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Home My WebLink About1/16/2020 Item 5, Havas Wilbanks, Megan From:Gary Havas <gphavas6953@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, To:Advisory Bodies Subject:ATC communication Attachments:200113 2013 Bike Plan Comments.pdf Greetings! I got as far as pages 30-75 on the 2013 Bicycle Transportation Plan for Thursday’s meeting. I’ll be out of town. I think realistically that the ATC has reviewed much of the balance. I’m unsure if this helps based on what I may have missed in the meetings, and I get a little weedy… I had highlighted my comments in yellow, provided a page number and an article number. The yellow didn’t come through, so look for the parentheses () to identify my work. Thanks for all of your diligent work on this important process! Cheers! Gary Havas 805-458-0755 1 Notes from 2013 Bicycle Transportation Plan, p. 30 and forward 1.Page 30. 1.6 All developments/subdivisions shall be designed with bicycle use as an equal and viable option for transportation to, from, and within a development. 2.Page 31. 1.8b After receiving input from the Bicycle Advisory Committee… (Change to Active transportation Committee, here and throughout) 3.Page 37. 1.40 The preferred location of Class II bikeways is at the edge of the road, adjacent to a curb. Bike lanes shall run parallel to the motor vehicle lane, not the curb. Where on-street motor vehicle parking is allowed, bike lanes shall be located along the outside of parking bays next to the travel way. (This is to be changed to more current ideas, best practices?) 4.Page 40. Implementation Action 1.51.1: For cost efﬁciency, installation of the legends and associated signage should be implemented in conjunction with other striping/signage projects. (Unless urgency dictates otherwise) 5.Page 42. 1.58 Trafﬁc control plans prepared for work within the street right- of-way shall address bicyclists during construction. Signage should warn both bicyclists and motorists in advance of any location where the bicycle lane is closed. If space is available, a coned-o four (4) foot wide area for bicycle travel shall be provided between the construction zone and the vehicle travel lane. (Consider something like taking one of two same direction motor vehicle travel lanes and making it a bike lane when two exist) 6.Page 46. San Luis Obispo is served by Amtrak passenger rail service: the Coast Starlight and the Paci c Surﬁner. Bicycles can be accommodated on the Coast Starlight when they are properly packed in boxes provided by Amtrak. They must be checked as baggage and there is a box and handling fee. For the Paciﬁc Surﬂiner, bicycles can be directly loaded onto the passenger cars; at least one train per day features bike racks on passenger cars. The Amtrak station located at Santa Rosa Street and Railroad Avenue includes short term bicycle parking. (This needs to be checked for accuracy) https://media.amtrak.com/2016/09/ amtrak-expands-bicycle-program-for-travel-on-the-coast-starlight/ 7.Page 47. Showers: Bathing stalls accompanied by clothing lockers and changing areas reserved for each gender at a work site. (Does this language need to be updated for modern times?) 8.Page 51. 2.12 Should grant funds become available, the City shall o er racks or lockers to businesses at high bicycle parking demand locations if they agree to install and maintain them. (Include other incentives?) 9.Page 51. 2.13 The City shall promote and support enhanced bicycle parking services, such as Bike Valet, at community events such as Thursday night’s Farmer’s Market, or Concerts in the Plaza, when over 100 attendees are expected. (Needs updated reﬂection of current policies?) 10.Page 51. 2.15 Bicycle rack siting and design: (Include provisions for cargo bikes, e-bikes, tricycles, and other currently unusual styles of cycles, both in pad space and in access for cyclists and pedestrians.) 11.Page 52. 2.17 Inverted “U” racks, Peak Racks (www.peakracks.com), or other City approved design shall be used to meet the City’s short-term parking requirement. Wave, comb, and toast style racks are examples of racks not permitted by the above guidelines. (Since Peak Racks makes many styles, calling out the hi-lo design would be better, and rearrange the wording placing this suggestion ﬁrst, inverted U second.) 12.Page 53. 2.21 When interior locked rooms are used to provide long-term bicycle storage, these rooms shall: (Include provisions for charging e-bikes such as simply a multiple outlet supply point for 120V.) 13.Page 54. 2.24 Work sites that are not required to provide showers and clothing lockers shoulb be strongly encouraged to do so. (Typo: should) 14.Page 54. Implementation Action 2.27.1: Include shower facility requirements in the next round of Zoning Regulations amendments to be considered by the City Council. (Did this happen?) 15.Page 56. Bicycling promotion and bicycling advocacy e orts within the City are in part due to its relationship with regional and national organizations such as the SLO County Bicycle Coalition, SLO Regional Rideshare, and the League of American Bicyclists. (Now: Bike SLO County, here and in other references…including sidebars) 16.Page 57. Bike SLO County logo and weblink change 17.Page 58/59. Update this statement from the League and others, and the sidebar 18.Page 60. Programs Promoting Bicycling. Update this statement, the page, and sidebars. There’s a lot more going on! 19.Page 62/63/64/65. Policies and Implementation Actions, etc. (Please keep this in here with updated language) 20.