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# Attendance: Peter, Dianne, Norm Wong, Erin , Fiona, and Nelson
 
# Attendance: Peter, Dianne, Norm Wong, Erin , Fiona, and Nelson
 
# West Vancouver infrastructure plans and issues
 
# West Vancouver infrastructure plans and issues
 
#* 1300 block in Ambleside :- proposed separated lane on the south side of Bellevue was referred to CN who said it was too close to to railway right-of-way on south side. - -instead it will likely be a shared lanes with sharrows. - we expressed concern about angled parking on the north side of Bellevue, narrow traffic lanes and a dangerous cross of the railway tracks for cyclists proceeding west from the Spirit Trail
#* 1300 block in Ambleside
 
-proposed separated lane on the south side of Bellevue was referred to CN who said it was too close to to railway right-of-way on south side
 
-instead it will likely be a shared lanes with sharrows
 
-we expressed concern about angled parking on the north side of Bellevue, narrow traffic lanes and a dangerous cross of the railway tracks for cyclists proceeding west from the Spirit Trail
 
 
#* Bike route signage
 
#* Bike route signage
 
#* Keith Road bike route
 
#* Keith Road bike route

Revision as of 16:51, 5 July 2013

  1. Attendance: Peter, Dianne, Norm Wong, Erin , Fiona, and Nelson
  2. West Vancouver infrastructure plans and issues
    • 1300 block in Ambleside :- proposed separated lane on the south side of Bellevue was referred to CN who said it was too close to to railway right-of-way on south side. - -instead it will likely be a shared lanes with sharrows. - we expressed concern about angled parking on the north side of Bellevue, narrow traffic lanes and a dangerous cross of the railway tracks for cyclists proceeding west from the Spirit Trail
    • Bike route signage
    • Keith Road bike route
  • signage done on Bellevue 13-21st Streets, 21st Street to Fulton, Fulton to 14th Street and started on 14th Street
  • more wayfinding signage will follow using new Translink standards
  • Peter pointed out that share the road signs indicate single file traffic where it should be side by side traffic and bike route signs should contain the name of the bike route as in Vancouver and other North Shore communities

8 Onni has completed, adjacent to their property west of taylor Way sidewalks on the south side and created two 4.3 m wide lanes for sharrows but not yet paved or marked seaview walk to be left as is on Spirit Trial Gleneagles

      • Previous action: Peter to draft HUB letter to provide sidewalk and two-way separated cycle track on Keith
    • Park Royal bridge across Capilano River and connection to Spirit Trail
  1. Fiona made a motion to limit visiting speakers to no more than 30 minutes and 10 minutes for discussion - carried
  2. Announcements
    • HUB Employee/Volunteer Orientation Guide
    • Invitation from Heart and Stroke Foundation to participate in Roll & Stroll Bike/Walk Festival in Edgemont Village October 5th - Erin met with a parent from cleveland school
  1. Update from North Van District transportation consultation committee (Nelson, 10min)
  2. Lynn Valley Town Centre planning: public consultation on implementation plan ends July 5th (Antje, 10min)
    • Previous action: Antje to send email to HUB-NS list with public consultation dates and online survey
  3. Chesterfield Ave improvement project 4th St to 13th St (Erin, Heather, 5min)
Erin and Antje wrote a letter highlighting what we had discussed at our last meeting

open house on 10 July 1700-1930 Steven Blore 604 983-7133 Heather and Antje presented on 24 June to NV Council promoting AAA facilities resulting in a article in NS News

    • Previous action: Heather and Erin to draft letter including desire to remove parking on one side to facilitate another safer and cheaper option
  1. HUB delegation at North Van City council meeting 24 June on all ages & abilities bike routes (Heather, 5min)
  2. 13th St at Lonsdale Ave planned cycling facilities with Onni development (1min)
    • Anybody wants to take this on?
  3. Lynn Valley Road/Boulevard Crescent Hwy 1 crossing (1min

- document by urban systems on web with design for bike lanes -separated lanes on one side of Lynn Valley Road - Fiona added a suggestion for putting traffic underground in the Centre

    • Anybody wants to take this on?
  1. Bark Mulch trail (along Hwy 1 in North Van City) (2min)
    • Poor condition, erosion, conflict with pedestrians at 25th St exit
  2. Mt Seymour Parkway repaved east of Mt Seymour Road, no cycling facilities (Antje, 1min)
  3. DNV Cycling Safety Review http://www.dnv.org/cycling (1min)
    • Previous action: Antje to draft HUB letter in response to review
  4. Spirit Trail workshop for Lynn Creek to Maplewood section 26 June (Nelson, 1min)
    • Through Lower Lynn Town Centre, access to Second Narrows bridge, Phibbs Exchange, connects to Seymour Greenway
  5. Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 1min

Fiona - showed a proposal for a HUB bike flag - good idea for internal use T-shirts is a good idea 2. Victoria emergency and disaster rally with 30+ cyclists on 27 July 1000-1400 - Fiona will participate to see if we could do something similar here on North Shore - Fiona will report back on her experience - North Shore emergency management.

WeCycle publication 3rd edition out



  1. Attendance: Peter, Heather, Diane, Norm, John, Bart, Stefen Helen, Fiona, Bob, Nelson, Paul, Erin,Mary Ellen, Yok Leng
  2. Review of agenda, additional agenda items
  3. West Vancouver plans and issues (1 hour review & discussion)
    • 1300 block in Ambleside
    • Keith Road
      • Previous action: Peter to draft HUB letter to provide sidewalk and two-way separated cycle track on Keith
    • Park Royal bridge across Capilano River and connection to Spirit Trail
  4. Announcements
    • HUB Employee/Volunteer Orientation Guide
    • Invitation from Heart and Stroke Foundation to participate in Roll & Stroll Bike/Walk Festival in Edgemont Village October 5th
  5. Update from North Van District transportation consultation committee (Nelson, 10min)
  6. Lynn Valley Town Centre planning: public consultation on implementation plan ends July 5th (Antje, 10min)
    • Previous action: Antje to send email to HUB-NS list with public consultation dates and online survey
  7. Chesterfield Ave improvement project 4th St to 13th St (Erin, Heather, 5min)
    • Previous action: Heather and Erin to draft letter including desire to remove parking on one side to facilitate another safer and cheaper option
  8. HUB delegation at North Van City council meeting 24 June on all ages & abilities bike routes (Heather, 5min)
  9. 13th St at Lonsdale Ave planned cycling facilities with Onni development (1min)
    • Anybody wants to take this on?
  10. Lynn Valley Road/Boulevard Crescent Hwy 1 crossing (1min)
    • Anybody wants to take this on?
  11. Bark Mulch trail (along Hwy 1 in North Van City) (2min)
    • Poor condition, erosion, conflict with pedestrians at 25th St exit
  12. Mt Seymour Parkway repaved east of Mt Seymour Road, no cycling facilities (Antje, 1min)
  13. DNV Cycling Safety Review http://www.dnv.org/cycling (1min)
    • Previous action: Antje to draft HUB letter in response to review
  14. Spirit Trail workshop for Lynn Creek to Maplewood section 26 June (Nelson, 1min)
    • Through Lower Lynn Town Centre, access to Second Narrows bridge, Phibbs Exchange, connects to Seymour Greenway
  15. Stanley Park causeway update (Antje, 1min)