Advocacy Committee Report (February) (2012)

EBC Advocacy Committee Meeting – Jan. 29/2013 Location – Bikeworks South Time: 7 pm In attendance: Dan Thomson, Adam Burgess, Duncan Kinney, Chris Chan on the phone Next meeting – Feb. 28, 7pm at Bikeworks South Agenda

• • 1. Analysis of proposed bike routes for 2013 – Brainstorm response
  • 2. Complete Streets Edmonton – Dan will go
  • 3. Oliver Community League bike infrastructure info session planning – talking to the board on Feb. 6 and the community session on Feb. 27
  • 4. CACCL meeting on Feb. 21 for Complete Streets Strathcona

1. Proposed bike routes for 2013 A couple of bike buttons on 115 St. which is encouraging – good news Push for a single file sign on 115 st Feb. 12 public meeting – Hazeldean School – Duncan, Adam, Dan, Chris Chan will be there Feb. 20 – Crestwood - falls on a board meeting but Chris Chan will find community folk to make sure the cyclist voice is heard – Do we integrate frontage/access roads into the bike infrastructure What do we say when people use the access roads instead of the bike lanes EBC is going to come out against the planned bike lanes for 95 Ave between x and y in Crestwood – Modify to the route to make it better and incorporate frontage/access roads – Action Item - Chris Chan and I will contact Audra Jones and Tyler and tell them how we feel about this – we’d rather have quality infrastructure than what we’re getting

2. Complete Streets Edmonton The part that we’re concerned about is the reconstruction of streets in existing neighborhoods. Goes to council in 2013 – Opportunity for both Chris and I to speak to council about this issue – Action Item – Email Tyler Golly to keep us in the loop in regards to when this is going to council Action Item: Dan will post a recap of the night and his reaction to the session on the EBC advocacy google group Action Item – Fill out the Complete Streets Edmonton online questionnaire - http://completestreets.dialogue-app.com/phase2 - Everyone - Send Chris a note so he can put it in the newsletter Talk about in terms of “by adopting these complete streets guidelines it will make it easier to plan and implement bike infrastructure in the future to make sure it fits together with these principles”

3. Oliver Community League bike infrastructure info session planning – talking to the board on Feb. 6 and the community session on Feb. 27 Action item – Draw up prezi with Chris on Jan. 30 Action item – Promote event through EBC and OCL channels – Create a handbill, write some copy 4. CACCL presentation for Complete Streets Strathcona Get the stats on the CACCL communities bike riding numbers from Tyler Talk about their current plans and what they’ve done which are inadequate Talk about what our plans are – a cycling friendly backbone through these communities on these routes – Ask for feedback Draw up a letter of support to get the various community leagues on board Have a slide talking about ped safety – community benefits – social benefits We need bike infrastructure grandmas and seven year olds