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THE TIME IS[Bicycle Advisory Committee]
NOW 2 36.UM, TODAY IS JANUARY 25TH, 2023.
THIS IS THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
WHAT I'LL DO IS READ THE MISSION.
THE BAC MISSION IS TO ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION AND THE DIRECTORS ON ISSUES RELATED TO BICYCLING IN THE CITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AMENDMENTS TO THE BIKE PLAN, BICYCLE SAFETY ED, AND EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE PLAN.
DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES FOR FUNDING PROJECTS RELATED TO BICYCLING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BICYCLING.
THE BAC VISION IS BY 2027, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WOULD BE A SAFER, MORE ACCESSIBLE, GOLD LEVEL FRIEND, GOLD LEVEL BIKE FRIENDLY CITY.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH THE ROLL CALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, UPON HEARING YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY, HEAR THOSE VIRTUAL, YOU CAN COME OFF MUTE.
BUT WHEN TRACY, WHEN TRACY GETS ON TO GET A VERBAL HERE FROM HER.
ROBIN HOON HERE BEYOND MC REYNOLDS.
AND NOW FOR, UH, OUR EX-OFFICIAL MEMERS.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I WAS DOUBLE MUTED.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT? MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE CHAT OR VERBALLY HERE? NO.
AND BRANDON? LAUREN GROVE IS HERE FOR IAN LAVA CHECK.
HERE'S SOME, UH, MICROSOFT TEAM MEETING INSTRUCTIONS.
UM, YOU SEE HERE, IF YOU WANT THE AGENDA AND SLIDES, YOU CAN ALWAYS VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONBIKEPLAN.ORG.
YOU CAN ALSO JOIN BY PHONE BY DIALING (936) 755-1521.
USING ID 4 8 6 2 7 9 2 0 8 POUND SIGN.
ALSO, UM, IF YOU ARE JOINING VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO STAY ON MUTE, UM, UNLESS IDENTIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
IF YOU'RE CONNECTING THROUGH THE PHONE, PLEASE UH, PRESS STAR SIX TO MUTE, UNMUTE.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE YOU IS OUR AGENDA AND WE'LL START WITH DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THANK YOU BRANDON AND WELCOME EVERYBODY, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I HAVE FOUR ITEMS, UH, TO REPORT TO YOU ON THE FIRST I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, INTRODUCE, UH, MISTY STATON, UH, FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SHE'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND WILL BE JOINING US AT THE BAC.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO FIND RESOURCES, UM, IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, MISTY'S VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING BACK INTO PROJECT WORK.
UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT SHE'LL BE JOINING US.
SO IF YOU SEE HER, PLEASE SAY HELLO.
UM, YOU'LL SEE HER MORE AND MORE ON THE BAC.
UM, NUMBER TWO IS AN UPDATE ON THE, THE SWEEPER, THE MINI SWEEPER THAT IS SIZED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE BIKE LANES.
UM, IT, AS YOU KNOW, IT HAD BEEN RECEIVED, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS UNDERGOING TRAINING ON IT.
UM, I WILL READILY ADMIT I DID NOT REALIZE THE REQUIREMENTS OF TRAINING OF A SWEEPER WHEN NEW EQUIPMENT COMES INTO THE CITY.
UM, BUT ALSO THEY'VE BEEN DOING
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TEST RUNS MOSTLY ON CAVALCADE, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT OUT THERE.YOU'LL SEE IT MORE AND THE MORE, AND AS SOON AS, UH, THAT IS UP TO GO, UM, WE'LL BE RELEASING, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE CONFIRMED SCHEDULE FOR THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
ANY IDEA WHEN, UH, THE TRAINING IS A LITTLE MORE AMORPHOUS THAN THAN I REALIZED.
UM, THE MACHINE ITSELF HAS DIFFERENT FUEL LEVELS THAT THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
YOU DON'T APPARENTLY FILL IT UP THE WHOLE WAY BEFORE YOU SWEEP SOMETHING.
SO THEY WANT TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT SO THEY KNOW HOW FAR AWAY SOMETHING CAN GET IN A FULL TANK OR NOT A FULL TANK.
I DON'T WANNA SECOND GUESS THAT.
I WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GET ADAM BACK.
BUT I WILL KEEP UPDATING YOU ALL AS I HAVE INFORMATION.
UH, NUMBER THREE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE EDUCATION, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, FROM LAST MONTH THAT ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS TRUCK FLEET SAFETY ON STREETS, UH, RECOGNIZING WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE BIKING ON THOSE STREETS.
UH, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AT, UM, SILVER EAGLE, WHO ARE PART OF OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THEY'RE HELPING US FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR, UH, DIFFERENT TRAINING MODULES LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT CAN FIT IN.
UM, ALSO A CONVERSATION WITH TOGETHER FOR SAFER ROADS, WHO'S KIND OF AN UMBRELLA NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO TALK, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THEIR TRAINING THAT THEY'VE GIVEN FLEETS, UM, AND THEN WE JUST RECEIVED A CONTACT AT THE STATEWIDE FREIGHT TRUCKING ASSOCIATION AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO SEE CAN WE WORK WITH THEM AS MORE AN UMBRELLA AS OPPOSED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL FLEET.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A LOT IN A MONTH ON THAT ONE GIVEN THAT MONTH TOO.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, A CONVERSATION ABOUT ENGAGEMENT, UH, IN ANY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROJECTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS, IT IS AN EVOLVING PRACTICE.
UM, THE, THE TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT WE DID 30 YEARS AGO ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
BUT HONESTLY, WHAT WE DO TODAY IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
UM, WE HAVE SHIFTED BY PROJECT BASED ON CONTEXT DURING COVID.
OBVIOUSLY YOU SAW MANY DIFFERENT, UH, VIRTUAL MEETINGS, ONLINE MEETINGS OR POP-UPS WITH MASKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, KIND OF UNIQUELY, THE CITY HAS BEEN REALLY PUSHING, UH, FOR BIKE PLANNING EXERCISES TO BE MORE IN THE FIELD BASED.
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE JOINED US FOR POP-UP BIKE LANES WHERE WE ACTUALLY SHOW A COMMUNITY WHAT SOMETHING COULD LOOK LIKE AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE DID THAT, UM, ON MLK GRIGGS, UH, UM, ON, UH, GRIGGS, UH, LATE LAST SUMMER.
WE HAD DONE THAT IN THIRD WARD EARLIER.
UM, WE TRY TO GO OUT TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WHETHER EVENTS IN PARKS OR WITH RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, FARMERS' MARKETS.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE THE JUST TRADITIONAL SIX O'CLOCK AT A GYM WHERE EVERYBODY SHOWS UP, LISTENS TO A TALKING HEAD, GIVE A POWERPOINT, GIVES A FEW COMMENTS AND LEAVES BECAUSE IT'S ONLY SO EFFECTIVE.
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO BROADEN.
THE DOWNSIDE OF IT IS IT CATCHES MANY PEOPLE OFF GUARD.
THEY DON'T ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THAT AS TRADITIONAL ENGAGEMENT ANYMORE 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL TRADITIONAL.
SO WE ARE GONNA DO A LITTLE BETTER JOB ABOUT COMMUNICATING THIS AS PART OF THE OVERALL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP DOING THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MANY OF OUR PARTNERS WHO JOIN US.
THERE'S JUST NO WAY CITY STAFF ALONE CAN DO ALL THIS, ESPECIALLY PRECINCT ONE, UH, WHO'S JUST BEEN A GREAT PARTNER ON THESE PROJECTS.
UM, HAR PARKS BOARD SHOULD GET ONE OF THOSE SHOUT OUTS, METRO, MANY OF OUR PARTNERS.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU SEE ENGAGEMENT, RECOGNIZE THAT TAKES MANY DIFFERENT SHAPES AND FORMS THESE DAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK SO THE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC BOOK SHOULD THINK ABOUT HOW IT SHARES THE INFORMATION? I THINK SO.
THE PUBLIC WAS BU USED AND INFO WEBSITE HAS COUPLE OF SENTENCES ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK, SO THE PLANNING DE DEPARTMENT CAN ELABORATE.
UM, I THINK, SO THERE IS SOME BACKLASH RELATED TO BICYCLE PROJECTS.
UM, BUT I THINK, SO BICYCLE PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN CAPITAL PROJECTS AND I THINK SO WE SOMEHOW NEED TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IT, IT'S, IT'S A PART OF THE CHANGING WORLD WE LIVE IN AND THE COVID, UH, I, I'M NOT MAKING EXCUSES, BUT HAD CREATED SOME CHALLENGES, UH, AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND WE ALL HAD TO RETOOL OURSELVES AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW WE TRY NOW TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO OFFICES
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE EVERY, EVERY AGENCY IS DEALING WITH.
SO, UH, I THINK SO WE JUST NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND, UH, BE HONEST AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS THAT REQUEST THAT INFORMATION.
SO HAVING IT SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE TO.
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ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CHAIR'S REPORT.UM, I BROUGHT A PROP
I ACTUALLY FIRST CAME ACROSS THIS ONLINE SOMEHOW THOUGH I GOT A, A TEXT OR AN EMAIL FROM KRON.COM AND, AND SO I, I SAW THIS, IT HAD A VERY, UM, GRABBING, UH, HEADLINE.
I GUESS IT GOT MY ATTENTION WHEN IT READS, WHY, WHY WOULD HOUSTON WANT TO REBUILD ROADS TO SLOW CARS DOWN? AND IT TURNS OUT IT WAS KIND OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION AS THE EDITORIAL WENT ON AND THEY, THEY PUT AS THEIR, YOU KNOW, ONE PRIMARY REASON, ESSENTIALLY AN EXHIBIT A OF, OF A CYCLIST THAT WAS RIDING DOWN, UM, THE, THE, UH, THE BIKE LANE ON AUSTIN STREET WHEN A, A CAR PULLED OFF A SIDE STREET INTO THE BIKE LANE AND FORTUNATELY FIRST HIT THE CONCRETE BEFORE HITTING THE CYCLIST.
SO THE CONCRETE SLOWED DOWN THE CAR QUITE A BIT.
AND ALTHOUGH HE SUFFERED, UM, SOME BROKEN RIBS, AND I'M SURE THAT WAS PAINFUL, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
UM, AND A GREAT QUOTE FROM THE, THE, UH, CYCLIST WAS, I'M WALKING AROUND BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HUGE.
UM, A BIG PART OF THE ARTICLE WAS THE NEED TO SLOW CARS DOWN.
AND INDEED IN, AS DAVID WILL RELATE LATER IN HIS PRESENTATION ON THE LAB UM, BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES RENEWAL, THEY POINTED OUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR TO-DO LIST.
AND IT'S NOT JUST A CITY THING, IT'S A STATE THING.
IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE IT'S A STATE THAT SETS THE, UH, MINIMUM, UH, SPEED LIMITS THAT THE, THAT CITIES THE MINIMUM DEFAULT, I GUESS A SPEED LIMIT.
SO IF IT'S NOT POSTED, I THINK IT'S 30 IS IS WHAT IT IS.
AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WENT VERY FAR, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD BE, I THINK SHOULD BE ON ALL OF OUR TO-DO LISTS, IS TO WORK WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE.
CERTAINLY WORK WITH BY TEXAS, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
HOW YOU DOING? UH, THIS IS BRANDON MOSES.
UM, IF YOU ARE IN THE CHAT, UM, AND JOINING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON MUTE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL OR OUR VISION IS TO BECOME A GOLD LEVEL BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
WE WERE HOPING TO MAKE IT SILVER THIS YEAR.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS Y'ALL JUST MUTED THE MAIN LINE.
NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOOD NOW? YES.
I'LL, I'LL JUST BACKTRACK A MINUTE HERE.
I, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE GOLD LEVEL A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
TO ME, THE REAL GOAL IS TO PUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GHOST BIKE PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR VISION SHOULD BE THAT 15 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN KIDS SEE THOSE WHITE BIKES, ASSUMING THEY'RE STILL AROUND AT VER VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY, THEY'LL POINT AT 'EM AND SAY, WHAT'S THAT FOR? AND WE WOULD SAY, WELL, THAT'S WHERE SOMEBODY WAS RIDING A BIKE AND THEY GOT HIT BY A CAR AND KILLED.
AND THEY WOULD SAY, REALLY, THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED? HOW COULD THAT BE? AND YOU KNOW, ONE ANSWER WOULD BE, WELL, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT SPEED WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAFETY, WE THOUGHT TAKING A COUPLE MINUTES OFF OF OUR DRIVE IS WORTH 300 PLUS DEATHS A YEAR ON HOUSTON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
AND THEN OUR KIDS WILL SAY, OR GRANDKIDS, GREAT GRANDKIDS WILL SAY, WERE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY? AND WE'D HAVE TO SAY, YEAH, WE WERE, BUT WE GOT BETTER.
THAT'S WHAT OUR VISION NEEDS TO BE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL FOR THE OCTOBER 22 MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED IN THE, UH, OR AS DISTRIBUTED IN THE EMAIL.
UM, YOU CAN SEND IN WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE BAC AT THE BAC AT HOUSTON TX DO GOV BY 2:00 PM THE DAY OF THE BAC MEETING.
COMMENTS WILL BE READ ALOUD BY STAFF DURING THE MEETING.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT BY PHONE, YOU CAN DIAL IN BY DIAL IN 9 3 6 7 5 5 1 5 2 1.
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POUND SIGN.YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX TO MUTE AND UNMUTE WHEN CALLED UPON WITH THE CHAIR.
IF YOU'RE VISITING, UH, VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS, YOU CAN, UH, TYPE YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT AND WE WILL, UH, ADDRESS YOU THERE AT THIS TIME.
CHAIR, WE HAVE FOUR, UH, COMMENTS THAT WERE MAILED INTO US THAT I'D LIKE TO REACH TO THE BAC.
I'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, THE FIRST ONE IS FROM HARRISON LEWIS SAID, I'D LIKE TO POLITELY EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF MYSELF CURRENT NEIGHBORS OF A STREET AND THE HEIGHTS AND PREVIOUS NEIGHBORS FROM MIDTOWN ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT HAPPY WITH THE RECENT REDUCTION OF TRAFFIC LANES DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE ROUTES ON GRAY WALL.
AND NOW 11TH STREET TRAFFIC DELAYS ARE NOW INCREASED DURING BUSY HOURS AND IT'S COMMON TO SIT THROUGH 11TH STREET LIGHT WESTBOUND CROSSING NORTH SHEPHERD MORE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS, THIS IS INCENTIVIZING DRIVERS TO AVOID THE MAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS SUCH AS 11TH STREET A DRIVE AND DRIVE THROUGH SMALLER SURROUNDING ROADS, WHICH WE SEE BIKERS, WALKERS, AND CHILDREN ARE ON.
PLEASE CONSIDER RENOVATING SMALLER ROADS IN THE FUTURE, SUCH AS 10TH STREET, TO ACCOMMODATE PEACEFUL AND SAFE BIKE TRAFFIC OPPOSED TO MIXING THE ROUTE WITH BUSY CARS.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT AS, THIS IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS STATED, ESPECIALLY REGARDING DIVERTING BIKERS TO LIGHTS FOR SAFE CROSSING ON MAJOR ROADS.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND KNOW YOU WILL CONSIDER OUR THOUGHTS ALONGSIDE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
FINALLY, HAVE THERE BEEN STUDIES ON BIKE TRAFFIC ON, I'M SORRY, FINALLY, HAVE THERE BEEN STUDIES OF BIKE TRAFFIC ON ROADS ALREADY COMPLETED SUCH AS GRAY STREET TO SEE UTILIZATION? I FEEL THAT HOUSTON IS A HARD CITY TO BIKE DUE TO HEAT AND DISTANCES.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER AND HOPEFULLY STUDIES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THERE ARE OTHER STUDIES FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER, BUT I HOPE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE ACKNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE TOPIC TO GUIDE DECISIONS TO ENJOY THE PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, HARRISON LEWIS.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS FROM FRANK CARAS.
PLEASE CONNECT 50 FEET OF TRAIL.
SO CYCLISTS AND OTHER BAYOU TRAIL USERS DO NOT NEED TO EXIT THE BAYOU TRAIL AND CROSS MULTIPLE LANES, A FRONTAGE, A FRONTAGE ROAD AT NORTH BRASSWOOD AND WEST LOOP.
WE'VE LOOKED INTO THIS, WE'VE RESPONDED BACK TO THIS PER, UH, THIS EMAILER AND, UH, WANTED, JUST LET 'EM KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO BE 50 FEET, UH, ACROSS TDOT RIGHT AWAY, WE'LL HAVE TO EITHER GO ABOVE OR OR BEYOND IT.
BUT IT IS, THERE IS A CONNECTION THERE.
UM, THERE IS A, A LIGHT THAT'S ALSO THERE.
ALSO, THERE'S EIGHT FOOT OF SIDEWALK, SO IT'S SAFE TO CROSS OVER AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
AND WE ALSO WANT STAFF, I'M SORRY, WE ALSO STAFF BELIEVES IT WOULD NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO USE OUR RESOURCE TO CONSTRUCT LIKE A SEAMLESS CONNECTION OF THAT WAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND AGAIN, THIS IS AT NORTH BRAYWOOD AND THE SIX 10 LOOP.
YEAH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA AND, UH, CALLING IT SAFE WOULD BE IN QUOTES AT BEST.
YOU HAVE TO BE LOOKING EVERY DIRECTION AT ONCE.
'CAUSE BETWEEN PEOPLE MAKING RIGHT TURNS ON RED LEFT TURNS AND JUST RUNNING THE LIGHTS, UH, IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH CROSSING.
I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, ON HOUSTON PARKS BOARD LIST OF THINGS TO DO IS THEY HAVE A TRAIL PLANNED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BRAVEWOOD THAT WILL GO UNDERNEATH THE FEEDER ROAD.
SO THERE WILL BE THAT ALTERNATIVE LONG TERM.
IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S A PRETTY DIFFICULT THING TO CHANGE, UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
I ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, THE THIRD ONE IS FROM EDDIE.
I BELIEVE SEVERAL INTERSECTION ALONG EXISTING BIKEWAYS COULD BE IMPROVED.
I NOTICED RECENTLY THAT AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAYLOR STREET AND SOYA HEIGHTS STREET, THAT A NEW BICY THAT BICYCLE DETECTORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
THESE MAKE IT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUSH PEDESTRIAN THE PEDESTRIAN, BUT WALK BUTTON INSTEAD.
IT AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNIZES WHEN A BIKE REACHES THE INTERSECTION.
IT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND IT SEEMS TO WORK REALLY WELL.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THIS UPGRADE.
EAST TC JESTER AT ELLA BOULEVARD WAKEFIELD DRIVE AT ELLA BOULEVARD, TC JESTER AT DREW BAR LANE.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHAT OVER THE PHONE IN MORE DETAIL.
ALRIGHT, AND THE LAST ONE WE HAVE IS FROM ERIC WHITAKER.
MY NAME IS ERIC WHITAKER AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AN ACTIVE CITIZEN.
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IN PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO YOU A PROJECT THAT WOULD CONNECT ATTICS RESERVOIR BIKE, BICYCLE PATH WITH THE BICYCLE PATH ON THE NORTH SPUR OF TERRY HERSHEY PARK.
THIS PATH WOULD CONNECT TWO PRIMARY BICYCLE CORRIDORS NEARLY SEAMLESSLY.
AS A NEIGHBOR OF THIS AREA, I FREQUENTLY RIDE THIS AREA AND I OBSERVED A FEW CHALLENGES.
NUMBER ONE, THE INTERSECTION AT ELRIDGE PARKWAY AND NORTH DERRY ASHFORD IS CHALLENGING FOR ONE, FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
THE NORTH CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION SHOULD BE IMPROVED FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIANS TRAFFIC AT ALL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PARK ROW NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ELRIDGE AND DAIRY ASHFORD ENDS ABRUPTLY.
THE END, END OF THE SIDEWALK WAS NO DOUBT DUE TO THE PROCEEDING, DUE TO THE PROCEEDING AREA BEING CROWDED WITH UTILITIES AS WELL AS RETAINING AS AS A RETAINING WALL FOR DETENTION POND TO THE NORTH.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR WHICH THIS SIDEWALK COULD CONTINUE WEST.
THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE INVOLVE REARRANGING UTILITIES.
THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE TO TURN RIGHT WESTBOUND, TURN THE RIGHT WESTBOUND LANE INTO A DEDICATED BIKE LANE.
THE THIRD OPTION WOULD BE TO HAVE A CROSSING AT THE MEDIAN WHERE THE BIKE PATH CAN BE INSTALLED.
IN SUMMARY, I PROPOSE THE CD FOR A DEDICATED BIKE LANE TO BE INSTALLED ON THE RED, RED LINE BELOW.
I'LL ADD THAT TO THE, TO THE, UH, THE POST MEETING.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I CAN TALK TO SOMEONE, UH, TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PROJECT.
CALL ME ANYTIME WITH THE NUMBER BELOW ERIC WHITAKER AND HIS NUMBER.
AND WE DID CONNECT, UH, THAT COMMENTER TO THE ENERGY CORRIDOR DISTRICT, WHO IS DOING A MASTER PLAN EXACTLY IN THIS AREA, AND THEY'RE IN CONNECTION.
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THAT.
THE ANYONE IN THE CHAT SIGNED UP? OKAY.
UM, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE, UH, SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION TO THE, UH, BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, UM, LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS LATE LAST YEAR.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH, WE GOT THE RESPONSE, UH, YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM THE CHAIR.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IN A SHORT VERSION ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD AND WHAT WE'RE TAKING AWAY AND WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM FROM THERE.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA STOP FOR A SECOND.
UM, I THINK, UH, THE CHAIR'S COMMENT THAT A CERTIFICATION IS ONE GROUP CERTIFICATION BASED ON THEIR CRITERIA.
UM, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T DISMISS THE WORK WE ARE ALL DOING, THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AND THE REAL GOALS OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
SO, UH, I WILL ADMIT, I WAS SAD IN THAT WE WERE STILL AT BRONZE.
I'M STILL VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY WHO JOINS US FOR THIS WORK AND, AND HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, SO AS YOU'LL REMEMBER, OUR GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE, UH, GOLD LEVEL STATUS, BIKE FRIENDLY STATUS.
BY 2027, IT IS POSSIBLE TO JUMP MULTIPLE LEVELS IN A CERTIFICATION.
SO, UH, SHOULD WE SUBMIT AGAIN IN A FEW YEARS, WE, YOU CAN SKIP OVER SILVER.
AND HONESTLY, IF WE ARE AT SILVER IN A FEW YEARS, BUT THAT MUCH SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED, WE MAY NOT HIT THIS GOAL, BUT WE, WE'LL STILL BE DOING GOOD WORK.
UH, I'M SORRY THAT IS SO SMALL.
UM, BUT JUST AS CONTEXT, THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS, UH, REPRESENTS ALMOST 500 COMMUNITIES, 1500 BUSINESSES, UH, 200 AND SO UNIVERSITIES.
JUST TO PROVIDE THE CONTEXT NEXT, PLEASE, IN OUR HISTORY, UH, IN 2003, WE HAD NO AWARD.
IN 2007, WE FIRST RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION.
FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS, 2018, WE RECEIVED THE BRONZE CERTIFICATION.
AND THEN, UH, GETTING UP TO TODAY THE 2022 APPLICATION PACKAGE.
SO AS CONTEXT, UM, IT WAS 40 PAGES OF 176 QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS MATH, THERE WAS READING COMPREHENSION, THERE WAS EVERYTHING YOU REMEMBER FROM ANY SAT OR STANDARDIZED TEST.
UM, WE REALLY, UH, ASKED FOR HELP FROM EVERYBODY AROUND THIS TABLE.
UM, UH, SPECIFIC GROUPS WHO PROVIDED CONTEXT AND, UH, SERVED AS CONTACTS ARE ALL LISTED ON THERE.
UH, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, THE BAC AS THE WHOLE, UH, B CYCLE, UH, BIKE, HOUSTON, LINK HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LIST IS THERE.
UM, BUT ALSO THERE WAS A FOLLOW-UP GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEY, WHICH ALSO FED INTO IT.
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SO, UH, YOU ALL KNOW AT THIS POINT, SO FROM 2018 TO 2022, STILL A, A CONTINUATION OF THE BRONZE CERTIFICATION.UM, SO SOME OF THE OUTCOMES, SO NOW I'M GOING TO, TO SUMMARIZE THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD, AND IT'S A FOUR OR FIVE PAGE REPORT CARD THAT THEY GAVE US ON OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, 40 ISH PAGE, UH, APPLICATION.
UM, SO THIS FIRST IS THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK, HOW PEOPLE WERE FEELING.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE HARDENED TO HEAR 45% OF PEOPLE WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED.
UM, I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED WE WOULD'VE SCORED THAT HIGH ON A, A GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEY.
UM, AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE, UM, ON THE RIGHT, HOW SAFE OR DANGEROUS IS IT TO RIDE A BIKE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, I THINK THIS REALLY GOES TO HOW BIG A CITY HOUSTON IS.
SO 20% PEOPLE SAID IT WAS SAFE AND ABOUT 20% OF THE PEOPLE SAID IT WAS DANGEROUS.
AND THE MIDDLE SAID IT DEPENDS.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AROUND OUR CITY AT 670 SQUARE MILES, THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT, RIGHT? WE HAVE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE REALLY MOVED ALONG AND CORRIDORS THAT HAVE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CITY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE HAVE TO DO.
UM, I WAS, UH, HARDENED BY THIS BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID WE WERE GONNA HEAR WITH ALL THIS WORK STILL ONLY A COUPLE OF PERCENT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT THEY COULD RIDE.
AND THE MAJORITY WERE REALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT FEELING GOOD OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM THIS.
SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SEE IT NEXT, PLEASE.
SO NOW A SUMMARY OF THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK OF THE EVALUATION THAT, UH, THAT THEY DO.
THESE SHOULD SOUND VERY FAMILIAR.
THESE ARE FIVE TRADITIONAL E CATEGORIES, ENGINEERING, EDUCATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, EVALUATION, AND NOW EQUITY.
UM, SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY RATE OUR APPLICATION, THAT'S THE LINE FOR HOUSTON.
AND THEN OF EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED IN THIS YEAR, WHAT THE MAXIMUM SCORE ANYBODY RECEIVED IS.
AND THEY DON'T TELL US WHAT THEIR ULTIMATE, UH, CERTIFICATION WAS, BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TOOK THE MAX OF ANYBODY, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE.
AND ALL ALONG HERE WE'RE ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF EACH MAX SCORE.
UM, EXCUSE ME, SOMETIMES BETTER, YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, UH, SO I HIGHLIGHTED FROM THEIR REPORT CARD THE THINGS THAT WE WERE IDENTIFIED AS DOING WELL, THAT'S THE PLUS COLUMN AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY WORK MORE ON TO IMPROVE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THESE QUICKLY AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO IF YOU WANNA STOP AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO THE THINGS THAT WE DO REALLY, REALLY WELL, AND I'M HOPING THESE ECHO FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD REGIONAL COORDINATION AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK WE DO.
UM, BICYCLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND, AND OUR THANKS TO METRO FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE THERE.
UM, WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ARE END OF TRIP FACILITIES LIKE BICYCLE RACKS AT A LOT OF LOCATIONS, AND A STANDARDIZED RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.
UM, BUT ALSO WE HAVE TO BUILD OUT OUR NETWORK MORE.
UM, AND I WANT TO COME BACK, UM, TO THE SCALE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY MAKE THIS COMMENT ABOUT BUILD IT OUT ON EDUCATION, THEY SAID WE DID REALLY WELL ON ADULT EDUCATION AND WE NEED TO DO MORE ON YOUTH EDUCATION.
UM, I TAKE A LITTLE EXCEPTION MOSTLY 'CAUSE OF THE WORK THAT PRECINCT ONE HAS BEEN DOING.
UM, WE AND HGAC PLUS SOME FROM THE CITY, WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING A LOT.
I NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW THAT SCALES TO A CITY WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, UH, PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS, UM, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET.
THEY SAY WE DO VERY GOOD WITH CULTURE AND PROMOTION, UM, BUT ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SERVICES, UM, WHICH IS OFTEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR STEPPING IN, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
UM, WE DO REALLY WELL ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH THIS WAS THEIR TAKE WHEN WE SUBMITTED EXACTLY, UM, THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD EARLIER ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THEN HOW WE EVALUATE AND THE DIFFERENCE WE'RE MAKING ON THE OUTCOMES, UH, THEY SAY WE'RE NOT, UH, THERE YET.
AND ON THOSE OUTCOMES, UM, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF FATALITIES OF PEOPLE BIKING, AS SOON AS THAT WAS A DOUBLE DIGIT NUMBER, WE WERE GOING TO FARE POORLY HERE.
IT IS NOT NORMALIZED BY, UH, POPULATION OR SIZE OF CITY.
UM, AND THEY, THEY DID SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY, IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS, THEY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, BUT AS SOON AS THAT RED FLAG RAISED, WE WEREN'T GONNA GET ALL THOSE POINTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT TIES INTO BUILDING THE NETWORK AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND OUR VISION ZERO PLAN, UM, OUR EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY, UM, OUR POLICIES AND PLANS THEY THOUGHT WERE VERY GOOD, UH, COLLECTING THE DATA AND AND SHOWING THAT WE'RE DOING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY GO A BIT TO A MARS POINT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT SHOWING
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EVERYBODY WHAT WE DO AND BEING ABLE TO QUANTIFY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE CONNECTED WITH, UM, BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPAND THOSE NET NETWORKS.I'M GONNA PAUSE FIRST TO TAKE A BREATH, BUT ALSO TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WERE SPECIFIC THINGS IDENTIFIED THAT WE COULD WORK ON TO IMPROVE OUR PACKAGE FOR NEXT TIME.
UM, AND, AND MY THOUGHTS ON WHERE WE ARE, WHETHER IT'S A CONTINUING THING WE'RE DOING OR IF IT'S A NEW START THAT WE NEED TO, TO START.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BAC OR COMMENTS? CAN I MAKE A COMMENT PLEASE? I, I THINK SO.
THIS IS A GOOD OVERVIEW OF, UH, HOW WE DID AND WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE.
SO AS A BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN ANY OF THIS EFFORT OR REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS IN MAKING SURE WE DOCUMENT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN OUT OF THIS SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHECK OFF BEFORE, WHENEVER THAT NEXT SUBMITTAL COMES IN.
AND WE HAVE DONE ALL THE HOMEWORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOALS.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, A LOT OF BICYCLE EDUCATION BEING DONE BY A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS IN OUR REGION.
AND IF WE JUST NEED TO START COLLECTING EDUCATION, UH, INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT AND PUT IT ON SOME SORT OF A FORMAT, WHETHER THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR SOME NONPROFIT TAKES ON THAT EFFORT, US AS A COLLECTIVE ADDRESS THOSE, UH, THAT DOCUMENTATION OF EFFORT, THEN I THINK, SO THAT MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT BE RELYING JUST ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT AT LEAST AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD ALSO REACH OUT TO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
BUT USE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STILL BECOMES A CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION THAT THAT MAY BE THE MOST, UH, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE CITY AND THE REGION, THAT MAY BE THE MOST, UH, PRAGMATIC WAY OF US, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE THINGS.
IS THERE ANY, UM, TYPE OF COMPARATIVE CHART TO SHOW WHERE WE WERE IN 2018 COMPARED TO NOW IN TERMS OF THESE CATEGORIES? SO THERE ISN'T, AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
THE CATEGORIES AND WHAT THEY ASK HAVE CHANGED YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO THERE ARE FULL SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY THE EQUITY SECTION.
AND WHO HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO, WHICH WERE NOT ASKED, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO WE COULD KIND OF TRY TO MATCH UP A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT EVEN THE SCORING SYSTEM'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, UH, I IF BAC WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO SPEND THE TIME DOING IT, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S, IF IT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT IT DID FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE WE WERE, UM, WHAT WE HAD AIMED FOR IN 2018.
THEY HAD CHANGED, CHANGED THE GOALPOSTS ON US ON SOME OF THESE.
UM, AND I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND HOW WE DON'T FALL INTO THAT AGAIN IN OUR NEXT APPLICATION.
UM, ONE THING I, I MIGHT SUGGEST WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE HAVE A FEW YEARS IS ACTUALLY THE BAC ESTABLISH A, AN AD HOC APPLICATION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEN MAYBE WE GET MORE EYES ON IT AND MORE THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN FRAME MATERIAL.
IS THERE A DEMOGRAPHIC ON THE, UH, SURVEY THEY DID ABOUT THEY SAMPLE? AND THEN IF YOU COULD COMPARE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC TO THE PREVIOUS SURVEY, IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHED SOME LIGHT ON.
I I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK.
I DON'T THINK THEY PROVIDED THAT IN THE RESPONSE PACKAGE.
UM, BUT WE MAY AS WELL ASK FOR IT.
WHO, DAVID, YOU MENTIONED MOVING THE GOALPOSTS.
IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME UP, UM, IN THEIR EVALUATION WAS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, STRIPED BIKE LANES DON'T COUNT AS BIKEWAYS OR TO OVERSIMPLIFY, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAME UP IN THEIR REVIEW, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BASED ON THAT STANDARD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FEWER MILES OF BIKEWAYS NOW THAN WE DID IN 2018.
I DON'T KNOW, DID THAT COME UP? UM, THEY HAVE A, A BASICALLY AN COMPLICATED EXCEL SHEET WHERE YOU PLUG IN ALL YOUR DIFFERENT TYPES.
SO OUR O OVERALL NUMBERS CERTAINLY WENT UP.
UM, AND YOU KIND OF GET JUST LESS CREDIT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF FACILITY, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY TAKE POINTS OFF FOR OLDER STUFF.
SO I, I'M GONNA GIVE 'EM THE BENEFIT OF THE DEATH THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, THE BIGGER NUMBER OF, OF WHAT'S UP AND, AND BUILT A STANDARD AT THIS POINT.
I JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, WILL YOU BE POSTING THEIR SCORECARD TO THE WEBSITE? YES.
WE'LL BE POSTING THAT TO THE, THE, UH, BIKEWAYS WEBPAGE.
UM, AS WELL AS, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY PUT A LINK TO THIS PRESENTATION SO SOMEBODY CAN SEE OUR SUMMARY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANYONE ON THE ONLINE?
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I'LL MAKE A REMARK.UM, THIS IS A REALLY BIG TASK.
UM, BICYCLE NETWORK, YOUTH BICYCLE EDUCATION.
LIKE IT'S HARD TO KIND OF COVER ALL THE BASES.
UM, AND DESPITE EVERYTHING, I STILL THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
SO, UM, I THINK KIND OF JUST KEEP DOING THIS, I GUESS, AND DON'T LOSE HOPE.
YOU WANNA, CAN I, UM, SO THEN I JUST WANNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE MAJOR POINTS THAT THEY POINTED TO FOR US.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY OBVIOUS, LIKE THE VERY FIRST ONE, CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING OUR BIKE PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA DO THAT EITHER WAY.
AND OF COURSE, UM, UH, BUT THINGS LIKE, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR BIKE, UH, FACILITY SELECTION CRITERIA.
WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING THE CHAPTER 17, WHICH IS, UH, TRANSIT PADS AND BIKES RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE GONNA FLUSH THAT OUT EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO BY THE NEXT ONE THAT'S GONNA BE A DONE ITEM, UM, REVISIT OUR COM CITY'S COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.
SO ALL REPAVING PROJECTS ALSO IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY THAT MIRRORS A VISION ZERO ACTION.
UM, AND WE'VE STARTED DOING THAT.
IF YOU'VE SEEN, UM, JUST HAPPENS TO BE ALSO IN THE HEIGHTS ON HEIGHTS BOULEVARD NORTH OF, UH, 14TH STREET.
THERE WAS A REPAVING PROJECT GOING, AND THE OLD WAY WE WOULD'VE JUST REPAVED AND RES STRIPPED THE, THE BIKE LANE THE WAY IT IS.
WE ACTUALLY STRIPED A MUCH WIDER BUFFER.
UM, IT DIDN'T COST US ANYMORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST WHILE WE'RE DOING, WE MAY AS WELL DO IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THINK WE CAN, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN DO EVEN BETTER AS WE'RE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS A SMALLER COST INCREASE BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, PAVING DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO A CERTAIN DISTANCE.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE KIND OF UNDERWAY AND WE CAN EXPAND ON.
CAN I ASK YOU QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS? UM, FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A POLICY.
WE CITED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WOULD THAT MEAN I'M ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PRONE TO WANTING WHAT WE WANT IN WRITING? SO IS IT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE INVESTIGATE SOLIDIFYING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER AND KIND OF TURNING IT OVER INTO A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY? WE CAN, UM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UH, CITIES AROUND THE WORLD IS THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPECIFY.
UM, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL IN AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL POLICY, THEY TRY TO KEEP IT BECAUSE STAFF NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY TO DO THE WORK WITHOUT COMING BACK FOR IN VARIANCE AT THAT LEVEL EVERY TIME.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE IS THERE SOME WAY IN THE LANGUAGE THAT EXISTS ALREADY TO FLUSH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, I RAISED THAT QUESTION VERY SIMILAR TO HERS A YEAR OR SO AGO.
AND I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME THE RESPONSE WAS, WELL, WE'RE KIND OF MOVING ON FROM COMPLETE STREETS DIVISION ZERO BEING A MORE, DID I SAY THAT? MM-HMM
SO, 'CAUSE I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE THIS YEAR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, NEXT YEAR, BUT ELECTIONS THIS YEAR, SO I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT IT COULD BE LEFT BEHIND, BUT IF WE, IF WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT'S SUBSUMED WITHIN VISION ZERO OR OTHER INITIATIVES WE'RE DOING, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED.
CAN I JUST ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TO THAT? SURE.
UM, WHEN THE COMPLETE STATE EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS DONE, THERE WAS AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WAS BEING PUBLISHED.
AND I THINK, SO THE MORE VALUE OF THE ANNUAL REPORT WAS TO SHOW PROGRESS BEING MADE IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK, SO THE RESURFACING PROJECT IS A LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT EASILY COULD BE DOCUMENTED THAT THE CITY IS MAKING PROGRESS.
SO THAT FOUR YEARS FROM NOW WHEN YOU'RE, OR WHATEVER YEARS FROM NOW YOU'RE SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE RAW DATA AVAILABLE OF WHAT PROGRESS THE CITY HAS MADE.
SO NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, BUT HOW CAN WE GET THE BENEFIT THAT POLICY OFFERS TO APPLY TO THE BIKE PLAN? MAYBE SOMETHING, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT INTERSECTIONS, OR WHETHER IT IS ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AS PROJECTS THAT RESURFACE OR, OR IT MAY HIT YOU, IT MAY HELP YOU BOTH WITH THE, WITH THE VISION ZERO.
IT MAY HELP YOU BOTH WITH, UH, THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IN IT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT THAT.
AND IT MAY ALSO HELP YOU WITH THE BIKE PLAN THAT THAT
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IS ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THAT FOR SURE.AND I SHOULD POINT OUT, UH, THE EACH YEAR'S COMPLETE STREETS REPORT IS ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, AND YOU'LL SEE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, A REAL CHANGE IN FORMAT FROM A, UM, WE'LL CALL IT A VERY TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM STYLE TO SOMETHING A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY WHERE WE CAN PULL DATA AND EVERYBODY BE ON THE LITERAL SAME PAGE.
WHEN DO YOU UPDATE? UH, SO LAST YEAR'S CAME OUT, IT WAS SPRING, BUT HERE, I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHAT SPRING MEANS.
UM, IT, IT WASN'T SUPER HOT, BUT IT, IT WASN'T RAINING ANYMORE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIMEFRAME IS WHEN WE DO IT, WHEN ALL THE DATA FROM THE YEAR BEFORE IS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND I CAN BRING WHATEVER THE BAC MEETING AFTER THE RELEASE IS.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO, UH, PROVIDE THE LINK TO EVERYBODY.
UM, THE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN, AND I HA I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MISSING IN ACTION ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, BUT I'M, I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, WE DO WELL WITH GOALS, UM, AND DO WE, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS PICKED OUT FOR WHAT WE WANNA INVEST IN WITH USING THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED WITH THE HOUSTON BIKE PLAN, BUT I WONDER IF, UM, WE COULD JUST MAYBE GET, KIND OF SOLIDIFY WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE, UM, PUT THEM, LIKE I SAID, IN WRITING SO THAT WE ALL HAVE A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND BY WHEN.
SO I, I THOUGHT I WAS FOLLOWING YOU AND I WAS LEADING TOWARDS THE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE WITH OUR FOUR GOALS THAT, HOW WE BALANCED IT, BUT THE END, YOUR LAST STATEMENT THINKS MAYBE I'M ALL NOT HEARING YOU, SO AND I NEED TO TAKE A LOOK, UH, BACK AT THAT.
BUT I, I GUESS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY, YOU KNOW, TO SAY WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO LAUNCH OR BE, BE LIKE, CONSTRUCTION BY THIS DATE SO THAT WE ALL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE TIMELINES ARE WITH THINGS.
BECAUSE I MEAN, EVEN ME, I GET, YOU KNOW, I'M KNEE CHIN DEEP IN THIS STUFF AND I, I FORGET AND DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHICH STREETS ARE COMING UP NEXT AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS OR WHAT THEY'RE PHASING IS.
UM, IF YOU'LL HOLD THAT TILL LATER IN THIS, UH, MEETING, WE HAVE THE UPDATE ON WHERE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THE NEXT ONE, I'M GONNA READ THE WHOLE SLIDE, I'M SORRY.
UM, IT'S REALLY THE, THE TOP LEVEL BULLET WORK WITH OTHER TEXAS COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE TXDOT TO IMPROVE STATEWIDE POLICIES AROUND LOCAL BICYCLING AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
SPECIFICALLY THE, UH, FIRST SUBLET ADVOCATE FOR LOWERING THE STATEWIDE PRIMA FES SPEED LIMIT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UM, WHEN I READ THIS AND I READ THE SUB-BULLETS ABOUT ONCE THAT'S DONE, DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, I, I, I FELT LIKE THEY MAYBE DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW LITTLE CONTROL WE HAVE OVER OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
UH, I CANNOT PUT A TIMELINE ON WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.
I CAN'T SAY IF WE DO STEPS A, B AND C THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO D WE CONTINUE.
UH, TWO YEARS AGO WE SUBMITTED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATION WAS OUT.
WE SUBMITTED A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF IT.
IT WAS THE LAST BILL NOT TO LEAVE THE TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEE AT THE, UH, UH, LEGISLATURE LEVEL.
WE HOPE THIS YEAR TO BE IT, BUT I CAN'T SAY WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THESE THINGS UNTIL THAT FIRST ONE GET GETS SOME HELP.
THEY DO MENTION IT STARTS WITH WORK WITH OTHER TEXAS COMMUNITIES.
UM, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED THE TEXAS VISION ZERO CITIES.
UM, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH TOGETHER FOR IT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THAT DONE.
AND, AND IS THAT, IS BY TEXAS IN THE MIX ON THAT ALSO? I WILL HAVE TO CHECK.
I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, THEN A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, DEVELOP A MORE ROBUST EVALUATION PROCESS FOR OUR POPUP BIKE LANES.
AND HONESTLY, WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF THOSE AS AN SOMETHING WE EVALUATE WITH IT.
WE HAVE REALLY IMAGINED THAT AS AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT, UM, ABOUT HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF RIDE FACILITIES, UH, TALK ABOUT BIKE PARKING IN TERMS OF QUALITY, QUANTITY AND DISTRIBUTION, AND START LOOKING AT STANDARDS FOR THAT.
SO BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE NEW.
UM, IMPROVE OUR BIKE SAFETY EDUCATION K THROUGH 12.
I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LOT.
MAYBE WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE IT WELL ENOUGH, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP THAT ONGOING AND ACCELERATE WHERE WE CAN.
UM, SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL LEAGUE CYCLING INSTRUCTORS.
UM, SUSAN DOKY AT HGAC JUST WAS CERTIFIED.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE MORE THAN WE DID IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGE.
WE WILL SEE, HONESTLY, I, I DID NOT REALIZE WE WERE GONNA BE GRADED ON HOW MANY INSTRUCTORS
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WE HAD CERTIFIED IN THE, THE REGION.UH, UM, CONTINUE WORKING WITH HOUSTON BCYCLE TO REACH NEW RIDERS AND INTEGRATE THE SYSTEM.
UM, PARTICULARLY TARGETED AUDIENCES SUCH AS OLDER ADULTS AND WOMEN.
AND, UH, WE, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH THEM TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM.
THEY'VE HAD AN EQUITY FOCUS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND WE WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND WE MAY, MAYBE WE SHOULD, DO YOU WANNA HOLD OFF ON YES,
SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM, UM, CONTINUE OUR BIKE COUNTING PROGRAM, UH, USING MORE METHODS OF COUNTING.
WE, UH, HGAC HAS A BIKE COUNTER LENDING PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PART OF.
SO WE HAVE COUNTS AND WE SHOW THEM AND THEY SAID, THAT'S GOOD, NOW DO MORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL SEE WHAT MORE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN CONTINUE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE DATA-DRIVEN ROAD SAFETY OPERATIONS TO REDUCE CRASHES AND FATALITIES.
THAT IS 100% OUR VISION ZERO PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE CAN SHOW THAT WHEN WE BUILD PROJECTS BASED ON OUR VISION, ZERO PRINCIPLES AND OUR DESIGNS CRASHES GO DOWN.
AND I THINK A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE HAVE EVEN MORE OF THESE PROJECTS UP AND DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CASE A BIT, A BIT STRONGER.
UM, AND I RECOGNIZE I'VE DONE A LOT OF TALKING AND I APOLOGIZE.
I REALLY WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE THE FULL STORY, BUT I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS QUOTE FROM OUR CONTACT, UM, AT, UH, LEAGUE OF AMERICA AND BICYCLISTS.
UM, BECAUSE WE PUSHED BACK A LITTLE.
WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED SO HARD, WHAT DID WE DO? DID YOU MISS ANYTHING? COULD WE HAVE A CONVERSATION? I'M GONNA READ THIS OUT LOUD SO IT, SO IT'S IN HOUSTON GARNERED A LOT OF STRONG DEBATE WITH SEVERAL JUDGES ORIGINALLY VOTING FOR SILVER.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE TEAM CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT MORE PROGRESS AND RESULTS ON THE GROUND WERE NEEDED BEFORE SILVER FELT APPROPRIATE.
THIS WAS A REALLY TOUGH DECISION FOR THE TEAM BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR THAT SO MUCH WORK IS HAPPENING, BUT THE SCALE OF THE WORK NEED TO BE DONE MEANS THAT CONTINUED EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS FELT NEEDED BEFORE MOVING HOUSTON UP FROM BRONZE.
I TAKE THIS AS WE MADE A PRETTY GOOD CASE AND WE MAY HAVE JUST FALLEN SHORT, BUT WE'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM SILVER AND WE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET TO GOLD NEXT TIME.
AND I THINK I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS, UM, IN OUR LAST MEETING, BUT I THINK SOME CITIES HAVE A HALO EFFECT.
I THINK SOME CITIES HAVE A HORNS EFFECT AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UM, I THINK THEY JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HOUSTON COULD POSSIBLY BE BIKE FRIENDLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, THE REV UPDATED LIST OF BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AND SEE HOW WE, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SILVER AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER LEVELS.
APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE AMAZING AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT WENT INTO UPDATING THIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, YES.
THIS IS, UH, JOHAN IMUS FROM METRO.
I, I WANNA RECOMMEND THE CITY STAFF AND DAVID'S LEADERSHIP AND THEN THIS, THIS COMMITTEE HERE.
UM, NOT TO TOOT OUR OWN HORNS, BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PROGRESS, UH, THAT IS CLEARLY DOCUMENTED.
AND I THINK THIS FINAL QUOTE, UM, REALLY SORT OF, UM, CAPTURES A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, HOW WE FEEL LIKE IF WE WE'RE SO CLOSE.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, IN, IN PLANNING AND IN THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I THINK, UH, PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE PROGRESS AND UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO AND THERE IS STILL A LOT TO DO, BUT I THINK WE HAVE GONE, UH, WE HAVE COME, UM, VERY FAR AND I THINK THESE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AND FOR ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER WITH ADVOCACY AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, SAFETY ARE OF OUR MOST, UM, VULNERABLE, UM, RIGHT OF WAY USERS, UH, HAS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THE CITY HAS REALLY TAKEN A, A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON, ON BRINGING THAT, UH, MESSAGE, UM, TO, TO THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND IN GENERAL TO ALL OF THE, OF THE, ALL OF THE AGENCIES AND PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED.
SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UH, FOR ALL THE, THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST, UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10 YEARS.
I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE COME SO FAR THIS, THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN WHAT I WORKED WITH AS AN ADVOCATE 15 YEARS AGO.
IT REALLY IS AMAZING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT I THINK MAYBE IT'S EVERY YEAR OR SO THERE'S SOME, OR MAYBE I'M MAKING THIS UP, THAT WE DO SOME TYPE
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OF, WHERE ARE WE MEASURED AGAINST OUR HOUSTON BIKE PLAN METRICS? EVERY TWO YEARS.WHERE ARE WE IN THAT CYCLE? AT THE END OF 23.
I THINK WHAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IS IF WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HGS COUNTING, UM, OFFERING, UH, TO REALLY, REALLY GET SOME NEW FRESH DATA FOR THAT, UM, UPDATE OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BIKE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SHOW, UM, THE IMPACTS THAT SOME OF OUR NEW BIKEWAYS ARE HAVING.
UM, SO MOVING THEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SPEAKER ORIGINALLY THAT WE HAD THAT WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WEST GRAY, 11TH STREET, W YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT, HOW CAN WE BUILD A CASE FOR THOSE ROADS? AND I THINK MAYBE THE PROCESS OF BUILDING UP TO THAT REPORT MAY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THE COUNTERS AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, BIKE FERLAND UNIVERSITY.
I'M STILL WORKING WITH UHD AND, UM, THEY SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
I MEAN, THEY SUBMITTED, THEY COMPLETED THE APPLICATION LAST YEAR, BUT THEY MISSED A DEADLINE.
UM, DIVA HAVING TO KNOW THE DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, IS IT STILL IN AUGUST? I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR.
IT IS THE SAME DEADLINE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY DOING, UM, A SECOND, UH, ROUND, UH, UH, TWO ROUNDS IN 23.
THERE WAS GONNA BE A SPRING SUBMITTAL AND A FALSE SUBMITTAL, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS BIKE WAVES, FA, FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
YEAR TO DATE, COMMANDER CHRISTIAN, ANTHEM MILLER.
SO THIS WAS THE 2022, UM, THE END OF YEAR REPORT.
THAT WAS TWO DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS AND 10 DURING EVENING OR NIGHT.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN CAN SEE, IT WAS ONE MORE THAN 21 AND FOUR MORE THAN THAN 20.
THE END OF YEAR STATS, UH, FOR ANY CRASH INVOLVING A PET CYCLIST WAS 391 TOTAL CRASHES.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THEN THE, UH, THE PARTICULAR AREAS, UH, OF NOTE, UH, THERE ARE STILL NO INTERSECTIONS.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN 2021 WE HAD A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS, UM, THAT HAD MULTIPLE CRASHES, BUT THERE WERE NO INTERSECTIONS THAT HAD MULTIPLE CRASHES.
UM, WEST SIDE, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST DIVISION GEOGRAPHICALLY, UM, THEY HAD THE SECOND, UH, MOST CRASHES.
UH, CENTRAL DIVISION DOES RANK NUMBER ONE.
PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING BEING THAT IT'S CENTRAL AND MORE DENSELY POPULATED.
AND, UH, WE ALWAYS DO OUR, UH, BICYCLE VITALITIES, OUR, UH, OUR HONOR ROLL AND, UH, LIKE YOU HOPEFULLY PUT OUT, UH, PUT GHOST BIKE OUT OF OUTTA BUSINESS ONE DAY.
ALRIGHT, SO ON THE 2023, UH, REPORT, THIS IS AS OF, UM, LAST, LAST MONDAY, UH, ONE FATALITY.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, THE CRASH THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 8TH, UM, ON MCKINNEY STREET.
AND THE 3,100 BLOCK OF MCKINNEY, THE CYCLIST WAS ON THE BIKE TRAIL.
UH, THE MOTORCYCLIST, UH, THAT WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED STRUCK THE CYCLIST AND BOTH, UH, THE CYCLIST AND THE MOTORCYCLIST WERE, UH, PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON THE SCENE.
UH, AND SO THAT OCCURRED AT ABOUT AT 10:00 PM SO AT, AT NIGHT.
UM, SO UNFORTUNATELY STARTING OUT 2023, A LITTLE EARLIER, UH, AT THAT SAME TIME, 2022, WE DID NOT HAVE, YEAH, I THINK THAT CHANGED.
I RAN THIS AS OF THE 13TH AND, UM, SORRY I MISSED THAT.
UH, 11, UH, 11 YEAR TO DATE TOTAL PEDAL CYCLIST CRASHES, UM, AND THREE IN THE NORTHEAST AREA.
AGAIN, NO INTERSECTIONS HAVING MULTIPLE CRASHES.
AND HONORING MR. ATKINS, WHO WAS THE, UH, FATALITY.
SO AS A MEMBER OF THE BICYCLE, UM, UH, EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE PEOPLE, UM, SOME, SOME TRAINING.
AND SO, UM, I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT A FEW YEARS AGO HAD DONE A BICYCLE FRIENDLY DRIVER IN SERVICE CLASS ON OUR, UM, IT, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, UH, A
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VIDEO THING AND, UM, REQUIRED FOR ALL HPD PERSONNEL.SO WE STILL HAD THAT AVAILABLE.
UM, I PRESENTED LAST WEEK TO THE CITYWIDE SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND HOPEFULLY TRYING TO ASK PARTICULARLY THOSE FLEET HEAVY, UM, DEPARTMENTS, UM, GIVE THEM THE OPTION.
UM, BECAUSE IN OUR CITY OF HOUSTON, A TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS OUR, OUR, WE REACH FOR IN, YOU KNOW, IN-SERVICE CLASSES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF ONLINE STUFF, I GOT THEM TO, TO DOWNLOAD THE THING AGAIN, TO OPEN IT BACK UP.
I EXPLAINED THAT, UM, BY HOUSTON'S, UM, LINK, UH, TO, BASICALLY IT TAKES YOU TO YOUTUBE, BUT I EXPLAINED THAT, I EXPLAINED HOW THAT'S ALSO DONE IN LIEU OF A CITATION.
UM, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A VOLUNTARY THING.
UM, BUT TRYING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, THAT SAYING HOW WE DID IT, I ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, MANDATORY TRAINING, THAT WAS THE
UM, ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, FOR VOLUNTARY.
SO, UH, YOU WERE KINDA ASKED HOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WAS RECEIVED.
UM, I THINK THE THING IS TOO, UM, DAVID, UH, ALSO MEETING WITH THE, UM, TOMORROW I'LL BE MEETING WITH THE VISION ZERO.
SHE'S A VISION ZERO, UH, COORDINATOR, UM, WHO IS ALSO INTERESTED IN HOW TO, UM, GET TRAINING OUT TO, TO CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND SINCE I'VE KIND OF ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KIND OF PRESENTED THIS AND SO WHAT I'M HOPING IS TO MEET WITH HER, UH, SHOW HER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COURSE AND THEN MAYBE SINCE SHE IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON VISION ZERO COORDINATOR, MAYBE SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE PULL TO MAKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENTS WATCH IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M
I'LL, I'LL REPORT, I'LL REPORT AGAIN.
UM, BUT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, THEY AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE AND, AND I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL ALSO TAKE SOME INITIATIVE TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, NUMBER ONE.
AND WHO, WHO ALL IS ON THE CITYWIDE SAFETY COMMITTEE? IT PRETTY MUCH IS, I MEAN, CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, IT'S USUALLY THEIR SAFETY, SAFETY COORDINATOR, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WASTE MANAGEMENT, KIND OF NAME IT.
UM, I DON'T, I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ALL THE NAMES, BUT IT IS, WHEN IT SAYS CITYWIDE, IT'S CITYWIDE DEPARTMENTS AND PRETTY MUCH I ASSUME THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE KIND OF A, A, A REPRESENTATIVE.
ROBIN COMMANDER IS IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
IS THERE A WAY TO TRACK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED IT OR USED IT? YES.
UM, YES, THERE IS, OBVIOUSLY FOR HPD, UM, I MEAN THAT WAS MANDATORY.
WE, WE WOULD RUN REPORTS, BUT THERE IS A REPORT RUN.
AND SO, UM, THE TRAINING, UM, THE TRAINING DIVISION, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY UPLOADED, AGAIN, IT'S IN THE SYSTEM FOR TWO YEARS.
THEY KIND OF HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO IT'S IN THERE THROUGH THE, THROUGH 2024.
UM, AND I TALKED TO THAT UNIT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE.
THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS, IS JUST KIND OF ADD THE CITY DEPARTMENTS KIND OF AS A, AS A, AS A QUERY AS AND COULD, COULD SEE HOW MANY, HOW MANY ARE TAKING IT.
UM, AND AS A RESULT, I MEANT TO, I MEANT TO TELL YOU SORRY, THAT THERE IS ALSO, SO THERE ARE THREE MODULES.
IT'S BASICALLY 20 MINUTES A PIECE, THAT'S THE INSERVICE.
BUT, UM, WE ADDED A FOURTH MODULE, WHICH IS A SURVEY.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS, THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS, JESS, I DUNNO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ON, KIND OF TALK ON THAT.
BUT WHAT WE ALSO DID IS, UM, MY CONTACT AT THE TRAINING DIVISION, BASICALLY SHE ADDED THAT, THAT THING IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE PRIOR TO GETTING CREDIT FOR THE CLASS, AND HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD ANSWER IT.
I MEAN, UM, AND THERE, AND THEN SHE CAN RUN THAT REPORT AND, AND, AND THE RESULTS CAN BE, CAN BE PROVIDED TO, TO ANALYZE THAT? YES.
SO FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, THEN, I HAVE A, A PROPO, A MODEST PROPOSAL BETWEEN NOW AND BIKE MONTH.
IN YEARS PAST WHEN WE HAD IN-PERSON BIKE MONTH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BIKE TO WORK DAY, THERE WAS AN, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WAS AN AWARD FOR A, A CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT, I THINK IT WAS CALLED THE GOLDEN HELMET, THAT WENT TO THE DEPARTMENT, HAD, THAT HAD THE MOST PARTICIPATION IN THAT EVENT FOR THAT DAY.
I WOULD PROPOSE A SECOND AND I WOULD SAY MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AWARD THAT COULD GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, COULD GET THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TRAINED AS A BICYCLE FRIENDLY DRIVER.
AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE WEARING LYCRA OR GETTING SUNBURNED OR HELMETS OR ANYTHING ON, ON, LIKE TO WORKDAY, BUT IT
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WOULD GIVE 'EM BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE TO GET IT, TO GET MORE PEOPLE TRAINED.I MEAN, THAT REPORT, WE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE A DEADLINE AND THEN I COULD HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT REPORT RUN, UH, BY THE ACADEMY AND THE RESULTS PROVIDED THE, THE COORDINATORS, UM, AS FAR AS THE SURVEY GOES, WHICH I KIND OF GOT A LITTLE EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN, UH, TAKING COURSES IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, TO HELP MERGE THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND SOMETHING I LEARNED WAS, UM, BASICALLY ABOUT THE STAGES OF CHANGE AND HOW YOU, UH, CRAFT, UM, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING INFORMATION AT PEOPLE AND CROSSING YOUR FINGERS AND HOPING THAT IT CHANGED SOME BIT OF THEIR BEHAVIOR.
SO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED ARE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN THE STAGE OF CHANGE.
SO ARE THEY AT THIS PRE-CONTEMPLATION STAGE WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY NEVER THOUGHT OF IT AT ALL? YOU KNOW, HAVE THEY MADE SOME KIND OF CHANGE? UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SO IT IT, IT'LL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, SO THAT IF WE WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL EDUCATION, WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND WHERE TO START.
AND ONE FINAL THOUGHT ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE ALSO A REALLY COOL THING TO INCLUDE IN OUR END OF YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ONLINE? UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S A REAL SHAME TO HEAR THAT A, A CYCLIST PERISHED ON A TRAIL, BECAUSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUR SAFE SPACE.
AND I'VE BEEN SEEING THIS A LOT MORE WITH, UH, MOTORCYCLISTS USING, UH, THE TRAILS FOR ME, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON WHITE OAK BAYOU.
AND ONE TIME I, I SAW, UM, SOMEONE ON A MOPED GOING PROBABLY CLOSE TO 50 WEAVING AROUND PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT CALL 9 1 1.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THAT ALL WE COULD DO FOR NOW? WHAT'S THE BEST, UH, PROTOCOL FOR ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE SITUATIONS? YEAH, I MEAN, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR, UM, MOTORCYCLE WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PUBLIC STREET CROSSING AND WHEN, AND WENT ACROSS.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS IF SOMEONE, IF, IF, IF A NON-AUTHORIZED MOTORIZED, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES ON THE, ON THE BIKE TRAIL, YOU CAN, IN ALL REALITY, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T, OUR CARS, OUR PATROL CARS DON'T GO DOWN THERE AND WE ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AS FAR AS PATROLLING, PATROLLING THAT.
BUT I WOULD SAY THIS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN GET, BECAUSE LET'S JUST, I MEAN, LET'S JUST SAY YOU HAPPEN TO DO THAT AND YOU GET THE LICENSE PLATE OF THAT PARTICULAR PERSON, AND THEN MAYBE THAT PERSON IS, YOU KNOW, STOPPED ON TRAFFIC OR MAYBE THAT PERSON IS INVOLVED IN SOME OTHER CRIME, MEANING IN A TOTALITY OF THINGS WE CAN, WE CAN DO.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S TOUGH TO CAPTURE THAT WHEN TOTALLY LIES SO FAST.
UM, AND SO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BUT REPORTS OF THAT TOO, IF, IF, AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT SOMETIMES ABOUT REPORTING IS THAT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S MAKING A REPORT CALLING IN.
IF WE START SEEING SOME, SOME SIMILARITIES AND SOME RED FLAGS, THEN MAYBE SOME OF THOSE AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER WE HAVE OUR, OUR A TV UNIT COULD MAYBE SIT UP IN THOSE AREAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT AND IT WOULD ALSO BE VERY DANGEROUS SOMETIMES TO ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF PURSUITS, WHICH WE WOULDN'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO VIOLATE AND UTILIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE SPACE, RIGHT? YEAH.
FOR OTHER, OTHER USERS, THEY NEED TO BE ON THE ROAD.
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS IN CHAT.
WE'LL START WITH BIKE WAVE PROJECT UPDATES.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, SOME NOTES, UH, 11TH STREET AND, UM, MITCHELL, IS THAT MITCHELL OR MICHELLE? MICHELLE.
UH, STUDIO WOOD TO MICHELLE STREET REHAB IS COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE UNDERWAY.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, REFUGE ISLAND, UH, UNDERWAY AT WHITE OAK AND MICHELLE, ANOTHER ONE IS LAWNDALE.
UM, ITS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WAS REACHED IN DECEMBER OF 2022.
RIBBON CUING IS EXPECTED IN THE COMING WEEKS, I BELIEVE LAUREN'S ONLINE IF THE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY HOUSTON.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE HERE THAT ARE MENTIONING THEIR AWAITING PERMIT FROM T THE, UH, NORTH MAIN
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PROJECT AND THE, UH, PATTERSON.UM, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY DETAILS ON THAT OR MAYBE ANA COULD ADDRESS WHAT, WHAT MAY BE GOING ON WITH THAT? SO WE RECEIVED PATTERSON.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING OUT FINAL DETAILS ON NORTH MAIN.
UH, PLUS WE'RE GONNA DO ONE, UH, LAST ROUND OF BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY UP THERE AND THEN WE'LL BE, THAT'LL BE MOVING FORWARD.
DAVID? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON, ON PATTERSON.
UH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UH, TXDOT DID GET A PERMIT FROM, UH, THE TRAIN PEOPLE? ANNA? I DON'T KNOW.
THE, UM, I WILL SAY WE, WE GOT THE NEEDED PERMITS.
I WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE, THE RELATED PERMITS OF THE PERMITS.
I ANSWER THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE HOLD UP ON THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE, UNLESS ANNA ON THE CALL AND KNOWS, BUT OTHERWISE WE CAN CHECK.
BUT WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO HEAR WE GOT THE PERMIT.
WHAT WAS THE CONCERN, MIKE? I'M SORRY I MISSED IT.
UM, TXDOT WAS BEING HELD UP BY, UH, UNION PACIFIC.
FOR THEM TO DO THEIR ENGINEERING, GIVE 'EM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THEY GOT IT.
I HAD, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I THINK I RAISED IN AN EMAIL IN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.
UM, SO LAWNDALE WAS MENTIONED HERE AND I HAVE ME RIDING WITH SOME FOLKS ON LAWNDALE ON SUNDAY, AND WE RODE THE LENGTH OF IT ALL THE WAY, THE WHOLE BIKE WAY ALONG THE, ALONG THE WAY THERE WAS ONE CAR PARKED, UH, IN THE BIKE LANE AND OF COURSE AS DISAPPOINTING, BUT JUST PAST THAT CAR THERE WAS WHAT ONE OF THE RIDERS SAID IS A NEW SIGN THAT ALLOWED PARKING DURING CERTAIN OFF PEAK HOURS, UH, ALONG LAWNDALE.
SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT AND JUST WONDERED GETTING A LOOK LIKE, WHY IS THAT THERE? YEAH.
YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN TO GET A PICTURE.
YOU CAN TELL US, TELL US EXACTLY WHICH STREET IT'S ON.
COULD YOU IT'S LAWNDALE, IT'S NORTHWEST OF WAYSIDE.
SO, UM, JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTHWEST OF WAYSIDE AND IT WAS ON NORTH NORTHBOUND LAWNDALE.
WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THERE WAS, THERE IS ONE QUIRK ON THAT PROJECT ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE LEADING UP TO KIPP ACADEMY BY THE TRAIN TRACKS.
WE HAD TO DO, UH, SOME KIND OF UNIQUE DESIGNS, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BY TRAIN TRACKS AND THE SCHOOL'S QUEUE THERE.
UM, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SIGN THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS PARKING IS THE WHOLE POINT IS IT'S EITHER QUEUING OR, OR, OR BIKE SPACE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
QUICK QUESTION ON THE, UH, HIGH STAR HILLCROFT WESTWARD.
IN THE NOTES IT JUST SAYS MURAL AT THE INTERSECTION IS COMPLETE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT INCLUDES A BIKEWAY OR THE BIKEWAY WORK WAS DONE IN ADVANCE.
UH, WAS THE BLOOMBERG FUNDED, UH, MURAL PROJECT MURALS.
AND WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT, UM, I THINK I HAVE TOLD YOU ALL, UM, BUT I'LL REITERATE, WE HAVE APPLIED, UH, FOR A FEDERAL RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT TO EXTEND THE HILLCROFT PROJECT, UH, NORTH ACROSS 59 69 TO THE HILLCROFT TRANSIT CENTER AND FURTHER NORTH ACROSS LA TOLL WAY TO WISDOM HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND SOUTH TO THE BAYOU.
AND WE HOPE TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM THE FEDS.
UH, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY, UH, SIGNIFICANT UPDATES, BUT AMAR IS HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR PRECINCT ONE? AMAR, UH, WHAT, WHAT THIS HILLCROFT WHICH, UH, WHAT'S THE BOUNDARIES ON THAT ONE? OH, OKAY.
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UHHUH, I, I'M SORRY.UM, SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HILLCROFT PROJECT IS FROM ON, THIS IS FROM WILLOW BEND TO NORTH OF UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
IT WAS A PART OF A LARGER STUDY BETWEEN BRA BAYOU AND, UH, SIMS BAYOU.
UH, GIVEN THE CROSSING AT US 90 AND, UH, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, WE HAD LOOKED AT PURSUING FUNDING, UH, PARTNERSHIP FUNDING, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE NORTHERN SEGMENT THAT WAS MOSTLY IN THE MEDIAN, UH, A MUCH MORE FEASIBLE PROJECT.
THE COMMUNITY WOULD APPRECIATE IT, UH, MORE OF A TRAIL LIKE PROJECT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE HEIGHTS, UH, TRAIL IS.
UM, UH, BUT THAT AGAIN, WE WILL LOOK FOR OTHER FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THE ONE LAST UPDATE IS WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN HERE, THE, UH, BRAISE BAYOU BRIDGE WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, WE SUBMITTED THE AGREEMENT TO THE CITY, UH, LAST WEEK.
UH, I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, AS SOON AS THAT AGREEMENT GETS FINALIZED AT CITY COUNCIL, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THE BRA BAYOU BRIDGE PROJECT.
UH, SOME IN NOTABLE CHANGES, UH, IS AGAIN,
YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, HUH?
UM, ENVISION CERTIFICATION IS UPCOMING ALSO WITH FREEPORT STREET.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, OUTSTANDING UPDATES FROM LAST REPORT.
I KNOW IF JORGE'S ON, UM, BUT IF, SO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? NOT NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE HUNTING BAYOU, UM, PARTIAL, UH, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION, UM, UNDER US 90 PENDING T UH, CINDY HOUSTON AGREEMENT OVER IN SIMS BAYOU, UH, GLENBROOK PARK FROM 45 TO REVEL PARK TO TELEPHONE ROAD, PARTIAL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
UM, SMALL SEGMENT UNDER I 45, ANOTHER ONE UNDER BRAY BAYOU, BRAEBURN GLEN TO ELDRIDGE.
UM, WHO HAS MOVED THE, THE CONSTRUCTION HAS MOVED TO IN PROGRESS? I, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A, OH, OKAY.
YOU ARE YOU Y'ALL KNOW I'M NEW.
I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A BIKE LANE ACTIVITY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
EXAMPLE, THE GREENS POINT AREA WHERE THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES WHERE PROFESSIONALS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN CYCLING.
IS ANYTHING IN THE WORKS FOR THIS? UH, SO AS A REMINDER TO THE BAC, UH, 18 MONTHS AGO, 12 MONTHS AGO, UH, WE WORKED ON THE BICYCLE PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE.
SO WE IDENTIFIED THE FOUR FACTORS MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH INCLUDED EQUITY, SAFETY, CONNECTIVITY, AND DEMAND.
WE LAID OUT THE ENTIRE 1800 MILE BIKE NETWORK TO IDENTIFY WHICH ARE THE PRIORITY PROJECTS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TONS OF WORK WE NEED TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO START SOMEWHERE.
UM, SO AS WE BUILD, WE WILL CONTINUE GOING DOWN THAT LIST.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET TO THE WHOLE CITY EVENTUALLY.
UM, BUT BETWEEN US AND OUR PARTNERS, THERE MAY BE ANY AREA OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING GOING AT ANY ONE MOMENT, BUT IT IS ALL GOING IN.
AND THE MORE WE BUILD, THE MORE WE CAN CONNECT TO.
JUST TO ADD A COMMENT, UH, THE NORTH HOUSTON DISTRICT HAD DONE A LIVABLE CENTER STUDY THAT HAD SOME RECOMMENDATION.
SO I THINK SO IT MAY BE GOOD TO CONNECT, UH, THE, UH, THE COMMENTOR WITH, UH, WITH THE NORTH HOUSTON DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY, THEY MAY HAVE ANY PLANS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, METRO, UH, NO SIGNIFICANT UPDATES FOR METRO.
IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTIONS FOR METRO, SEE NO GOOD.
THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, NO UPDATES AS WELL.
WOUND UP BEING, I THINK WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COMPLETION NOW WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, 2022.
NEXT, I I HAVE A QUESTION FOR METRO.
UM, UM, I REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS, UM, AT THE BIKE, UM, SENSORS OR LIKE ALONG THE RED LINE, THERE USED TO BE, UM, BIKE REPAIR STATIONS AND THEY WERE REMOVED LIKE A WHILE AGO.
I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT'S THE REASONING OR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT OR IF THEY WERE GONNA BE REPAIRED AND PUT BACK?
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UH, YES, WE HAVE, WE'RE HAVING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UM, WHICH IS, UH, PART OF THE REASON WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE EXPANDING ALSO SOME OF THOSE, UH, ON THE PURPLE LINE.IN FACT ON THE, ON THE, UM, UH, UM, YEAH, THE EXTENSION OF THE, OF THE PURPLE AND SOME OF THE GREEN, BUT WE WERE HAVING SOME SUPPLY ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE.
THEY, THEY DID, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, VANDALISM AND THOSE TOOLS BEING TAKEN AWAY SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO, TO RECONSIDER AND UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE BEST, UM, UM, NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, BUT IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE JUST FACING SUPPLY ISSUES FOR, UH, FOR BEING ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S A COMMON ISSUE EVEN WITH HOT, UH, PARK SUPPORT, UM, THEIR TOOLS GET TAKEN THERE AS WELL ON THE TRAIL.
UM, SO YEAH, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
HERE AT THE TERRACE, UH, I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY, UM, UPDATES HERE FOR THE TS, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF SHERRY'S ON ANYONE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SEEING NOTHING MOVING ON NEXT.
UM, SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM THE TS, IS THAT, I MEAN, IS THAT AN EMAIL THAT GOES OUT TO THEM ASKING? THIS IS BASED ON THE LAST REPORTING, UM, SENT OUT TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, GROUPS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES.
SOMETIMES THEY SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPDATES, SO OKAY.
WITH TEXDOT, UM, WITH I 10 N, UM, CONE STREET TO WESTCOTT, STILL WAITING IN PERMIT I BELIEVE.
UM, ANA AND DAVID MET ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO, UM, DESIGN DOCUMENTATION SUBMITTED FOR PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, UH, UNDER THE RAILROAD STILL, UH, FUNDING LATE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NO PARKING IN THE BIKE LANES.
AS OF JANUARY 3RD, UM, 185 CITATIONS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
THAT'S 12 MORE FROM LAST REPORTING.
UM, A TOTAL OF $12,520 HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
THAT'S $1,485 MORE FROM LAST REPORTING.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE 22 COMPLETED TRAININGS.
THAT'S UP, UH, FOUR FROM LAST REPORTING.
OUR TOP THREE LOCATIONS, UH, 9,100 GALVESTON ROAD 900 BASTROP 2300 POLK STREET, AND THAT'S UP ONE, UM, NINE.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT 9,100 GALVESTON ROAD AND 900 HAVE NOT INCREASED, UM, FROM LAST REPORTING.
SO SINCE OCTOBER NO NEW, UM, INFRACTIONS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THEY STILL REMAIN IN THE TOP THREE.
UH, WE JUST HAVE ONE SINCE, UH, THE LAST REPORTING OF 1500 HARDY ROAD, 5,300 POLK, 800 GRAY, 900 GRAY, 900 HARDY, AND 9,000 TIME TOWN PARK DRIVE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO OPEN FOUR.
THIS TIME IS FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SPEAK.
ANYTHING RELATED TO BICYCLING, UM, THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
CHAIR HAD A QUESTION FOR DAVID.
UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE, I THINK IT WAS THE TWO PROJECTS THAT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE TERM IS, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SMALL QUICK FIX TYPE PROJECTS.
THERE WAS ONE ON MAIN STREET AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE CROSSING OF SAN JATO.
AND I'D ACTUALLY FORGOTTEN TO, TO ADD THAT TO MY REPORT.
UH, SO THESE ARE THE STRATEGIC BIKEWAY INVESTMENTS THAT THE BAC VOTED ON.
UM, WE, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT, UM, ONCE WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FOR IT, WE ACTUALLY NEED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN WE DO FOR WHEN WE GO OUT AND DO MAJOR BIKE WAVE PROJECTS.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY ON THE PROCESS, UH, WITH THE DOLLARS ARE THERE, UH, THE BASE DESIGN IS THERE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ADMIN STUFF, BUT AS SOON AS WE FIGURE THAT OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SHORTLY SOON.
AND THAT IS MY FAULT FOR, FOR NOT RECOGNIZING PROCESS.
AND IF I RECALL, WE STILL HAVE SOME DOLLARS LEFT IF SOMETHING ELSE CAME UP.
WHAT, WAS THERE A THIRD PROJECT OR IS THERE, OR, OR COULD THERE BE A THIRD OR EVEN FOURTH DEPENDING ON IF THEY'RE REALLY SMALL THAT WE COULD SQUEEZE IN THAT THERE CAN BE, MY ONLY REQUEST IS LET ME KNOW THAT THE PROCESS IS GONNA WORK RIGHT BEFORE I OPEN THAT UP AGAIN.
SO WE JUST DON'T GET A BACKLOG THAT I CAN'T GET THROUGH YET.
UM, AND AS SOON AS I KNOW WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE, THEN WE WILL COME BACK OUT AGAIN.
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GO AHEAD.UH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE REALLY BEEN EN ENJOYING ALL THE, UH, REFUGE ISLANDS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING IN AND, UM, THE MKT SPUR, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, GAME CHANGERS FOR ME PERSONALLY.
UM, ALSO, UM, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE I WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY HOW MUCH OF THE BB CYCLE NETWORK HAS BEEN DECOMMISSIONED.
AND TO ME THAT IS REALLY PART OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHERE IT HAS BECOME THAT.
AND, UM, APPROPRIATELY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HOUSTON METRO IS, MIGHT BE STEPPING IN TO PICK UP THE SLACK ON THAT.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH BCYCLE AND HOUSTON METRO TO, UH, GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.
THE VOTES TOMORROW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT AT THE METRO BOARD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND MAYBE OTHERS CAN FILL IN ON IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO OPINE.
YOU KNOW, EITHER WAY, OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR.
I THINK IT'S AN ABS THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, OR YOU CAN SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR THE METRO BOARD TOMORROW.
I AM NOT, UH, UP TO SPEED ON, UH, ON, UM, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE IS, THERE WAS RARE RECOMMENDATION FROM IN ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO THE, UM, THE BOARD WILL, WILL TAKE ACTION, UM, UH, TOMORROW.
UM, BUT AS SOON AS I'M SORT OF UP TO DATE ON, ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND ON HOW, UH, THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AT THE NEXT PACI, I CAN, UM, WORK WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF AND, AND PROVIDE A, AN UPDATE.
SO WHERE, WHERE WOULD WE GO TO SIGN UP? IS THERE A WEBSITE ON, I MEAN, IS IT ON THE METRO WEBSITE OR SOMETHING? YES, WE HAVE, UM, RIDE METRO.ORG AND THERE IS A, UM, UM, UH, BOARD MEETING AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN UP IN THERE.
THERE'S A, A, A FORM ONLINE THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT.
WHAT TIME IS THE MEETING? LEMME JUST CHECK.
I'LL PUT IT ON THE CHAT IN A MINUTE.
OUR OFFICE IS SENDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR METRO OFFICE.
UH, SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.
YEAH, I JUST COMPLETED A MULTI, UM, COUNTRY MINI CITY TOUR, UH, PERU AND MEXICO.
AND I WAS REALLY VERY, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED AT COMING FROM A MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND LOOKING AT WHAT THE SO-CALLED UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES WERE DOING WITH SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC AND PARTICULARLY BICYCLES.
THE CONTROL OF SPEED WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, SUPER FANTASTIC BY SPEED BUMPS.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? YOU KNOW, THEY USE SPEED BUMPS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE PEOPLE NEED TO STOP AT STOPLIGHTS, UH, SPEED BUMPS AT CROSSWALKS, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPEED BUMPS AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO TALK ABOUT MY NORMAL, UH, TIRADE, UH, THEIR USE OF THE TURTLES WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW FAILED.
I DID SEE, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY I THINK IT WAS IN MEXICO, UH, WHERE I SAW THEY USED THE SAME LITTLE PLASTIC TURTLES AND THOSE SAME LITTLE PLASTIC TURTLES WAS THE MAIN THING THAT I SAW FAILING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT USING SPEED BUMPS A LOT MORE CARS DON'T LIKE THEM.
HOWEVER, IF I WANT TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC ANYWHERE, I CAN USE A SPEED BUMP TO GET IT TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE THAT ROAD SAFE.
V ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SO, UM, TO KIND OF NOT BUILD, MAYBE BUILD UP ON DR.
V, UM, I'VE BEEN TO MEXICO AND I'VE SEEN THOSE SPEED BUMPS AND THEY'RE NOT THE SPEED BUMPS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
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OF LIKE HALF A SIZE OF A MELON, MAYBE LIKE GOING UP.AND SO THEY REALLY SLOW DOWN, LIKE COMPARED TO THE LITTLE, LIKE THE, 'CAUSE IF THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WE JUST HAD SOME SPEED BUMPS OR SPEED HUMPS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE LIKE THE, THE LONGER THREE FOOT KIND OF LIKE SLOWLY COASTING OVER SPEED BUMP, UM, AND THEY SLOW DOWN, BUT I STILL SEE SOME CARS LIKE, BECAUSE MAYBE THEIR SHOCKS ARE BLOWN OR SOMETHING, THEY JUST DON'T EVEN FEEL IT AS THEY'RE DRIVING FAST ON TOP OF IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOOLKIT IS FOR SPEED BUMPS ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE, LIKE, WHAT THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO USE ON THAT.
BUT LIKE, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEASURES LIKE FOR SPEED BUMPS ON VARIETIES TYPES? UM, SO ALL OF THOSE ARE INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, WE LOOK AT AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO OPEN UP THAT BOX SO IT'S NOT JUST A BUMP OR A HUMP, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE CHICANES UH, STREET TREES ACTUALLY MAKE GREAT TRAFFIC CALMING.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TAKE A MUCH BROADER VIEW OF IT THAN HISTORICALLY.
UM, I WANT TO JUST MAKE TWO CLARIFYING STATEMENTS SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN STREETS WE CANNOT PUT TRAFFIC CALMING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE MEXICO HAS A SIMILAR EQUATION OF
UM, BUT ALSO, AND THIS MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BETTER, DR.
V UH, WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE ARMADILLOS FROM THE, THE TURTLES.
UH, THE NEW DESIGNS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE HAVE, UH, THE CONCRETE CURBS, UH, UM, WA COMMONWEALTH 11TH.
SO WE HAVE HEARD YOU AND WE ARE MOVING TO A MUCH MORE UPDATED DESIGN.
JUST A ANOTHER COMMENT ON THE, UH, SPEED BUMP THAT THE, THE LIKE PARTICULARLY ON, UH, WELL, I'M JUST THINKING OF, UH, THE COLUMBIA TAP AND T UH, RIGHT THERE AT TSU THAT IN MEXICO BEFORE YOU CROSS THERE, THERE IT COULD BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.
THERE WOULD BE SPEED HUMPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, UH, TRAIL OR THE TRAIL WOULD BE ELEVATED AND MADE INTO A SPEED BUMP.
SO THERE WOULD BE, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, YOU KNOW, TO LET PEOPLE GO THROUGH.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY JUST FOR, IT'S FOR SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC, SO THEY USE THEM AS CROSSWALKS AND UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO, UH, FOR BICYCLE TRAFFIC.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD DO A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN.
IF I COULD JUST RESPOND TO THAT, THAT THAT IS EXACTLY THE DESIGN FOR COLUMBIA TAP AT BUDGET.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT DESIGN AND, UM, I SAW A VIDEO OF SOMEONE POSTED A, SHARED ME WITH ME THE VIDEO OF A METRO BUS BEING ABLE TO GO SAFELY ACROSS ALSO BECAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOUR, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES CAN MOVE THROUGH THERE SAFELY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A, I THINK THAT DESIGN PROBABLY IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT WE HAVE DONE AS COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES.
SO, UH, PLUS IT HAS ALL THE TREATMENTS.
UH, ONCE IT GETS COMPLETED, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE, UH, THE, YOU DON'T AS A, AS A, AS A PEDESTRIAN OR A CYCLIST, YOU'RE AT THE SAME LEVEL ACROSS THE TRAIL.
UH, AND THE VEHICLE COMES UP TO THE, THERE'S MARKINGS FOR, UH, CLEARLY DEFINED SPACES FOR PEOPLE WALKING, PEOPLE BIKING, AND THE PEOPLE DRIVING.
SO I THINK, SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ONCE THE INTERSECTION GETS COMPLETE.
JUST A QUESTION, SINCE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING ON, UH, WILL THERE BE OTHER SPEED BUMPS DOWN BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AFTER I CROSS THE, CROSS THE TRAIL, THEN BEFORE I GET TO TIER WEST OR MAYBE, UH, BEFORE I GET TO SCOTT STREET, WILL THERE BE OTHER THINGS TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN SO THAT THAT WHOLE AREA WILL BE, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE AROUND 35, 25 MILES AN HOUR SO PEOPLE WILL BE SAFE? THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE DESIGN IS, UH, SO I, IF YOU GO, I, I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE WHAT IS COMING AT T VISTA AND, UH, BLANC.
I, I CAN'T RECALL IF MY HEAD, WHICH THINGS ARE IN, ALTHOUGH, UM, THERE ARE, LET ME CHECK EXACTLY.
UH, ACTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC PROCESS SO YOU ALL SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE'LL BE TIME FOR EVERYBODY, UH, TO SEE ALL OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
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OF WORKING WITH THE CURRENT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN, AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN A REALLY, UH, GOOD EXPERIENCE AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE THIS IS, WE ARE STILL NEW TRYING DIFFERENT PILOT PROJECTS TO SEE WHAT WORKS IN ONE LOCATION AND IF IT WORKS THEN YOU CAN APPLY.A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE PROTECTED BIKEWAY AND OR THE FLOATING BUS STOP DESIGN.
UH, THAT ONE DESIGN WAS DONE ON CAVALCADE THAT WAS IMPROVED UPON ON POLK.
AND THE DESIGN YET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON, UH, ON BLOCK IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNS, UH, WHERE ALL OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE LEARNED FROM IN THE LAST TWO DESIGNS IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED.
AND, AND, UH, SAME IS GOING TO BE TRUE FOR CAVAL, KATE HOMESTEAD, SOME, WHEREVER THOSE, UH, FLOATING BUS STOPS ARE HAPPENING, YOU'LL SEE A MUCH BETTER DESIGN.
SO WE ARE LEARNING, UH, AS A CITY AND AS A REGION, UH, AND, UH, I I WOULD SAY PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN REALLY OPEN TO, UH, UH, LEARNING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES AND OPEN TO IMPROVE, MAKING SURE THAT SAFETY IS ADDRESSED FOR ALL USERS.
UH, PEOPLE WALKING, PEOPLE BIKING, PEOPLE ROLLING AND, AND PEOPLE DRIVING.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY BEING, UH, UH, A GREAT PARTNER.
AND ON, ON THAT TOPIC, UM, LIKE I UNDERSTAND LIKE, YOU KNOW, GUINEA PIGS ON IMPLEMENTING STUFF AND TRYING STUFF, RIGHT.
AND THEN GETTING IT BETTER OUT AS, AS TIME GOES ON IN OTHER AREAS.
UM, LIKE DOES WORLD THAT, UM, NEW AND IMPROVED PROCESS BE LIKE RETROFITTED TO THE OLDER ONES IN THE FUTURE? WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? YEAH, IT'S A HARD DECISION ABOUT WHETHER WE GO BACK, OH, I'M SORRY.
IT'S A HARD DECISION WHETHER WE GO BACK WITH RESOURCES AND UPDATE A STREET THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT NOT OUR BEST.
OR THEN TAKE A STREET THAT HASN'T HAD ANYTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE STRUGGLE WITH THESE RESOURCES ALL THE TIME AND IF WE CAN, IF THERE'S A CASE THAT SOMETHING'S UNSAFE FOR ANY REASON, OF COURSE, UM, IF IT'S JUST NOT AS GOOD AS OUR CURRENT BEST, YOU KNOW, WE GET, WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT EQUITY EQUATION ABOUT IS THERE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HASN'T HAD ANYTHING YET? YEAH.
'CAUSE I THINK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE A GOOD HIGH, HIGH, WHAT IS IT? HIGH COMFORT NETWORK OR, AND THAT'S THE GOAL.
AND I THINK THAT QUALIFIES ALMOST BECAUSE LIKE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE TRYING OUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER, THE PR THE FIRST DESIGNS AND AREN'T SEEING LIKE THE COMFORT OR SEEING THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED UPON IN THE FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND IF YOU RETROFIT THOSE AND THEY SEE THEM, THEN BETTER CONDITION, MAYBE IT COULD LIKE CHANGE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO USE, UH, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS TO RECONSIDER LIKE HOW THESE THINGS ARE BEING USED AND NOT CONSIDER IT LIKE A WASTE OF MONEY.
'CAUSE UM, I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT ON THE CAVALCADE AND, AND ON, UM, HARDY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY DON'T RIDE HARDY, BUT, UM, IT'S JUST BASICALLY GETTING IT CLEAN AND NOT THAT WE HAVE A MINIS SWEEPER, LIKE IT'S KIND OF GOING AWAY.
AND THEN WITH COW K WAS THE ISSUE OF LIKE PEDAL STRIKE ON THE CURBS MM-HMM
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S IF WE CAN REVISIT THAT AND GET THAT BETTER THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE PER CHANCE HAPPEN TO TRY IT AGAIN, LIKE, OH, IT'S CHANGED AND IT'S BETTER NOW.
SO LIKE MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE 'EM HERE TALKING AND SPEAKING AND ENGAGING.
OH, AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER THING I I I JUST OCCURRED IS LIKE, UM, THERE WAS A TOPIC ABOUT MAYBE HAVING EXTRA MONEY IN A SMALL BUDGET.
UM, LIKE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE OR, UM, WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE LIKE, UM, END OF TRIP FACILITIES, IS THAT AN EXPENSIVE THING TO KIND OF WORK ON? LIKE MAYBE IN A CITY DEPARTMENT-WISE, LIKE SMALL RIGHT NOW? 'CAUSE LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST HAD OUR MEETINGS HERE.
LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BIKE RACKS IN THIS BUILDING AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE 'EM YET.
SO I WAS LIKE, UM, LIKE, ALL RIGHT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT AND START, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, JUST A COUPLE CLARIFICATIONS.
IT'S NOT EXTRA MONEY IN A BUDGET.
IT'S MOVING MONEY FROM PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO.
UM, SO, UH, BUT YES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES END OF TRIP, UH, PARKING, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA TAKE A A LOOK AT.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS ACTUALLY LOOK TO SEE WHERE BCYCLE COULD KIND OF FILL THAT GAP.
AND YOU'LL SEE BCYCLE STATIONS KIND OF, UH, NEARBY AT SIX 11 WALKER A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES.
UM, BUT THE END OF TRIP PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, UH, AVAILABLE FOR YOUR OWN BIKE, WE, WE NEED TO REVISIT, UM, IN THE SCHEME OF EVERYTHING WE DO, IT IS A, A SMALL DOLLAR ITEM.
UM, IT, THERE ARE JUST SOME OTHER LOGISTICAL THINGS, BUT THAT WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO IT AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, BEING REMINDED OF IT.
ON THAT NOTE, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE, UM, I THINK, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS.
I'M ON A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BOARD AND THERE ARE THAT ARE, UH, THAT MAY HAVE RESOURCES.
AND I THINK, SO IF THE CITY CAN,
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UH, CREATE AN EFFICIENT PROCESS THAT CAN REDUCE BARRIERS FOR PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT THAT, UH, AND, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH OUR EXPERIENCE, UH, RELATED TO, WE PURCHASED, UH, BIKE RACKS AND, UH, FIX IT STATION MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, AND WE ARE STILL HAVEN'T INSTALLED THEM BECAUSE WE ARE, I'M NOT COMPLAINING, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UH, UM, IT'S A HUGE RANGE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.UH, IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO DO IT, GET IT DONE SOONER, WE CAN, IT, IT, IT IS SMALL SUCCESSES THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, IT DOESN'T ADDRESS THE BROADER ISSUE, BUT I'M, I'M SAYING THERE MAY BE SOME NEAR TERM SUCCESSES IF WE CAN WORK ACROSS THOSE BARRIERS.
UH, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY AND I'M GONNA LEARN FROM WHAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S BASICALLY, YEAH, I, I REMEMBER, UM, I USED TO GO TO THIS BAR FREQUENTLY AND I ASKED 'EM ABOUT BIKE RACKS AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, WE LIKE, WE WANT TO GET 'EM.
BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THE PARKING MINIMUMS I THINK WENT INTO EFFECT.
IT'S, IT'S THE EAST END HARDWARE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR.
I THINK IT'S ALL FLEETING OR PARK ONE OF THOSE TWO.
UM, SO THEY'RE RIGHT OFF THE TRAIL.
UM, AND UM, THEY, THEY WERE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, UM, LIKE THE PARKING MINIMUM OR THEY HAD TO HAVE THE PARKING AT CERTAIN SPOTS AND IF THEY WANTED TO PUT A BARK RACK, A BIKE RACK, IT COULDN'T TAKE UP A PARKING SPOT.
SO, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE SINCE, BUT LIKE, I JUST REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH THE, WITH THE OWNER OR MANAGER TRYING TO GET A BIKE RACK IN THAT BUSINESS AND IT WAS LIKE, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE GAVE ME A GLIMPSE OF WHAT OMAR WAS MENTIONING, LIKE HOW IT'S, THE STRUGGLE IS TO LIKE GET A BIKE RACK IN THERE AND, AND, UM, ON THEIR PROPERTY, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GIVE A REDUCTION IN VEHICLE PARKING IF YOU PUT IN BICYCLE PARKING.
THIS, THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO MAYBE BEFORE THAT WAS OKAY.
SO I JUST REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION AND LIKE, IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT IT'S UPDATED.
UH, ONE ANNOUNCEMENT I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE TO THE BAC, UH, OUR LOVELY CHAIR WENT TO A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, ROTARY HOUSTON SKY CLUB MEETING, UM, CONNECTED ME WITH EDWARD PETIT WHO'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE HERE ON THE BAC.
UH, TO JOIN THE FACEBOOK PAGE, THE FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA TAP FACEBOOK PAGE AND THAT'S AT WWW FACEBOOK.COM/FRIENDS OF COLUMBIA TAP.
UM, HE'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION AT THE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON THE CTAP.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YEAH, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THAT, UH, UM, THEY DO HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP, INCLUDING THEIR SECOND ANNUAL, UH, UM, THIRD WARD ON TAP, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
I THINK THAT'S COMING UP IN MARCH, BUT YOU, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
I DIDN'T GET TO THE ONE LAST YEAR.
I HAD A SCHEDULED CONFLICT, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR THIS YEAR.
UH, UH, PARTICIPATED LIKE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UH, IT'S A GOOD CHANCE, GOOD WAY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THIRD WARD.
UH, THERE'LL BE A COUPLE OF TOURS, UH, I KNOW DONE, UH, DURING THE EVENT AND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, TOUR SOME THROUGH THE THIRD WARD.
AND VERY INTERESTING, ONE OF THE TOURS, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE WILDLIFE ON, UH, UH, BUFFALO BY BRAVE BAYOU THERE.
SO YEAH, AND I THINK ANOTHER EVENT IS BEING LED BY YOU, ISN'T IT DR.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, OUR NEXT MEETINGS WILL BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, FEBRUARY 22ND AT TWO 30, HELD AT, UH, SIX 11 WALKER IN THE JOHN B RARE CONFERENCE ROOM ON SIXTH FLOOR.
ALSO WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY FOLLOWED UP BY THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE MARCH 22ND AT TWO 30, ALSO HELD IN JOHN RED CONFERENCE ROOM, SIXTH FLOOR SIX 11 WALKER ALSO HELD ON MICROSOFT TEAMS. AND THEN WE'LL MEET RIGHT BACK HERE AT APRIL 26TH AT TWO 30 HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ANNEX CHAMBERS.
WE THANK YOU, YOU ALL FOR A GREAT MEETING.
SORRY, JUST A, YEAH, JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE, SO ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, UH, SO ANYBODY CAN REALLY, UM, PUT IN A WORD OR LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND JUST BY EMAILING THE BAC.
WE PREFER TO BE BICYCLE RELATED.
UM, THIS IS BICYCLE RELATED ON THE 19TH, UH, AT 10:00 PM UH,
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IN CONJUNCTION WITH IDO BICYCLE COMPANY, WE'LL BE DOING A, UH, HI HISTORY TOUR ON FEBRUARY 19TH, UH, OF THE THIRD WARD.SO, UH, COME AND CHECK THAT OUT.
FEBRUARY 19TH, 10 8:10 AM ETO BY COMPANY FEBRUARY 19TH.
AND ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BICYCLE RELATED STUFF.
I'LL BE DOING A, ANOTHER PRESENTATION, UM, THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK, UM, UH, FEBRUARY, EXCUSE ME, MARCH THE SECOND, OR FIRST OR SECOND THURSDAY IN MARCH, I'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON, AT TREK ON BICY WITH, AT THE TREK BICYCLE SHOP, UH, ON BICYCLE BACKPACKING PART OF MY, UH, UH, TRIP TO PERU.
WHICH ONE? UH, WHICH WHICH, THAT'S THE, WITH THE WESTLAND SHOP.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MOVE.
DO WE HAVE TO MOVE OR CAN I JUST DO IT? YOU CAN JUST DO IT.