Meeting Summary: May 8, 2014

1. Attendance: Peter, Antje, Heather, Fiona, Dianne, Karine, Tony, Ellen, Tom, Dave
2. Announcements
   • Open house new Keith Road bridge over Lynn Creek May 15, 5-8pm, Holiday Inn 700 Old Lillooet Road
   • Cool North Shore theme for May: Reducing Your Footprint from Transportation: Commute by Bike. Cool Drinks Event May 27 - Jay will speak.
3. 4th Street bike route
   • Karine wrote a letter from HUB to mayor and councillors
   • a lot of traffic and cyclists must detour around construction
   • it is planned to eventually become an AAA bike route
   • she got a response from the mayor saying they will discuss it further
4. Green Necklace at Mahon Park: Greenway along Jones Ave
   • Heather has drafted and circulated a HUB letter for comment
   • She is concerned about the fact that it is only 3m wide not AAA, the transition from the east side to the west at 16th, and with parking on both sides it will be too narrow for cyclists on the road with sharrows
   • Following a discussion, two realistic options were agreed on: traffic diverters at 16th and 19th to make it a traffic calmed street and remove parking on non park side to allow enough space for cyclists
   • Heather would like input to the letter by noon tomorrow and asks us to fill out survey on the website
5. Ironworkers Memorial bridge update
   • Antje said a letter was sent about the Main St on ramp but there are no funds to widen the sidewalk, so it was suggested that MLAs be approached to get funds
   • Dollarton off ramp is also bad but MoT will widen it and move the crosswalk
   • Tony almost fell into traffic entering from the south end of the bridge
   • Richard is writing a letter to MLAs about additional improvements needed
6. Highway 1 interchanges redesign in Lower Lynn (Will, 2min) - deferred to the next meeting
7. Highway 1 in West Van, Capilano River to Taylor Way, update
   • Antje reported that West van will re-open the fence on the south side at 3rd Street
   • John Calimente will help us and work with MoT and widen path down to Keith on the north side
   • the letter from Mot was not very encouraging as they seem reluctant to make it easier for cyclists to ride on the north side of the Jersey barriers
8. Cyclist/pedestrian conflict on Spirit Trail in Norgate
   • There is lots of bikes using the Spirit Trail which should have been made wider than the current 3.0 m
   • Eric Lund from the Norgate association wants to meet next week to discuss a strategy with HUB
   • We agreed that a good solution would be a separated two-way bike lane on Welch St. between Pemberton and Whonoak and consideration could be given to make Welch one way for cars
9. Upper Capilano Road bike lanes
   • As far as we know, there are plans but nothing is expected soon
10. DNV Transportation Planning Advisory Committee
    • We should accept the offer from Roger Basson of an official seat for HUB on the committee and leave Nelson as a member at large?
11. HUB delegation presentation to DNV council - dry run
    • Antje showed a few of her preliminary slides and entertained comments and suggestion from the group
    • It was suggested that the safe routes to schools program be included in the presentation
12. Clyde-Keith traffic calming project
    • Sue Verigen, who attended our last meeting, intervened at this week's council meeting asking that a higher priority be given to pedestrian facilities in the project
    • Director of Engineering and Transportation, Raymond Fung, responded saying that due to funding,there will be a phased implementation starting with reconfiguring automobile traffic
    • Contrary to what John Calimente told us at the last meeting, the plan remains to install a multi-purpose path on the south side of the one-way section of Keith Road between 13th and 11th Streets
    • Ray also mentioned that staff had discussed a sidewalk on Clyde Avenue but this was not included in the options presented the two open houses - Sue and I told him we want this option
13. Hwy 1/99 bicycle detour
    • Due to construction on the Nelson Creek bridge on Hwy 1, detour signs have been installed to divert cyclists onto Westport Road and Marine Drive
    • Unfortunately, the signage on Marine Drive has been poorly done, implying that cyclists proceeding east must detour up Westport Road rather than continue east on Marine Drive
    • Peter took photos of the signs earlier today and will email them to Erin Moxon from MoT tomorrow with copies to the Yahoo listserve
    • Erin told him that after talking to West Van, there will be a sign on Cranley Drive pointing up the trail to the Seaview Walk which is a safer detour alternative for cyclists
14. BIKE DAY on 26 May
    • Fiona gave a presentation to council, introducing them to Canada Bikes and telling them about the bike day plans
    • a 2 and 10 km ride are planned and Mark Ergetowski will provide electric bikes and the mayor has his own electric bike
    • Ashley McKiver will probably come on the 10 km ride
    • Linda Buchanan asked questions about provinces and MLAs and Fiona respnded that BC is involved in Canada Bikes
    • There was no commitment to participate from coucillors
    • The event will be between 1500 to 1700 or 1730 and HUB will have a table in the Library Plaza between 1530 - 1700
    • It was suggested that Fiona should contact Erin and Mary Ellen about the event
    • The bike rodeo will be between 1530 – 1730
    • There may be a tent at 14th and Lonsdale as well at plaza and rodeo i.e. 3 tents
    • At 1600, there will be opening remarks followed by the 10 km ride at 1615 and 2 km ride at 1645
    • Fiona needs 3 volunteers for each ride and she passed around a sheet for people to sign up to help with specific events
    • Renata will manage communication including a press release on the 20th
    • Councillors will be expected to arrive at 1600