DC BICYCLE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

January 8, 2014

Attn!"
Jeanie Osburn (W5 resident and Facilities Committee Chair), Ellen Jones (W3-BAC), Uche
Arin!eh (W"-BAC), #andall $%ers (A& ' Catania-BAC), $e(an )ana(% (Chair-$endelson-BAC),
Jim *ebastian (++O,), Andrea Adleman (W--WABA-BAC *a.et% Committee Chair), *(t/ ,err%
,horne ($0+), Jameel Alsalam (W1-BAC), +a2id Ale3ander (W4-BAC), +arren Buc5 (++O,), ,om
Wil5ins (E3ecuti2e +irector-$0+), 6re( Billin( (WABA), *hane Farthin( (WABA), 6erald
Fitti7aldi (W1-#esident), 6eo..re% Bell (Anita Bonds *ta..er), +arren Buc5 (#esident-Arlin(ton)/

Intr#!u$t%#n"
Each indi2idual in attendance at the meetin( introduced him8hersel. and Ward or
or(ani!ation8de7artment a..iliation/

&a$%'%t%" U(!at
,he discussion 9as led b% Jeanie Osborn
At last committee meetin(, (rou7 tal5ed about ho9 to en(a(e the 0ar5s *er2ice
o :o9 0ar5 is laid out
o Whos res7onsible .or 9hat;
o Ellen 9ill dra.t a letter to in2ite 0ar5 *er2ice re7resentati2e to BAC $t(/
*hane Farthin( s7o5e about the .act that WABA has .unded the trial summit .or later
this %ear
o Earl% *7rin(
o :a2e 9or5 sessions but also in2ite the 7ublic
0lease re.erence the most recent Facilities Committee #e7ort .or re7ort details/

Sa)ty * En+%nr%n+
6i2en b% Jameel, o..icer ,horne, and then com7leted b% Andrea Adleman/

Ellen sent out a re7ort .rom +C 0olice Com7laints Board/ Jameel then s7o5e about the
histor% o. the re7ort and the interactions 9ith $0+ in 4<=4 and 4<=3
o First re7ort in 4<== and man% meetin(s 9ith $0+ in 4<=4
$a5e sure crash in2esti(ations 9ere ha77enin(
C%clist al9a%s ha2e a chance to tell their side o. stor%
o Follo9-u7 re7ort released this 7ast .all
Jameels 7rimar% area o. .ocus 9as on the crash re7orts (0+=<)
o #e7orts 9ere intended to be done b% the end o. the shi.t and re.erred to as the
>454? re7orts
o Jameel belie2es that the 454 7rocess does not seem to be 9or5in( because data
sho9s that re7orts are o.ten not created and .iled a.ter a crash
o O..ice o. 0olice Com7laints re7ort loo5ed and =4< crashes and no 454 .iles in
cases in2ol2in( bic%cles
@umber o. incidents in2ol2in( bic%cles total 1< to 5<
o *(t/ ,horne indicated that 7olic% 9as chan(ed so o..icers did not ha2e to
com7lete 454 b% the end o. shi.t and could com7lete later
o *(t/ ,horne s7o5e about the trainin( initiati2es and modules he created .or
7olice o..icers
,rainin( de2elo7ed has been incor7orated into the 7olice academ%
trainin( 7ro(ram
WABA boo5 no9 bein( used in 7olice trainin( as 9ell
*hane Farthin( s7o5e about his .rustration that c%clist are still not bein( inter2ie9ed in
lar(e 7ercenta(e o. crashes
o An onl% "- out o. =4< crashes 9ere c%clist inter2ie9ed
o ,he t9o su((estions made to im7ro2e the 7rocess 9ere reBected
o +irector Wil5ins indicated that the it should be brou(ht to $0+s attention 9hen
re7orts are bein( closed out 9ithout all inter2ie9s bein( done so the correcti2e
action can be ta5en
*hane Fartin( as5ed director Wil5ins ho9 ne9 bi5e related la9s are .iltered done to
o..icers
o +irector Wil5ins e37lained the 7rocess
,elet%7e (oes out indicatin( chan(es
Online learnin( module 7re7ared
$odule then incor7orated into initial recruit trainin( and the in-ser2ice
trainin( .or e37erienced o..icers
o *(t/ ,horne indicated that the WABA in.ormation boo5 in 7assed out at e2er%
tra..ic related trainin( he does
*(t/ ,horne does A&& the tra..ic related trainin(
+irector Wil5ins indicated that he 9ill tal5 to the 7eo7le in *ta.. #e2ie9 about the issues
9ith incom7lete 0+=<s
Andrea Adelman (a2e an u7date about o. the last *a.et% and En(ineerin( Committee
$t(/
o 0lans .or outreach to 7ublic (oin( .or9ard
o Would li5e *a.et% committee to (et in2ol2ed 9ith the de2elo7ment o. bi5e lanes
and counter .lo9 lanes
Jim *ebastian indicated that no ne9 bi5e lanes can be created in
conditions 9here tem7erature is belo9 1< as (enerall% is the case this
time o. %ear
:a2e ne2er tried to install bi5e lanes bet9een ,han5s(i2in( and
Easter

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Jim s7o5e about the 7ro(ress on non-9eather related initiati2es li5e mo2e+C
o ++O, has ta5en all comments bac5 .rom BAC and 7ublic to de2elo7 a dra.t 7lan
o ++O, has tal5ed to 0ar5 *er2ice about mo2ement on im7ro2ement o. $B,
*hane Farthin( led a discussion about 7roblems 9ith the 7rocurement 7rocess that
dela% 7ro(ress on 7lanned 7roBects
o BAC could reCuest ans9ers as 9h% it ta5es so lon( to mo2e throu(h 7rocurement
7rocess
o #andall su((ested that BAC could identi.% s7eci.ic 7roBects that ma%
demonstrate unreasonable dela%s in the 7rocurement 7rocess
Ellen su((ested that the BAC as5 ++O, .or a status re7ort as to the status o. bic%cle
related 7roBects
o BAC membershi7 should .ocus reCuest .or u7date on hi(hest 7riorit% 7roBects
E3am7lesD $B,, *uitland 0ar59a%, *outh Ca7itol *treet, 7rior Bi5e
$aster 0lan im7lementation, =5
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street c%cle trac5, bi5e brid(e access

Tra"ury R(#rt
,his re7ort 9as (i2en Jameel/

Jameel has been tal5in( 9ith contact in CFOs o..ice
o BAC account setu7 but has not been .unded
o Jameel has con.irmed some thin(s our .unds can be s7ent on
Website
:irin( administrati2e su77ort 7erson
o Jameel is still tr%in( to (et con.irmation as to 9hat other 7ur7oses the BAC ma%
9hich to use .unds .or that 9ill be allo9ed
o Jameel su((ested a bud(et .or ho9 our E=<,<< can be s7ent
$one% must be s7ent b% end o. October
EF,<<< .or administrati2e su77ort 7erson
:el7in( to maintain 9ebsite and communications
Ande7endent contractor
Jameel su((ested that a hirin( committee be assemble 9ith him
and 7ossibl% t9o other members to assist 9ith inter2ie9in( and
hirin(/
o +a2id Ale3ander and #andall $%ers 9ould assist 9ith
hirin(
o :irin( contract must be a77ro2ed b% the entire BAC
E4,<<< held bac5 .or 9hate2er 9e ma% be able to use .unds .or in the
.uture
o Jameel made a motion to a77ro2e his su((ested bud(et/ ,he motion 9as
a77ro2ed

A((r#-a' #) N#-./r 0, 2011 M%nut"
Corrections 9ere su((ested to the @o2ember - minutes/ $e(an made the motion to a77ro2e
the minutes 9ith corrections, #andall seconded the motion and the motion 9as unanimousl%
a77ro2ed/

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