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Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting Minutes Co-Chairs: Rebekah Scheinfeld, CDOT Date: June 6, 2018 Time: 3:00 pm- 4:30 pm Luann Hamilton, CDOT MBAC Members in Attendance Name Department/Agency Name Department/Agency Alex Wilson West Town Bikes Margarita Reina CDPH Jim Merrell Active Transportation Alliance Charles Billows Finance Eric Goodwin CLOCC Greg Piland FHWA John O’Neal CMAP Todd Wyatt DPD Debbie Liu Community Rep Joe Sislow Community Rep Jacob Peters Community Rep Proceedings Meeting called to order at 3:05 by Chair Scheinfeld February MBAC meeting minutes approved Agenda and Notes Topic Facilitated by Pedestrian Crash Fatality Update – Chair Scheinfeld a) CPD fatality statistics not yet available for May 2018. No bicyclist fatalities are known to CDOT as of this meeting. b) Last fatality back in February occurred in a Vision Zero high crash area and the driver was charged with felony Visio Zero Update - Co-chair Hamilton a) Eric is leaving the team and a new senior and junior planner to come on board soon. b) Vision Zero West Side will host events in late summer. c) The city has secured partial funds for South Side and is currently persuing funding for Northwest Side. d) Alderman Railey will be chair of Downtown Task Force Divvy Outreach Team – Johntuanay Johnson a) Divvy for Everyone partnering with LISC to do mobile and on-site registration. b) Also partnering with community orgs to promote D4E- collaborating with West Town Bikes and Blue Cross Blue Shield on an education program. c) Launched new Divvy app. Dockless Bikeshare Pilot Update – Ranjani Prabhakar a) Pilot launched on May 1 till November. b) Vendors are in charge of distributing educational material in the pilot area. c) Meetings to review data with stakeholders will be scheduled in the upcoming months. d) Some vendors will face-in more bikes into the pilot program e) Refer to the June MBAC presentation in the chicagocompletestreets.org website for more information on this update. Bike Project Updates – Brad Huff - CDOT a) A total of 17.2 miles of bike lanes installed in 2017. b) In 2018, the bike team has scured a lot of Federal funded projects. c) At the Major Taylor Trail is addressing and improving connectins on 103th. d) In the Downtown are, Clinton has a new protected bike lane, improving connectins to Loop and upgrading existing protected bike lanes Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council Meeting Minutes Agenda and Notes - continue Topic Facilitated by Bicyclist Ticketing Follow Up - Glen Brooks Jr. a) CPD uses enforcement as a tool for safety. b) CPD data analysis found a high concentration of bicyclist ticketing in Districts 4, 10, 11, 25. c) Mr. Brooks had a conversation with Commanders from those Districts and found that there are a disproportionate level of violent incidents in those Districts. d) Vehicle enforcement is consdiered an overal violence reduction strategy and bikes are considered vehicles. e) The final data analysis is not yet available and will be available only by request. f) About 10% of bicyclist ticketing result in an arrest. Bike Lane Uprising - Christina Whitehouse a) It is a member base initiative. b) One of its outcomes has been looking at how much unrealized revenue slide. c) A heat map with data on submissions can be found in their website. d) Among the repeat offenders there are multiple City vehicles. e) Its main goal is to build relationships and partnerships. k) Call to action: become a volunteer! Community Representatives Comments - Community Reps Joe: Request for better City coordination with construction sites Debbie: How is the City handling the increase of scooters? There are multiple in Chinatown now. – Response – The City does not have a program this year and an ordinance has not been drafted. Jacob: Thank you for the new designed infrastructure in the North Side. Actions Lead CDP would like to develop better strategies to address the high concentration of bicyclist tickets in the four CDP Districts listed above. Public Comment Jean Smiling Coyote- Read a letter requesting CDOT to address the high number of bicylists riding on the sidewalks in the north Side. CDP – Helmets should be more accessible for unexpereince riders, specially on Divvy Bikes ATA – Reminder about Chicago Bike Week. Bike Rally will take place on June 21 in Daley Plaza. Reminder about the Boulevard Lake Front Ride West Town Bikes – Reminder about Tour de Fat June 30th back in Humboldt Park Divvy Rep – New Divvy app is up and running. Divvy is turning 5 years old and will be hosting 5 community rides and other events. Adjournment at 5:00