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Minutes of full
SF Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting, May 17, 2000.
Present: Jean Davis, Emily
Drennen, Alex Lantsberg, James Morrison (chair), Pi Ra, Suzanne Richter. Steven
Bodzin (recording) arrived late.
1. Call meeting to order
and adoption of agenda **
Meeting to order at 6:22.
Agenda adopted. However, the actual meeting had items 7,8, and 9 discussed in
reverse order.
2. Review and approval
of minutes from February, March, and April 2000 **
Minutes for March 2000 general
meeting, April 2000 working committee meeting, and April 2000 general meeting
adopted with changes: In March general meeting minutes, "Emily wants to
assign" was changed to "Emily wants to see assignments made".
3. Administrative business
and announcements**
A Pedestrian Safety Summit
will be held May 26, at 455 Golden Gate Ave., from 9 am to 1 pm.
The Thunderhead Alliance
will be holding a regional conference June 10. Emily is helping to search for
a venue.
Adam Gubser announced that
the long-delayed Countywide Plan from the Transportation Authority is now available
at the TA’s website www.ci.sf.ca.us/sfta/.
4. Public comment--non-agenda
items; Please limit comments to 3 min. per person
No public comment.
5. Transit Reports -
BART Bicycle Advisory Task Force
No transit reports.
6. DPT Reports
I. Bicycle Program Manager’s
Monthly Report
Bike to Work Day
happened, with lower overall bike counts than 1999. Gubser accounts it to the
weather. Lower counts on Valencia Street on BtWD than on the previous day.
New bike racks were unveiled
at City Hall, made from melted-down guns. The news reports, unfortunately, preferred
to cover Peter Tannen's getting hit by a motorcycle in the Mayor's bicyclecade.
II. Bike/Ped Safety
Coordinator’s Monthly Report
Nick Carr submitted
attached report.
7. Discussion period
concerning striped bicyle lanes in San Francisco. Some questions for discussion:
I. What prospective
bike lanes on bike routes contained in the SF Bicycle plan should receive priority
treatment?
II. Are there possible
bike lanes on streets not included in the bicycle plan which should be included
in the updated bike plan?
III. Should we urge
more vigorous enforcement efforts against double parking in bike lanes? Through
what channels might we do so?
IV. Should we communicate
directly with companies which use large fleets of delivery vehicles in the hope
of working out better informal protocols or ways of minimizing conflict and
inconvenience in bike lanes?
V. Are right-turning
cars, which use bike lanes in the act of turning, a serious problem? Might education
or signage changes help?
8. Working Committee
Report
I. Discussion of
bylaw amendment to allow change in committee self-governance (consensus model
of decison-maiking vs. Robert’s rules of Order)
II. Discuss means
of reopening dialogue with Japantown community: how can the BAC help to build
support for bicycle accommodations in this neighborhood? When and how might
Post St. bike lane extensions be reintroduced?
III. Report on contacts
with Port of San Francisco. Discuss inviting Port representative to BAC general
meeting
IV. Liaison procedures
and appointments/assignments. Discuss allotting contacts (for instance, particular
members to particular city departments or personnel). Possible assignments of
areas of responsibility at this meeting**
V. Bicycle Plan Update.
Report on contacts with SFBC and DPT with regard to focus points
VI. Consider endorsement
of grant proposals through Dept.of Parking and Traffic staff, proposals submitted
under AB434 Transportation Fund for Clean Air, including "Smart Growth" category**
VII. Formation of
BAC Outreach Bureau. Breakdown of contact information for neighborhood asociations
into groupings for individual members
VIII. Update on planning
for regional bicycle/alternative transportation conference, including the possibility
of joining with the Surface Transportation Policy Project in such a conference
IX. Discussion of
the possible use of the website of the City of San Francisco for posting BAC
records and news
X. Discussion of
budget and paid staffing for the BAC. Should the BAC seek financial and staff
support? From what sources?
XI. Date and time
of next meeting**
9. New business and announcements
JM suggests moving
the meeting to 6:30 pm and will look into that.
10. Adjournment and next
BAC meeting, June 21, 2000
