HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-01-04 - BPAC AgendaBicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee
AGENDA
Thursday January 4, 2023 12:00 to 1:30 pm
This will be an in-person only meeting:
Deschutes County Offices, DeArmond Room - 1300 NW Wall St, Bend
(12:00) Call to order - Dave
(12:00) Introductions
(12:05) Public comment
(12:08) Approval of prior minutes (December)
(12:10) Committee Business – Dave T
•None this month
(12:10) TSP Update
•Report from commissioners' pre-meeting - Dave R, Chris et al
•Next steps
(12:15) Permeable trail surfacing discussion - Dave T for Dave G, Chris Cheng
(we will defer this if Chris is not able to attend)
(12:25) Big Chainring award nominations - Neil
(12:35) Setting new committee goals for 2024 - Dave T and group
At the last meeting members were asked to think about goals to inform a discussion
at this meeting. I received an email from Jennifer elaborating on two topics and
included it on the next page. Hopefully others will bring up their ideas as well.
(12:50) External Committee Reports
•COACT - Dave T
•MPO TAC - Dave T
•Lava Butte - La Pine trail planning - Mark
(1:05) Updates: COIC/CET, South County, Bend, Sisters , Redmond, Deschutes County,
ODOT, Bend Parks, Commute Options
(1:25) Open Floor: Comments & Announcements
Messaging: None
(1:30) Adjournment
Next meeting: Thursday, February 1, 12:00 to 1:30 pm - Virtual via Zoom
117 NW Lafayette Avenue, Bend, Oregon 97703 | P.O. Box 6005, Bend, OR 97708-6005
(541) 388-6575 bpac@deschutes .org www.deschutes.org/bpac
Topics proposed by Jennifer via email:
After you left we decided to send you our goal ideas so we have a list to discuss at the next meeting. I
have two suggestions:
1.Communications plan, as I brought up at meeting. Best case scenario we find an org that
already has a robust email/contact list and utilize that (i.e. Visit Central Oregon who should have
lists of businesses and groups that benefit from bike ped tourism, non-profit lists, gov't and
school agency lists, etc.)
2.E-bike education and regulation. My big take away from the Summit and the City Club on e-
bikes is 2-fold. The first is basic use education. E-bikes are attraction many new users (kids,
teens, older adults who haven't biked in years) that clearly need education about bike laws,
safety, and etiquette. I'd honestly like to see a discussion about changing state operators
licensing down to 12 years old, 12-16 being a test/training for bike use and traffic laws and
safety. The second take away is that ebikes are the straw breaking the camels back in our
available infrastructure to accommodate bikes and peds. Gov't's need to kick bike/bed
infrastructure planning and building into high gear because we're at the breaking point for safety
and efficiency. I don't know how we boil those two elements down into small bites, but e-bikes
are doing a great job of highlighting the failures in our education and infrastructure and it can't
be ignored anymore.
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