Meeting Summary: March 7, 2013

Attendance & Agenda

• Attendance: Kathy, Nelson, Ann, Bill, Winifred (SFU), Antje, Fiona, Helen, Dianne, Yoko (SFU) and Peter

Education & Outreach

• HUB delegation at DNV council meeting Feb 18, recap (Antje)
  • Antje presented - Dianne, Nelson, Heather and Peter were there
  • questions about bike to school and training
  • Antje followed up with a letter with info from Steph about cycling education in schools
  • NV City pays HUB to provide education to schools

• HUB delegation at West Van council meeting May 6 (Peter)
  • plan to have Heather, Peter and Donna do a dry run at the next meeting
  • Peter to contact WV Chamber of Commerce (Lee Gabriel) to ask to present to them
• City Cycling book for councils (Antje/Jay)
  • 4 to West Van (Peter), 3 to City (Heather) and 4 to DNV (Antje)

• Bike to School on the North Shore (discussion)
  • 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 cycling trips
  • Helen bought 6 bikes (from Kona, at cost) for her school, takes students out on rides
  • exclusion zones around schools is an idea
  • use school newsletters to announce bike to school days
  • Antje will talk to Steph to see if there have been similar intiatives
  • Helen offered to send email to principals, mention fitness advantage of cycling
• North Shore bike map distribution
  • copies have been printed – Antje will bring some to the next meeting
  • discuss distribution of HUB copies at the next meeting
  • West Van library is already distributing new edition

• Draft letter to West Van council concerning review of Srategic Transportation Plan
  • Peter to send this evening and copy Yahoo group
  • Peter and a few others on the Working group will not be available so Peter wiil send a message encouraging others to go to the Council Special Meeting of the Whole at 1630 on 11 March

Infrastructure

• Sea to Sky Highway cycling project update (Ann, Winifred, Yoko)
  • map of cycling hazards will be put on a website with real time updates possible - now in beta stage
  • suggest contact Grand Fondo organizers
  • to be finished in 3 weeks
  • can data mine from Flickr and Twitter
  • need volunteers to spread the word about website
  • $116,000 estimated cost to fix hazards between West Van and Whistler
  • applied for federal grant
  • MoTI agrees with hazards are dangerous
  • presented work at VeloCity
  • database to be hosted by SFU
  • same social media/mapping methodology could be used to document cycling conditions and hazards in cities

• Second Narrows bridge update (Fiona)
  • meeting with MoTI South Coast regional director, operations manager and four reps from HUB/BCCC
  • sidewalk width 2.5 m, one side at a time
  • railings 3m vertical
  • Dollarton exit crossing needs to be improved
  • waiting for commitment/announcement
• Mountain Highway design in Lower Lynn (Antje)
  • sent letter asking for separated bike lanes

Other Business

• Events Coordinator position (Antje)
  • posted in HUB email newsletter, North Shore list, etc.