2022-06-02 Summary

HUB North Shore Committee regular meeting Jun-2, 2022,t 6:30pm - 8:00pm.

In-person at the North Vancouver City Library in the Don Preston Boardroom and Online on Zoom.

Attendees: Dana, Don, Jasper, Nadia, Mike,

Public Input/Consultations

• Three still going on:
  • Stanley Park Mobility Survey
  • Upper Lynn Valley Road, Phase 2
  • The Shipyards Strategy

Goals & Objectives

• 2022
  • Implementation of 3 top priority Bikeways
  • Establish communications with community stakeholders re Bikeways.
  • Recruit more committee members

Events

• Outdoor Safety and Emergency Preparedness - May 7th, 11-2pm, Argyle
  • Don, Duncan and Anthony talked to lots of people and ran out of maps
• Go By Bike Week - May 30 - June 3, 2022
  • Wed, May 31 8-10am, W 1st and Welch (DNV)
  • Wed, June 1 8-10am, Lions Gate Hospital in North Van (Coastal Health?)
  • Wed, June 1 12-2pm, Shipyards District in North Van (CNV)
  • Wed, June 1 4-6pm, 13th and Argyle in West Van (DWV)

City of North Vancouver - Nadia

CNV Key Contacts & Staff Meetings

• HUB’s primary contact: Brandon Green
• Next meeting with staff: TBD (likely late summer)

Upper Levels Greenway

• Submitted a letter to express our comments: File:CNV UpperLevelsGreenway 052422.pdf

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

• Esplanade Complete Street (construction underway, estimated completion: Summer 2022)
  • New bikelane on south side of West Esplanade eastbound is now open.
• Upper Levels Greenway (final design/route selection expected: Fall 2022)
• Mobility Strategy (implementation of some strategies to commence this year, e.g. zoning bylaw updates re new developments and bike storage)

E-Bike Share

• Lime is working to add helmets to all bikes in the fleet. This will continue to occur as they receive parts/helmets to retrofit the fleet. Expect to see the percentage of bikes with helmets increase over the summer.
  • Currently locking them into the basket.
• Working on getting ridership data publicly available

ITC - Dana & Jonathan

• Several meetings planned for June.

District of North Vancouver - Fred/Don

• Meeting with Staff - today, June 2.
  • Upper Lynn Valley Rd
    • Council approved building Mtn. Hwy to Peters Road (Phase 1) this summer
    • Public consultations for Peters to Dempsey (Phase 2)
  • Main St Cycling Link
    • discussed 2 options:
      • A=straight $$$, 5+years,
      • B=weaves around, pinch points=$, next couple years - all agree the is best way forward
    • 3 Options for crossing main from Barrows:
      • General agreements that bi-directional bikeway on west side of Harbours will make crossing Main safest
      • Concerns about transition to Barrows (Road condition, crossing railway tracks, width of MUP/bikeway)
      • Also requires scope of project expanded, delays?
    • Don to send our comments and recommendations to DNV
  • Arborlynn connector
    • West side in 2022
      • Design done, Waiting for Metro Van approval to start construction (been over 6 months)
    • East side
      • Consultant working on detailed design fall 2022? build 2023?
  • Kirkstone-Rufus-Brooksbank-SalopTrail
    • Sent comments with concerns about design of crossing at Kirstone Rd

District of West Vancouver - Paul/Peter/Mike

Go by Bike week Celebration stations

• On 31 May, Peter volunteered at the Welch Street and Spirit trail location in North Van and counted a total of 148 riders including 36 on e-bikes (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images)/0/04/2022-05-31_Go_by_Bike_Week_tally_sheet_at_Spirit_Trail_and_Welch.pdf).
• On 1 June, I think that Mike volunteered on the Spirit Trail at 14th and Argyle in West Vancouver.

Park Royal Mico Units

• On 17 May, Paul and Peter met with Rick Amantea at the Park Royal boardroom for one hour where Rick described the project with a number of slides (https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/f/fd/2022-05-17_Park_Royal_micro_units.pdf).

Cypress Village

• On 31 May, Peter was invited to the Cypress pop-up village for a one-hour briefing on the 22 Aprril 2022 Draft Area Development Plan for Cypress Village and Eagleridge which was accepted by Council.
• Here is the Cypress Village Cycling Network map: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/a/a7/2022-05-31_Cypress_Villlage_Cycling_Network_map.jpg.

Making a case for Cycling Highways in Metro Vancouver

• Mike has suggested to circulate this to the DWV Engineering staff and perhaps we could also include the mayor and councillors.

Rotary Ride for Rescue on 11 June

• Agreed we put this following article up on the HUB-NS listserve: https://wiki.bikehub.ca/sites/northshore/images/6/61/Rotary_Ride_for_Rescue_on_11_June_2022.jpg

Welch Street Bridge

• Closed to automobiles till August but MUP remains open
• Better share-the-path signage is needed to encourage cyclists to ride on the MUP rather than the automobile traffic lanes.