6PM Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers

Meeting Agenda
Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6PM
Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
Provide public comment during the meeting, starting at 6PM.

The Board will adjourn to a Study Session after Public Comment.

Personal Transportation Vehicle (PTV) Policy
The School of Mines is working on a policy for PTVs on campus. MTAB is working on the corresponding policy for all rights of way in the City. PTVs include motorized modes of transportation such as motorized scooters, skateboards and bicycles

MTAB began this discussion last month. How do you keep all people safe on all rights of way? Bikes on pedestrian paths are alarming to pedestrians--both parties find the share annoying. But if you say all bikes are banned from all pedestrian paths, such as sidewalks, does that mean a 4-year learning to ride a bike must ride in a bike lane on the street? If you say bikes or scooters are limited to 6 MPH, do the riders have any way of knowing what speed they're going? If we require users of PTVs to obey traffic laws, but they're kids, who have never had driver's ed, how would they know what the traffic laws are? If you just say, "don't behave recklessly," who defines what is "reckless?"

These are the kind of issues MTAB is trying to work through. They are considering renting a bunch of e-bikes and riding around town together so they can try a part of the PTV experience. They may do public outreach at the Golden Bike Cruise, the Farmers Market, and at Beverly Heights Park (at the base of the Lariat Loop Road).

Many entities are working on this conundrum--Jeffco Open Space, Jeffco Schools, other cities, etc.

Guardrail Design
Finally, they will discuss design of guardrails as part of the bike manual they are developing.