Tri-Cities Committee Wiki

Meeting agendas and minutes

• HUB Tri-Cities Meeting Agendas
• HUB Tri-Cities Meeting Minutes

Committee priorities in our 2021 Action Plan

1. Improve our relationships with municipalities.
2. Improve committee focus.
3. Improve our integration with the community.

Details here: 2021 Action Plan

HUB and the Tri-Cities + BeAn Local Committee

HUB is an organization in the Greater Vancouver area whose mission is to get more people cycling more often. HUB's main office is in Vancouver, but we do advocacy all over the GVA. HUB has volunteer Local Committees in most GVA locations.

The Tri-Cities, Belcarra and Anmore Local Committee of HUB works specifically in the Tri-Cities (Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam), plus the villages of Belcarra and Anmore.

The challenges of bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities + Belcarra + Anmore

Bike advocacy in the Tri-Cities is tricky, because there are a lot of different governing bodies that make decisions about cycling infrastructure out here. Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody have separate municipal governments and engineering staffs, with different sets of priorities. The villages of Belcarra and Anmore, two very popular cycling destinations, are in the picture too. The provincial government's Ministry of Transportation Infrastructure (MOTI) manages some of our most critical bike connections, such as the Pitt River and Port Mann bridges. Finally, Metro Vancouver plans and maintains bike infrastructure in Metro parks, such as the Sheep Paddock Trail in Colony Farm Regional Park.

Having all these distinct groups involved in cycling infrastructure has created a tendency towards infrastructure that peters out as it meets the limits of the current jurisdiction. The HUB Tri-Cities Local Committee is focused on counter-acting this tendency, and creating as much integration and cohesion as possible. Very few of us spend all their cycling time in just one city, on routes that just one organization plans and maintains. We travel around the Tri-Cities and the region all the time. We need usable and connected infrastructure that goes everywhere.

Tri-Cities Committee's Gap Maps

HUB's UnGap the Map campaign focuses on fixing the worst problem areas to create a connected cycling map. Here are our committee's Top Ten gaps and our gap map for our entire subregion. Each map is clickable and leads to an interactive map (please note, for the overall gap map, you may need to turn off the green, orange, and yellow layers, which indicate route comfort levels). For our overall gap map, points represent bad intersections, and lines represent bad segments.

Our top gaps, seen on the left, are:

1. Braid Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam.
   Let's extend the Central Valley Greenway all the way to the Port Mann Bridge. We are seeking a multi-use path or protected bike lane along the north side of United Boulevard connecting to the existing multi-use paths at Fawcett Road to the east and the King Edward overpass to the west. United Boulevard, King Edward to Fawcett
2. Guildford Way, Coquitlam City Hall to Port Moody City Hall.
   This stretch is well served for confident grownups, but none of us is going to ride there with our kids anytime soon. It connects two Skytrain stations, many schools, two civic libraries, two city halls, multiple recreation complexes, multiple parks. It is also an existing gap on the TCT/ Great Trail. Our ask is for a protected bike lane on both sides.
3. Pitt River Bridge to Coquitlam Center/ Lincoln Station, PoCo/ Coquitlam. A route is coming between the dike trail along Kingsway into downtown PoCo, and along Lougheed from Westwood to Shaughnessy, but there's still a few gaps left to fill in! Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam
4. Clarke Road, Port Moody. Let's connect the Barnet Highway to Rocky Point Park and Moody Central Station! Port Moody Commuter Route
5. Alderside to Sasamat Lake/Belcarra Park. Let's create a connection to Sasamat Lake. Regional Greenway Plan 2050 has also identified the Sasamat Greenway gap. Our ask is for a multi-use path with routing to be determined. Media:Sasamat_Greenway_Map.jpg
6. Coquitlam Central Station to Port Mann Bridge, Coquitlam. This important transportation route is dead flat. Let's create a great bike connection here! We're pushing for a connection from the existing multi-use path along Lougheed Highway from its terminus at Holly Road down to Colony Farm Road, where it can connect with the Water Main Trail Media:Watermain_route_for_public.pdf | Lougheed Highway (near Riverview) | Lougheed Highway and Pitt River Road | United Blvd,Northern section
7. Mary Hill Bypass from Shaughnessy to Port Mann Bridge. We are seeking a protected route from Argue Street to United Boulevard, connecting to Maquabeak Park as well as the Port Mann Bridge and United Boulevard multi-use paths. This is crucial for connecting the Traboulay Trail to the Port Mann Bridge. Coquitlam River Bridge
8. Regan Avenue, from Mundy Park to Burquitlam Station
9. Mariner Way at Austin Avenue south to Lougheed Highway at Colony Farm Road
10. Moray Street from St. Johns Street to Como Lake Avenue, by either Thermal Drive or Baker Drive

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Important Links

• HUB Tri-Cities "Map Gaps"

• HUB Tri-Cities Open Action Items
• HUB Tri-Cities Bike Routes
• HUB Tri-Cities Service Requests
• HUB Tri-Cities Inspection Ride Reports
• HUB Tri-Cities Successes
• HUB Tri-Cities Problem Areas
• HUB Tri-Cities Videos
• HUB Tri-Cities letters to the Tri-Cities and Parks Board and other bodies
• HUB Tri-Cities Gaps
• Tri-Cities Upcoming Projects

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