DENVER MAYOR’S BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Regular Meeting
March 5, 2015
Webb Building Room 4.F.6
AGENDA
1. Welcome, Introductions, Introduce New Members (5:30-5:40)
 Two new members: Ana bikes from Cherry Creek to Westwood and studied landscape
architecture; Kate previously served on Asian American Commission and doesn’t own
a car
 Two members from the public attended: Mark and Corey; Parry encouraged them to
attend subcommittee meetings
2. Approve February Minutes – (5:40)
 Approved
3. Public Comment/Announcements: (5:40 – 5:50)
The public may address the Committee on any matter within the jurisdiction of the
Committee. Should not relate to any item on this agenda since the Committee will take
public comment after it discusses and/or before voting on each agenda item. Limit to three
minutes. Longer discussion may be slated for following month.
 Doug – wants People for Bikes nationwide survey circulated: race, gender, income,
most complete pic of who bikes where and why; Emily said Denver paid to oversample
our city, which will get all the raw data
 Molly – Bike Denver
o Working w/ Andy Duvall to develop survey to be distributed 4/1 to 5/1: which
neighborhood do you work/live in, cyclist behavior and barriers; will be translated in
Spanish; wants us to help distribute survey, which will help id policy, edu, and infra
areas of focus
o Advocating for Bikes on Broadway and wants Broadway/Lincoln Study to cover a
continuous 8-mile stretch – facebook and website includes link to petition
 Josh – asked Molly to help coordinate bike safety training for Denver employees
 Corey – noticed businesses are plowing their snow into 15th Street protected bike
lane; members suggested calling 311 as well as using pocketgov.org
 Dan – DPW starting neighborhood bikeways studies: W.35th meeting in 2 weeks, 12th
Ave / Garfield meeting in 3 weeks – asked MBAC to help get the word out
 Ean – announced he is running for City Council District 9
4. New Way Finding Signage Proposals – Presentation & Discussion
Denver Public Works – Michael Koslow (5:50-6:15)
 D10 wayfinding done last summer and PW realized the city needed a unified approach
so retained AECOM to develop a manual on signage
 Ronda Bell of AECOM gave presentation on bicycle wayfinding signage content and
installation
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o Best practices: safe, intuitive, useful, complete, consistent, legible (see it from 3050’), clear, mode appropriate; based on national manual of traffic control devices
o 3 sign types, which will be placed on road routes at a 7’ min height so it won’t be
clipped by cars, 2’ from curb; off-road / trail signs will be 8’ min height, 2’ from path:
1) Confirmation: “you’re on the intended route”
 Located every 2-3 blocks on road, 1/4-1/2 mile on trail; placed 30’ from turn
2) Turn: “the route turns here”, same as confirmation with arrow
 Located 150’ before turn, though may need more distance for left turns
3) Decision: “your destination is this way”
 Located 150’ before turn, though may need more distance for left turns; 25-50’
apart if multiple destinations
 Signs will include 3 max destinations grouped by direction: forward, left, right;
nearest first
o 3-tiered system to id destination criteria to guide which destinations go on signs:
1) Primary: big deal destination like Downtown, Art Museum, must meet 7 of 8
criteria
2) Secondary: must meet 3 of 4 criteria
3) Tertiary
o The City is separately identifying destinations and will independently apply the
destination criteria
o Other info that could go on signs: city logo but no private logos, QR codes of
private business names; Corey recommended having QR code for Denver bike
map
o Next steps:
 Finalize manual in spring and implement 2 routes in fall: D10, which was just
signed, is an E/W route, so will probably do a N/S route next, likely D9 or D11;
start from center and work outward; D10 required ~100 signs
 There are around 30 routes, and City hopes to implement all resigning in 3-5
years
 Funding is from annual signage operation money, which is used for on-street
bike pavement markings as wells as signage; signage will also be implemented
in conjunction with new facilities
 MBAC should help PW test the guidelines – think of hotspots in your area (16th
and Cleveland to 15th transition is difficult); provide general comments to Infra
by 3/18
o Dan — PW is coordinating with Parks re: trails which must consider peds too,
wants on-road signs to be consistent with off-road signs
o Tracey – questioned how destination and turn relate
 Rhonda said that the destinations indicate you must turn onto another route
o Mark – the names of the routes don’t help facilitate wayfinding, would be good if
N/S differed from E/W
 D stands for Denver
 Other bordering jurisdictions are using similar numbering system for routes
connecting to Denver’s network
 The letter-number naming convention is being phased out so what now says D8 will simply be demarcated by the standard bike route signage
o Antonia – its hard to know how to get on Cherry Creek trail, these signs and map
should make it clearer
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 Dan acknowledged the challenge of going from on to off-street facilities
o Safe Routes to Schools – is there an opp for other signage that highlights schools;
maybe each neighborhood could have signage specific to kids; Molly said BD has
mapped where students are coming from when biking to school to id safest routes
o Parry recommended we do a test ride of the routes after they’re resigned
 D10 is up now
 We should provide input on each route before its implemented, so 9 and 11 are
current focus
 We should also recommend routes that are particularly problematic for signage
sooner than later rather than simply going center out
5. An Overview of Denver’s Bike Infrastructure Design Process
Denver Public Works, Dan Raine (6:15-6:30)
 Capital investments: signing and striping; protected bikeways (survey Lawrence
Arapahoe, design 19th/20th), neighborhood bikeways
o Signing and striping bike lanes / shared lanes: do 20 / year, wants to continue to
seek Infra input between pre-final and final design
 Process: notice to proceed – data acquisition – design decisions – prelim
design – pre-final design – final design – work order – implementation
o Protected bikeways: Infra will be consulted after alts are developed and MBAC will
be consulted after concept is finalized
 Process: notice to proceed – vision – data – concept design – develop alts –
finalize concept – detailed engineering – implementation
o Neighborhood bikeways: Infra will be consulted after pre-final design, would like
MBAC to be present at public meetings
 Neighborhood bikeways = bike boulevards with traffic calming; example is Knox
Court
 Planning Studies Updates:
o Bicycle Safety Study is delayed pending mgmt review
o 3 consultants interviewed for Broadway and 1 has been selected to attend May mtg
o Bicycle video detection: Phase 2 signal detection installation (7 additional from list
of 21 from MBAC last year)
 Funding Updates:
o TIP funded: Highline Canal Trail underpasses at Hampden and Colorado
o Faster funded: Highline Canal Trail at Mississippi underpass (funds avail July
2017)
o Denver funded: none in Phase 1, maybe Phase 2: P1 is location specific, while P2
is more discretionary; Emily recommended we attend DRCOG hearings to express
support for funding certain projects; Denver misinterpreted DRCOG criteria such as
gap and barrier that cost project points – Ted Hyatt of Bicycle Colorado is working
with DRCOG to facilitate common understanding
 Ana – questioned the influence of Fire Department right-of-way needs vs. bike infra
needs: Dan/Michael said bike studies are reviewed by Fire and PW is aware of
emergency response standards
6. Committee Updates and Next Meetings (6:30-6:50)
 Parry reminded all that agendas should be distributed to MBAC and posted on web
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a. Policy – Shelley Smith
 Providing input into bike parking, ordinances, bike master plan, and economic
impacts, as well as talking points for Mayor’s State of the City address
 Tracey working with Jay to advocate bikes in all aspects of parks, not just trails
 Working on better coordination with CPD on Blueprint Denver and neighborhood
plans
b. Education –Chad King
 Website ready to share with City
o Motion approved to allow Education to show web to Anthony Aragon
o Dan said the website could be a clearinghouse of all education events
o Parry is concerned that it could become outdated and not live up to
expectations
 Reviewing bike friendly application
 Next meeting at Hooked on Colfax
c. Infrastructure – Tom Wagner
 Brainstormed capital improvement project funding for 2016
 Will address wayfinding at next mtg and test out prioritization methods to id how
best to make project recommendations to PW
7. Other Business? Updates? (6:50-6:55)
a. Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee
 Shelley, Ean and Paul are interested but need to know when the next meeting is
and when regular meetings will occur
b. Other?
8. Overview of Upcoming Agendas (6:55-7:00)
a. April 2 –
i.
CPD – Blueprint Denver
ii.
Infrastructure report on Priorities White Paper??
b. May
i.
May 7
1. DPD
2. Policy – Meeting with Mayor Presentation Draft

Mark – underpass at Hampden and Welshire: Cherry Hills plans to align path
along Hampden and Colorado to avoid High Line Canal because golf course
won’t accommodate trail, which Mark disagrees with due to high speeds; Denver
is matching project funding
9. Adjourn – 7pm