Burlington Walk Bike Council — Burlington, VT
Date: 2025-09-03
Time: 17:30

AGENDA - Burlington Walk / Bike Council
 September 3rd, 2025, Wednesday 5:30 – 7:00 pm
MEETING OPTIONS:
 1. In-person - DPW conference room at 645 Pine Street, Burlington
 2. Virtually - using Zoom:
 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88225473951?pwd=YzFFQ1Q3Y3J4bzcwR2VNYWRFWnhtUT0
 9 Passcode: 091788

AGENDA:

1. Announcements and Updates (10 min)

2. Updates on Current Demonstration Projects(20 min)
We’ll hear updates on the proposed demonstration projects for protected bike lanes on North
Ave and Bike Corals downtown, including status of the applications and clarification on the
City and other resources available to support the projects.

3. Review takeaways from Regional Advocates Meetup (30 min)
Jack from Local Motion will present on written and mapped feedback generated during last
month’s Regional Advocates Meetup last month. There will be time for discussion and
reflection on conversations and insights from the meetup.

4. BWBC Priorities for coming year (30 min)
We’ll start a discussion on priorities for the remainder of this year and 2026.

Previous Meeting – BWBC did not meet last month, but we co-hosted a group bike ride and Regional
Advocates Meet Up with Local Motion on Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

Next Month: BWBC meets Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

The BWBC is an all-volunteer advisory council to the City of Burlington. We work closely with and advise the Department of
Public Works and the Department of Parks, Recreation, & Waterfront on infrastructure improvements and policy changes for
walking and bicycling. The council also leads advocacy efforts and organizes events and activities that promote and
celebrate walking and biking in Burlington and beyond. See BWBC Webpage and Meeting Minutes and Agendas

BWBC Coordinating Committee
Erik Brown Brotz,(erik@burlingtontelecom.net), Chair, Jason Stuffle, Jak Tiano, Gordon Dragoon, with Jack Evans (Local Motion)

Burlington Walk Bike Council (BWBC)
 September 3rd, 2025 Meeting Notes
The monthly meeting took place 5:30- 7:00 pm via Zoom and at the DPW Conference Room.

In-Person Attendees: Erik Brotz*, Bob Leidy, Philip Peterson (DPW), Jack Evans* (Local
Motion), Jak Tiano, Jason Stuffle*, Melissa Needham (VDH)

Online Attendees: none

* BWBC Coordinating Committee members


1. Announcements & Updates
 -​ Bob
 -​ There is a Williston walk audit. AARP is organizing a walk audit there, Local
 Motion is part of it too. September 20th 10a-2p.
 -​ Colchester has two big projects that everyone can have an impact on. The road
 along Mallets Bay needs work, and Mallets Bay Avenue as well.
 -​ The third thing is America Walks will have a workshop on Oct 28th online event
 for walking in Vermont.
 -​ Last, AARP has grants they are looking for by Oct 3rd, $4,000 six available.
 -​ Jack
 -​ There’s an Old Spokes Home event at Zero Gravity tonight.

2. Updates on Current Demonstration Projects
 -​ North Ave
 -​ Phillip: Phase 1 application is approved at top speed, and Phase 2 is received
 about a week ago. We have all the vertical delineators that we’d need for the
 projects ready to go.
 -​ Jack: My main question was going to be “do we need a grant for the delineators”
 but it sounds like no.
 -​ Bike Coralls
 -​ Bob: Nic (from ChamplainC College) told me that he has tons of corrals, but I
 couldn’t find any.
 -​ Jason: There used to be one on cherry street that was big and shaped like a car,
 but it disappeared one day.
 -​ Overall, we’re having a hard time finding corrals to use in the bike project.
 -​ Jack: Does DPW have an inventory for these quick build materials?
 -​ Phillip: Not on the tip of my tongue, but we do have a bunch of stuff. Will look into
 finding the one that used to be on Cherry St.
 -​ Jack: Local Motion is doing a state grant right now, and we’re looking at putting it
 towards a lending library for quick build materials.
 -​ Erik: Would AARP grant for a Bike Corral?
 -​ Maybe, but you’d have to prove that it benefits 65+ demographics.

3. Review takeaways from Regional Advocates Meetup
  -​ Jack presented - a copy of the presentation can be found here:
 https://burlingtonvt.portal.civicclerk.com/event/8033/overview
  -​ 35 Attendees from Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski, Williston, and Essex Junction
  -​ Bike Route Reporting Tool
 -​ A community led way for people to show where bike connections exist, since
 CCRPC data is not up to date
 -​ Hopefully eventually leads to a map for stress
 -​ CCRPC’s stress metrics are not great
  -​ Connectivity Maps
 -​ Used to identify pain points on inter-community bike routes
 -​ Pine Street -> Waterfront Connection is rough because the pine street path
 doesn’t connect well to the waterfront
 -​ Winooski Bridge came up a lot, and the CoBaRi intersection
 -​ Exit 14, including getting to the bike path, is a big pain point
 -​ The Spear St underpass
 -​ Riverside and Winooski
 -​ (Jason brings up Exit 15)
  -​ Idea boards
 -​ Challenges
 -​ Driver behavior
 -​ Minor network gaps
 -​ Cars always given priority & parking
 -​ “Seasonal” paint
 -​ Discussion about what is preventing this from happening, in that
 there’s not enough labor to get this work done
 -​ Jason asks if you could organize a neighborhood group to paint
 crosswalks in their neighborhood
 -​ Phillip - liability issues with city using volunteers to do street work,
 but there is money to hire people part-time.
 -​ Lack of protected/separated East/West connections
 -​ Signalized intersection times
 -​ Plowing
 -​ Big Ideas
 -​ College -> Downtown Connector
 -​ Limiting Access to Cars for Streets
  -​ Conversations among participants at the meetup
 -​ “Disappearing Bike Lanes” on White St
 -​ E-bike Storage in Fire Code
 -​ Rt 15 Network Gap in Essex Junction
 -​ Williston Road improvements
 -​ Traffic Calming policies and projects
 -​ Elected Officials Ride
 -​ Key Takeaways
 -​ Focus on few protected corridors; we should identify these
 -​ Expand on low stress networks; we should pursue traffic calming
 -​ Prioritize maintenance; we should advocate for budget
 -​ Involve the decision makers; we should communicate more frequently with
 electeds

4. BWBC Priorities for coming year
 -​ What’s Next?
 -​ Host the Mayor and Council for meetings
 -​ Elected officials ride
 -​ Pilot closed streets
 -​ Continue to pursue and improve demonstration projects
 -​ Host community open houses
 -​ Expand Council, contacts, and connections with other groups
 -​ Strategize for winter plowing & spring striping
 -​ Collaborate on priority networks action plan
 -​ Comprehensive plan discussion
 -​ Mayors ride soon?
 -​ Question: what happened to the speed bumps piloted on Grove Street last year?
 -​ Too loud for the neighborhood.
 -​ What happens in the future?
 -​ The follow through is trying a new product to see what we’ll invest in. Pilots to
 see what is and isn’t working.