Current status of Officers
Phil Arballo – Chair
Melanie Ruvalcaba – Vice Chair
Vacant – Secretary
Current status of Members
District 1-Sean Zweifler-first term -expires Nov 01, 2025 District 2 - Matthew Woodward (first term) - expires December 10, 2023 District 3 – Vacant
District 4 - Laura Gromis - first term - expires April 7, 2024 District 5 - Gabriel Lozano-first term August 11, 2025 District 6 - Steven Bradley - first term - expires February 4, 2023 District 7 – Vacant
Mayoral Appointment - Phil Arballo - second term - expires April 25, 2024 Mayoral Appointment - Melanie Ruvalcaba – second term – expires September 30, 2023 Current Statistics of Pedestrian and Bicycle Fatalities Within the City of Fresno Limits:
2018 Total Collisions: 3,208
Pedestrians - 213 (25 deaths)
Bicyclists - 117 (5 deaths)
2019 Total Collisions: 3,095
Pedestrians - 180 (20 deaths)
Bicyclists - 89 (3 deaths)
2020 Total Collisions: 3,273
Pedestrians - 172 (29 deaths)
Bicyclists - 73 (6 deaths)
2021 Total Collisions: 3,807
Pedestrians - 204 (22 deaths)
Bicyclists - 84 (3 deaths)
1/1/2022 to 10/31/2022
Total Collisions: 3,168
Pedestrian – 181
Bicycle – 73
Fatal Numbers Year to Date:
Pedestrian: 23
Bicycle: 7
Motor Vehicle: 11
Task Force Committees and Updates on Active Committees in Place
May 2022 - No Meeting, due to lack of quorum
June 2022 – Semi-Annual Task Force members S. Smith, D. Rodriquez to work with C. Gonzalez to prepare the report. New Budget Task Force members L. Gromis and S. Smith. Budget Task Force to begin working on the budget for the fiscal year 22/23. PSA Task Force update and announcement of the completed the Pedestrian Scramble PSA. C. Gonzalez added the Pedestrian Scramble to the BPACs city webpage and posted to the public on the BPAC Facebook page. PSA Task Force to include funding for more PSAs in the budget for fiscal year 22/23. The Event Planning Committee Task Force was formed to plan for yearly pedestrian and cycle events city wide. Event Planning Task Force Committee Members M.
Woodward and L. Gromis. Event Planning Task Force discussed having a city wide Bike Month event in 2023 as well as World Day of Remembrance for 2022.
July 2022 – Semi-Annual Task Force members S. Smith, and D. Rodriquez created the new report. The report covered October 2021 through April 2022. FY23 Budget Task Force members S. Smith and L.
Gromis shared spreadsheets for two possible budgets. Budget Task Force members to meet with PARCS department regarding safety budget ideas. Vote to be held in August for final budget proposal. Vision Zero Task Force member M. Woodward asked City Staff J. Gormley for an update – J. Gormley advised of the new grant Safe Streets for All (SS4A). J. Gormley advised taking the resolution to Council. Vision Zero Task Force member M. Woodward advised that he is meeting with members of the task force: L. Gromis and T. Molina to discuss and finalize a presentation to present at Council for Vision Zero in support of the Public Works Departments SS4A grant proposal to request funding for a Vision Zero Plan.
August 2022 – New member G. Lozano filled the vacancy in District 5. Budget Task Force approved BPAC budget list which includes funds aside for PSA Advertisements, Safety Items for youth and senior community events, and the annual BPAC Awards. Semi-Annual Task Force update that the report was moved to September 15, 2022 City Council meeting. S. Bradley and new member G. Lozano agreed to work on the next report. PSA Task force member S. Bradley requested for BPAC PSAs to be more widely distributed. PSA Task Force to work towards further exposure and publicity of the PSAs. Event Planning Committee Task Force brought their agenda and ideas for planned safety events for the upcoming year.
Vision Zero Task Force advised that City Council passed the grant proposal for SS4A.
September 2022 – Event Planning Committee Task Force Committee member M. Woodward meeting with Families for Safe Streets to draft a World Day of Remembrance plan for November. L. Gromis advised of Barstow Class IV protected bike lane outreach with Councilmember Vice President Tyler Maxwell. L. Gromis announced the completion of the report to Safe Access to Woodward Park. L.
Gromis to present the report at the October BPAC meeting. Presentation by B. Cozen of CSUF for Environmental Communication Courses requested materials BPAC has or will be working on to use in his class for his students at Fresno State to encourage students accessing the campus by bicycle and public transportation. B. Cozen also requested to co-promote events with BPAC and students attending his course.
October 2022 – Event Planning Committee Task Force Committee member M. Woodward requested modifications to the agenda to adjourn the meeting with a memoriam to the traffic fatalities that resulted in death in the recent month. New member Sean Zweifler filled the vacancy in District 1. Event Planning Committee member M. Woodward announced the event for World Day of Remembrance for November 20, 2022. L. Gromis announced working with Councilmember Maxwell and Dr. Alley Taffe from the Transportation Institute at Fresno State to close educational gaps related to active transportation. L. Gromis also advised that the outreach for the Southwest Fresno Trail was completed.
P. Arballo attended the Van Ness Community meeting held in the Tower District, held by city staff S.
Sehm and J. Gormley. The community meeting provided updates to the Class IV protected bike lane along Van Ness in District 1 and answered community questions and listened to feedback. BPAC discussed and agreed to in-person meetings for January 2023. BPAC voted on the final meeting for 2022 to take place on November 30, 2022 via zoom. City staff and BPAC discussed the latest legislative updates related to active transportation for California.
BPAC Goals for the next six months
Fill District 3 and 7 vacancies
Continue working on a Vision Zero Plan for Fresno
Increase exposure of BPAC created PSAs for public safety Continue efforts towards Silver Status from the League of American Bicyclists Update and modernize the BPAC Charter
Continue advocacy for safety at our regional parks: Woodward Park and Roeding Park Create plan for upcoming events – Bike Month (in May)
Continue supporting the City of Fresno through support letters for upcoming grant applications