2024-08-01 Agenda
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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, using 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!!
Goals & Objectives
- 2024 Goals
- Presentation with maps and list of gaps on our priority bikeways
- Next priority Bikeways - current Gaps Map
- Presentation with maps and list of gaps on our priority bikeways
- Recruiting - Fill vacant positions(click for details)
- CNV Liaisons
- Events coordinator
- More details and roles on see HUB resource page
- Ensure Cycling Priorities are in DWV's Transportation Strategy
Events
- Need a coordinator/organizer for Events
- Shipyards 5th birthday - CNV, Sat July 20th 14:00-20:00
- Talked to lots of interested folks, Thanks to Blake, Paul and Derrick
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City of North Vancouver - Don(temporary)
- Meeting with Staff
- Next meeting - TBD
- Casano-Loutet Overpass
- Have all approvals and funding. Expect construction to start in early 2025.
- Midtown Connector - HUB top priority
- High level design work planned for 2024
- Requested that we be able to provide input on requirements.
- Central Lonsdale is a Destination, not just a busy road to cross.
- 3rd St/Cotton/Lower Level Rd
- Requested they extend bike lane protection for intersection up to Neptune terminal intersection, this has been deferred to work on Midtown.
- Asked them to repaint bikelanes on Lynn Creek Bridge
- Upper Levels Greenway
- 1st Stage (2024) will focus on Highway crossing at Lonsdale
- Next public engagement late in 2024?
ITC - Jonathan
- Last Month's meeting was presentation by Translink, but nothing new regarding cycling.
- Apparently CNV council is discussing the upper level greenway + the lonsdale/hwy overpass later this month. I'm hoping that preliminary designs come to the ITC for input sometime soon.
First Nations - Kira
- Generate summaries of their cycling related goals and then add assessment of how this aligns with our goals. Also how this aligns with neighbouring muni's plans.
- Develop strategy how to move forward.
- Plans
- Squamish Nation
- Tsleil Wauthuth Nation
- Musquem Indian Band
District of North Vancouver - Stewart
- Regular Bi-monthly Meeting with Staff took place in June
- Spirit Trail East - Northern route back on the table. Info session held on June 26. Stephen cycled with southern route opposition group (Seymour Neighbourhood Alliance). DNV staff plan to continue to develop western sections up to the point where there is debate about the route.
- Projects/sections
- MSP upgrades construction started!!
- Phibbs Exchange complete. Although DNV welcomed our feedback there is nothing they can do. Main issue of multiple crossings for bridge access is under MoTI jurisdiction. MoTI is planning flood prevention works below the highway so DNV suggested we reach out.
- Mountain Highway Safety Improvements - limited budget available and now in design. Meeting July 5 to review with DNV.
- Arborlynn connector - working on contract award - expected to start maybe August.
- Thanks for all the feedback on debugging the network. Duncan compiled and shared with DNV. Feedback to follow next DNV meeting.
- Lime bikes pilot to Deep Cove. Plan also for Phibbs. Advocate for MoTI to allow Lime 'grove' on their property.
District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike
Wildwood Lane bike route
- There was an article about local resident's concerns about safety along Wildwood Lane in the 24 July edition of North Shore News. Wildwood Lane is part of a designated bike route (purple lines on this map: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/6/67/Wildwood_Lane_bike_route_map.jpg) north of Hwy 1 that has a bike route overpass connection south across Hwy 1 at 11th Street. Here is a photo from Google Maps: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/images/5/53/Wildwood_Lane_bike_route.jpg
- It was proposed by the former transportation planner, John Calimente that Wildwood Lane be part of a safer bike route (multi-use path (MUP)) north of Hwy 1 west to Cypress Village from the currently planned MUP crossing of Taylor Way to Westcot Road.
- Peter sent an email to Jenn Moller, Director of Engineering and Transportation Services suggesting that it might be helpful to inform residents of plans to extend a MUP from Westcot Road westward along the length of Wildwood Lane.
- Getting local residents on board with proposed improved active transportation infrastructure can sometimes be a problem but in this case it looks like that might not be a problem.
Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure - Mike/Don
- Repeatedly asked HUB's MoTI prime for information on several projects, but no response.
- List of cycling Gaps in lower mainland region
- Capilano road underpass design
- Lynn Valley Rd underpass design
- Cathy of HUB HQ is organizing meeting with MoTI's AT team, hopefully this month
- MOTI has asked for an assessment of the performance of their maintenance contractor Miller Capilano
- Survey will be read aloud for committee members to grade at our May 2/24 meeting.
- Don Quote "From a cycling perspective this means the highway shoulders from Horseshoe Bay to Capilano road. All road & pedestrian crossing of the highways, Taylor way and the bridges+accesses (on/off ramps)."
Communications & Outreach - Rueben/Paul/Heather
- let us know if there is something we should communicate about - blocked bike lanes, new infrastructure, etc.
- Implementation of Strava HUB bike club
- Twitter (Rueben)
- Promoted Go By Bike week.
- Promoted North Van Bike Festival.
- Posted about new Main Street separated bike lane (westbound).
- Posted photos from the Sutherland Secondary active transportation event.
- Posted about 3rd Spirit Trail East info session.
- Update about Mount Seymour Parkway improvements.
- Facebook(Heather)
- SPIRIT TRAIL Maplewood to Deep Cove
- Translinks new Ridelink app
- Main Street Improvements
- Slip lane crowd-source
- Financial Plan - CNV
- Other(Heather)
- Hand-out and online info for the Spirit Trail Maplewood to Deep Cove
- North Shore News
- North Vancouver Upper Levels greenway project inches forward
- Community feedback spurs debate on Spirit Trail to Deep Cove
- Mount Seymour Parkway speed limit dropping to 50 km/h
- First-annual Bike Fest rolls out in North Vancouver
- Minimum passing distance for vulnerable road users now in effect in B.C.
- Squamish Nation welcomes Lime bikes to reserve land
- North Vancouver RCMP seek witnesses after cyclist seriously injured in crash
Schools - Paul Janzen
- HUB school programs ended the season with record number of participants; current programs in CRD, Metro Van, Kootenays, Kelowna, Prince George, Fraser Valley. Pilot projects in Powell River and Campbell River. Targeted growth to Kamloops and Nanaimo.
- 11,389 total students through 108 schools!
- Sutherland SS held a student led Active Transportation day in conjunction with CNV. We participated with a booth featuring updates to MVA statutes.
Social
- Jack Lonsdale, after the meeting.
- Any and all are welcome