HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-07-18 BABAB MinutesBozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB)
Meeting Notes for February 7, 2018
6-8 p.m. City Hall, Commission Room
A. Meeting Called to Order at 6:06 PM.
a. In attendance: Dillon Warn, Rachel Rockafellow, Elise Cranmer, Lila Fleishman, Jason Delmue,
San Haraldson, Candace Mastel, Tawnya Healey, Jason Karp, James Lusby, Andrew
Brechbuhler, Christian Black, Jeff Krauss
b. Members of the Public: Linda Dupriest, Rebecca Gleason, Ralph Zimmer
B. Introduction of new City Commission Liaison, Commissioner Jeff Krauss to Board
a. Commissioner Krauss introduces himself to the Board. He has very much wanted to be on this
board. He’s a bike commuter, and has been bike commuting since he was a high-schooler.
Previously he helped get the Peach Street bike lane/parking alignment done. He wants to see
continuous bike lanes across town, plus shared paths on College Ave, and would like to see us
fill in the gaps in the network. He thinks that we can maybe using the remaining Recreation
Bond funds to build the separated paths. He is happy to be here and glad to be a part of this
board, and glad to represent the West Side of Bozeman.
C. Approve Previous Meetings Minutes: 5 minutes
a. Haraldson motions, Rockafellow 2nds, Vote is Unanimous
D. Public Comment: 5 minutes each speaker
a. No public Comment
E. City of Bozeman 2018 Construction Project Update – Information Item (15 minutes, Linda DuPriest)
a. Linda is preparing for wayfinding project subcommittee. They will be working on creating new
signage to help with wayfinding around Bozeman’s bicycle network. This summer, they are
trying to work on new roads and recent construction to put in wayfinding routes, such as on
South Tracy from Olive to Harrison. THe new signs will have branded logo, bike routes, and a
few locations to travel to, with directions and distances. There is only room for 3 destinations
on each sign, so will need to be efficient.
b. Lila, Elise, Rachel, Sam, Tawnya, Dillon, Andrew, are interested. Linda will contact us to
schedule a time to get together.
F. “The Streets of Bozeman Website” – Information Item (15 minutes, Sam Haraldson)
a. Sam shared with us a “Story Map,” that uses the city’s GIS layers. Map is interactive, and shows
changes over the past 20 years, and projecting into the future.
G. TDM Survey – Information Item (15 minutes, Rebecca Gleason WTI)
a. WTI sent out a survey to the 5 major employers in town, and has received 1800 responses
about alternative transportation.
b. 341 MSU employee responses, indicating that 70% utilize their own car by themselves, 18%
with one passenger, 4% with two passengers, 4% bus, 19% bike, and 16% walk to work.
c. Concerns about transportation include: Road Safety, Traffic congestion, pollution,
infrastructure, and finding parking.
d. Attitudes uncovered in the survey: Mostly people feel supportive about bus, biking, and
walking, feeling that it’s a little more dangerous but very efficient.
e. Attitudes toward transportation options: Most believe they would use alternative
transportation, if given some improvements such as more paths to avoid riding with traffic,
etc…
f. Incentives might be offered to encourage alternative transportation: people would try
carpooling or a Park-and-Ride if there was a financial benefit, and if it were easier to find a
carpool buddy. They would be more likely to use a bus if there was more frequent service and
more convenient stops, or a Park-and Ride. More likely to bike if there were more separated
paths, a Park-and-Ride, safer roads, or financial incentives.
g. 40% of MSU employees live within a quarter mile of a bus stop, 90% of MSU employees have a
10-20 minute commute, 17% live within 1 mile, 24% live within 5 miles.
h. RideAmigos is an app, it utilizes Google Maps like interface to find bus, bike, rideshare, options,
guaranteed ride homes. The pilot program is at BozemanCommute.rideamigos.com.
i. Sonos is a company that has “Smart Ride” incentive programs. If employees give up their
parking spot, they are paid! There are several tiers of membership, such as log 60 bike
commutes in 1 year, get $600 to a new bike, or a flexible option earning $2/ day. Bozeman
Health is interested in a similar program.
j. Next Steps for WTI: inviting others and sharing results with each employer, workshops, winter
commute-a thon, and continuing the Bozeman Commuter Project
k. Lila mentioned that the time is also right for getting businesses up on bike friendly business
status requirements.
H. Old Business (10 minutes)
a. New BABAB logo: Tawnya is getting some samples for the bike board to vote on at the next
meeting. She showed us some options for colors and fonts. There is some discussion on paying
for a graphic designer, however Tawnya has a graphic designer friend, she’s looking for ideas to
bring to them. There is some discussion on branding and need, but there is no desire to spend
any money on it. We’ll give her ideas, she’ll work on some logos and we’ll vote at a future time.
Candace will email us to give comments to Tawnya.
b. Bike Maps: Andrew is taking the lead on the new bike map. The goal is to update design, and
get them printed in time for this summer, rather than a total revision.
c. Elise is aware of a group of MSU students that are interested in doing bike education in
elementary schools. Tawya is unable to continue on Safe Routes to School project, but she had
good information from Taylor Lonsdale. Can Elise team with GVBC and their education group?
Journeys From Home is a elementary bike education resource that has been developed, Taylor
Lonsdale has shared that with Tawnya.
I. New Business (10 minutes)
a. Bike Walk Conference March 21-23, in Bozeman. Rachel, Jason Karp, Candace, and Rebecca
Gleason are attending. Rachel encourages others to attend as well.
b. HIgh school driver’s ed classes: Dillon’s wife is an English teacher at BHS and has been talking to
some of the driver’s ed classes. Reminder to teach the children about the Dutch reach
J. Adjourned at 7:44