Re: Msg from Bruce England to Jarrett Mullen re 10/28 BPAC mtg
Bruce England
group email list (which some members still monitor, although the task
force work was completed some months back) in case any of those folks
are interested in checking out the video you cite.
Bye for now!
Bruce
>Hi Bruce,
>
>Good to hear from you. I'll definitely be at the Green Mountain View
>meeting. I hope we can get the ball rolling on pedestrian and bike
>counts.
>
>When I downloaded the Sustainability Task Force report, I was pretty
>excited to read about all of the proposals and ideas presented by
>other community members. I'm glad I'm not the only one with similar
>ideas! Page 137 definitely describes the cycle track and I really
>like the implementation idea. If you're curious and have some time
>to look at different bike infrastructure, here's a video that
>explains New York's bike lanes and cycle tracks:
>
>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/bike-lanes-in-the-big-apple/#more-16311
>
>See you Monday, and I'll talk with Tamara Becher.
>
>-Jarrett
>
>BTW: the comcast e-mail is the best one to use.
>
>On Oct 30, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Bruce England wrote:
>
>>Hello Jarrett:
>>
>>I wasn't sure which or your email address was best, so I used both.
>>You can let me know which you prefer, if you'd like.
>>
>>So, here's some information for you related to your comments and
>>our discussions at the last City of Mountain View BPAC meeting:
>>- Attached is the agenda for our upcoming Green Mountain View
>>meeting (Monday, November 2nd). As you'll see, there is a segment
>>for public comment, in case you'd like to bring up anything. And I
>>do plan to mention the opportunity for GMV to help survey for
>>numbers that the Pedestrian Master Plan consultants can use (of
>>course, we could possibly expand the effort to include bike rider
>>numbers). The meeting is at the city library in the community
>>conference room, which is just to the right past the front entrance.
>>- See page 137 of the Mountain View Environmental Sustainability
>>Task Force final report for the "bike track" idea that reflects
>>what you described at the BPAC meeting, if I understood your
>>concept correctly.
>>- Finally, and I didn't mention this previously, one of the key
>>Green Mountain View members, Tamara Becher, is working on a project
>>through the Chamber of Commerce to encourage civic participation by
>>young adults in the community (with their active participation).
>>You might connect with her if both of you are at the meeting, but
>>I've also copied her here as another means to do so.
>>
>>Bye for now, and I hope to see you Monday!
>>Bruce England
>>Green Mountain View, co-chair
>>www.greenmountainview.org<GMV-genMtgAgenda-112009.doc><MVESTF-finalReport.pdf>