Meeting Summary: September 6, 2012

Attendance

   Welcome new members and guests; Dianne, Peter, Antje, Nelson Lacharity

Education & Outreach

   NS bike map distribution status (Antje)

almost all gone a few hundred left, City of NV has two boxes, North Shore Tourism has some and will contribute to printing costs but want some mountain bike trails
Bicycle Sports Pacific wants more so does Vancouver Library
we should try for a reprinting before next year and in partnership to reduce costs - MEC, NS municipalities, GranFondo are potential contributors.

   Cycling safety petition to North Van District Council (Antje)

pedestrian safety an issue as well
800 signed so far mostly from NV
present to DNV council on 10 Sep? with man who was hit on Keith Road a possibility

   HUB delegation to North Van District council meeting

Nelson will try to get a date for a delegation presentation and Jay or,if he is away,somebody else will give the presentation
a general introduction to HUB-NS focusing on improving cycling infrastructure with some recommended priority actions
the Events section on this site has some examples of previous presentation in which the wiki was used to display slides

Infrastructure

   Park Royal update (Peter)

A HUB-NS group ride on 11 July was followed by another one on 17 July with reps from HUB-NS, Park Royal and the District of West Van and finally a meeting with the Park Royal engineer on .
For more details, refer to Hot Spot item: http://northshore.bikehub.ca/index.php/Hot_Spots#Park_Royal_-_Proposed_Cycling_Infrastructure_Plans.

   West Van implementation plan update (Peter)

Peter talked with DWV transportation engineer, Norm Wong, for a half hour this afternoon.
Bellevue Avenue has been paved between 20-24 Streets and bike route signage in both directions is planned for this fall all along Bellevue
There is a new crosswalk on the east side of the Park Royal bridge over the Capilano River and a refuge island is being contemplated as well as a bike box on the west end of the bridge.
some signage and other improvements are being made on the Spirit Trail at its junction with Capilano Road
The new level crossing at Park Royal and Marine Drive has been paved. the project with traffic signals installed should be completed by the end of October

   East Keith Road update (Antje)

some councillors are still resisting the proposed bike lanes despite recommendations from staff and from an independent report

   Low Level Road update (Heather)
   Iron Workers Memorial Bridge update (Fiona)
   HUB letter of support for 3rd & Forbes improvements (Jay/Antje)

Other Business

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