Walk/Bike Council of Addison County Meeting Mon Nov 11, 2024, 7 pm Online

[Laura Asermily]

Walk/Bike Council of Addison County will meet online here on Veteran's Day Mon Nov 11 at 7 pm.

Agenda

Intros/Roles 

Sally, Laura, Mike sharing roles

New folks coming on board

Review WBCAC activity

-Social media presence (website/FB/FPF/Addy/Chamber/bike touring)

-Safe Routes to School efforts (winter recognition? snow/ice removal)

-Addison County Transportation Advisory Council (TAC) status

-Triangle Bike Loop progress and future

-Abandoned/stolen bikes (bike registration/secure locking campaign? see FPF post below and here)

-Demonstration Projects (advisory bike lane based on Shelburne?)

Bike Parking Planning: need for ever more e-bikes, cargo bikes and regular bikes needing secure parking at major hubs like supermarkets, plazas, and such, especially in conjunction with Triangle Bike Loop. MNFC is a good model. Watch and share: Webinar: How (and Why) to Build Great Bike Parking

Shoulder and Crosswalk Striping Standardization Summit: For road crews to improve traffic calming and bike/ped safety. who wants to work on this? Watch and share: Webinar: Low-Cost Traffic Calming Techniques and Walk/Bike Solutions for Rural Vermont

Next meeting (Jan online) & meeting frequency (monthly hybrid)?

See Minutes from our Oct meeting and earlier ones for any other follow ups that call to you: Minutes - Walk Bike Council of Addison County Meeting. 

Sally, Laura and Mike

Middlebury FPF Abandoned Bikes Post: We have 7 long-abandoned bikes for months now downtown taking up prime public bike rack parking, especially at Cannon Park, and no clear policy for their removal. Some locked, some with flat tires and rusted chains. I report what I see on FPF and to Middlebury Police and asked for their removal.

If you recognize your bike in the pictures or know to whom the bike belongs, please arrange for removal. Abandoned and stolen bikes are collected by Middlebury Public Works and brought to Middlebury Police Department where they can be claimed. Unclaimed bikes are donated for sale to the Middlebury Bike Swap in May. A reminder of this is posted before the swap.

Bikes do get "borrowed" and stolen so be sure to take a picture of yours and be able to describe its make, color, size and other distinguishing features and learn good practices for locking it when that's needed at How to Lock Your Bike. Happy and safe bike riding.

How to Lock Your Bike Vermont's nonprofit advocate for walking and biking