Hi Doug,
I've noted the posts on ILS. Not much new to contribute here. Metro
Cycling Committee has had its first meeting on April 9th, and will have
its next the the 22nd of May, during Bike to Work Week. I'm starting to
get things going with my subcommittee, and we may deal with the issue of
ILS at some time. The Network Planning Subcommittee has been the most
active so far, dealing  with various bike route and facilities issues.
I've been keeping an eye on what comes out of that subcommittee, since
some of it has safety implications. The most recent issue of concern is
over the wide curb lane policy of Metro Transportation. Seems few
cyclists here feel they make things better for cyclists, and have
concluded that they may even be more dangerous for cyclists, since
motorists are encouraged to go faster. The push, at least from the NPSC
is to create 1/2 to 1 metre "paved shoulders" next to curb. In-line
Skating issues have not come up, though in the new terms of reference
that is being proposed, a ILS rep. was listed as one of the members. We
were also requested to add pedestrian issue to our mandate, after a
group called "Feet on the Street" ( no Miriam among them ! ) requeted
Metro create a pedestrian issues committee. We requested that Metro
create this new advisory committee rather than merging it with the Metro
Cycling Committee. We shall see where this goes. You might be interested
to know that Jack Layton, who is our current chair, is now chairing the
Planning and Transportation Committee of Metro...hmmm should be very
interesting this year.
Have you been able to find more info on CANBIKE? I was in Vancouver for
a very wet day, and found the location of the Alternative Tranportation
Centre, location under the Science World Sky Train station. Found out
their first BTWW is in early June, two weeks after ours. No info on
CAN-BIKE though.
Phil
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