01192022 Agenda Bicycle Advisory Committee

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by  Town of Arlington Massachusetts

Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee

Date: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Time: 7:15 PM – 9:15 PM
Location: Conducted via Remote Participation

To Register for the Zoom Meeting:
https://town-arlington-ma-us.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtduirrTgtGtYY64-bVUUH-
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Meeting ID: 810 1133 3702

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the meeting.

Members of the public are asked to send written comment to Daniel Amstutz at
[email protected] with a copy to Christopher Tonkin at
[email protected].

Additional documents regarding the below agenda items will be posted to the calendar
notice on the Town’s website at:
https://www.arlingtonma.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/28362/18?backlist=%2
ftown-governance%2fboards-and-committees%2fbicycle-advisory-committee-abac

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Agenda

1. Greetings and Introductions, ground rules for online meetings.
2. Responses to call for new at-large members.
3. Reappointment of Executive Board members.
4. Approval of the outstanding minutes for previous meetings.
5. Report from COBWEB Officer.
6. TAC (Transportation Advisory Committee) report.
7. Adding a “youth member” to the board, change bylaws?
8. Tour of Arlington for 2021.
9. Development of new rubric for road makings, bike lanes with and without
protection.
10. ABAC budget, how to spend our money: MassBike classes, bike rodeos, other
suggestions?
11. Bikeway book -- a suggestion from Lauren, Arlington or Tri Town, Working
Group?
12. General updates from Daniel:
a. Minuteman Bikeway Planning Project update.
b. Mystic River to Bikeway Feasibility Study update.
c. Bluebikes Winter Storage and Relocations.
d. Other projects or news of interest.
13. Tales from the Bikeway, matters arising from the Bikeway e.g. encroachment
and center line markings.
14. Bike lanes in Cambridge, latest thoughts.
15. Tracking “Scary Moments” as per this Cambridge link: see link below.
16. Bikeway Trash pickup.
17. Any other business.

Upcoming Meetings: Next ABAC meeting February 16th and March 16th
N.B. All meetings will be online until further notice.

When we go back to physical meeting, all meetings will be held in the 1st floor
meeting room in the Town Hall Annex.

Attachments:
1) Governor Charles Baker’s 3/12/2020 Executive Order Suspending Certain
Provisions of the Open Meeting Law.
2) Tracking “scary moments” as in Cambridge: Please share your experiences of
crashes and scary moments while biking in Cambridge at this link.