Meeting Summary: January 9, 2014

1. Attendance: Guests from the City of North Vancouver: Daniel Watson and Iona Bonamis (Transportation Planners), Antje, Peter, Heather, Fiona, Dianne, Ian, Sibylle, Erika, Karine, Don (Norwest Cycle Club), Tom (North Shore Safety Council)
2. AAA Routes in the City of North Vancouver
   • presentation by Iona Bonamis and Daniel Watson, including printout of option maps
   • All Ages and Abilities (AAA) facilities
   • this initiative builds on and updates the 2008 transportation plan and the 2012 bicycle master plan, which aims to have all residents within 300m of bicycle facilities
   • AAA generally plans for physical barriers on arterial streets (e.g. delineator posts on Larson Street in North Vancouver) and bikeways on local streets, which generally costs less (about $50,000 per km)
   • bi-directional separated bike lanes cost about $1.5 M per km
   • off street and multi-purpose paths cost about $1.0 M per km
   • Iona presented three scenarios for AAA infrastructure in 10-year capital plan:
     • Scenario A: fill in existing AAA facilities - $8.0 M over 10 years ($2.0 M more than the existing capital plan)
     • Scenario B1: use local roads to connect major destinations and isolated areas – $13.0 M over 10 years
     • Scenario B2: focus on more direct routes via arterials - $19.0 M over 10 years
   • ensuing discussion on AAA routes included: importance of Chesterfield or Lonsdale to access city centre and SeaBus, 13th versus 14th, Queensbury versus Hendry, East Keith, and 24th Street connection to Westview
   • staff needs our comments (via Heather) by the 15th of January - indicate what is missing, what we like and what we don't like
   • Low Level Road and the related section of the Spirit Trail to be finished in October 2014
3. Social media (Karine)
4. Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 10min)
5. Rural Highway Safety and Speed Review 29 Nov - 24 January 2014 (Fiona, 5 min)
   • comments:higher speed limits will make highways less safe for cyclists and produce more greenhouse gases
   • feedback requested by 24 January (http://engage.gov.bc.ca/safetyandspeedreview/)