2023-02-02 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, NOTE Now 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!!
• DNV Council workshop on East 29th Bikeway - Mon, Feb 6th - link -

New Municipal Councils

• Liaisons to connect with new councillors
  • Introduction of HUB
  • listen to their thoughts/concerns/ideas
  • Share our priorities
• Delegations to councils in New Year
  • Book soon to get in queue
  • Key messages?

Goals & Objectives

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

Midtown Connector Project (Brandon - CNV)

• Introduction of Project & Questions

City of North Vancouver - Nadia/Sophia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• Brandon Green will be presenting information regarding the Midtown Project to this committee at the February 2nd meeting at 6:45 PM.

Marine Main – Eastbound Transit Extension

Sophia will meet with CNV on Feb 9th about "an introduction to the Marine Main – Eastbound Transit Extension project. This project will extend the eastbound transit priority lane on 3rd Street between Queensbury and Gladstone Avenues, improving speed and reliability for the R2 Rapid Bus. The transit lane is to be delivered with minimal impact to other road users - maintaining people moving capacity of Major Road Network (MRN), truck and industrial functionality, and improving where possible service levels for pedestrians and cyclists." Please share any questions/concerns/wishes you have with Sophia before February 9th.

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

St. Andrew’s

• We submitted a letter to Council regarding concerns about cyclist safety and the residents' new proposal for St. Andrew's.

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.

Esplanade

• cycling and pedestrian infrastructure should be finished by end of year; green paint may be delayed until spring
• still waiting for temporary push button at 3rd and Forbes

Casano-Loutet Overpass

• construction will begin in 2023 and complete in 2023 depending on findings of First Nations assessment

Upper Levels Greenway

• lots of interest in the route along 25th

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 - Fred/Don

• Meeting with Staff - currently exchanging emails on various projects.
• Budget Deferrals
  • Basically all cycling related infrastructure on the current roadmap is proposed to be deferred out 5 years
  • Great energy at the workshop on Jan 29 council chambers from the audience - many of the "North Shore Civic Influencers"
  • Herman Mah, Jim Hanson, Catherine Pope, and Jordan Back all speaking in favour of not deferring the Active Transportation priorities: sidewalks & mobility lanes
  • No one from HUB in attendance unfortunately - please consider attending in person or virtually in future - beers after at Queens Cross pub often.

• East 29th
  • Letter sent to staff by Do

• Upper Lynn Valley Rd
  • Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road (Phase 1) - mostly built
  • impressively brine striped in recent cold weather - specialty equipment

• Hunter Street Bridge
  • Finishing up the bridge and ramps, should be open early in the New Year

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

1 February meeting Engineering and Transportation Staff

• Paul and Peter met for one hour and a half with the Jenn Moller, Director; Sean O’Sullivan, Manager of Roads; and Andy Kwan, Transportation Engineer .

Longer Term Projects

• Council has reportedly endorsed continuation of the Council 2021/22 Transportation Strategy. Ongoing environmental strategy planning will influence priority assigned to AT.
• Transportation Planning (Mobility Planning) study currently on ‘pause’ pending rewrite of Terms of Reference to reflect new Council’s directions.
• Review of current pedestrian and cycling networks defined in OCP reveals feasibility problematic on some proposed links.
• HUB urged a revised study to identify a hierarchy of routes in the bike network relating to M2M arterial and future rapid transit hub ay Park Royal. HUB to meet with consultants at some point.
• DWV to adopt 5-year program of priority investments.
• Slow (30km/h) zone initiative not supported by counterfactual traffic speed monitoring data.
• School access safety audit completed with issues identified both on-site and off-site school properties. Next steps to identify priorities and improvement costs.
• Ambleside/Dundarave recreational ‘family cycling loops’ concept pending further investigation.
• Additional measures to slow street pilots on Bellevue and Fulton not being considered pending Ambleside Local Area Plan outcome.
• No progress with investigation of Spirit Trail bypass to CN Rail underpass.
• WVPD has requested improved cycling safety along Marine Drive between 31st and Oxley (continuation of proposed 25th-31st improvement)

2023 Investment Program

   Continuation of ongoing projects:
       Westmount Road – work to resume in Spring but facing strong community pushback.
       Marine Drive - 25th to 31st – proceeding with painted separated bike lanes with buffer strips (except at narrowest section – to minimize costs). Presentation to Council in April.
       Marine Drive – LG Bridge to DWV/DNV boundary (M2M component) – detailed design work (managed by DNV staff) proceeding in consultation with Squamish FN and MoTI.  Implementation planned for 2024.  HUB assistance requested with TransLink funding application.
       Hugo Ray MUP – design proceeding for MUP between 3rd and Westcot alongside Hwy 1 westbound ramps in consultation with MoTI, due end Feb.  HUB raised issue of improved N-S bike/pedestrian access across interchange – a popular school access route.
   New projects:
       Two phase program, Phase 1 $200k; Phase 2 $390k
       Detailed list of (minor) projects to be provided to HUB.  Dept does not expect its proposed budget will be cut.

Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure- Don/Mike

• 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)
  • Helped get word out about proposed 29th Street bike lane removal (DNV) and 2023-2027 draft budget proposal to defer bike lane construction (DNV)
  • Promoting HUB events (Go by Bike week Feb 6-12)
  • Documenting new and existing bike lanes (and related infrastructure). In January, posted photos of:
    • New Lynn Creek Bridge
    • Lynn Valley Bike Lane (Phase 1, Mtn Hwy to Peters Rd)
    • Esplanade Bike Lane construction

Schools - Paul Janzen

• No updates for the school programs currently. Instruction recommences mid March.