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OUTLINE <br />159 Paul Guthrie: Signage for slow moving equipment, etc. Maybe signage would be helpful. <br />160 <br />161 Jeff Charles: Like a broader purpose for the maps but being able to differentiate between motorist, cyclist and <br />162 pedestrian comments. <br />163 <br />164 Paul Guthrie: How much coordination can we expect between municipalities and the county when we try to build <br />165 a county wide system? <br />166 <br />167 Alex Castro: I don't see a problem with getting the municipalities and counties to cooperate. <br />168 <br />169 Jeff Charles: Carrboro and Chapel Hill are ahead of the county in bicycle planning. I am on the transportation <br />170 and connectivity board of Chapel Hill to get them to consider routes in Orange County. <br />171 <br />172 Paul Guthrie: How much cycling commuter traffic do we have now? <br />173 <br />174 Heidi Perry: No one knows. <br />175 <br />176 Tom Magnuson: Does DOT have the ability to measure that? <br />177 <br />178 Heidi Perry: There are bike counters for the road. We have two of those in the County. <br />179 <br />180 Paul Guthrie: Do traffic lights have the ability to count the number of bikes? <br />181 <br />182 John Rees: I don't think so. <br />183 <br />184 Alex Castro: On Martin Luther King South of Estes, they installed new lighting for cyclists at the crosswalk. <br />185 Chapel Hill is investing $16.4 Million to improve intersections and roads. <br />186 <br />187 Tom Magnuson: One of our messages to BOCC is to acquire technology. <br />188 <br />189 Gary Saunders: They replaced a standard flashing light at the crosswalk with a yellow strobe light. <br />190 <br />191 Ted Triebel: Technical things and mechanical things cost money and education is relatively cheap. The thing <br />192 that is missing is more the intangible like respect, patience, etc. <br />193 <br />194 Paul Guthrie: Abigaile, have you or anyone reached out to the County Attorney or Institute of Government? <br />195 <br />196 Heidi Perry: Bill in House now — HB 232, Session 2015 is in the Senate now to have NCDOT form a committee <br />197 to study the laws that pertain to bicyclists. <br />198 <br />199 Alex Castro: Verla Insko, State Representative NC House District 56 Representing Orange County Chapel <br />200 Hill / Carrboro, is a supporter. The Bill passed with a vote of 116 -0. <br />201 <br />202 Paul Guthrie: It seems if the bill recommends the establishment of a committee to do this, this should have <br />203 meaning for the BOCC. <br />204 <br />205 Heidi Perry: We are waiting to see. <br />206 <br />207 Jeff Charles: The purpose of BOCC petition was the people in the county were asking for a restriction of bicycle <br />208 riding in the county. We are talking more positive about bicycle riders. <br />209 <br />210 Abigaile Pittman: The last BOCC meeting is June 16. You have to back up from that several weeks to get the <br />211 information on their calendar. Will the group be ready at the next meeting in May? <br />