Meeting Summary: March 7, 2013

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Attendance & Agenda

  • Attendance: Kathy, Nelson, Ann, Bill, Winifred, Antje, Fiona, Helen, Dianne and Yoko

Education & Outreach

  • Sea to Sky cycling project update
    • map of cycling hazards will be put on a website with real time updates possible - now in beta stage
    • suggest contact Grand Fondo organizers
    • to be finished in 3 weeks
    • can access from Flickr and Twitter
    • need volunteers to spread the word about website
    • $116,00 estimated cost to fix hazards
    • presented at Velo City
    • MoT agrees with hazards are dangerous
    • database to be unploaded to SFU
  • HUB delegation at DNV council meeting Feb 18, recap (Antje)
    • Antje presented - Dianne, Nelson and Peter were there
    • question about bike to school and training
    • Antje followed up with a letter about cycling education in schools
    • City pays HUB to provide education to schools
  • HUB delegation at West Van council meeting May 6 (Peter)
    • plan to have Heather, Peter and Donna do a dry run at the next meeting
    • Peter to contact WV Chamber of Commerce (lee Gabriel) to ask to present to them
  • City Cycling book for councils (Antje/Jay)
    • 4 to West Van, 3 to City and 4 to DNV
  • Bike to School on the North Shore
    • Transportation demand management
    • Use Pro D to distribute info
    • start at elementary schools
    • get teachers in schools that are bike riders
    • some schools takes kids for one-week trips
    • exclusion zones is an idea
    • use school newsletters to announce bike to school days
    • Antje will talk to Steph to see if there have been similar intiatives
    • send email to principals, mention fitness advantage of cycling
  • Connect with other NS groups?
    • E.g. Cool North Shore, North Van Urban Forum
  • North Shore bike map distribution
    • copies have been printed – Antje will bring some to the next meeting
  • Draft letter to West Van council concerning review of Srategic Transportation Plan
    • Peter to send this evening and copy Yahoo group
    • Peter and a few others on the Working group will not be available so Peter wiil send a message encouraging others to go to the Council Special Meeting of the Whole at 1630 on 11 March

Infrastructure

  • Second Narrows bridge update (Fiona)
    • meeting with manager of south coast region and operations manager and four cyclists
    • funding by end of March 20 million for widening the sidewalks and suicide barriers
    • designs to be tendered by end of March
    • width 2.5 m will and will do one side at a time
    • new railings will be higher 3m vertical 5" between vertical bars
    • working on changing Dollarton exit
    • announcement before election?
  • Mountain Highway design in Lower Lynn (Antje)
    • sent letter asking for separated bike lane