Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

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Room 247, Level 2, City Hall

Don Thorpe (Chair), Chris Ariens, Brad Slade, Jackie Lodder, James Schofield, Teresa Baerg, Claudia Segatore, David Darnell and Kinsey Schirm

Kate Whitfield and Ezra Lipton (Alta Planning), Melissa Gallina (Lura Consulting), Dan Ozimkovic (Transportation Technologist) and Jo-Anne Rudy (Clerk)

Jeffrey Brooks, John Greven, Glenn Cockfield, Brett Moore and Councillor Jack Dennison

On motion, James Schofield, Chris Ariens and Jackie Lodder were elected as Chair and Co-Vice Chairs respectively for the term ending December 2018.

Dan provided the following update:

  • Met with City of Hamilton staff to discuss extending Hamilton's bike share system into Burlington. 
  • Meeting with 3 CanBike instructors next week to discuss training in the Spring (late March/early April). This training will be open to committee members, City staff and residents with a 6:1 instructor/student ratio. 
  • Winter Bike to Work Day is February 9 at Appleby GO. The consultant team will be there to share information with the public on the Cycling Master Plan. Members invited to participate.
  • Metrolinx is interested in running the "Bike to GO" campaign  as part of Bike Month this year.  Will meet with Metrolinx staff to discuss next steps.
  • Received $640,000 from Province which has to be spent by the end of 2020. Priority projects to be determined.

 

Dan introduced the consultants - Kate Whitfield and Ezra Lipton from Alta Planning and Melissa Gallina from Lura Consulting and they provided the following update on the Cycling Master Plan:

  • Stage 1 (Jan - Feb 2018) is to build an understanding of current travel patterns, barriers and motivators to cycling and explore ideas and opportunities to make cycling more appealing.
  • Stage 2 (Mar 2018) is to receive feedback on proposed options in the Master Plan and identify priorities and considerations for implementation.
  • The team is doing a lot of things at once to try and engage the public which include sharing the cycling profiles link on social media, doing pop-up engagement at various locations throughout the City and providing Do it Yourself Engagement Kits for folks to use who are interested in talking about the future of cycling in Burlington.  Members were asked to suggest organizations/stakeholders that the consultants can connect with and were also encouraged to get involved by perhaps hosting a DIY Workshop, sharing the cycling profiles and online survey through social media and attending pop-up events (Feb 9 - Winter Bike to Work Day - Appleby GO). 
  • The committee discussed the following vision statement and were asked how they envision the future of cycling in Burlington:
    Vision: A cycling culture within the City of Burlington is encouraged and achieved through the implementation of cycling facilities that allow all users to feel comfortable and confident using a bike as their mode of transportation."
  • Don distributed a draft of the committee's 2017 annual report and asked members to review and provide comment at the February meeting.
  • James thanked Don for all the time and energy he devoted to the committee as Chair over the years.