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Regular Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008
6:30 p.m.
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street), Room 408
AGENDA
1. Roll Call
2. Announcements & Acknowledgments
3. Approve Minutes - August Meeting
4. Public Comment: (Discussion Item)
The public may address the Committee on any matter within the jurisdiction of the Committee. This should not relate to any item on this agenda since the Committee will take public comment after it discusses and/or before voting on each agenda item. The Committee requests that each person limit him/herself to three minutes.
5. Chairman's Report (Information) [Absence from October 23 Meeting]
6. Committee Member Reports (Information)
7. MTA Bicycle Program Report – See MTA Bicycle Program Report to the BAC for August 2008 (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/cbike/3170.html). In addition, there is a report on causes of bicycle collision fatalities (http://www.sfmta.com/cms/rbikes/3172.html).
8. Task Force Reports
a. Bike Theft & Security – Bert Hill, District 7 (No Report)
b. Golden Gate Park – Susan King, District 5 (Absent)
c. Committee Member Business – Bert Hill, Chair
Continuing Vacancy in District 4.
d. Bicycle Report Card Task Force – Andy Bindman, Chair
Development and approval of the metrics and reporting of bicycling growth
e. Bicycle Plan Review Task Force – Casey Allen, Richard Tilles and Jake Wegmann
Review of Bike Plan Executive summary changes; actions for next month
9. Fell/Masonic Signal Changes – The signal phase changes have now been installed, with some early criticism of the sequence time and visibility of the new light at Fell and Masonic. Initially, vehicles seem to be violating the law regularly, but what changes can be expected to mitigate scofflaw activity.
Action: Discussion of the initial results of the camera system on safety
Sponsor: District 5 Committee Member Susan King
10. Movement to End the Bike Plan Lawsuit – With the help of Greg Hayes, Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval has been working on a strategy to end the Bike Plan injunction before completion of the EIR. A draft resolution can be viewed at archive.aspx?dept=2030&sub=&year=2008&dtype=2078&file=89120
Action: Discussion of Draft Resolution
Sponsor: District Committee Member Casey Allen
11. Agreement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Issues – In cooperation with the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee the joint committees would like to share a resolution of common agreement on city policies regarding the protection of pedestrians on streets and crosswalks.
Action: Discussion and Draft Resolution
Sponsor: District 7 Committee Member Bert Hill
12. Bicycle Treatments in New York and Reykjavik – Jake Wegmann recently returned to SF with pictures of some design treatments from other cities that could be beneficial is assisting in finding treatments fit our unique urban needs.
Action: Discussion
District 6 Committee Member Jake Wegmann
13. New Pilot Facilities – San Francisco has been a vanguard in designing and testing innovative bicycle facilities. Three have been discussed as ways of promoting safety recently:
a. Bike lane transition to sharrows instead of the dashed line weaving area
b. Bike Box design elements
c. Signage to encourage motorists and taxi drivers to drop off passengers at curb, rather than on the left side of bike lanes and established bikeways
d. Sharrow placement guidelines, based on road width, parking, and topography
e. Transition of Bike Lane to through lane location at Right-Turn-only lane arterials
Action: Discussion
Sponsor: District 7 Committee Member Bert Hill
14. Adjournment
DISABILITY ACCESS:
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