HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-02-14 Bicycle Advisory Board MinutesBozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board (BABAB)
Meeting Minutes, Wed, April 2, 2014
6-8 pm, Commissioner’s Room, City Hall
Board Members Present: Bill Cochran, Rebecca Gleason, Brian Hughes, Jenna Fallaw, Petra Davis, Frances Cronin, Jessie May
Campbell, Mike Davis, Jen Petersen
Absent: Sam Haraldson, Jason Delmue
Other Attendees: John Van Delinder (City Streets Superintendent), Kat Breck( MSU student), Dan Richter
A. Call meeting to Order
B. Public Comment: Kat Breck, MSU student, conducted an Anthropology Class interview. She wanted more information on
BABAB’s mission, our opinions on bicycle safety concerns, bike laws, and the board’s goals
C. March meeting minutes approved by Board.
D. Bike Walk MT Summit – overview- Rebecca and Bill attended recently.
Rebecca attended a bike friendly business workshop with April Economides. See www.greenoctopus.net for more information
to get businesses more involved with biking in the community.
Bill attended a workshop on bike tourism in MT and found there to be a significant amount of funding allotted yearly for bike
tourism. Feedback from folks through such organizations such as Adventure Travel was that people loved the scenery but not
the road conditions due to rumble strips and the lack of adequate shoulders in Montana. He also attended a workshop on city
trail maintenance in Great Falls & Billings. We should look into putting together a recommendation and consider the pros and
cons of using asphalt versus concrete for the designing of the upcoming trail to the M.
E. Bike Safety Outreach/Education–
· Film update.: None
· High School Drivers Education: Jen will help out at the end of April.
· Bike safety –Education at MSU-Petra. Bike to school week is April 14-17, 9 am-1pm. Daily coffee stops on
campus, the Bike Kitchen will be present, and a poster will be out soon with all the details.
MSU Survey about biking, bike friendly application are works in progress.
· Bike safety PSA update- Sam-tabled
F. Bike to Work Week Planning May 12-16, 2014
Every day there will be 2 stops except for Monday.
Tuesday: added Café M.
Sponsor Board: Jessie May will contact GVBC about volunteers to help to make poster & design Bangtail display window.
Bill will talk to Bangtail about using the display window to advertise.
Shirts: Group decided to buy shirts to sell during bike week. Jessie May is working on details.
Information for bike stops: 1 page information sheet on BABAB, bike maps, bike benefits stickers(Jenna?), bike friendly
recommendations, poster board for suggestions, easels(Rebecca will reserve, Dan Richter will get easels to bike week).
Idea: offer a prize for bringing someone who doesn’t usually bike.
Bike swap: Jessie May will check in about us bringing hangtags.
Friday night help with hang tags: Brian, Jenna, Petra, Jessie May.
Prizes: Jessie May/Brian will coordinate with Rebecca to make sure we are not overlapping bike week/commuter challenge
donors.
Rebecca will send out spreadsheet with bike week checklist to help planning efforts.
Jen will help out on Sat am.
G. Old business
• Mendenhall bike lanes : No updates
• Bozeman Bicycle Code modification update : None
• FTA state of good repair funds: No updates
• Other
H. New business: None
I. Meeting Adjourned