Caltrans District 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee

By Damien Newton
Sep 1, 2013

The next Caltrans District 7 Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC7) Meeting is scheduled for Friday, September 27, 2013, 9:30 am -11:30 am.

There are several items already proposed.

Please feel free to offer any items that you would like covered.

Here are the tentative items so far:

1. Angeles Crest Highway Chip Seal project.

2. City of Malibu Bike Plan presentation

3. Designing for Bikes- preview of October 10, 2013 training.

Also, a reminder that there is a downtown Metro Bike Lunch Ride scheduled for 12:00 noon on the same day. You are all invited to join in!

Please watch for the “Outlook” invitations which will be sent out sometime next week.

If you have any questions, please contact Dale Benson.

Dale Benson
District 7 Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator
SRTS, SR2S, HSIP, EEM, BTA, Federal Discretionary, TE, TA, ATP Grants Coordinator
Senior Transportation Engineer
Office of Local Assistance
California Department of Transportation
100 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
telephone (213) 897-2934

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