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OUTLINE <br />Paul Guthrie: Signage for slow moving equipment, etc. Maybe signage would be helpful. 159 <br />160 <br />Jeff Charles: Like a broader purpose for the maps but being able to differentiate between motorist, cyclist and 161 <br />pedestrian comments. 162 <br />163 <br />Paul Guthrie: How much coordination can we expect between municipalities and the county when we try to build 164 <br />a county wide system? 165 <br />166 <br />Alex Castro: I don’t see a problem with getting the municipalities and counties to cooperate.167 <br />168 <br />Jeff Charles: Carrboro and Chapel Hill are ahead of the county in bicycle planning. I am on the transportation 169 <br />and connectivity board of Chapel Hill to get them to consider routes in Orange County. 170 <br />171 <br />Paul Guthrie: How much cycling commuter traffic do we have now? 172 <br />173 <br />Heidi Perry: No one knows. 174 <br />175 <br />Tom Magnuson: Does DOT have the ability to measure that? 176 <br />177 <br />Heidi Perry: There are bike counters for the road. We have two of those in the County. 178 <br />179 <br />Paul Guthrie: Do traffic lights have the ability to count the number of bikes? 180 <br />181 <br />John Rees: I don’t think so. 182 <br />183 <br />Alex Castro: On Martin Luther King South of Estes, they installed new lighting for cyclists at the crosswalk. 184 <br />Chapel Hill is investing $16.4 Million to improve intersections and roads. 185 <br />186 <br />Tom Magnuson: One of our messages to BOCC is to acquire technology. 187 <br />188 <br />Gary Saunders: They replaced a standard flashing light at the crosswalk with a yellow strobe light. 189 <br />190 <br />Ted Triebel: Technical things and mechanical things cost money and education is relatively cheap. The thing 191 <br />that is missing is more the intangible like respect, patience, etc. 192 <br />193 <br />Paul Guthrie: Abigaile, have you or anyone reached out to the County Attorney or Institute of Government? 194 <br />195 <br />Heidi Perry: Bill in House now – HB 232, Session 2015 is in the Senate now to have NCDOT form a committee 196 <br />to study the laws that pertain to bicyclists. 197 <br />198 <br />Alex Castro: Verla Insko, State Representative NC House District 56 Representing Orange County Chapel 199 <br />Hill/Carrboro, is a supporter. The Bill passed with a vote of 116-0. 200 <br />201 <br />Paul Guthrie: It seems if the bill recommends the establishment of a committee to do this, this should have 202 <br />meaning for the BOCC.203 <br />204 <br />Heidi Perry: We are waiting to see. 205 <br />206 <br />Jeff Charles: The purpose of BOCC petition was the people in the county were asking for a restriction of bicycle 207 <br />riding in the county. We are talking more positive about bicycle riders. 208 <br />209 <br />Abigaile Pittman: The last BOCC meeting is June 16. You have to back up from that several weeks to get the 210 <br />information on their calendar. Will the group be ready at the next meeting in May? 211 <br />7