Meeting Summary: February 13, 2014
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- Attendance: Antje, Peter, Dianne, Dennis, Will, Trent, Sibylle
- Announcements
- Low Level Road detour: complete detour signage should be set up soon
- North Van City cycling projects update: Heather sent a list of current and upcoming projects to email list
- Stanley Park Causeway: HUB feedback letter sent to MoT on preliminary design -Parks Board was consulted first - MoT will survey the Causeway
- Lonsdale Quay SeaBus bike parking: HUB letter sent to TransLink requesting more sheltered and secure bike parking - Antje got a response saying TranLink have no money but the city will put up more bike racks
- Bike lights event at 1st St/Mackay on February 11, by TravelSmart/HUB and North Van City: a rainy day so not much interest
- Ironworkers Memorial bridge construction/west sidewalk meeting with construction supervisor: east side closed - light for cyclists at north exit now works - need to widen on ramp sidewalk sign to indicate two-way bike traffic and wayfinding signage would also be helpful
- DNV town & village centre planning
- Jay Porter the project engineer should be contacted about our concerns
- Lower Lynn Town streetscape design guidelines
- plan is to put painted bike lanes (1.8m wide) on each side of the road beside parallel parked cars - need 40 cm for sufficient space from car doors
- Antje will write another letter to mayor and councillors about are suggestions
- also the same design proposed on Crown Street
- street design has been published for Lower Lynn
- Lower Lynn Town Centre Built Form and Design Guidelines, p. 69 onwards for street cross sections
- Edgemont Village plan and design guidelines
- Nothing on cycling before we responded, now there are 2 pages on cycling
- Dianne went to the workshop and promoted for a healthy community and thought that this was a better approach than lobbying for cycling facilities
- she asked for no 2-car parking in multi-dwellings
- against angle parking in front of coffee shop
- no talk of a bike lane
- we should ask for more underground parking and reduce speed limit
- they want bike parking on Woodbine
- buildings are cheaper if they are built without parking spaces
- Antje talked about the idea of shared space instead of sidewalks
- Antje thinks that we should write another letter - remove angle parking
- Dianne thinks that we should promote the healthy community idea and slow down traffic
- as individuals, we should fill out the survey which is online.
- North Shore Safe Routes Advocates - they are interested in Edgemont village
- Lower Capilano Village design guidelines - Open House 13 Feb from 5:30pm at Grouse Inn,1633 Capilano Road
- Peter attended for about 20 minutes to find out that the transportation board was not displayed at the open house but would be available on the web site ()
- based on one of the boards displayed at the open house and other conceptual drawings on the we site (http://identity.dnv.org/upload/pcdocsdocuments/25bft01_.pdf), he note the following:
- painted bike lanes on Capilano Road and on Marine Drive (but needs West Van to continue it Lions Gate Bridge cloverleaf)
- separated bike lanes on McQuire Avenue and Crossroads
# HUB delegation to DNV council
- We should give a presentation on AAA facilities to the Districts like the one heather did to the city
- Volunteers needed (10min)
- Main Street bike route east of Mountain Highway to Dollarton Highway
- New Phibbs Exchange is being planned with possibly bus bays along Main Street, Highway 1 interchanges redesign may affect area
- Main Street bike route east of Mountain Highway to Dollarton Highway
- Will might be interested in following up on these proposed change
- Print and post HUB poster to advertise meetings
- need to get the post file printed
- Upload files (past HUB letters and presentations) to wiki
- Hub Recognition (Dianne)
- well attended with recognition to bike friendly businesses
- Ambleside 1300 block bike routes (Peter, 10min)