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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:January 15, 2020 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4.b. <br />SUBJECT:Bike Safety Research Action Plan <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. NCDOT Bike Sign Location <br />Suggestions <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tom Ten Eyck, Transportation/Land Use <br />Planner, 919-245-2567 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br />PURPOSE:Receive information on findings to determine actionable steps for completing bike <br />safety objectives over the next few months. <br />BACKGROUND:During the October OUTBoard regular meeting, a motion was passed to <br />dissolve the Bicycle Safety Implementation Subcommittee and to fold its work into that of the <br />entire OUTBoard. It was noted by planning staff that despite the dissolution of the <br />subcommittee, bicycle safety was still an important component of the OUTBoard’s portfolio, and <br />significant gains had been made over the past few months with regard to deliverables. <br />Early in November, planning staff met with the OUTBoard Chair to gather context and <br />information about the successes of bike safety implementation as well as to figure out what work <br />had started that was in need of completion. During a recent inventory, planning staff discovered <br />bike maps and informational brochures as well as some bicycle promotional items in storage <br />(table below). From the meeting, it was decided that planning staff would need to reach out to <br />the County’s Community Relations Director to understand how to distribute the Public Service <br />Announcements (PSAs). <br />Item Approximate Quantity <br />Brochures 800 <br />Helmets 58 <br />Stickers 100 <br />Plastic Pins 100 <br />‘Bike Rodeo’ Pins 150 <br />Pens 350 <br />Planning staff also met with the Orange County Public Transportation (OCPT) Transportation <br />Services Manager to provide some promotional material and literature for the “Lighten Up” event <br />hosted by OCPT. Planning staff provided a large bag of bike pins, pens, stickers and assorted <br />bicycle lights in addition to a box of “Roll with Respect” guidebooks for distribution. Both <br />“Lighten Up” event locations were successful in distributing materials. <br />7