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General Council Meeting - May

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The next District of Columbia Bicycle Advisory Committee is tomorrow evening Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 6pm at 441 4th Street, NW on the 11th Floor (Room 1112).

There are several projects accepting comments right now for the next few weeks. Below are links to each:

NPS Paved Trails Plan

Crosstown Multimodal Traffic Study - Take the Survey!

Benning Road Environmental Assessment (EA) - (deadline for comments might be farther out)

FBI Site (mainly relevant for the idea of reestablishing D Street NW)

Memorial Bridge EA

As there are several, BAC will find consciousness for each and assign someone to draft comments for the entire BAC to submit by the deadline.

Please let us know if there is something you would like to see added in the comments.

  • 6:00pm Call to Order; Introductions; Approve minutes from last meeting - David Cranor
  • 6:10pm Approval of Admin Staffer hire Andrea Adelman - Jeff Johnson
  • 6:25pm Comments on NPS Trail Plan, Benning Road EA, crosstown multimodal traffic study, Square guidelines for the FBI site (see links below) - David Cranor, DDOT
  • 7:00pm Committee notes - Jeannie, Mike Forster, Ellen/Andrea
  • 7:20pm Rock Creek Park clousre/traffic study - David Cranor
  • 7:30pm NPS Report - Memorial Bridge Rehabilitation - TBD
  • 7:50pm Walk-on topics - David Cranor
  • 8:00pm Adjournment - David Cranor
As always, members of the public are welcome. The meeting is held in a government building so be prepared to show ID to enter. Once you pass the security checkpoint, please use the 'south' elevators on your right and go to the 11th floor. A Capital BikeShare station is located at the from of the building and the Judiciary Square Metro station is located at the entrance, as well as plenty of bike parking.

If you cannot make it, feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@DCBAC) or in the comments section.

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