along this route which would require space in the adjoining landscaped boulevard. At that time, it may be possible given an increased width of roadway, to adopt a buffered bike lane consistently throughout for uphill travel. However, the budget allocation for the storm sewer reinstatement is firmly scheduled to be used before end-2022.
• The currently lightly used Westmount/31st route is not a high priority for HUB although it can be seen as a logical extension towards Horseshoe Bay of the HUB priority Marine-to-Main bike arterial. While HUB would urge DWV to adopt a high standard bike facility along this route when road space can be made available, the present proposals (with several minor changes) could be acceptable as a temporary arrangement in view of the current funding limitation. HUB has not yet been informed of any decision by DWV.

Bike Signage on the Welch Street Bridge

• There are 10 new sharrows on the bridge and they are a good size, very visible, properly located near the centre of the traffic lanes and they conform to the BC Active Transportation Design Guide. Unfortunately, they seem to be misunderstood by some as indicating that people on bicycles should ride in the traffic lanes rather than on the new widened path.
• There are shared pathway signs at each end of the bridge like those in the BC Active Transportation Design Guide, but they are so small that you have to be right up close to them to see the bicycle and pedestrian symbols. The one at the approach to the west end of the bridge has been installed in an appropriate location beside the new widened path, but the one at the approach to the east end of the bridge is nowhere near the new path.
• The following photo at: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/index.php?title=File:Welch_St_Bridge_east-end_approach_zoomed_2022-04-01_IMG_3820.jpg shows how difficult it is to see the very small "SHARED PATHWAY" sign at the approach to the east end of the bridge. It is located on the north side of the westbound traffic lane by the pedestrian stairway leading to the RV park.
• To make it clear to cyclists that they can ride on the new widened path, these "SHARED PATHWAY" signs need to be much larger, with the bicycle and pedestrian symbols being about the same size as those same two symbols on the orange and black sign mounted to the post with the flashing lights at the north side of the raised crossing. It is suggested that an appropriate location for the one at the approach to the east end of the bridge would be on the post with the flashing lights at the south side of the raised crossing.

Deadly hazard at 13th and Bellevue intersection

• A senior was struck by a driver around 1:25 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 19) in the crosswalk where 13th Street and Bellevue Avenue meet.
• At the time, police said the driver, a 56-year-old West Vancouver man, was turning his Ford Raptor onto 13th when he struck a 71-year-old North Vancouver woman in the crosswalk who did not survive the crash.
• This tragic incident and the deadly one at 17th and Bellevue caused Neil Winkelmann to suggest making 14th Street from Marine Drive to the railway tracks a pedestrian zone to prevent rat-running by motorists.

7 April meeting with the Mayor and TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn

• Peter was invited and is attending this West Van Chamber of Commerce annual meeting with the mayor where transportation will be a major topic discussed.

MOTI - Don/Jonathan

• Lower Lynn Interchanges
  • Mountain Hwy Interchange
    • Protection for Northbound on Mtn-Hwy at south intersection - MoTI will add spring 2022.
  • Keith/MSP interchange
    • MoTI working on solution to blind merge created by the sound barrier at the SW end of the overpass where the Orwell MUP connects.
    • DNV has put up some new wayfinding signage, but not all.
  • Main-Dollarton interchange
    • New access ramps to existing tunnel on north side, completed but path ends with fence at Phibbs
  • Phibbs Exchange
    • requested start dates

• Hwy 1 North Shore Corridor Study: Lynn Valley to Horseshoe Bay
  • Don to request what the next steps are.
• 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 - Antje/Paul/Heather

• Twitter
  • Account now run by Antje and Rueben
  • Rueben is documenting Esplanade construction and has created a list of other locations for regular posting of infrastructure on Twitter
  • let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
• Facebook
• North Shore News
• Other channels

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?