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Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the works
by Chip Wamsley 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

As a former board member of Main Street Morgantown, I can say that this is not the first time this has been discussed. When WVU redid the downtown campus curbing over 15 years ago it was also discussed making the area in front of Woodburn and the Mtn Lair into a ped mall. Both that and blocking the downtown were opposed in favor of keeping traffic flowing through the downtown. One reason Morgantown's downtown is not like Fairmont's or Clarksburg's is that the traffic flow keeps those businesses alive. There are many issues to consider such as state routes and truck deliveries to merchants which usually aren't problems in areas with proper sized alleys behind businesses. Bike access is also going to be affected, so we should be in the loop, but I don't see us endorsing the plan without specifics. Chip -----Original Message----- From: "Gunnar Shogren" <gshogren(a)gmail.com> Sent 10/27/2011 11:26:33 AM To: "Graber, Stephen" <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> Cc: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org>, "Abildso, Christiaan" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the works While I like the idea of a ped Mall, and I thought that the way Charlotesville, VA was nice (not allowing bikes, which wasn't a deal breaker for me), I hadn't thought about the lack of parade space and that sort of thing. I've lived here a while and it's quite the common place thing for me, but Betsy is still astounded that there are so many parades and such downtown. It would be bad to not have that. I think we really need a diversion for truck traffic through dahntawn and no traffic through the main WVU campus. But I guess that's for another topic... On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Graber, Stephen <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> wrote: > I'm not sure I think a pedestrian mall is a good idea for Morgantown. We > would lose much of our character and become less distinguishable from the > many other small university towns with pedestrian malls. Charlottesville, > VA and Burlington, VT are two with which I've had some experience as I've > lived in both those places. One immediate effect is to send a lot of > shopping traffic away from the downtowns to the outlying "malls". That > might be even worse here considering the dirth of access our downtown > faces. And where would we have all those wonderful parades? > > I'm sure in the end many better heads than mine will be needed to sort > through the impact of the various options and as long as enough time is > devoted to careful planning and study I'm sure it will work out for the > best. Let's just not rush headlong into a solution that's been applied > elsewhere and hope it works well for us. > Cheers, > Butch > > ------------------------------------------- > > Stephen G. Graber > > Biochem & Mol Pharmacology > > PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 > > West Virginia University > > Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 > > phone: 304-293-2305 > > > > ------ _0 > > ------ _ \<,_ > > ---- (*)/ (*) > > ________________________________ > From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of > Ryan Post [rpostwvu(a)gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:03 AM > To: 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' > Cc: Abildso, Christiaan > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in > the works > > Wow. There’s some aggressive ideas being thrown around now-a-days. I’ve > spent some time at the Charlottesville mall, and it’s a unique kind of > place, with lots of outdoor dining area right there in the open corridor. > > > > I would think it would fit the college night time scene quite nicely, when > often the sidewalks are totally jammed up. > > > > High St seems to obvious location, but there would be a lot of parking > eliminated, as well as traffic shifted down to an already busy US19 > (whatever name it has), and the Stores are already designed around High > being “Main St”. > > > > Chestnut street would have less impact on traffic, although I wonder how the > stores that currently face High Street would feel. Chestnut is quite narrow, > and I don’t think would feel as open. Nor would there be much space for > seating outside on the mall. > > > > The Charlottesville mall does not allow you to ride a bike on it, you have > to dismount. This presents an issue to cyclists if Chestnut and Spruce stay > the same, since you now have to go down to an even busier US19, or push your > bike for 4 blocks downhill. > > > > Ryan > > > > From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org] On > Behalf Of Frank Gmeindl > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:23 AM > To: Bicycle Board > Cc: Christiaan Abildso > Subject: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the > works > > > > Bicycle Board Members, > > > > Let me know if you would support converting downtown to a pedestrian mall. > If a majority does, I'll suggest adding the Bicycle Board to the signatory > list. > > > > Frank > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > > Date: October 27, 2011 8:21:57 AM EDT > > To: Bill Reger-Nash <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Bob Anderson > <randerson(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Christiaan Abildso <cgabildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Dave > Harshbarger <harshbargerd(a)wvuh.com>, David Small <dsmall1(a)mix.wvu.edu>, > Dwight Harshbarger <dwight.harshbarger(a)gmail.com>, George Lilley > <mgranlil(a)frontier.com>, Ilana Chertok <ichertok(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Jan Derry > <jderry(a)nwvcil.org>, Jimmie Simmons <Jsimmons2642(a)yahoo.com>, Jonathan > Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org>, Maria Smith <mariasmith(a)busride.org>, > Martha Summers <msummers(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Michael Graham > <migraham(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Regina Mayolo <reginam(a)verizon.net>, Sarah Bias > <sarahbias(a)gmail.com>, Stan Cohen <Stanley.Cohen(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Tom Bias > <tbias(a)hsc.wvu.edu> > > Cc: Angela Wiley <wileya120(a)gmail.com>, Bill Austin <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, > Claire Chantler <cchantler(a)nwvcil.org>, Damien Davis > <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org>, Frank > Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com>, Hugh Kierig <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Jim > Hunt <jimhunt(a)sunnysideupwv.org>, Jim Rye <Jim.Rye(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Josh Woods > <joshua.woods(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Kevin Leyden <Kevin.Leyden(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Matt > Cross <crossnyc(a)hotmail.com>, Michael Simms <michael.d.simms(a)gmail.com>, > Mike Breiding <mike(a)EpicRoadTrips.us>, Nick Hein <info(a)positivespin.org>, > Roy Nutter <roy.nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu> > > Subject: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the works > > Reply-To: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > > > > All - > > In the interest of full disclosure, I've drafted a letter (attached) and > floated it to some potential partners (listed a co-signers of the letter) > including SPAN, GNA, Main St Morgantown, Urban Landscape Commission, etc. > re: studying the impact on downtown vehicular traffic of closing 1) Chestnut > from Willey to Pleasant or 2) High St from Willey to Pleasant (with > simultaneous restructuring of Spruce to be 2-way) to vehicles. The goal > would be a pedestrian street or mall downtown. We may spend some time on > this at our next PSB meeting, Nov 7th, to edit/approvie it depending on > discussions with potential partners on this idea. If others aren't > interested and the PSB is not we will not ask the city to ask the state to > study the traffic implications. > > Some explanation of why the letter came about in the text of email I've sent > to potential coalition below. > > Christiaan > > ----------------------- > > I have had separate conversations with each of you, or identified you as > logical partners with interest in developing a pedestrian mall to further > improve our downtown for downtown businesses, residents, nearby neighbors, > and visitors. During a recent presentation of the downtown traffic study by > Andrew Nichols of the Rahall Transportation Institute (as a WVDOT > consultant) discussion focused almost exclusively on pedestrian flow and > improving downtown to better support pedestrians. Andrew indicated that, > with the data he and his group collected about trip origins, destinations, > and time, they could model the impact of any change to traffic flow or > signalization on vehicular traffic time and congestion. Many informal > discussions with my colleagues - easily a biased sample - tells me that > young people and young parents would welcome a downtown pedestrian mall. > > > > With that backdrop I ask if now may be the most appropriate time to better > understand what impact creating a downtown pedestrian only access for High > Street (with simultaneous change to make Spruce a two-way street) or > Chestnut Street may have. I'm sure one of the major concerns of downtown > businesses is that store traffic would decrease because fewer vehicles > (thus, shoppers) would come through downtown. Well, there's only one way to > find out...we have to ask. > > > > I would like, therefore, to assemble a coalition of the many stakeholders to > ask the City via the City Manager to request the modeling be done by the > WVDOT consultant and presented to the City (via Traffic Commission or in a > small meeting of the coalition. I've drafted a letter I'd ask that each of > you review, consider the request and ways to improve upon it, and consider > any additional parties/boards/commissions that should be included. Then, if > you're all on board, can we meet to discuss at an upcoming MSM, SPAN, Tree > Board, Green Team, or GNA meeting in early November? We may be able to host > a discussion during our 1st Monday-of-the-month Pedestrian Safety Board > meeting if so desired. > > > > WVDOT will only ask the consultant to perform the modeling if the City has > interest. Thus, as the multiple interested parties we have to band together > to show the City that businesses and residents are interested. They'll only > act if they know they have our support. > > > > This could be a great first step toward determining, using quantitative > data, the potential impacts of a downtown pedestrian street. > > I look forward to hearing from each of you, > > > > Walk more, safely > > > > Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board > > Christiaan Abildso, Chair > > Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair > > http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Fwd: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the works
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Oct '11

27 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Let me know if you would support converting downtown to a pedestrian mall. If a majority does, I'll suggest adding the Bicycle Board to the signatory list. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > Date: October 27, 2011 8:21:57 AM EDT > To: Bill Reger-Nash <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Bob Anderson <randerson(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Christiaan Abildso <cgabildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Dave Harshbarger <harshbargerd(a)wvuh.com>, David Small <dsmall1(a)mix.wvu.edu>, Dwight Harshbarger <dwight.harshbarger(a)gmail.com>, George Lilley <mgranlil(a)frontier.com>, Ilana Chertok <ichertok(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Jan Derry <jderry(a)nwvcil.org>, Jimmie Simmons <Jsimmons2642(a)yahoo.com>, Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org>, Maria Smith <mariasmith(a)busride.org>, Martha Summers <msummers(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Michael Graham <migraham(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Regina Mayolo <reginam(a)verizon.net>, Sarah Bias <sarahbias(a)gmail.com>, Stan Cohen <Stanley.Cohen(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Tom Bias <tbias(a)hsc.wvu.edu> > Cc: Angela Wiley <wileya120(a)gmail.com>, Bill Austin <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, Claire Chantler <cchantler(a)nwvcil.org>, Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org>, Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com>, Hugh Kierig <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Jim Hunt <jimhunt(a)sunnysideupwv.org>, Jim Rye <Jim.Rye(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Josh Woods <joshua.woods(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Kevin Leyden <Kevin.Leyden(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Matt Cross <crossnyc(a)hotmail.com>, Michael Simms <michael.d.simms(a)gmail.com>, Mike Breiding <mike(a)EpicRoadTrips.us>, Nick Hein <info(a)positivespin.org>, Roy Nutter <roy.nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: Pedestrian Safety Board - another letter in the works > Reply-To: Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > > All - > In the interest of full disclosure, I've drafted a letter (attached) and floated it to some potential partners (listed a co-signers of the letter) including SPAN, GNA, Main St Morgantown, Urban Landscape Commission, etc. re: studying the impact on downtown vehicular traffic of closing 1) Chestnut from Willey to Pleasant or 2) High St from Willey to Pleasant (with simultaneous restructuring of Spruce to be 2-way) to vehicles. The goal would be a pedestrian street or mall downtown. We may spend some time on this at our next PSB meeting, Nov 7th, to edit/approvie it depending on discussions with potential partners on this idea. If others aren't interested and the PSB is not we will not ask the city to ask the state to study the traffic implications. > Some explanation of why the letter came about in the text of email I've sent to potential coalition below. > Christiaan > ----------------------- > I have had separate conversations with each of you, or identified you as logical partners with interest in developing a pedestrian mall to further improve our downtown for downtown businesses, residents, nearby neighbors, and visitors. During a recent presentation of the downtown traffic study by Andrew Nichols of the Rahall Transportation Institute (as a WVDOT consultant) discussion focused almost exclusively on pedestrian flow and improving downtown to better support pedestrians. Andrew indicated that, with the data he and his group collected about trip origins, destinations, and time, they could model the impact of any change to traffic flow or signalization on vehicular traffic time and congestion. Many informal discussions with my colleagues - easily a biased sample - tells me that young people and young parents would welcome a downtown pedestrian mall. > > With that backdrop I ask if now may be the most appropriate time to better understand what impact creating a downtown pedestrian only access for High Street (with simultaneous change to make Spruce a two-way street) or Chestnut Street may have. I'm sure one of the major concerns of downtown businesses is that store traffic would decrease because fewer vehicles (thus, shoppers) would come through downtown. Well, there's only one way to find out...we have to ask. > > I would like, therefore, to assemble a coalition of the many stakeholders to ask the City via the City Manager to request the modeling be done by the WVDOT consultant and presented to the City (via Traffic Commission or in a small meeting of the coalition. I've drafted a letter I'd ask that each of you review, consider the request and ways to improve upon it, and consider any additional parties/boards/commissions that should be included. Then, if you're all on board, can we meet to discuss at an upcoming MSM, SPAN, Tree Board, Green Team, or GNA meeting in early November? We may be able to host a discussion during our 1st Monday-of-the-month Pedestrian Safety Board meeting if so desired. > > WVDOT will only ask the consultant to perform the modeling if the City has interest. Thus, as the multiple interested parties we have to band together to show the City that businesses and residents are interested. They'll only act if they know they have our support. > > This could be a great first step toward determining, using quantitative data, the potential impacts of a downtown pedestrian street. > I look forward to hearing from each of you, > > Walk more, safely > > Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board > Christiaan Abildso, Chair > Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair > http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm

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Fwd: Draft WVU Transportation and Parking Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please see below, comments by Bill Austin as MMMPO Executive Director on the WVU Transportation and Parking Plan. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: October 24, 2011 3:23:06 PM EDT > To: "'Nancy Lohmann'" <nlohmann(a)wvu.edu>, "'Tom Arnold'" <tarnold(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'Morgantown Parking Authority'" <parking(a)morgantown.com>, "'Morgantown City Council'" <citycouncil(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'Terrence Moore'" <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'Chris Fletcher'" <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'Asel Kennedy'" <MonCom(a)aol.com>, "'Roy Nutter'" <rnutter(a)wvu.edu>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'David Bruffy'" <bruffy(a)busride.org> > Cc: "'Narvel Weese'" <narvel.weese(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Randal Hudak'" <randy.hudak(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Hugh Kierig'" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Joe Fisher'" <Joe.Fisher(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov> > Subject: RE: Draft WVU Transportation and Parking Plan > > Nancy, > > Thank you for offering the Metropolitan Planning Organization staff the > opportunity to comment on the University's Transportation and Parking Plan. > In general we would comment that the Plan demonstrates a strong commitment > to alternative forms of transportation which is in agreement with the MPO's > goals in the Long Range Transportation Plan. We would however, note that the > provision of a subsidy to those in single occupant vehicles is > counterproductive to the goals expressed by our organization and in the Plan > itself. > > In general the Plan moves to create more mobility throughout the area by > maximizing the alternatives available to the University's population. The > MPO's Long Range Transportation Plan strongly supports this effort. As you > may be aware, the MPO is committed to improving the highway network and > encouraging alternative transportation. We have been developing a > Transportation Demand Management Program including an effort to create van > pools in cooperation with the University, Mountain Line and other major > employers in the area. We look forward to expanding those efforts. > > It is opportune that this plan is being reviewed as the University is > presenting the planned redevelopment of the Evansdale campus to the > Community. In general the Evansdale Plan's goal of creating a walk-able > campus appears to be in agreement with the WVU Transportation and Parking > Plan and with the goals of the MPO's Long Range Transportation Plan. It > should be noted that designing proposed development and the transportation > facilities that serve them together can lead to cost savings for the > proposed buildings, the transportation facilities, and for those working at > and providing services to the facilities. This comprehensive approach would > also benefit the general public. Unfortunately, it appears that this > approach was not taken during the development of the Evansdale plan and we > cannot positively comment on the transportation impacts of the proposal. We > do have a concern that the proposed signal and closing of Evansdale Drive > may have a negative impact on the area. We are also concerned that the large > scale of the Campus may encourage persons to drive from one parking lot to > another to attend classes rather than walking across campus. Assessing > pedestrian access issues in the area is also a concern. The MPO's regional > traffic model as well as the work being performed by the Division of > Highway's consultant looking at traffic operations on the 705 Corridor can > provide an assessment of the Evansdale Plan. We would be happy to assist in > this matter. > > Thank you for the opportunity to comment on these matters. We will provide > some very minor comments on some of the wording of the Transportation and > Parking Plan shortly. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we may be of > any assistance. > > Sincerely, > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > > "Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the > better designedly." ~Francis Bacon > > "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is > no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." ~John Kenneth > Galbraith > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Lohmann [mailto:nlohmann@wvu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:12 AM > To: Tom Arnold; Morgantown Parking Authority; Morgantown City Council; > Terrence Moore; Chris Fletcher; Asel Kennedy; Bill Austin; Roy Nutter; Frank > Gmeindl; Christiaan Abildso; David Bruffy > Cc: Narvel Weese; Randal Hudak; Hugh Kierig > Subject: Draft WVU Transportation and Parking Plan > > Good morning. > > West Virginia University is in the process of revising its Transportation > and Parking Plan, which was last revised in 2007. I wanted to share a copy > of the draft plan with you and also invite your comments on it. A copy is > enclosed. Today or tomorrow the Plan will also be accesible through > http://transportation.wvu.edu/ <http://transportation.wvu.edu/> > > We are inviting comments until NOVEMBER 18. After that date, the > Transportation and Parking Advisory Committee will begin to modify the plan > considering the feedback received. > > Comments may be forwarded to TransParkPlan(a)mail.WVU.edu > <mailto:TransParkPlan@mail.WVU.edu> or TransPark Plan, P. O. Box 6205, WVU, > Morgantown, WV 26506-6205. > > I know this is a busy time of the year but we would welcome any advice that > you may be able to offer. Thanks. > > Nancy > > Nancy Lohmann, Ph.D. > Senior Advisor to the Vice President > for Administration and Finance > Professor of Social Work > 101 Stewart Hall > P.O. Box 6205 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-6205 > Phone: 304-293-9200 > Fax: 304-293-3493 > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 1522/3960 - Release Date: 10/18/11 >

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by director 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

For your mind-expanding and reading enjoyment.... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/10/mo-is-multi-modal-car-bike-and-publ… Nick Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213

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Re: [Bikeboard] Videography and Editing for Positive Spin
by director 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Susan, As long as it's OK with Jeff Mikorski it's OK with me but we'll have to negotiate with him to find another way to finish the movie. I'm meeting with someone from the WVU Center for Civic Engagement this afternoon. She may be able to provide us with a student that can do the work, but this will mean Positive Spin having to spend more time. It seems fair that we should be compensated for this, I'll talk to Jeff about it though. Please feel free to stop by today as scheduled if you can. Thanks! btw Just as a suggestion, is it possible for the city to hire you to do the filming as an independent contractor since they don't see it as being in your job description as an employee? Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 -----Original Message----- From: "Susan Sullivan" <ssullivan(a)cityofmorgantown.org> Sent 10/25/2011 9:10:22 AM To: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> Subject: [Bikeboard] Videography and Editing for Positive Spin I regret to inform the bike board that I will not be permitted to help complete the video for Positive Spin. Because my position is part time, my supervisor said this type of job is not within the scope of my responsibilities as a Public Communications Director. I apologize for the inconvenience. I know what it's like to be excited to finish such a big project, and a well-organized one at that. Again, my sincerest apologies. Susan Sullivan Public Communications Manager City of Morgantown (304) 284-7426 _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Videography and Editing for Positive Spin
by Susan Sullivan 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

I regret to inform the bike board that I will not be permitted to help complete the video for Positive Spin. Because my position is part time, my supervisor said this type of job is not within the scope of my responsibilities as a Public Communications Director. I apologize for the inconvenience. I know what it's like to be excited to finish such a big project, and a well-organized one at that. Again, my sincerest apologies. Susan Sullivan Public Communications Manager City of Morgantown (304) 284-7426

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Re: [Bikeboard] Monthly report to TC
by Chip Wamsley 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Frank, Change #5 (accomplishments) to past tense to match other items in that heading. Was the meeting with Terrence and the WVDOH where both parties agreed to split costs of the climbing lane this month or the previous month? Do you want to mention meeting with Tom Arnold concerning bike locker placement? Was the proposed parking for the Farmers Market mentioned last month? Thanks for doing such a great job. Chip -----Original Message----- From: "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com> Sent 10/24/2011 10:50:45 AM To: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> Subject: [Bikeboard] Monthly report to TC Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a preliminary report to the Traffic Commission that I'd like your concurrence to present at next Wednesday's TC meeting. I wrote the attached in a hurry and probably made some mistakes and left some things out so please help me. Also, the TC hasn't met since September so I might have omitted something that we've done since then. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Evansdale campus plan
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Scrolling halfway down http://assets.slate.wvu.edu/resources/358/1315316197.pdf you'll see a map and a list of changes WVU plans to make to the Evansdale campus to make it more pedestrian friendly. For example, closing Evansdale Drive and Rawley Lane to motor vehicle traffic and consolidating parking lots. If you have any comments, please reply all. This plan was cursorily discussed by the MPO Citizens Advisory Committee of which I am a member. It may come up again so if there's any bicycle-relevant input, we should probably give it. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Monthly report to TC
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a preliminary report to the Traffic Commission that I'd like your concurrence to present at next Wednesday's TC meeting. I wrote the attached in a hurry and probably made some mistakes and left some things out so please help me. Also, the TC hasn't met since September so I might have omitted something that we've done since then. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Confident City Cycling Interview
by Chip Wamsley 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

I would agree, one of the instructors should do the interview. Chip -----Original Message----- From: "Graber, Stephen" <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> Sent 10/19/2011 2:48:51 PM To: "Ryan Post" <rpostwvu(a)gmail.com>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com>, "'Bicycle Board'" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Confident City Cycling Interview Go for it............ I can't do it because I haven't yet taken the course! ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Post [rpostwvu(a)gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:47 PM To: 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Confident City Cycling Interview I presume if it involves CCC then one of the Instructors should do it? Given that I’ve become the face on the billboards AND the commercials, it only seems fitting I do the interviews too, right? Or am I hogging all the stardom? From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org] On Behalf Of Frank Gmeindl Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:44 PM To: Bicycle Board Subject: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Confident City Cycling Interview Anybody want to take this on? Please reply by tomorrow evening. Frank Begin forwarded message: From: Shannon Nicholson <shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com> Date: October 19, 2011 12:02:29 PM EDT To: frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net Subject: Confident City Cycling Interview My name is Shannon Nicholson and I am a journalism major at WVU. I am writing an article about alternative transportation in Morgantown. I would like to interview someone who has a major role with the Confident City Cycling program here in Morgantown. I would really appreciate if you could either pass along my information or let me know who I can contact for an interview. Please let me know as soon as you can. You can reach me through e-mail, shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com, or on my cell phone (708) 921-2648. Thank you Shannon Nicholson shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com (708) 921-2648 _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Fwd: Confident City Cycling Interview
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Anybody want to take this on? Please reply by tomorrow evening. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: Shannon Nicholson <shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com> > Date: October 19, 2011 12:02:29 PM EDT > To: frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net > Subject: Confident City Cycling Interview > > My name is Shannon Nicholson and I am a journalism major at WVU. I am > writing an article about alternative transportation in Morgantown. > I would like to interview someone who has a major role with the > Confident City Cycling program here in Morgantown. > I would really appreciate if you could either pass along my > information or let me know who I can contact for an interview. Please > let me know as soon as you can. > You can reach me through e-mail, shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com, or on my > cell phone (708) 921-2648. > > Thank you > > Shannon Nicholson > shannonpauline23(a)gmail.com > (708) 921-2648

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Fwd: Draft WVU Transportation and Parking Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, By November 16, please send your comments on the WVU Transportation and Parking Plan to me w/cc to Hugh. I will compile them and send them to Nancy Lohman. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: Nancy Lohmann <nlohmann(a)wvu.edu> > Date: October 19, 2011 8:11:39 AM EDT > To: Tom Arnold <tarnold(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Morgantown Parking Authority <parking(a)morgantown.com>, Morgantown City Council <citycouncil(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Terrence Moore <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Chris Fletcher <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Asel Kennedy <MonCom(a)aol.com>, Bill Austin <info(a)plantogether.org>, Roy Nutter <rnutter(a)wvu.edu>, Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, Christiaan Abildso <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, David Bruffy <bruffy(a)busride.org> > Cc: Narvel Weese <narvel.weese(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Randal Hudak <randy.hudak(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Hugh Kierig <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.WVU.edu> > Subject: Draft WVU Transportation and Parking Plan > > Good morning. > > West Virginia University is in the process of revising its Transportation > and Parking Plan, which was last revised in 2007. I wanted to share a copy > of the draft plan with you and also invite your comments on it. A copy is > enclosed. Today or tomorrow the Plan will also be accesible through > http://transportation.wvu.edu/ <http://transportation.wvu.edu/> > > We are inviting comments until NOVEMBER 18. After that date, the > Transportation and Parking Advisory Committee will begin to modify the plan > considering the feedback received. > > Comments may be forwarded to TransParkPlan(a)mail.WVU.edu > <mailto:TransParkPlan@mail.WVU.edu> or TransPark Plan, P. O. Box 6205, WVU, > Morgantown, WV 26506-6205. > > I know this is a busy time of the year but we would welcome any advice that > you may be able to offer. Thanks. > > Nancy > > Nancy Lohmann, Ph.D. > Senior Advisor to the Vice President > for Administration and Finance > Professor of Social Work > 101 Stewart Hall > P.O. Box 6205 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-6205 > Phone: 304-293-9200 > Fax: 304-293-3493 > > > >

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Fwd: MPO Conference Presentations
by Frank Gmeindl 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

Thanks to Danielle for sending us the link to the presentations made at the WV MPO conference. You might find the Complete Streets and Statewide Bicycle Study - WVDOT interesting. The Complete Streets one seems a little bike lane heavy to me. Wes Stafford's Statewide Bicycle Study presentation looks encouraging as long as competent cyclists are in the drivers seat or at least not in the back of the bus. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: October 18, 2011 3:32:58 PM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: MPO Conference Presentations > > Hi Frank: Here is the link that the state sent me for the conference presentations. > For your reference, they have downloaded a majority of the presentations from the conference to our website for your convenience. You can find them at the following link: > > http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/programplanning/plan_conf/Pages/d… > > Have a nice day! > > Danielle N. Williams > Assistant to the Director > TDM Coordinator > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com > http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html > > >

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Fwd: Survey - Public Transit in Morgantown
by Frank Gmeindl 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, I strongly encourage you to complete the survey at the link provided in Maria Smith's message below. It will help Mountain Line improve its service to us. The survey only takes a few minutes. BTW, Ryan, it says annual car operating costs are $9,000. That works out to $0.75/mile, more than the $0.51/mile that GSA allows government employees that we've been quibbling over. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: Maria Smith <MariaSmith(a)busride.org> > Date: October 18, 2011 2:25:45 PM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: Survey - Public Transit in Morgantown > > Hi Frank, > Would you mind forwarding this on to the members of the bicycle board for us? > Best, > Maria > Maria Smith > Marketing Officer > Mountain Line Transit Authority > 420 DuPont Road • Morgantown • WV • 26501 > Marketing(a)busride.org • Ph: 304.296.3680 • Fx: 304.291.7429 > > Plan your trip with Mountain > Line using Google Maps. > > > > > Dear Community Member, > Mountain Line Transit Authority is seeking public input about service expansion and how to possibly pay for such an expansion. Please take a few moments to take our survey by clicking on the link below. Your feedback will provide critical input to help Mountain Line plan for future services. The survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete. > > Your responses are anonymous and will be analyzed by a third party so please be candid with your input. > > To participate, simply click the link below or copy and paste the address into your web browser: > http://research.zarca.com/k/SsUPVXsYXsPsPsP > > Thank you for your participation and input. Mountain Line is committed to ensuring that our customers and residents have input into our services. If you know someone else who may be interested in participating in this survey please feel free to forward the link to them. > > Regards, > Mountain Line Transit Authority

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan v09
by Frank Gmeindl 18 Oct '11

18 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, A new version of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan that incorporates all the changes that we've made over the past several months is available at http://db.tt/JUlExT6Z . Please review it in preparation for our next meeting. At that meeting, I will bring a paper copy and ask you to sign it. Then, we will discuss how to roll it out to the key stakeholders to get their feedback and hopefully approval. Congratulations on reaching this milestone! At the next meeting, I would also like to discuss an item that we didn't address from last meeting's agenda: the LAB Bicycle Friendly Community award application. I sent you all a copy of it in preparation for our last meeting. You can get it at http://db.tt/Ii2ZUfWU . Next meeting, I would like to have a plan for getting it completed and submitted to LAB by the February deadline. This means we'll need people to work on it. Frank

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Bike Lockers
by Frank Gmeindl 12 Oct '11

12 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Today, Chip and I met with Tom Arnold, Morgantown Parking Authority Director. We agreed to pursue 2 parking locker units that hold 2 bikes each. Action Items: 1. Tom Arnold will put the bike lockers on the agenda for the November 9 Parking Authority meeting. 2. Chip will provide Tom with a recommendation for locker material of construction before the November 9 meeting. Discussion: The current City budget has $5,500 for bicycle parking. The cost of 2 bike locker units is approximately $5,000. One unit will be located outside of the north side of the PSC parking garage adjacent to the entrance to the garage and on the west side of the entrance. (Currently, that space is occupied by a non-functioning gas light. The space is bounded by the driveway on the east, the garage railing on the south, a picnic table on the west and grass on the north.) The other unit will be located in the Wharf Street parking garage inside the automobile entrance. That's at the other end of the garage from the rail trail. The locker will be near the back wall and adjacent to a ticket agent booth that is not being used. Lockers will be rented on a monthly basis. The parking authority will provide the renter with a lock and key that the renter will use as long as he or she is paying the rent. Rental rate is tentatively $20/month or $50/quarter or $180/year. Chip has been working primarily with two vendors. They offer fiberglass units and powder-coated steel units. We discussed several pros and cons of each material. Chip will provide a recommended vendor and material to Tom. The next step is to for the Parking Authority to consider this proposal at its next regular meeting scheduled for November 9 at 3:00 pm in the PSC Conference Room. If you would like to change anything in this proposal, please reply to all with your recommendations and we'll try to resolve them and report to Tom before the November 9 meeting. If the Parking Authority agrees with the proposal, the next step will be for the Bicycle Board to provide a purchase recommendation to Jeff Mikorski. FYI, Parking Authority members are: Charlie McEwuen, Chairman; Jeanne Hagan, Vice-Chair; Linda Herbst, City Council Rep.; Tom Arnold, Director; Dennis Bidwell and Shane Mardis. In other business, Frank informed Tom of the Bicycle Board's recent meeting with Trevor Lloyd of the City Engineering Dept. in which we walked the parking lot that is the site for the new Farmers Market pavilion and recommended that one post-and-loop bike rack be placed in each of the two dead zones that will exist at the Spruce St. entrance to the pavilion. Tom agreed to discuss that with the Parking Authority as well. Apparently, City Engineering cannot make that decision without Parking Authority concurrence. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Police Chief Talking Points
by Frank Gmeindl 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Damien will be meeting with Chief Preston Friday to discuss enforcement. I will meet with Damien tomorrow to discuss the attached talking points that I am recommending. I would appreciate your comments and recommendations for improving these talking points. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Police Chief Talking Points
by Gunnar Shogren 10 Oct '11

10 Oct '11

Butch can't find the "reply to all" button... On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Graber, Stephen <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> wrote: > Basically I agree with Gunnar, more often than not I do the full foot down stop thing too, it's just that I don't think the "momentary stop then > roll-through" (what I refered to as a track stand, mine aren't good enough to be longer than momentary!) should constitute failing to stop at the stop sign- the point is the law says you need to stop and look both ways, not that you must put your foot down (or stop your engine!). I will defer to Frank on what some places are calling these. I don't call them track stands, more of the "rolling stop" thing. > > Guess we might discuss what one should do when faced with a long line of cars at a traffic light than can be safely passed on the left! But let's not, and let's not notice what we each do then either! Don't want to go there right now... nope. > > > ------ _0 > ------ _ \<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*) > ________________________________________ > From: Gunnar Shogren [gshogren(a)gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 2:23 PM > To: Graber, Stephen > Cc: Frank Gmeindl; bikeboard Board > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Police Chief Talking Points > > Good list. > I too ride on the occasional sidewalk, but not really downtown, more > in short instances like what you're talking about Butch. But perhaps > we're not going to be able to have that cake and eat it too... time > will tell. > > I'll have to disagree w/ you on "track stands", though I will recant a > little at the end... > Track stands are not good for the following reasons- > * Track stands are ambiguous. "What's he doing? Where's he going? > Is he going to fall? Is he trying to impress someone?" > * Putting a foot down sends a clear signal to other motorists. I > have stopped. I am abiding, Dude. > * Although it looks like being in a track stand would make you > quicker out of the gate, a lot of times this is not true. Depending > on where you are in your "balance sway", which way your wheel is > pointed at that moment, which way you're looking at that moment, etc. > At a full stop I can react quicker and more predictably w/ one foot on > the ground and pedal and body in the ready position. I can also > signal w/ my hands to others if need be, most folks won't try that > whilst in the track stand. > > Since taking the TS101 course, then thinking about the way I ride, I > have pretty much stopped doing the track stand, and bark at others > when they do as well, especially when they come out of the stand and > they're all over the place. > Try the real stop in a few places that you normally track stand (in a > turning lane, turning at a intersection) and I think you'll find that > most others (cars and peds) treat you differently. More positively I > would say. > > I will say that I do go through intersection in a "momentary stop then > roll-through", but technically I don't call this a track stand. > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Graber, Stephen <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> wrote: >> Looks like a good list to me. I assume there will also be encouragement to >> cite motorists for violations that endanger cyclists. I'd encourage Damien >> to describe "track stands" to Chief Preston. Many cyclists can use that >> technique to lawfully stop at stop signs etc. I once received a ticket for >> "running" a stop sign- in fact I had ceased all forward motion and looked >> bothways (Wilson & Grand, a dangerous intersection) but the officer told the >> judge I never put my foot down and that was that! (The judge liked it even >> less when I grumbled that motorists don't have to turn their engines off at >> stop signs............). I'm glad to see restraint suggested for riding on >> side walks. Some places that's our safest option. On my commute to Health >> Sciences I ride up the side- walk along the main entrance by the Alumni >> Center rather than risk the high speed traffic in the dual lane approach. >> >> That's my 2 cents! >> Butch >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> >> Stephen G. Graber >> >> Biochem & Mol Pharmacology >> >> PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 >> >> West Virginia University >> >> Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 >> >> phone: 304-293-2305 >> >> >> >> ------ _0 >> >> ------ _ \<,_ >> >> ---- (*)/ (*) >> >> ________________________________ >> From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of >> Frank Gmeindl [frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net] >> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 12:05 PM >> To: bikeboard Board >> Subject: [Bikeboard] Police Chief Talking Points >> >> Bicycle Board Members, >> Damien will be meeting with Chief Preston Friday to discuss enforcement. I >> will meet with Damien tomorrow to discuss the attached talking points that I >> am recommending. I would appreciate your comments and recommendations for >> improving these talking points. >> >> Frank D. Gmeindl >> Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >> LCI #1703 >> 491 WilsonAvenue >> Morgantown, WV 26501 >> 304-376-0446 >> Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikeboard mailing list >> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>

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Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached, please find the Morgantown Bicycle Plan Evaluation and Equity sections with the changes marked at last Thursday's meeting. Since we didn't have a quorum we decided to try to get concurrence on-line. By Oct. 14, please review the attached document and reply with your concurrence or with recommended changes. If you recommend changes, please copy bikeboard(a)cheat.org on your reply so we can all know what changes you're recommending and perhaps be able to resolve them before our next meeting. At our November meeting, I will bring a hard copy of the plan and ask you all to sign it. We will plan the roll out of the plan to key stakeholders: Traffic Commission, City Manager, Police Chief, City Engineer, City Council. You can see the current complete plan with tracked changes and comments at http://db.tt/sD5opLrn . Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Regroup?
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

Education Committee Members, What do you think about getting together to regroup now that the bicycling education grant is drawing to a close? There are several things that I think we need to resolve: 1. Whether to continue offering courses and if so, which ones, who will teach them, when, where, how much to charge and how to market them. 2. What to do with all the promotional materials that we now have including the seven video spots, Nick's video, remaining newspaper articles, WVU info kiosks, 3' x 8' banner, bumper stickers, business cards, billboard designs, poster designs, newspaper ad designs, Mountaineer Yellow Pages community page, police info cards, Street Smarts books, TS101 student packets. 3. The future of the website, BikeMorgantown.com and the facebook page, BikeMorgantown. 4. The bike route map. 5. What to say in the final report on the grant. Frank

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Fwd: Bicyclists Find Their Place at the Gas Station
by Chet Parsons 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

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Youth Cycling Video "Let's Start Biking" - Viewing at Thursday's meeting
by director 04 Oct '11

04 Oct '11

Good Morning, At Thursday's meeting I'll be showing the kids' video in its current form. You can see it before then on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muuiL4QRs8U or at the link on the PositiveSpin website. Due to a combination of factors we have been unable to complete the video to a state we are satisfied with within the contract time. We've actually put in a substantial amount of time beyond the contract hours in getting this far. The remaining work is to create the opening scenes/titles and re-shoot the kids' demonstration of riding skills. We've got actors lined up. Our videographer is no longer available to us, however if a new videographer can be found Positive Spin will continue to help in an advisory and support capacity. Jeff Mikorski told me that the city has hired a communications specialists who may be able to complete the shooting and editing work. If the city can't supply a videographer, we would suggest going to a commercial vendor and try to get the skills donated. See you Thursday. Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213

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Agenda for this Thursday's BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a suggested agenda for this Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting. Please let me know if you want to add, subtract or change anything. Since the Traffic Commission is not meeting this month, I didn't have to write a monthly report to them but I wrote the attached report (20111006StatusForBB.doc) to remind you of what's going on and that we might want to discuss at Thursday's meeting. Also, attached are the minutes of our last meeting. Thanks again to reliable Betsy! Riding in the rain? Frank

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application format
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Oct '11

03 Oct '11

Dear LAB, The City of Morgantown, WV is preparing to submit it's second BFC application in February. Thanks for posting a PDF of the application at http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/pdfs/bfc_applicat… . Can you provide a format that we can populate? For example, an MS Word template. We recognize that the final application must be submitted on-line but we need a format on which we can collaboratively build our application. Also, if you have experience with other communities whose members have collaborated on the application, could you please share with us what worked? When we last applied in 2007, several people including the City Manager, Public Works Director, Chief of Police, Parks and Recreation Director, etc. input to the application. At that time, we worked with a shared MS Word document. We are excited to get rolling on this application. Since our last application, we have implemented most of the recommendations that you gave us and we're looking forward to a re-evaluation. How does one include photographs in the on-line application and reference documents such as our comprehensive Bicycle Plan to the on-line application? Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] WV Statewide Bike Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Sep '11

30 Sep '11

Please send us your plan for making the statewide bicycle plan. Frank Bicycle Board Chairman On Sep 28, 2011, at 11:15 AM, "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> wrote: > Good Morning Bike Board, > > > > As you may have heard, the state is working on a bike plan and would like your input. Please see the email below and let me know what you would like for me to send to Wilbur-Smith. If you would like to directly reply, please cc: me on the correspondence. > > > > Thank you for your hard work to make our streets safe for all. > > > > Best, > > > > > > Danielle N. Williams > > Assistant to the Director/ TDM Coordinator > > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > > 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 > > Morgantown, WV 26505 > > Office: 304-413-0297 Mobile: 571-213-1336 > > > > Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com > > > > http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html > > > > “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead > > > > > > From: Stafford, Wesley O [mailto:WSTAFFORD@wilbursmith.com] > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:03 AM > To: dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net > Subject: WV Statewide Bike Plan > > > > Danielle, > > > > It was a pleasure meeting you at this week’s planning conference. You mentioned that some work had already been completed in Morgantown and entered in GIS layers. We would be very interested in acquiring that information to include with our plan. Additionally, if there are any activities or meetings planned by the Morgantown group I would be interested in attending. > > > > Thanks for your help and interest. > > > > Wes > > > > Wes Stafford, PE, AICP > > Principal > > Wilbur Smith Associates > > 700 Washington Street, East > > Geary Plaza, Suite 210 > > Charleston WV, 25301 > > w 304.345.2339 > > m 304.549.7498 > > f 304.345.2343 > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email.ü > > > > <image001.jpg> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Re: [Bikeboard] WV Statewide Bike Plan
by Chet Parsons 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

Thanks D - I'll wait for the go-ahead from the Board to send Mr. Stafford our latest GIS layers. Chet On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:15 AM, D. Williams <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net>wrote: > Good Morning Bike Board,**** > > ** ** > > As you may have heard, the state is working on a bike plan and would like > your input. Please see the email below and let me know what you would like > for me to send to Wilbur-Smith. If you would like to directly reply, please > cc: me on the correspondence.**** > > ** ** > > Thank you for your hard work to make our streets safe for all.**** > > ** ** > > Best,**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *Danielle N. Williams* > > Assistant to the Director/ TDM Coordinator**** > > *Morgantown Monongalia MPO ***** > > 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105**** > > Morgantown, WV 26505**** > > Office: 304-413-0297 Mobile: 571-213-1336**** > > ** ** > > Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com**** > > ** ** > > http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html **** > > ** ** > > *“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can > change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret > Mead* > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Stafford, Wesley O [mailto:WSTAFFORD@wilbursmith.com] > *Sent:* Friday, September 23, 2011 10:03 AM > *To:* dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net > *Subject:* WV Statewide Bike Plan**** > > ** ** > > Danielle,**** > > ** ** > > It was a pleasure meeting you at this week’s planning conference. You > mentioned that some work had already been completed in Morgantown and > entered in GIS layers. We would be very interested in acquiring that > information to include with our plan. Additionally, if there are any > activities or meetings planned by the Morgantown group I would be interested > in attending.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for your help and interest.**** > > ** ** > > Wes**** > > ** ** > > *Wes Stafford, PE, AICP* > > Principal**** > > Wilbur Smith Associates** > > 700 Washington Street, East** > > Geary Plaza, Suite 210**** > > Charleston WV, 25301** > > w 304.345.2339** > > m 304.549.7498** > > f 304.345.2343** > > *P** **Please consider the environment before printing this email.**ü*** > > ** ** > > *[image: cid:image003.jpg@01CC0055.8223B4A0]***** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Statewide bicycle plan
by Chet Parsons 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Frank and everyone, I am at the wvdot statewide planning conference and they just had a presentation about a statewide bike plan that is getting started. They have not made contact with anyone yet about this but plan to begin the process this fall. I wil make sure that they have out contact info and that we will be included. Chet

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Fwd: September BB Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Enjoy these BB minutes.

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mountaineer Week
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Mary Ann, Thank you for making a Mountaineer Week booth available to the Bicycle Board. I regret that we will not have sufficient resources to staff the booth so I am withdrawing our request for it. I apologize for wasting the time and effort that you, Hugh and Sonya invested in this on our behalf. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Sep 7, 2011, at 10:27 AM, MaryAnn Barill wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Mountaineer Week begins Oct. 31- Nov. 4th. Let me know what wording you want on the schedule and I will forward the info to Sonja Wilson. Let me know if you have any other questions or request and I will forward those as well. > > Mary Ann > > > Mary Ann Barill > Administrative Associate > Department of Transportation and Parking > PO Box 6561 > Morgantown, WV 26506 > 304-293-5915 > <MaryAnn Barill.vcf>

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Thanks!
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Trevor, Thanks for meeting with the Bicycle Board today! Your laying out the plans, explaining them and discussing them with the Board members led to viable bicycle parking solutions that probably would not have been identified by any of us working alone. We are excited to see a solution come to fruition. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Adam Henry joins BB
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, Tonight, the Traffic Commission unanimously appointed Adam Henry to be the Commission's representative on the Bicycle Board beginning in November. Please welcome Adam. Frank

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Bicycle Storage
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Sep '11

07 Sep '11

Chris, Could the Bicycle Board get on the Planning Commission's October agenda to present a summary of community bicycle ordinances and a recommendation? Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bicycle Storage ordinances
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, I have moved the bicycle storage ordinances and summary to http://db.tt/CyEygNX to make it accessible to those who said they couldn't get it in the public folder. Please let me know if you have trouble with http://db.tt/CyEygNX . If you know of a city similar to Morgantown that has a bicycle storage ordinance or guidelines or if you'd just like to try to find some, please add to the folder at http://db.tt/CyEygNX and update the Summary document. I will schedule us to meet with the Planning Commission in October. So far, we don't have a sufficient case to submit to them. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Jeff, Please find the updated grant application at http://db.tt/L7J1A8K . You should find 7 files there. Of the files at http://db.tt/L7J1A8K, only BikeLaneGrantAppToBBv06.doc is different from the package that I sent you in March. The changes are tracked so you can see them. Please accept the tracked changes before you submit the application. (Damien may want to update the cost estimate (files Cost Estimate for Monongahela Blvd-2.doc and TotalCost.xlsx) based on recent discussions about using paint rather than retro-reflective vinyl.) The application is due February 29, 2012 for a May 2012 award. In the application document, BikeLaneGrantAppToBBv06.doc, you will see comments. These comments are of two types. One type of comment is instructions from the application form that I cut from the form and pasted into comment bubbles. Practically every section has these instructions. The other type of comment identifies information that the application requires or that I think it needs but that I don't have. I hope you can easily read through the application to, 1) see that I've completed most of the requirements and then delete the relevant comments, and 2) complete the parts that I couldn't and then delete those comments, and 3) roll all files up into one PDF and submit it. Christiaan Abildso is personally acquainted with Bikes Belong CFO and agreed to alert him to our application once we've submitted it so could you please notify me when the application is sent? If you have any questions or need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please also note at the end of the application, before the appendix is contact info for Zoe Kircos, Grants Manager, zoe(a)bikesbelong.org, 303-449-4893 x5. I spoke with her while completing the application in March and she was expecting it. She's also very pleasant and helpful. Frank On Sep 1, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Jeff Mikorski wrote: > Frank, > > I do not recall making any changes, so you can use you last version. > > Sincerely, > > Jeff Mikorski ICMA-CM > Deputy City Manager > City of Morgantown, West Virginia > 304-284-7404 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > To: "Jeff Mikorski" <jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 9:39:37 AM > Subject: Re: Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant > > Jeff, > > > If you made any changes to the application that I sent you > > From: Frank Gmeindl < frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net > > > Subject: Bike Lane Grant Application > > Date: March 30, 2011 4:22:04 PM EDT > To: Jeff Mikorski < jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Cc: Damien Davis < ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > > > please send me your version so I can work from it. > > > Otherwise, I'll update the version that I sent you. > > > Frank > > > > On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Jeff Mikorski wrote: > > > > Frank, > Yes, please revise the grant and re-apply > > Jeff Mikorski > Deputy City Manager > City of Morgantown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:47 PM > To: Jeff Mikorski < jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Subject: Mon Blvd. Bike Lane Grant > > Jeff, > > Today, Terrence Moore and WVDOH vocally agreed to split 50/50 the cost of > the Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane. They talked as if the cost was $25K. > So, the split would be $12.5K City; $12.5K State. Would you like me to > update the grant application that I wrote for the City to submit to Bikes > Belong? > > I think the bike lane can be done for considerably less than $25K. If > Bikes Belong provides $10K, I think the City could do it without spending > any money. > > Frank

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Fwd: Booth at Mountaineer Week
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, Looks like we'll have a booth at Mountaineer week. Who wants to follow up with Mary Ann and make it happen? (My action item for our last meeting was to contact Hugh about getting a booth.) Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: September 6, 2011 8:35:28 AM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "MaryAnn Barill" <MaryAnn.Barill(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Booth at Mountaineer Week > > Mary Ann > > Please work with Frank on arranging this booth. I am including him on this email so that you can forward to him the information that he needs to provide. > > Hugh E. Kierig, AICP, Director > Department of Transportation and Parking > West Virginia University > Post Office Box 6561 > 1112 Van Voorhis > Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 > 304-293-9095 (o) > 304-293-3939 (f) > > > > >>> MaryAnn Barill 9/6/2011 8:33 AM >>> > I just talked to Sonja and that will be fine. She just needs to know how you want it worded on the schedule. The dates are Oct. 31- Nov. 4th. > > >>> Hugh Kierig 9/6/2011 8:26 AM >>> > Mary Ann > > Can you please check on how the Bike Board can get a booth for Mountaineer Week? We can register it under the Department of Transportation and Parking if they need a University organization to sponsor it. > > Hugh E. Kierig, AICP, Director > Department of Transportation and Parking > West Virginia University > Post Office Box 6561 > 1112 Van Voorhis > Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 > 304-293-9095 (o) > 304-293-3939 (f) > > > > >>> Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> 9/5/2011 7:00 PM >>> > Hi Hugh, > > Can you tell me how the Bicycle Board can get a booth at Mountaineer Week to display our banner, bumper stickers, etc.? > > Frank

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"Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video - Script and Video edits
by director 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

Good morning, I've just finished making script and video edits, they are attached. The script should now conform to the video exactly for all of the scenes that have been completed. The video edits reflect all of the things I could find. If you have additional comments on the video please send them to me in a format similar to the one I've used that gives the sequence time at which the comment applies. I'll collect them and send them to Bobby tomorrow nite. Both of us have used up all of the hours we committed to on the contract but we still want this to be a finished product that presents well and gets the message across effectively. Bobby thinks he's got about 6 hours of work left to get to that point, and he expects to have that time while on the road this weekend. For final delivery, Bobby will send a DVD on Tuesday and I'll provide an invoice for payment. Once the video is accepted we'll provide 5 copies in HD resolution with boxes and printed labels. Chip asked if Bobby will edit a PSA out of this. I assume the answer is "yes" since we've talked about it before, just let us know which scenes you want. Thanks and have a great weekend. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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"Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video
by director 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Good evening, I received the video in rough draft form from Robby at about 6pm today. We viewed it on his computer and since that time I've been figuring out how to upload it to YouTube. It now available at this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic1XlJKZVM I apologize for this additional delay, due entirely to my unfamiliarity with the process. I'd like to make the following disclaimers about the video in its current form: - The whole thing is in rough draft form. This is as much as Bobby could get done in the time available. He's spending the rest of his time before leaving getting ready for his trip. He thinks he has about 6hrs work left to get it in final polished form. That will include finishing the Title Page, Intro, musical soundtrack, graphics and concluding scene/credits. - He expects to have time over this weekend after he gets to Orlando to complete the work. He'll send us a DVD Tuesday, and final copies with cases and graphics following our final approval. He has already exceeded the number of hours he forecast on the contract, but is willing to put in the additional time necessary to make it look polished. - I've reviewed it myself and am making some comments, which I will post tomorrow morning. I welcome your additional comments. Thanks again for your patience, and guidance. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Re: [Bikeboard] Wes Nugent declines
by Chip Wamsley 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:23:07 -0400 Frank et al. It sounds like Adam and Ken would be the front runners from the TC. Adam may be more helpful with his grad students and work on evaluations and I think our dealings with the planning commision might be limited, making Ken second choice. I think Jenny is very interested in what we do and would be good to get on board in a more official capacity to have the link with city council. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >In a telecon with me, Wes Nugent declined to be the TC's rep on the BB because he's committed to work on a Mainstreet Morgantown Economic Restructuring committee that also meets Thursday nights albeit somewhat before us but perhaps would sometimes overlap. He suggested Adam Henry from 5th Ward or David McKain from 3rd Ward. At past TC meetings, Adam has expressed both to the TC and personally to me that he is interested in what we're doing. He is a professor at WVU and has graduate students that could really help us out in Evaluation activities. I don't know much about McKain except that he said I was arguing over semantics when I tried to point out to him that riding as far to the right as practicable is not the same as riding as far to the right as possible that he was saying cyclists are required to do. Jim Rye had recommended we ask Ken Martis since Ken represents the Monongalia County Planning Commission on the TC. Ken has also been a vocal supporter of BB recomme ndations and mission. > >Whether we get Adam Henry, David McKain or Ken Martis, that still leaves us with a disconnect from City Council. I know Jenny Selin is on the BB mailing list and I would ask her if she would consider becoming a little more active on the BB as say ex-officio representing City Councilor or even BB voting member representing City Council. > >I don't know if this is all appropriate but it seems it might accomplish filling the huge gap left by Don's leaving. > >What do you think? If we don't go into next Wednesday TC meeting with a recommendation and a justification for the recommendation, we'll get who they give us. > >Frank >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Re: [Bikeboard] "Let's Start Biking" youth cycling skills video
by Chip Wamsley 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> Reply-To: director(a)positivespin.org Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 22:45:28 -0400 >Good evening, >I received the video in rough draft form from Robby at about 6pm today. We viewed it on his computer and since that time I've been figuring out how to upload it to YouTube. It now available at this link. >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ic1XlJKZVM > >I apologize for this additional delay, due entirely to my unfamiliarity with the process. >I'd like to make the following disclaimers about the video in its current form: >- The whole thing is in rough draft form. This is as much as Bobby could get done in the time available. He's spending the rest of his time before leaving getting ready for his trip. He thinks he has about 6hrs work left to get it in final polished form. That will include finishing the Title Page, Intro, musical soundtrack, graphics and concluding scene/credits. > >- He expects to have time over this weekend after he gets to Orlando to complete the work. He'll send us a DVD Tuesday, and final copies with cases and graphics following our final approval. He has already exceeded the number of hours he forecast on the contract, but is willing to put in the additional time necessary to make it look polished. >- I've reviewed it myself and am making some comments, which I will post tomorrow morning. I welcome your additional comments. >Thanks again for your patience, and guidance. >Nick > > > >-- >Nick Hein LCI# 1705 >Director, Positive Spin >803 East Brockway Ave >Morgantown, WV >ph 304-276-0213 >-- > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > Looks great so far. Is Bobby still going to edit a 30-60 second spot to e used as a psa? Chip

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Wes Nugent declines
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, In a telecon with me, Wes Nugent declined to be the TC's rep on the BB because he's committed to work on a Mainstreet Morgantown Economic Restructuring committee that also meets Thursday nights albeit somewhat before us but perhaps would sometimes overlap. He suggested Adam Henry from 5th Ward or David McKain from 3rd Ward. At past TC meetings, Adam has expressed both to the TC and personally to me that he is interested in what we're doing. He is a professor at WVU and has graduate students that could really help us out in Evaluation activities. I don't know much about McKain except that he said I was arguing over semantics when I tried to point out to him that riding as far to the right as practicable is not the same as riding as far to the right as possible that he was saying cyclists are required to do. Jim Rye had recommended we ask Ken Martis since Ken represents the Monongalia County Planning Commission on the TC. Ken has also been a vocal supporter of BB recommendations and mission. Whether we get Adam Henry, David McKain or Ken Martis, that still leaves us with a disconnect from City Council. I know Jenny Selin is on the BB mailing list and I would ask her if she would consider becoming a little more active on the BB as say ex-officio representing City Councilor or even BB voting member representing City Council. I don't know if this is all appropriate but it seems it might accomplish filling the huge gap left by Don's leaving. What do you think? If we don't go into next Wednesday TC meeting with a recommendation and a justification for the recommendation, we'll get who they give us. Frank

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Let's Start Biking!
by director 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Good afternoon, I talked to Bobby about noon today and he's nearing completion of the video editing - he's through scene 4 of 6 and expects to be done by 5pm today. I told him that seems to be the consensus of the Bike Board that the State will probably allow us to turn it in on the 6th, and he said that although he flies to Orlando, FL tomorrow his workdays will typically be over by 3pm so he'll have more time to work on it this weekend. We agreed that it would be best if he have a complete edit done by 5pm today, and we put it up for the Board to comment on via YouTube or similar format (I'll provide the link at that time). I'll email him any comments I receive for him to make revisions. Sorry for another delay, but it seemed that everyone would be served best if we use the available time to make this the best possible final product. Thanks for your patience. I am, of course, taking it somewhat on faith that turning the video in on Tuesday won't disqualify us from payment. Please let me know immediately if that's the case and we'll get something there today. Thanks, Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Street Smarts
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Butch, Street Smarts Here's a link to Bicycling Street Smarts, the booklet that the Bicycle Board recommended the City buy and distribute to bike shops to include with every new bike they sell: http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm As shown at, http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/index.htm state-specific Street Smarts are available. I have a paper copy of the PA version is you'd like to see it. It includes PA's specific bicycle laws. The Bicycle Board discussed years ago making one for WV but I think those members may have moved on. Frank

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Youth cycling skills video - Final Script
by director 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Good afternoon, I've attached the final (almost) script of the video for your review, along with the sample scenes I'll be showing at the meeting tonite. I realize this is coming to most of you too late to read for tonite's meeting so I'll have copies of it when I come. The final video will be delivered tomorrow about noon. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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BB monthly report to TC
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please review the Bicycle Board's draft August monthly report to the Traffic Commission at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/20110907Report_to_TC.doc I would have attached it to this message but it contains several photos that make it too big for my ISP to let me send it. With your concurrence, I will submit it to the Traffic Commission by Friday morning when it is due. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: Mon Blvd. Bike Lane progresses
by Frank Gmeindl 31 Aug '11

31 Aug '11

Correction: WVU Director of Facilities and Planning is Randy Hudak, not Randy Dunlap. Begin forwarded message: > From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Date: August 31, 2011 11:33:03 AM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Mon Blvd. Bike Lane progresses > Reply-To: ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > Frank, > > Sounds good. I only have one change. WVU's Director of Facilities and Planning is Randy Hudak not Randy Dunlap. > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com > > > From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > To: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:22:36 PM > Subject: [Bikeboard] Mon Blvd. Bike Lane progresses > > Bicycle Board Members, > > Today, the City of Morgantown and WVDOH verbally agreed to split the cost of the Monongahela Boulevard bicycle climbing lane 50/50. Looks like the lane will be installed July 2012. > > On July 27 of this year, Roy Nutter, Traffic Commission Chairman and I met with Terrence Moore, City Manager to try to get some forward progress on the bike lane. The outcome of that meeting was Terrence setting up today's meeting. > > At today's meeting, the participants agreed to draft an MOU that specifies the cost share based on a $25K total cost estimate. Terrence stated that he will budget $12.5K for the bike lane as a priority capital improvement project in the FY2012-2013 budget which the City Council must approve next March. > > Bill Austin agreed to take responsibility for getting the MOU done. I suppose it won't be in effect until Paul Mattox, Secretary WVDOT signs it. I guess Terrence will sign it. I don't know what WVU's role will be in it. Bill also agreed to expedite any Transportation Improvement Plan amendments necessary to get the bike lane into the WVDOH transportation plan. > > Today's meeting was attended by: > Rob Pennington, WVDOT (by phone) > Perry Keller, WVDOH (by phone) (Rob and Perry rode with us to the foot of the bike lane at last year's MPO conference) > > Terrence Moore, City Manager > Terry Hough, City Engineer > Damien Davis, Assistant City Engineer > > Randy Dunlap, WVU Director of Facilities and Planning > Joe Fisher, MMPO Chairman and former WVU Director of Facilities and Planning > Hugh Kierig, WVU Director of Parking and Transportation > > Bill Austin, Executive Director MMPO > > Roy Nutter, Chairman, Morgantown Traffic Commission > Frank Gmeindl, Fly on the Wall > > On December 8, 2010, Paul Mattox, Secretary WVDOT wrote a letter to Narvel Weese, WVU VP Finance and Administration saying that he agreed with the bike lane but needed a traffic management plan for closing the bike lane when WVU needs to park cars on it. This was discussed at today's meeting and it seemed like everybody was in agreement about what would be done but I didn't hear anybody taking the responsibility to document it so I don't know what's going to happen with that. > > Frank > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Mon Blvd. Bike Lane progresses
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Today, the City of Morgantown and WVDOH verbally agreed to split the cost of the Monongahela Boulevard bicycle climbing lane 50/50. Looks like the lane will be installed July 2012. On July 27 of this year, Roy Nutter, Traffic Commission Chairman and I met with Terrence Moore, City Manager to try to get some forward progress on the bike lane. The outcome of that meeting was Terrence setting up today's meeting. At today's meeting, the participants agreed to draft an MOU that specifies the cost share based on a $25K total cost estimate. Terrence stated that he will budget $12.5K for the bike lane as a priority capital improvement project in the FY2012-2013 budget which the City Council must approve next March. Bill Austin agreed to take responsibility for getting the MOU done. I suppose it won't be in effect until Paul Mattox, Secretary WVDOT signs it. I guess Terrence will sign it. I don't know what WVU's role will be in it. Bill also agreed to expedite any Transportation Improvement Plan amendments necessary to get the bike lane into the WVDOH transportation plan. Today's meeting was attended by: Rob Pennington, WVDOT (by phone) Perry Keller, WVDOH (by phone) (Rob and Perry rode with us to the foot of the bike lane at last year's MPO conference) Terrence Moore, City Manager Terry Hough, City Engineer Damien Davis, Assistant City Engineer Randy Dunlap, WVU Director of Facilities and Planning Joe Fisher, MMPO Chairman and former WVU Director of Facilities and Planning Hugh Kierig, WVU Director of Parking and Transportation Bill Austin, Executive Director MMPO Roy Nutter, Chairman, Morgantown Traffic Commission Frank Gmeindl, Fly on the Wall On December 8, 2010, Paul Mattox, Secretary WVDOT wrote a letter to Narvel Weese, WVU VP Finance and Administration saying that he agreed with the bike lane but needed a traffic management plan for closing the bike lane when WVU needs to park cars on it. This was discussed at today's meeting and it seemed like everybody was in agreement about what would be done but I didn't hear anybody taking the responsibility to document it so I don't know what's going to happen with that. Frank

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Fwd: August BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 30 Aug '11

30 Aug '11

I can't recall if I actually sent these out. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shogren, Elizabeth (CDC/NIOSH/DRDS) <edz4(a)cdc.gov> Date: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:30 AM Subject: August BB minutes To: Elizabeth Shogren <elizabeth.schauer(a)gmail.com>

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Re: [Bikeboard] Agenda for next Thursday's meeting
by director 29 Aug '11

29 Aug '11

Frank, et al, Just some notes about the video that we'll be showing on Thursday so there are no surprises. Due to difficulty in getting child actors, particularly males, we weren't able to have it narrated by kids as we planned. At Bobby's suggestion I've been doing the voice/narration, although we still have kids doing the demonstrations - mostly non-speaking. Our intended title is "Let's Start Biking!" We have about 75% of the video filmed, Bobby has started working on the editing and we intend to do the rest of the filming tomorrow nite. We expect everything to be finished by Thursday, but there may be some finishing touches remaining. Bobby has to leave town on Saturday so Friday will be our last day to work on it, which is essentially the Official deadline anyway. Other than what's mentioned above, the script hasn't been changed substantially from what we presented after getting input at the last bike board meeting. Hope you all like it, we're pretty excited about what we've accomplished with limited resources and a short time. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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I believed this for a while, now transportation planners are saying it
by director 28 Aug '11

28 Aug '11

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/drivers-want-more-spac… -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Don Spencer replacement
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, I only learned this week that Don Spencer is no longer a member of the Bicycle Board because he is no longer a member of the Traffic Commission. The Bicycle Board's procedural guidelines, Word version of the document membership sectionrequire that at least one voting member also be a Traffic Commission voting member. I guess the TC will eventually appoint one of their voting members to the BB. I don't know if we have anything to say about who they appoint. If they ask, I would like to have a recommendation with a justification for the recommendation. The current Traffic Commission membership is on the City website at http://www.morgantown.com/traffic.htm but I think it is incorrect. My best guess at the voting members and who/what they represent is: Roy Nutter, Chairman, Member at Large Ken Martis, Planning Commission Wes Nugent, City Council Margaret Roberts, 1st ward Paul Steel, 2nd ward David McKain, 3rd ward Chris Gluck, 4th ward Adam Henry, 5th ward Andrea Soccorsi, 6th ward Jamie Lewis, 7th ward Don Spencer was the City Council representative on the Traffic Commission so he is no longer a member of the Traffic Commission because he lost the City Council election. Bummer. Frank

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Agenda for next Thursday's meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, a suggested agenda for our meeting next Thursday. If you would like to make any changes to the agenda, including additions, please reply ASAP. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Henry Clay 30K
by Chip Wamsley 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:31:33 -0400 Sounds like a good idea. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >gunnar's putting on the 24th annual Henry Clay 30K race this weekend at Cooper's Rock SP. Betsy suggested giving away the new I Share the Road bumper stickers and gunnar plans to put the BikeMorgantown logo on the race announcement: http://gshogren.freeshell.org/Coops/2011_race.html . I'm OK with that but if any of you have any objection, please reply ASAP. > > > >Frank D. Gmeindl >Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >LCI #1703 >491 WilsonAvenue >Morgantown, WV 26501 >304-376-0446 >Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > > >

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Henry Clay 30K
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, gunnar's putting on the 24th annual Henry Clay 30K race this weekend at Cooper's Rock SP. Betsy suggested giving away the new I Share the Road bumper stickers and gunnar plans to put the BikeMorgantown logo on the race announcement: http://gshogren.freeshell.org/Coops/2011_race.html . I'm OK with that but if any of you have any objection, please reply ASAP. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bike/ped language in the new Maryland Driver Ed Handbook
by director 24 Aug '11

24 Aug '11

Good morning, Yesterday Chet Parsons forwarded a link to the new MD handbook. The complete document is huge, but I cut out the section on bikes and pedestrians. It looks like good model language. Enjoy. Expect Bicyclists on the Road Expect to find a bicyclist on all types of roads (except interstate highways and toll facilities), at all intersections and roundabouts, in all types of weather, and at all times of the day and night. Bicyclists may ride out in the travel lane for their own safety due to narrow roads, or to avoid obstacles or pavement hazards. On roads without shoulders, or with cars parked along the right side, often the safest place for a bicyclist to ride is in the center of the lane. In Maryland, a bicyclist may use the full lane even while traveling substantially below the speed of traffic if the lane is too narrow for a car to safely pass a bicycle within the lane). Before opening a car door, check for bicyclists who may be approaching from behind. Following a Bicyclist As you approach a bicyclist, slow down. Avoid honking your horn. Bicyclists can usually hear an approaching vehicle and loud noises can startle bicyclists, causing a crash. Bicycles do not have turn signals so bicyclists use hand and arm signals to alert you of their intentions. Do not follow a bicycle too closely. Remember that small holes, glass, and other hazards can be particularly dangerous to bicyclists. Bicycles can stop and maneuver quickly so a bicyclist may swerve or change speed to avoid a road hazard that a motorist cannot see. Pass with Care -- Give Bikes at Least 3 Feet Pass a bicyclist as you would any slowly moving vehicle. Be prepared to slow down, wait until oncoming traffic is clear and then allow at least 3 feet of clearance between your car and the bicyclist when passing. The same 3-foot clearance applies if you are passing a bicyclist in a bike lane, on the shoulder, or in the same lane as your car. After passing a bicyclist, check your mirror to ensure that you have completely passed the bicycle with enough room before you move back to the right. Use Caution at Intersections, Bridges and Driveways Always assume that bicyclists are traveling straight through an intersection unless they signal otherwise, and yield to bicycles just as you would to any other vehicle. Bicyclists often ride on sidewalks and trails, so look both ways before crossing a sidewalk or trail. A bicycle may come from an unexpected direction. Never make a right turn from a through lane immediately after passing a bike on a shoulder or bike lane. Try to avoid any chance that a bicycle will be to your right or in your right blind spot when you turn right. Before starting a right turn, move as far to the right as practicable within the bike lane, shoulder, or right turn lane. Yield to bicycles as to any other vehicle proceeding straight. Do not turn left immediately in front of a bicycle. Experienced bicyclists often ride very fast (as fast as 35 mph!) and may be closer than you think. If you are passing a left-turning vehicle by moving right, first look closely for bicycles. Wherever a travel way narrows for a bridge, parked cars, or other obstructions on the right, be prepared for a bicyclist riding on the shoulder to merge left into the main traffic lane. Driving at Night If you see a dim reflective object at night do not assume that it is outside of the roadway. It could be a bicycle in the main travel lane. Bicyclists sometimes avoid shoulders at night when cars are not present because tree branches, potholes, debris, and even the edge of the pavement are difficult to see. Your headlights may provide enough light for the bicyclist to safely move into the shoulder for you to pass, but it takes longer at night. When approaching a bicycle, use your low beam headlights. Watch for Children Children on bicycles are sometimes unpredictable. Expect the unexpected and remember they are small in stature and may be hard to see. Young bicyclists are especially likely to make surprising changes in direction. Be aware of bicyclists entering the roadway from driveways or near parked cars. Strictly observe speed limits in school zones and in residential areas to allow time to see, and safely share the road with, young bicyclists. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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New MVA manual out
by Chet Parsons 23 Aug '11

23 Aug '11

Maryland has a new driver's manual out - bicycle section starts on page 29 - goes into effect this fall. The pdf is almost 9 MB so I just included the link to the page. http://www.mva.maryland.gov/Resources/DL-002A.pdf Chet

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Treehugger article today: Curing car vs. cyclist wars...
by director 18 Aug '11

18 Aug '11

Good morning, This article has some interesting and useful statistics to confront motorists with. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/curing-car-versus-cyclist-wars-with… I particularly like this line... "Though the idea of withholding funding to a system until all users agree to strictly follow the rules is a new line of logic (imagine canceling road improvements until car drivers were caught speeding), bashing scofflaw cyclists, or course, isn't unique to Portland or Commissioner Fritz" My takeaway from the article is this. Everyone behaves about equally badly on the roads, not surprising since there is probably a lot of overlap between the groups polled. Equally unsurprising is that the recommended solution is to just "Yield the right of Way" - already a law that applies to motorist, bicyclists and pedestrians. What's missing in traffic education is an explanation of what "Yield" means and an understanding of who has the right of way. We've addressed that in the youth cycling video we're working on. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Fwd: 2011 PLANNING CONFERENCE
by Frank Gmeindl 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, This is an invitation to the annual WVDOT/MPO/FHWA Transportation Planning Conference Sep. 20-22. Last year, we made a good showing with a good presentation and an evening bike ride on which several BB members hosted several WVDOT employees on a bike ride followed by a picnic. Several months ago, I already committed to another activity the last 2 weeks of September so will not be attending the Transportation Planning Conference. I think the BB should be represented and am asking you to send someone. I am willing to help out however I can but I cannot go. Since this is clearly a ripe banana, I would like us to discuss it by e-mail and hopefully have someone identified to go and have a plan before our Sep. 4 BB meeting. Even if we can't get on the agenda, we should go to continue to nurture the relationships we established last year. 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Attached is the official announcement along with the tentative agenda. Here is the link to the website to register http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/wvdiv/2011plancon/ > > Please make reservations no later than September 6. Also attached is a tentative agenda. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Please accept my apologies if you receive this email more than once and for the late notice. > > One change from the website….the conference will begin at 12:30 pm now instead of 1 pm. > > > William R. Murray, P.E. > Regional Planning Engineer > Freight Coordinator > WVDOT-DOH > Program Planning & Administration Division > (304) 558-9741 > Bill.R.Murray(a)wv.gov > > > >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Route signs
by Chip Wamsley 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:46:37 -0400 >Bike Route Mapping Team, > >We will have approximately $3,000 left in the education grant budget that must be spent before Sep. 4. I met with Jeff Mikorski today to discuss options. One is to purchase Bike Route signs. Another is to print the Bike Route Map. > >Purchasing signs is probably more straightforward. There are standard bike route signs defined in the MUTCD (see attached). We may also want to purchase directional arrows to go with the signs but this would necessitate knowing where the signs will be located. The City both makes and purchases signs. For this task, we probably want to purchase them from a vendor. Damien may be able to give us contact info for a sign vendor that the City has used. Alice, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. > >Printing the bike route map will probably be more work. Decisions will have to be made on size, format etc. in addition to getting a vendor to do it. Chet, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. One possible outcome is a decision that it can't be done on time. > >Whatever we do, the products will have to be delivered before Sep. 4. > >Let's copy at least the other members of the mapping team on our discussion of these options at least until we make a decision whether to pursue one, the other or some combination of both. Obviously, one factor in our decision will be that we have approximately $3,000 to work with. > >Frank D. Gmeindl >Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >LCI #1703 >491 WilsonAvenue >Morgantown, WV 26501 >304-376-0446 >Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > > >To all, I'm in favor of the signs as we have the map on the web site and the signs will be more visible initially an dmaybe get that program kick started. Chip

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Fwd: Complaint - Rule Breaking Bikers
by Frank Gmeindl 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Chip, Ryan and gunnar for helping me craft the following response to Mr. Smith. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: BikeMorgantown <bikemorgantown(a)gmail.com> > Date: August 15, 2011 3:57:00 PM EDT > To: <Bryan_C_Smith(a)nerdshack.com> <Bryan_C_Smith(a)nerdshack.com> > Subject: Re: Complaint - Rule Breaking Bikers > > Dear Mr. Smith, > > Thank you for your message. I'm delighted that you have seen the ads and appreciate your comments. > > You are correct, the ads do not show cyclists disobeying rules. We chose to show cyclists obeying rules. The purpose of the ads is to educate. > > The first three spots: "Always Ride with the Flow of Traffic", "Obey Intersection Rules" and "Always Scan, Signal and Negotiate" are aimed directly at cyclists and are intended to show cyclists proper behavior to avoid the most common cyclist errors that cause crashes. Spots 4-7: "Treat Bicycles the Same as Other Vehicles", "Passing Cyclists Safely", "Yield to Traffic that has the Right of Way" and "Watch for Cyclists" address key motorist errors that cause crashes with bicycles. In each of these cases, first the motorist error is shown and then the correct motorist action is shown. In these spots, the intention is to show each error from a cyclist's eye view to make both cyclists and motorists aware of the jeopardy in which these movements put the cyclist and then to show the proper movement. If you're interested in viewing these video spots at your leisure, you can see them at > http://bikemorgantown.com/articles.php?str=2010/08/psas-complete.html > > I too have observed bicyclists violating the rules of the road. Teaching the rules of the road is the primary emphasis of the Confident City Cycling Traffic Skills 101 classes that we teach every Monday night and one weekend each month. Please check the calendar at http://bikemorgantown.com/calendar.php for the schedule and more complete course descriptions. > > Your statement, "Since this campaign kicked off, I’ve seen no real world examples of such behavior." prompts me to ask how much you ride and where. As both a bicyclist and a motorcyclist, I have frequently observed the shown motorist errors. Talk with a seasoned cyclist or go into any bike shop and I'm sure you'll hear plentiful tales of motorists pulling out in front of cyclists, passing them too closely and cutting in front of them. Federal Highway Administration studies have shown such errors to be major causes of crashes between bicycles and motor vehicles. In addition to the rules of the road, in Traffic Skills 101 we also teach bicycle handling skills to prevent motorists making these errors and to avoid crashes caused by them. > > If you ride a bike or are considering riding a bike, I hope you will scan the BikeMorgantown.com website and perhaps register for one or our classes. If you send me your surface mail address, I'll send you some hard copies of other educational materials that we are distributing. Perhaps you could help us convert some of those rule breaking jerks into model cyclists. > > In any case, I am grateful for your interest and hope you will tell others about Morgantown's Confident City Cycling program. > > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:06 PM, <Bryan_C_Smith(a)nerdshack.com> <Bryan_C_Smith(a)nerdshack.com> wrote: > >> Dear sir or ma’am, >> >> Pardon me for disturbing you, but I have a complaint about your ad campaign. In the “Same Roads, Same Rules, Same Rights” ads, all of the examples of carelessness/malfeasance involve the drivers of automobiles disrespecting (or putting at risk) bicyclists – but none showing the reverse. Since this campaign kicked off, I’ve seen no real world examples of such behavior. >> >> However, I have seen bikers flagrantly disrespecting the rules of the road. For example, at the 4-way stop by the WVU Business School, I recently saw a man on a bicycle mixed in with a line of cars stopped at the red light. Rather than wait, he got out of line, passed the five cars in front of him, and then turned left on the red light. Luckily, there wasn’t any oncoming traffic at the moment – but that’s pretty flagrant, dangerous, and hardly an example of the “same rules” applying to both vehicle types. >> >> Now, I respect the goal your trying to reach. But please try for a slightly more balanced tone – bikers can be every bit the rule breaking jerks that automobile drivers can be. And if you could remind the local bicyclists that they have to follow the rules of the road too, it would be nice. >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> Sincerely, >> Bryan Smith >> >> >

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Thank you for bicycling in our city!
by Frank Gmeindl 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, What do you think of the attached? If you like it and we can get a design for a sticker for here, we could probably use some of the remaining grant money for it. Let me know if you want to take this on. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Route signs
by Frank Gmeindl 11 Aug '11

11 Aug '11

Damien, Thanks for being so pro-active on supporting the BB, especially as an ex-officio! Apparently, you're the only member willing to work on the bike route signs so if you're willingly to do everything to get them ordered and delivered, go for it. Otherwise, your work would be to no avail for our Sep 4 sign delivery deadline. You can now access the bike route map on bikemorgantown.com. Frank On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> wrote: > Frank, > > I spoke with Jeff about this the other day and I am working on getting cost for "Bike Route" and "Share the Road" signs from a couple different vendors. Do you still what this Info? > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com > > > From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > To: "Chet Parsons" <chetparsons(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Jim Rye" <Jim.Rye(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:15:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Route signs > > Chet, > > Thanks for taking the lead on getting the bike route map printed. Apparently nobody wants to work on getting the signs so it looks like we'll apply our remaining resources to printing the bike route map. Besides determining the sizes, identifying vendors and estimating costs, what else has to be done? On what will you need help? I hope some other members will chip in. > > Frank > > On Aug 8, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Chet Parsons wrote: > > Chip makes a good argument. What does everyone else think? > > I can still spec out the printing costs for a couple different sizes. > > On Aug 8, 2011 6:35 PM, "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > I meant to provide this link to the section of the MUTCD that addresses bike route signs: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009/part9.pdf . I've also attached figure 9B-4 from that section that shows the signs. We probably need a bunch of D11-1 and M5's and M6's. That section at the link also specifies sign size, where they must be located, etc. > > > > Frank > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Do we have the right mayor?
by Graber, Stephen 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Thought most of you would enjoy this! Fed up with illegal parking, the Mayor of Vilnius used a tank to crush a Mercedes that was illegally parked in a bike lane. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/vilnius-mayor-crushes-car-in-bi… ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________

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Bike Route signs
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Bike Route Mapping Team, We will have approximately $3,000 left in the education grant budget that must be spent before Sep. 4. I met with Jeff Mikorski today to discuss options. One is to purchase Bike Route signs. Another is to print the Bike Route Map. Purchasing signs is probably more straightforward. There are standard bike route signs defined in the MUTCD (see attached). We may also want to purchase directional arrows to go with the signs but this would necessitate knowing where the signs will be located. The City both makes and purchases signs. For this task, we probably want to purchase them from a vendor. Damien may be able to give us contact info for a sign vendor that the City has used. Alice, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. Printing the bike route map will probably be more work. Decisions will have to be made on size, format etc. in addition to getting a vendor to do it. Chet, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. One possible outcome is a decision that it can't be done on time. Whatever we do, the products will have to be delivered before Sep. 4. Let's copy at least the other members of the mapping team on our discussion of these options at least until we make a decision whether to pursue one, the other or some combination of both. Obviously, one factor in our decision will be that we have approximately $3,000 to work with. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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(no subject)
by director 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Good morning, I received 2 comments from bike board members after last Thursday's presentation at the meeting. Today is the day I'll be finalizing the script. The 2 comments related to the sequence of subjects. I'll take that under advisement, but be aware that we can still change sequencing of scenes after they are shot. Naturally we want to get it as right as possible in the script though to save time. Thanks for your comments and support. Nick. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Fwd: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Aug '11

07 Aug '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: August 7, 2011 2:10:49 PM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Roy Nutter" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject: Re: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder > > Bryan, > > I hope you read this message before you take any action on the Mon Blvd. striping. I rode up there yesterday and it's already been re-striped with the standard 4-inch wide stripe. So, please ignore my request to stripe it with a 6-inch wide stripe. Hopefully, we'll soon get all the ducks in all the ducks in a row to mark the climbing shoulder as a bike lane and then we can widen the edge stripe to 6-inches. > > Thanks for your positive response and cooperation! > > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Frank Gmeindl wrote: > >> Thanks, Bryan! >> >> Frank >> >> On Aug 4, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Radabaugh, Bryan L wrote: >> >>> We will look into it and let you know. >>> >>> Bryan Radabaugh >>> >>> From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:03 PM >>> To: Radabaugh, Bryan L >>> Cc: Roy Nutter; Bill Austin; Damien Davis >>> Subject: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder >>> >>> Bryan, >>> >>> Can you paint a 6-inch wide stripe between the roadway and shoulder northbound on Monongahela Blvd. between Eighth St. and Evansdale Drive? >>> >>> Yesterday, I noticed that new asphalt has been applied to that shoulder. Please accept the gratitude of many cyclists for repairing the shoulder which has been crumbling lately. >>> >>> The new asphalt has covered the roadway edge line so I assume you will re-stripe it as soon as possible. Instead of the standard 4-inch white edge line, I'm wondering if you could apply a 6-inch wide stripe. 6-inch is the standard stripe width for demarcating a bike lane. As you know, WVDOH, the City of Morgantown, the Morgantown Monongalia MPO and WVU have been negotiating for a bicycle climbing lane on that shoulder and we continue to progress toward realizing it. Painting a 6-inch wide stripe could be another small step in that direction. >>> >>> See page Page 23 of 1999 AASHTO Guide to the Development of Bicycle Facilities (http://www.sccrtc.org/bikes/AASHTO_1999_BikeBook.pdf ) for stripe width guidance. >>> >>> I've attached the bike lane plans for your convenience. >>> >>> >>> Frank D. Gmeindl >>> Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >>> LCI #1703 >>> 491 WilsonAvenue >>> Morgantown, WV 26501 >>> 304-376-0446 >>> Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >>> >> >

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Fwd: Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda August 11, 2011 6:30 PM
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached are the agenda and attachments for this week's MPO "Citizen's Acvisory Committee meeting. If you have comments, please send to me before Thursday. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: August 5, 2011 5:53:25 PM EDT > To: "'Bill Austin'" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, "'Maria Smith'" <MariaSmith(a)busride.org>, <sawdustinc(a)comcast.net>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Cc: "'D. Williams'" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Subject: Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda August 11, 2011 6:30 PM > > > > CAC Members, > > Please find attached the agenda and information items for the upcoming meeting. Please let me know if you will be unable to attend the meeting. > > Thank you, > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > "The key to change is to let go of fear." Roseanne Cash > "Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream" Malcolm Muggeridge > > > > >

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Tonight's product
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached the result of our work on the Education and Encouragement sections of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. It's also in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/EducationEncouragement.doc Perhaps we can complete this and the Enforcement section next meeting? Frank

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In-line grates
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Thanks to help from gunnar and Ryan, I managed to put a news item on in-line grates at http://bikemorgantown.com/articles.php?str=2011/08/wvdoh-replaces-in-line-g… Enjoy! Frank

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Youth Cycling Skills video project - < 10yo - Preliminary Script
by director 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Good evening, Attached you'll find the preliminary script for the <10 video. It's been through several iterations already, but Robby is out of town until Monday so I'm presenting this to all of you to make comments before then. Please send me your comments external to the document, referring to section topic and what your suggested change is. At this point the video reads in about 9 minutes, the longest we expect it to be in final production. If you have sections for topics to add or remove please don't hesitate to say so. If we have extra content after finalizing the video, we will probably deliver it separately so it might be used for PSA and such. Thank you for your time and comments. See you at the meeting. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Parking tonight
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, For those of you driving a motor vehicle to tonight's BB meeting park in Lot F. That's the parking lot behind the church that is beside the lot in which we used to park and that is now being reconstructed for the farmers market. According to the Parking Authority, you won't get a ticket tonight. Frank

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Parking tonight
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, For those of you driving a motor vehicle to tonight's BB meeting park in Lot F. That's the parking lot behind the church that is beside the lot in which we used to park and that is now being reconstructed for the farmers market. According to the Parking Authority, you won't get a ticket tonight. Frank

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Better late than never
by Chet Parsons 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Here's a slogan I saw on the interwebz today. [image: biketraffic.jpg]

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Success!
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

WVDOH has replaced the in-line grates on Beechurst Av. with bicycle-friendly grates. See attached before and after pics. Thanks to Bryan Radabaugh, WVDOH District 4 Design Engineer for making it happen. Thanks to Betsy Shogren for first identifying the issue way back in 2007 when the BB brainstormed a list of improvements for bicyclists. Frank Never, never, never, never give up - Winston Churchill

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Agenda & read-aheads for Thursday
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached, please find the final agenda for this Thursday's BB meeting. Also attached, are the minutes of the last meeting and the Education and Encouragement sections of the draft Morgantown Bicycle plan. Please note that there are some other read-aheads to which links are provided at the bottom of the agenda. Frank

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FW: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure
by director 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

Good afternoon, This is the most recent response to my inquiry about the status of bike access on the Ice's Ferry Bridge on Cheat Lake at Lakeview (SR857). Note that the message makes no mention of bicycles, in spite of the fact that I specifically asked about them. Sheesh. As I've mentioned before, the contractors have let me cross every time I've asked when I've had to get across during working hours. As mentioned below, they've been leaving the road open at the end of every workday to give dockowners access and this makes it passable for bikes as well. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Estel, Tracy L" <Tracy.L.Estel(a)wv.gov> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:02:02 -0400 Mr. Hein, At this time, the roadway and bridge are not open to traffic. However, the bridge may be used for access by those who own the docks on the Morgantown side. We are working with the contractor to try to open the roadway and bridge sooner than the contract completion date of October 31, 2012. Thank you, Tracy Estel Acting Construction Engineer -----Original Message----- From: director [mailto:director@positivespin.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:42 AM To: Radabaugh, Bryan L Subject: RE: [Bikeboard] Ice's Ferry Bridge closure Bryan, About 2 months ago Frank Gmeindl and I met with Fred Shoukry, at which time Fred indicated that the Ices Ferry bridge would re-open in 3-4 weeks to one-lane traffic. I've seen no indication that this is going to happen and construction workers at the site are unaware of any plans to reopen to traffic. Has this changed? I am still riding the bridge daily, having to get permission to cross each time from the site workers. I'm concerned, particularly today since seeing more activity on the Morgantown side, that there may be days when the route is blocked. Thank you for your attention to this matter. My job really does depend on me having a safe and reliable route to get to Morgantown. Other cyclists depend on it as well. Nick Hein. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 -- -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Fwd: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

FYI Begin forwarded message: > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: August 2, 2011 12:02:46 PM EDT > To: Bryan L Radabaugh <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov> > Cc: Roy Nutter <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Bill Austin <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder > > Bryan, > > Can you paint a 6-inch wide stripe between the roadway and shoulder northbound on Monongahela Blvd. between Eighth St. and Evansdale Drive? > > Yesterday, I noticed that new asphalt has been applied to that shoulder. Please accept the gratitude of many cyclists for repairing the shoulder which has been crumbling lately. > > The new asphalt has covered the roadway edge line so I assume you will re-stripe it as soon as possible. Instead of the standard 4-inch white edge line, I'm wondering if you could apply a 6-inch wide stripe. 6-inch is the standard stripe width for demarcating a bike lane. As you know, WVDOH, the City of Morgantown, the Morgantown Monongalia MPO and WVU have been negotiating for a bicycle climbing lane on that shoulder and we continue to progress toward realizing it. Painting a 6-inch wide stripe could be another small step in that direction. > > See page Page 23 of 1999 AASHTO Guide to the Development of Bicycle Facilities (http://www.sccrtc.org/bikes/AASHTO_1999_BikeBook.pdf ) for stripe width guidance. > > I've attached the bike lane plans for your convenience. > > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > >

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Fwd: Invitation to Meeting On Human Services Transportation
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

FYI Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: August 1, 2011 5:32:43 PM EDT > To: <bill(a)byrnehedges.com>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, <eldonc(a)msn.com>, <gvmayor(a)comcast.net>, <jambie1(a)comcast.net>, <jlgoodwi(a)access.k12.wv.us>, "'Joe Fisher'" <Joe.Fisher(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Mike Kelly" <dulaneyoil(a)comcast.net>, <Moncom(a)aol.com>, <statler4board(a)hotmail.com>, <mayordave(a)comcast.net> > Cc: "'Hugh Kierig'" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'D. Williams'" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net>, <rwsnyder301(a)comcast.net>, "'Butch Renner'", <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Shoukry, Fouad N" <Fouad.N.Shoukry(a)wv.gov>, "Terry Hough" <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Tim Ball" <tball(a)mub.org>, "Warner, Richard L" <Richard.L.Warner(a)wv.gov>, <sawdustinc(a)comcast.net>, "'Maria Smith'" <MariaSmith(a)busride.org>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <cabildso(a)yahoo.com>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: Invitation to Meeting On Human Services Transportation > > MPO Committee Members, > > The WVA Division of Public Transit has hired a consultant to develop a Human Services Transportation Plan for Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties. They are holding a meeting to identify the needs for this type of transportation on August 9th at the Marion County Senior Center. I am planning to attend this meeting but other interested parties are welcome to attend as well. Please pass this information on to those you know who may be interested in attending the meeting. > > If you would like to ride with me please let me know. I am attaching an invitation for your information. > > Thank you, > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > "The key to change is to let go of fear." Roseanne Cash > "Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream" Malcolm Muggeridge > > > >

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Agenda for next Thursday's BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, a suggested agenda for next Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting. Please reply at your earliest convenience with any changes you'd like to make. Frank

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Fwd: Draft ADA Priority List
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

FYI. Action, if any, due before this Friday. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: July 27, 2011 9:07:06 PM EDT > To: <bill(a)byrnehedges.com>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, <eldonc(a)msn.com>, <gvmayor(a)comcast.net>, <jambie1(a)comcast.net>, <jlgoodwi(a)access.k12.wv.us>, "'Joe Fisher'" <Joe.Fisher(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Mike Kelly" <dulaneyoil(a)comcast.net>, <Moncom(a)aol.com>, <statler4board(a)hotmail.com>, <mayordave(a)comcast.net> > Cc: "'Hugh Kierig'" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'D. Williams'" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net>, <rwsnyder301(a)comcast.net>, "'Butch Renner'", <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Shoukry, Fouad N" <Fouad.N.Shoukry(a)wv.gov>, "Terry Hough" <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Tim Ball" <tball(a)mub.org>, "Warner, Richard L" <Richard.L.Warner(a)wv.gov>, <sawdustinc(a)comcast.net>, "'Maria Smith'" <MariaSmith(a)busride.org>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <cabildso(a)yahoo.com>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: Draft ADA Priority List > > MPO Committee Members, > > As you may or may not be aware we were contacted by DOH approximately two weeks ago and asked to prepare a list of projects that would address American with Disabilities Acts issues within the area. We forwarded a request to all of the MPO’s member jurisdictions and agencies for projects that would address these concerns. We need to submit the list preferably prioritized to DOH for their analyses on Friday. We received responses from two of our member organizations the City of Morgantown and Mountain Line. The responses indicated that the MPO should look at many corridors for sidewalk improvements as part of the development of our long range plan. > > However, it is my estimation that the funding that will be available from DOH for these projects will be relatively limited and that it should be focused on addressing pressing issues. For this reason I am recommending that the MPO recommend no more than five projects. The list below is three projects. Please feel free to suggest projects in addition to those listed below. A summary of the recommended projects provided by the responding agencies is attached for your review. Please note that the highlighted projects in the list were the priority projects of the recommending agency. > > In reviewing the project proposed by the responding agencies it is staff’s recommendation that at a minimum the following list be provided to DOH on Friday. > > 1) Intersection of Spruce and Willey Street-Curb cut correction, removal of obstructions, and other improvements. Recommended by Morgantown Pedestrian Board and Northern WV Center for Independent Living > > 2) 119 (Grafton Road) at Scott’s Road-Installation of landing area, pedestrian signal. Recommended by Mountain Line-One known pedestrian fatality at this location > > 3) Provide Sidewalk and crossing and ramp to Caperton Trail on Earl Core Road at Powell Avenue. In driving the WV 7 corridor it could be argued that the stretch between I-68 and the Hogback turn could all use sidewalk and that the sidewalk from the Hogback to the Walnut Street Bridge needs to be upgraded. In fact that is the recommendation of both Mountain Line and the City of Morgantown. While we concur the entire corridor needs sidewalk we are recommending the proposed project because it would allow the Caperton trail to fill the missing link between the Brookhaven residential area and the commercial area along Earl Core Road. Recommended by Mountain Line and Morgantown Pedestrian Board. > > It should be noted that staff concurs that there should be sidewalk/transit facility accommodations along 19 in Westover. However, right of way limitations as well as an incomplete knowledge of pedestrian/transit use along the corridor does not permit the selection of one single site above the several sites recommended. > > Please let me know of any concerns with submitting this list to DOH by 3 PM on Friday. If there are no concerns this list will be submitted then. > > Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. > > > Respectfully, > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > "The key to change is to let go of fear." Roseanne Cash > "Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream" Malcolm Muggeridge > > > >

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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please review and comment on attached draft Bicycle Board Report to Traffic Commission that I would like to present at next Wednesday's Traffic Commission meeting. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Police Info Card
by Chip Wamsley 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> Reply-To: ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:01:35 -0400 (EDT) All, I like the ticket size (with fold option) because in unfolded form it has more impact like a ticket but folded it can be tucked in a wallet. The whole idea of a smaller format was to eliminate cruiser clutter, but has anyone asked officers on the force what they think? Chip >Frank, Gunnar; > >Here are a couple quick ideas for the Police informational card. One is a ticket size handout ( 6in. x 3.5in.) that would be print front and back (motorist on one side and cyclist on the other). It could be left ticket size or folded twice to be the size of a business card. The other is business card sized. There would have to be two different cards, one for motorist and one for cyclist. I did this real quick so let me know if you like any of them and I will develop them further. Thanks > > >J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer >City of Morgantown >Public Works Department - Engineering Division >389 Spruce Street >Morgantown , WV 26505 >Office: 304.284.7398 >Fax: 304.284.7409 >www.morgantown.com > > >

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Fwd: Bike Video - Contracts, budgets and description
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Jul '11

21 Jul '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> > Date: July 18, 2011 12:41:37 PM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, <jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject: Bike Video - Contracts, budgets and description > Reply-To: <director(a)positivespin.org> > > Jeff, Frank, > Positive Spin is pleased to provide the City of Morgantown (in cooperation with the Bicycle Board/Education Committee) with this proposal to produce a video of youth bicycling skills. Frank Gmeindl has seen an earlier version and recommended changes, which I've incorporated as best I can. As of this writing I hadn't received a sample contract to guide the draft format so I've prepared it as best I can. Please let me know if this is satisfactory, our timeline is short and we need to be under contract before any work can proceed. > > Thank you, > Nick > > -- > Nick Hein LCI# 1705 > Director, Positive Spin > 803 East Brockway Ave > Morgantown, WV > ph 304-276-0213 > --

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July BB Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Happy Summer! Enjoy the attached BB minutes! Betsy

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Handout
by Frank Gmeindl 16 Jul '11

16 Jul '11

Chris, Thank you very much for creating the opportunity for the Bicycle Board to work with the Planning Commission on bicycle storage. Thanks also for keeping us on topic and for driving to a consensus. The electronic file for the presentation that Chip delivered is in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/BicycleStorage/BICYCLE%20PARKING%20REPORT.d… . You should be able to just click on the link and download it. (It's too big for me to attach to an e-mail.) After Thursday's meeting, we took an action item to collect city bicycle storage ordinances, summarize them and share them with you. It may take a month or so for us to complete this. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: Storage
by Frank Gmeindl 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

Bicycle Board Members, Chris Fletcher contacted me today to schedule for July 14, the workshop that the BB will conduct with the Planning Commission on bicycle parking and storage. I originally only copied the BB Parking Committee on the message at the bottom of this thread. Only Chip responded. While he provided valuable input, he did not volunteer to take the lead on this. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEAD OR PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORKSHOP, PLEASE REPLY ASAP, If someone doesn't step up by Friday to lead this, I will tell Chris then that it ain't gonna happen. He has already discussed this with the Planning Commission and they want to do it. They are also willing to make it the second part of their July 14 meeting which begins at 6:30 pm. The workshop would tentatively begin at 7:30 pm and would best be kept short: say 30 minutes to an hour. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: chip wamsley <chipwamsley(a)gmail.com> > Date: May 17, 2011 6:17:17 AM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: Don Spencer <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>, Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu, Gunnar Shogren <gshogren(a)gmail.com>, Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org>, Alice Vernon <vernon.mail(a)gmail.com>, Elizabeth Shogren <elizabeth.schauer(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Storage > > Frank, > > Chris is partly right--we should educate him, but the developers will only act if there is an ordinance. There has been at least one case where the fire marshall forced an apartment complex in Star City along the trail to make provisions for bike parking because residents were locking bikes to interior railings, thereby blocking access. I can come to a meeting with Chris, let me know when. I don't think we should wait until our June meeting, the sooner we get the wheels rolling the better. > > Chip > > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Parking Committee Members, > > On August 6, 2007, we sent to Chris Fletcher (then City Planner) the attached recommendation for bicycle storage in multi-family dwellings. That recommendation became Morgantown ordinance 1349.08 PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS. > > Unfortunately, our recommendation was for multi-family dwellings in areas zoned B-4 and we recently learned that only downtown is zoned B-4. So, that ordinance does not apply to multi-family dwellings such as the new BeechView and any other buildings around town that aren't in areas zoned B-4. > > Don Spencer has met with Chris Fletcher to try to get the areas expanded. Chris doesn't want to do it. He does not like the standards in B-4 and does not feel that he has adequate justification to address changing standards for bike “parking” in multi-family construction outside of B-4 in a facility like Beech View. Don explained to him that the issue is not just parking but also bike storage. It is not safe to leave a $500 bike in an open garage night after night, week after week. There needs to be other lock-up storage provided or else hooks in bed rooms, etc. > > Chris also feels that his office is being put in the middle between the Bike Board and the developers. He says that the Bicycle Board should be doing the education of the Planning Commission members and for the developers on the matter if the Bicycle Board feels strongly about the importance of the parking. > > Personally, I think that being in the middle between the BB and developers is exactly where Chris should be. The BB advises the TC and the TC advises the City Manager who is Chris' boss. I agree that we should educate Chris but not that we should get between him and the developers. > > I would like to arrange for the Parking Committee to meet with Chris Fletcher. I will set up a Doodle to find a date. Maybe waiting for the June BB meeting would be a better idea. You tell me. > > I will meet with Chris this week. My desired outcome for our meeting is that we have an agreement that the BB will educate him and the Planning Commission on bicycle storage by presenting a compelling case based on successes in other cities. I think this could be quite fun because Ken Martis and Jenny Selin are Planning Commission members. From working with Ken on the TC, I expect he would be very enthusiastic about our presentation and we already know that Jenny is on our side since she worked so hard with us to get the downtown parking rings done. > > ASAP, I would like to get prepared for the education meeting with the Planning Commission. if you have any bicycle storage standards, best practices, examples, case studies, etc. that would substantiate our recommendation, could you please send it to me? I will upload them to the Dropbox, https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Public/BicycleStorage::: I remember that we had good stuff when we made the attached recommendation but I no longer have any of that stuff. I only remember that I found some stuff on Pgh. I will search for that again and put it in the Dropbox as well. > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > > > >

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bike lane
by Frank Gmeindl 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Bicycle Board Members, Does anybody know of any WV bike lanes that were funded by the State? As you know, one reason the Mon Blvd. climbing lane is stalled is that the City doesn't have funding for it. In my opinion, the WVDOH snookered the City into even discussing funding it. Since Mon Blvd. is a State highway, the State should be funding it. If we can show them that they've funded bike lanes elsewhere in the state, we'd have a basis to argue that they should fund this one. Frank

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Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Bicycle Board Members, To prepare for our next BB meeting, please review the Education and Encouragement sections of the Bicycle Plan at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Morgantown%20Bicycle%20Plan%20v08.doc . The name of the file is Morgantown Bicycle Plan v08.doc . Frank

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Fwd: June BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

Have a great weekend while enjoying these BB minutes! Betsy

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Agenda for next Thursday's BB meeeting
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached, please find a preliminary draft of an agenda for next Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting. Please reply if you want any changes. Frank

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FYI Fwd: bike projects
by Jim Rye 30 Jun '11

30 Jun '11

James A. Rye, Professor West Virginia University Department of Curriculum & Instruction/Literacy Studies PO Box 6122 604 Allen Hall Morgantown, WV 26506-6122 jim.rye(a)mail.wvu.edu Phone: (304) 293-4416 Fax: (304) 293-3802 Web: http://depts.hre.wvu.edu/c&ils/currinst/rye.html "The first wealth is health." -Ralph Waldo Emerson >>> Rick Landenberger 6/30/2011 6:34 AM >>> Jim, see below. http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/28/255298/cycling-lanes-create-more-j… By Energy Interns on Jun 28, 2011 at 9:10 am Cycling isn't just good for your personal health, it's also good for economic health. A new report by the University of Massachusetts Political Economy Research Institute finds that cycling projects create 11.4 jobs for every $1 million invested - 46% more the 7.8 jobs than car-only road projects.

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Fwd: Transportation Education Events
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: June 29, 2011 4:02:30 PM EDT > To: <bill(a)byrnehedges.com>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>, <eldonc(a)msn.com>, <gvmayor(a)comcast.net>, <jambie1(a)comcast.net>, <jlgoodwi(a)access.k12.wv.us>, "'Joe Fisher'" <Joe.Fisher(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Mike Kelly" <dulaneyoil(a)comcast.net>, <Moncom(a)aol.com>, <statler4board(a)hotmail.com>, <butch442(a)comcast.net>, <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Shoukry, Fouad N" <Fouad.N.Shoukry(a)wv.gov>, "Terry Hough" <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Tim Ball" <tball(a)mub.org>, "Warner, Richard L" <Richard.L.Warner(a)wv.gov>, <sawdustinc(a)comcast.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <cabildso(a)yahoo.com>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, "'Charlie Byrer'" <charliebyrer(a)gmail.com> > Subject: FW: Transportation Education Events > > MPO Committee Members, > > > > Please find attached informational materials for a transportation fair the MPO is sponsoring with Boparc on July 1st from 11:30 to 2:30 pm. The event is being conducted by student participants in Boparc's summer youth program. It will include food and gifts for attendees, Other participants in the Fair include WVU, Mountain Line, and Positive Spin. Please distribute this information so we may have a good turnout at this exciting event. > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Bill Austin, AICP > > Executive Director > > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > > 304-291-9571 > > 304-692-7225 Mobile > > "The key to change is to let go of fear." Roseanne Cash > > "Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream" Malcolm Muggeridge > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Monthly report to TC
by Chip Wamsley 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:07:15 -0400 Frank, Exemplary job as usual. I don't remember who our contact was at the city, but just the other day I had some commuters asking about cleaning the climbing shoulder of Beechurst, that it was getting nasty again. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >Please review and comment on the attached report to the Traffic Commission ASAP. (I think this is due to the TC today.) > >The next Traffic Commission meeting is next Wednesday and I plan to present the attached report. The Traffic Commission secretary sends out one week in advance, a package of read-aheads to the TC members and the attached should be in it. > >Frank > >

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Monthly report to TC
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please review and comment on the attached report to the Traffic Commission ASAP. (I think this is due to the TC today.) The next Traffic Commission meeting is next Wednesday and I plan to present the attached report. The Traffic Commission secretary sends out one week in advance, a package of read-aheads to the TC members and the attached should be in it. Frank

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Bike Fixation
by director 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Good morning, Saw this on Treehugger, thought it would be a great addition to the bike commuter center at WVU Mountaineer Station. I've seen this done on a homebuilt basis before, this one is complete and polished-looking. Nick http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/above-minneapolis-bike-highway-a-se… -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Re: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair 2011
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

Nick, Even though you're no longer a regular member of the Bicycle Board, you continue to be on the mailing list. Former members continue to be on the e-mail list. I was hoping one or more Bicycle Board members would reply to my message. I know that some responded positively to Danielle's initial request. However, if that doesn't happen, unless a Board member objects, as far as I'm concerned, you can have the banner, business cards and bumper stickers. I'll get them to you. When are you at Positive Spin? Frank On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:52 AM, director wrote: > > Frank, > Not sure if I got this as a direct recipient or cc but Positive Spin would be happy to exhibit the banner and hand out the cards and bumper stickers. We'll have a booth at the fair and be conducting kids' riding clinics in the shop since we'll be just across the parking lot. > Nick > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:27:11 -0400 > >> I did not see any responses by Bicycle Board members to this. Perhaps you responded to Danielle one-on-one. >> >> FYI, we made the 8-foot wide Same Roads, Same Rights, Same Rules banner for just such occasions We also have a good supply of the business cards that have on the back the 5 tips for riding better that aren't doing much good on my bookshelf. I don't know the status of the new bumper stickers but I still have about 75 of the current version. Let me know if you can use any of those when you staff the Transportation Fair and I'll get them to you. >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> On Jun 22, 2011, at 1:54 PM, "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> wrote: >> >>> Good Afternoon, >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like to extend the invitation to both the bicycle and the pedestrian boards for the inclusion in the Transportation Fair 2011: Commuter Choice. I have previously mentioned the fair during the normal meetings. However, I wanted to invite you to participate in the fair and represent your board(s) by setting up a table or other education session the day of the fair. The fair will be July 1 11:30-2:30. It will be at Marilla park. If your board would like to distribute information and/or other materials or make donations, we would enjoy having you represented. If anyone would like to help out in another way, please let me know. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thank you again for your help to make this fair a success. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> >>> Danielle N. Williams >>> >>> Assistant to the Director/ TDM Coordinator >>> >>> Morgantown Monongalia MPO >>> >>> 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 >>> >>> Morgantown, WV 26505 >>> >>> Office: 304-413-0297 Mobile: 571-213-1336 >>> >>> >>> >>> Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html >>> >>> >>> >>> “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bikeboard mailing list >>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >> >> >> >> > > -- > Nick Hein LCI# 1705 > Director, Positive Spin > 803 East Brockway Ave > Morgantown, WV > ph 304-276-0213 > -- >

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Transportation Fair 2011
by D. Williams 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Good Afternoon, I would like to extend the invitation to both the bicycle and the pedestrian boards for the inclusion in the Transportation Fair 2011: Commuter Choice. I have previously mentioned the fair during the normal meetings. However, I wanted to invite you to participate in the fair and represent your board(s) by setting up a table or other education session the day of the fair. The fair will be July 1 11:30-2:30. It will be at Marilla park. If your board would like to distribute information and/or other materials or make donations, we would enjoy having you represented. If anyone would like to help out in another way, please let me know. Thank you again for your help to make this fair a success. Best, Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director/ TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-413-0297 Mobile: 571-213-1336 Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com http://plantogether.org/commuterchoices.html "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead

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NYC ticketing cyclists for riding outside the bikelane (riding in the regular lanes)
by Aira Loren Burkhart 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

http://consumerist.com/2011/06/test.html :P aira

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Bike Board Meeting tonight!
by Gunnar Shogren 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Meeting tonight, 6:30 pm at the PSC but NOT the conference room, we'll be in the Training room down the hall. It's looking to be close for the quorum and all that so if you had previously replied to me that you WERE going to be there and now CAN'T make it, please let me know. Really don't want to get on down there and then cancel the meeting cause enough folks aren't there. I know I'd probably rather be eating icee pops and chillin' somewhere cool. So here's the list of non-ex-officio folks that said they were going to be able to make it- Chip- yes Hugh- yes Brandon- yes Ryan- yes Alice- yes Betsy- yes Gunnar- yes If you *are* on this list and aren't going to be able to make it please let me know ASAP, and if you aren't on this list and *can* make it please let me know ASAP. Thank you. Agenda and such will be following shortly. gunnar.

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Meeting tonight
by Heidi Hockenberry 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hi everyone, I will be unable to attend the meeting tonight because I will not be in town. Sincerely, Heidi Hockenberry

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Aira's resignation from Bike Board
by Aira Loren Burkhart 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hey everybody, Please accept my resignation from the Bike Board. The bumper sticker is attached. Thanks, aira

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Meeting is next Thursday
by Ryan Post 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Gunnar asked me to clarify that the BB meeting is next Thursday. I suspect that's the date change Aira was referring to, but I had forgotten myself. So, now everyone can do the social ride at White Park this evening at 6:30, or hangout with Aira. Ryan

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Re: [Bikeboard] aira absent tonight
by Aira Loren Burkhart 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Nevermind, folks. I forgot about the date change. aira On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>wrote: > I believe the BB meeting is next Thursday, June 9. > > > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Aira Loren Burkhart <airaloren(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I will be absent tonight. I will be attending the Marcellus Meeting > tonight at Skyview Elementary. > > > > aira > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikeboard mailing list > > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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aira absent tonight
by Aira Loren Burkhart 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

I will be absent tonight. I will be attending the Marcellus Meeting tonight at Skyview Elementary. aira

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Fwd: Re: FWD: RE: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure
by Director 27 May '11

27 May '11

Good morning, Just realized that I sent this message to Butch, and meant to send it to the entire board. Nick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] FWD: RE: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 10:01:20 -0400 From: Director <director(a)positivespin.org> Organization: Positive Spin, Inc To: Graber, Stephen <sggraber(a)hsc.wvu.edu> Butch, Actually the situation may be better than it would have been but it isn't nearly as good as you infer. My livelihood depends on being able to get back and forth across the lake during the day on an irregular schedule. I've had to adapt by means that put me in legal jeopardy. There's no guarantee that the 3 weeks is accurate, or that there won't be other closures in the future. The fact that DOH wouldn't even consider allowing bikes on I68 and that they weren't aware of their obligation to accommodate cyclists are further indications that WV will retain its ranking as the 50th most bike friendly state. The fact that so few local riders were aware (or cared) about our rights was discouraging to me. My interest is in making bikes effective transportation for everyone, and protecting the rights of everyone to equal road access. If this is all the effectiveness, encouragement or support I can get, it may be time for me to move to a different state where I can get better results for the time and effort I put in. If you think I should stay then I'd like to see a little more activism from all of you who use the roads for cycling. I know you're all busy and biking is mostly just your way to blow off steam, but if you want your rights to the road to continue or improve it's going to take some effort. If this didn't get you up in arms, what will it take? Nick On 5/25/2011 11:01 AM, Graber, Stephen wrote: > You should all feel good about the work you've been doing. I'll bet just 3 - 5 years ago there would have been no accomodation. Three weeks will be painful, but liveable. Look how long the trail's going to be down :( > ------------------------------------------- > Stephen G. Graber > Biochem& Mol Pharmacology > PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 > phone: 304-293-2305 > > ------ _0 > ------ _ \<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*) > ________________________________________ > From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of director [director(a)positivespin.org] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:59 AM > To: Bike Board > Subject: [Bikeboard] FWD: RE: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure > > Good morning, > After meeting with the DOH (Fred Shoukry) to discuss bike alternatives while 857 is under construction, I sent this message to Bryan Radabaugh summarizing the results of the meeting. Long story short, the old bridge will stay open until the new one is up (one-lane only) as soon as they are done removing the utilities from the old bridge - in about 3 weeks. They won't allow bikes on I68 so I don't have a practical way to get to work until then. I'll continue using an impractical one, which I won't discuss on the grounds that it may incriminate me. Thought you might be interested in the DOT link that specifies the DOH's responsibilities to accommodate cyclists. > Nick > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "director"<director(a)positivespin.org> > Reply-To:<director(a)positivespin.org> > Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:53:36 -0400 > > Bryan, > Thanks for following up on this. Yes, Frank Gmeindl and I met yesterday at 2pm with Fred at the Marilla Park office and we talked for about an hour. Fred informed us that the construction contractor has promised to re-open the bridge to one-lane traffic for the duration of the project (expected to be about a year) after they complete the current work of moving the utilities from the old bridge. > > This is obviously good news and I appreciate the efforts of all parties to bring it about, however it still left me with the question of what I do until then. As I've stated before, I run a Morgantown non-profit business (Positive Spin, a sustainable transportation advocacy) that depends on my ability to get from home to work on an irregular and unpredictable schedule. Fred's best suggested alternative was for me to use the Mountain Line bus, which runs at 90 min intervals from 7am to 5pm. I was already aware of this alternative, and have been using it when possible but it rarely is. He offered to see if they can extend their schedule to run later, but I responded that I don't think that will offer any advantage in my situation. > > Fred stated that the WVDOH will not allow bicycles on I68, so it is evident to me that there is no alternative that can be put in place before the old bridge re-opens. I apologize if expressing my transportation needs has led to any hard feelings. I will continue to commute as I have been. However, in future situations I hope that the WVDOH will honor their statutory obligation to accommodate bicyclists as cited in the following DOT link: > http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/freeways.htm > (During the meeting Fred indicated that he was unaware of these statutes and asked me to send them to him > When these statutes are followed bicycle accommodation can be put in place before construction begins. It is my sincere hope that they will be in the future. Please let Fred know that I appreciate the sincere effort and substantial time he put into finding a workable solution. The fact that none was possible is not a reflection on him or me personally, but rather the fact that bicycles were not considered early enough in the planning process. I hope that will be different in the future. > > I don't have an email address for Mr. Shoukry so that I could cc him directly. Please pass this on to him if possible. > Thank you > Nick Hein > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Radabaugh, Bryan L"<Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov> > Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:05:37 -0400 > >> I believe Fred was meeting with you and/or Frank Gmeindl today, please >> let me know if this was the case. >> >> Bryan Radabaugh >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: director [mailto:director@positivespin.org] >> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:24 PM >> To: Radabaugh, Bryan L >> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Ice's Ferry Bridge closure >> >> Bryan, >> Just wanted to check in to see when I can expect to be able to bike from >> my home in Lakeview to Morgantown again since 857 is closed. I don't >> own a car and commute on an irregular schedule that doesn't lend itself >> to bus or carpooling. It's been 3 weeks since I first asked for an >> alternative route, which should have been taken care of before >> construction began. I apologize if I seem impatient, but this isn't >> really something I can wait for. There is currently no practical >> alternative but to use I68. Although it is technically legal for me to >> bike on the Interstate if there is no practical alternative, I'm >> reluctant to do so until I know that law enforcement is aware of this >> technicality. What should I do while I wait for your decision? >> >> Thanks for all you're doing, >> Nick Hein >> >> >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Radabaugh, Bryan L"<Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov> >> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:16:33 -0400 >> >>> Fred Shoukry is going to contact some other individuals that have >>> contacted us about this situation and will contact Mr. Gmeindl as well >>> prior to setting up a meeting to look at potential solutions to this >>> problem. >>> >>> >>> >>> Bryan Radabaugh >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] >>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 7:15 AM >>> To: Bill Austin; Radabaugh, Bryan L; Damien Davis; >>> tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org; Roy Nutter >>> Cc: Bicycle Board >>> Subject: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure >>> >>> >>> >>> Gentlemen, >>> >>> >>> >>> What provision is being made for bicyclists to drive from Cheat Lake to >>> Morgantown during the closure and replacement of Ice's Ferry Bridge? >>> According to this morning's Dominion Post, the detour route is I-68 >> from >>> which bicycles are prohibited. >>> >>> >>> >>> Frank D. Gmeindl >>> Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >>> LCI #1703 >>> 491 WilsonAvenue >>> Morgantown, WV 26501 >>> 304-376-0446 >>> Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> Nick Hein LCI# 1705 >> Director, Positive Spin >> 803 East Brockway Ave >> Morgantown, WV >> ph 304-276-0213 >> -- >> > > -- > Nick Hein LCI# 1705 > Director, Positive Spin > 803 East Brockway Ave > Morgantown, WV > ph 304-276-0213 > -- > > > -- > Nick Hein LCI# 1705 > Director, Positive Spin > 803 East Brockway Ave > Morgantown, WV > ph 304-276-0213 > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3659 - Release Date: 05/25/11 > -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV 265605 ----- No virus found in this message. 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Breaking the "deal" between motorists and bicyclists
by Frank Gmeindl 27 May '11

27 May '11

Bob Shanteau, PhD, PE has decades of traffic engineering experience and accomplishments crafting the traffic laws that we have today. In the somewhat lengthy essay below, he explains much better than I have how cyclists have come to have to battle for our right to the road and how some bicycling advocates can be unwittingly working to lose that right. In the essay below, he is responding to 5 questions asked by another member of a group to which I belong, bicycledriving(a)googlegroups.com. Frank > 1) Bob, is it fair to say that you think cyclists should never share the road when it is safe to do so, or are you okay with sharing the lane and road when it is safe for you to do so? By "share the road", I assume you mean moving to the right edge of the roadway or on a paved shoulder to allow faster traffic to pass. In general terms, I believe that bicyclists should "share the road" whenever a driver of a vehicle in similar circumstances should. The problem is that, for all practical purposes, there are no drivers of vehicles in circumstances that are similar to what a bicyclist faces. The dominant vehicle on the roads today is the motor vehicle, virtually all of which can travel at freeway speeds. As a result, people treat every road as though it were a freeway, where the rule is, "if you can't keep up, you don't belong." Since bicyclists usually can't keep up, they are expected to stay out of the way. Bicyclists are narrow enough that they can sulk along at the edge of the road, out of the way of faster traffic. It's as bicyclists had a "deal" with motorists: Motorists will tolerate bicyclists on the roads as long as bicyclists stay out of their way. I recall a conversation with a CHP Lieutenant a few years ago who said that he would stop anyone going slower than other traffic for impeding, and anyone going faster than the speed limit for speeding. It is a common belief that the roads are safer and more orderly if everyone goes at about the same speed. And a few months ago, during a meeting of the California Statewide Bicycle Task Force, a CHP Captain said that he was not willing to accept revising California's impeding traffic law, which now applies to all drivers (including bicyclists), so that it applied only to drivers of motor vehicles, as in the Uniform Vehicle Code and the traffic laws of about 44 other states. So it should come as no surprise that almost no one knows how to treat a vehicle that is traveling slower than other traffic, and almost everyone believes that bicyclists acting as drivers of vehicles would disrupt the safe and orderly flow of traffic. When I asked Beck about how the rules of the road apply to a slow motorcyclist, he answered: > motorcycle and have little concern for the rights of motorcyclists. i > suspect smv, low cc motor vehicles have fairly strict road use > requirements in CA far stricter than the cyclist allowances, Actually, the provision granting motorcyclists to use of a full lane is in the Uniform Vehicle Code, but not the California Vehicle Code. The CHP FAQ <http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/answers.html> says that motorcyclists can split lanes to pass slower traffic, but says nothing about whether slower motorcyclists must move to the right edge of the right lane to allow faster traffic to pass. (A shoulder is not part of the roadway, and vehicles are allowed only on roadways in California.) Beck's comment about slow moving low cc motor vehicles having stricter road use requirements in CA than bicycles is true. That is but one more symptom of freeway thinking carried over to conventional streets and highways. It is one more manifestation of the belief, "if you can't keep up, you don't belong." Bicycles are just about the only slow moving vehicles (devices in CA) on the roads today. That is because bicycles were originally recognized as vehicles and organizations such as the LAW have, for the most part, been able to fight off challenges to the right of bicyclists to use the roads. But now that status is being challenged by well intentioned people who believe that, for their own good, bicyclists should be treated as something other than drivers of vehicles. If these people get their way, we may very well see bicyclists deprived of the right to use the roads as drivers of vehicles. With that introduction and the proviso that I am not a lawyer, I will now attempt to answer your questions. In your questions, you do not specify whether the road in question has lanes or not. Originally, all roads were unlaned, and on such roads the law is that drivers of slow moving vehicles, including bicyclists, must drive as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (CVC 21654(a) and UVC 11-301(b)) On a laned road, it has been the law since the 1930's that drivers (and bicyclists) proceeding upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall be driven in the right-hand lane for traffic, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (CVC 21654(a) and UVC 11-301(b)) California has a law requiring drivers of slow moving vehicles on two-lane roads to take the next safe turnout when 5 or more vehicles are following. (CVC 21656) > 2) Should mature, adult cyclists ride safely right to share the road if safe when faster traffic is present? At the start of a recent meeting of the Statewide Bicycle Task Force, the same CHP Lieutenant talked about how everyone on the road needs to be courteous. And the same CHP Captain complained about a group of bicyclists on a two lane road in the Napa Valley were delaying him and a bunch of other motorists. Alan Wachtel, Jim Baross and I explained that if there were 5 or more vehicles following, those bicyclists were required to take the next safe turnout to allow faster traffic to pass. Apparently that was news to the CHP Captain, and if we had been able to ask the bicyclists, it probably would have been news to them, too. To answer your question, I believe that a bicyclist on a two lane road has the same duty as the driver of a vehicle to take the next safe turnout when 5 or more vehicles are following. On a multilane road, I believe that a bicyclist has the same duty as the driver of a vehicle to use the right lane. Consider someone driving a fully loaded truck, a recreational vehicle or an old VW bus slowly climbing a steep upgrade. On a two lane road, that driver is required to use the next safe turnout when 5 or more vehicles are following (although that law is honored more in the breach than in the observance). On a multilane road, that driver is required to use the right lane. In fact, there is even an exception in the impeding traffic law for grades. (CVC 22400) As a courtesy, some drivers of slow moving vehicles, particularly on two lane roads, will drive on a shoulder to allow faster traffic to pass (if the shoulder is paved and the pavement is in good shape). In California, bicyclists are explicitly allowed to operate on shoulders (CVC 21650(g)), and as a courtesy, that is generally where bicyclists ride if the shoulder is paved and the pavement is in good shape, even on multilane roads. But the law does not require bicyclists to use, in Andy Clarke's words, "a perfectly rideable shoulder." Otherwise, courts would be in the position of second guessing bicyclists about when the shoulder was perfectly rideable. It would also be a denial of the right of bicyclists to use the roadway as drivers of vehicles, which is something that groups like the LAW have been defending since the 1880's. > 3) is the notion of road sharing somehow beneath vehicular cyclists? You didn't say, but I will assume that you mean sharing a lane side by side with faster traffic. Drivers of slow moving vehicles are required to use the right lane. As a courtesy, I may decide to ride my bicycle on a shoulder if it is wide enough and the pavement is in good shape. Particularly on two lane roads, turning out every so often to allow faster traffic to pass is an expected action of the driver of any slow moving vehicle, including a bicycle. > 4) is your operating mantra One bike, the entire lane, no matter how wide, always? If we have a "mantra," it is that bicyclists should have the same rights and duties as drivers of vehicles (CVC 21200 and UVC 11-1202) We object to laws that micromanage the position of bicyclists on the road (CVC 21202 and UVC 11-1205) or that require bicyclists to use bike lanes (CVC 21208) or sidepaths. We believe such bicyclist-specific laws were enacted not for the safety of bicyclists, but to facilitate the movement of faster traffic. As such, we believe such laws discriminate against bicyclists. I helped write the exceptions contained in CVC 21202 and CVC 21208 in the early 1970's. At the time, there were no exceptions in CVC 21202 and there was no state law at all regarding bike lanes. I recall a meeting with the aide to the state senator who was authoring the legislation, and he said that the legislature would not go along with a bill without bicyclist-specific restrictions, and including the exceptions was the only way to prevent more onerous bicyclist-specific restrictions. I have since come to realize that the reason the legislature would not have gone along with having no bicycle-specific restrictions was the common lack of understanding among the public about how drivers of slow moving vehicles in general (and bicyclists in particular) should act and be treated. Most people believe that because it is usually physically possible for bicyclists to share the right hand lane side by side with passing vehicles of typical width (5 or 6 feet), that, out of common courtesy, bicyclists should always share the lane, even with vehicles of maximum legal width (8 1/2 feet by CVC 35100). If you watch how bicyclists behave on the roads, you will see that most of them engage in "edge riding" behavior. They ride in door zones, pass right turning vehicles on the right, and weave in and out of parked cars. They are staying out of the way, just as the "deal" with motorists dictates. And the penalty for bicyclists who violate that "deal" by getting in the way? They must be taught their place, of course. Thus the honking and shouting and other aggressive behavior that a minority of motorists subject on bicyclists who dare to violate the "deal" by operating their bicycles as drivers of vehicles. On the other hand, it's amazing to experience how most drivers respond to bicyclists acting as drivers. They simply treat such bicyclists as fellow drivers. Based on viewing old films of traffic, the "deal" between motorists and bicyclists apparently existed from the time when motor vehicles started to dominate the roads. It was formalized in 1944 when the original version of UVC 11-1205 was incorporated into the Uniform Vehicle Code and subsequently into the vehicle codes of most states. It required bicyclists to ride as far right as practicable on the roadway, without exception, as though bicycles were always slow moving and all roads were unlaned. At the same time, though, lane lines were being painted on more and more roads. Apparently the authors of UVC 11-1205 wanted bicyclists not to have the same lane use rights as drivers of vehicles. That is still the common belief today, despite the exceptions that were added in the 1970's. Things did not work out the way that we who wrote the exceptions hoped it would. Almost all bicyclists still engage in edge behavior or ride on sidewalks, and almost all motorists still expect bicyclists to stay out of their way. When faced with a narrow right hand lane with no shoulder, most people still say that there is no room on the road for bicyclists and that there is a need to create room with a bike lane or sidepath. Without special facilities, we see that bicyclists ride at the right edge, even if it means riding in the gutter or in the door zone. Most people behave as if they are still going along with the "deal" between motorists and bicyclists. Advocates of bicycle driving, on the other hand, want to break that "deal". We see a future when once again bicyclists act and are treated as drivers of vehicles. We want it to be OK for bicyclists to get in the way of cars. And the first step toward that future is repeal of the laws that discriminate against bicyclists so that legally, bicyclists have the same rights and duties as drivers of vehicles. Not more, not less. That will require educating legislators that bicyclists can and should be treated as drivers of vehicles. Subsequent action includes changes in highway design standards so that freeway style features are eliminated from streets and highways on which bicycles are allowed. And bicycles are detected at all traffic actuated signals. And changes are made in driver education so that motorists learn to deal with bicyclists using the full lane. And youngsters are taught how to operate their bicycles as drivers of vehicles with full lane use rights. And law enforcement officers and judges are educated about when bicyclists and motorists are operating within the law. Our biggest hurdle is getting other people to recognize that the world would be a better place if the "deal" were broken. We believe that bicyclists would be better off, but a lot of bicycle advocates disagree. They think that bicyclists would be better off instead of breaking the "deal", bicyclists were provided with segregated facilities. Most other people see nothing wrong with the "deal", so they go along with the segregated facilities. Who will prevail? Well, there are a lot more people who want to keep the "deal" in place than not. But that does not prevent us from pointing out the advantages to bicyclists of breaking the "deal". Bob Shanteau P.S. by Frank Gmeindl: CHP = California Highway Control (Bob is in CA) CVC = California Vehicle Code UVC = Uniform Vehicle Code: a national guide. States may choose parts to implement. WV has chosen not to include the exceptions to the "Far to the Right" provision that the UVC offers but PA and MD have. In WV, bicycles are not considered to be vehicles. LAW = League of American Wheelmen (now LAB, League of American Bicyclists)

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Fwd: Additional information on the 2011 Bicycle Friendly State ranking and grades
by Frank Gmeindl 25 May '11

25 May '11

Bicycle Board, This year, WV ranked 50th again in the LAB Bicycle Friendly State competition. We got F's in all categories. Apparently, LAB gets their info from the State Bicycling coordinator. As far as I know, that was Bill Robinson but "Bicycle Coordinator" was never his real job (he was state "Trails Coordinator") and last I heard he's not doing that anymore. I don't know if anything about Morgantown was considered. (I would have expected to get the message below from Bill or maybe directly from Jeff Peel but instead, Dennis Strawn from Charleston forwarded it to me.) I can't help but wonder what rank WV would have received if Morgantown had submitted a Bicycle Friendly Community award application last year. The attached workbook has several worksheets. I found the last one most interesting as it shows many $millions were available to WV but not used. This is an opportunity that Morgantown should pursue. Frank > From: Jeff Peel [mailto:Jeff@bikeleague.org] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:14 AM > To: Jeff Peel > Cc: Andy Clarke; Bill Nesper > Subject: Additional information on the 2011 Bicycle Friendly State ranking and grades > > Many of you have asked to learn more about the process behind the League’s Bicycle Friendly State annual Rankings and the associated grades in each of the six categories. Please find the attached spreadsheet with each state’s ranking for the last 4 years, the 2011 ranking and category grades for each state, scores and grades per category for each state, obligation rates for key federal aid funding programs based on state DOT’s FMIS reports to FHWA and information on each state’s contribution to the 2010 transportation rescissions authorized by Congress. > > For some, this information should answer your questions on your state’s good or poor performance in a given area, particularly under the Infrastructure category which houses many funding related questions. For others, it may bring up new questions which the League is happy to answer, or at the very least create dialogue around. This in fact is the underlying reason for the Bicycle Friendly State program- to shine a light on the states’ role in creating a more bicycle-friendly America, and work collaboratively to improve any shortcomings. > > Also creating some confusion is whom this process evaluates- state agencies, state bike coordinators, law enforcement, advocates or legislators. The answer is all of them, but none of them individually. Each of these groups plays a significant role in accommodating and encouraging better bicycling within a state. States that consistently perform well and rank highly have each of these groups working together. This should not be seen simply as an evaluation of a state’s bicycle coordinator despite their role in completing our questionnaire (or State DOT for that matter). These hard-working professionals are too often under-appreciated within their own departments or are the first to be cut in department down-sizing. Poor marks should draw attention to the need for further support of state coordinators, not less. > > The generally poor grade for infrastructure (very few states got anything better than a F) is disappointing to everyone, including us at the League. The bottom line is that states didn’t have high obligation rates for core bicycle funding programs such as Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes; they spent virtually nothing out of their STP, HSIP and CMAQ programs. Also, states sent a disproportionate percentage of TE and CMAQ funds back to Washington DC as part of the 2010 rescission. That’s not good enough, especially now. With cycling rates higher than ever and gas prices continuing to rise, states should be spending more, not less on bicycling. Despite shrinking transportation budgets, the cost-effectivenessand job creation record of bicycling projects means states can’t afford not to invest in bicycling. > > The League is not content to just give states failing grades for poor spending records. Through our partnership with the Alliance for Biking and Walking, the Advocacy Advance program has released best practice reports on many under-utilized funding programs and will be conduction Action 2020 workshops throughout the country, training advocates, agency staff and elected leaders alike how to maximize the federal transportation dollars and the state, regional and local level. If you are interested in hosting one of these workshops, please visit AdvocacyAdvance.org for more information. > > > __________________________ > Jeff Peel > State & Local Advocacy Coordinator > League of American Bicyclists > 1612 K St. N.W., Suite #510 > Washington, DC 20006 > 202-621-5445 > www.bikeleague.org > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.

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FWD: RE: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure
by director 25 May '11

25 May '11

Good morning, After meeting with the DOH (Fred Shoukry) to discuss bike alternatives while 857 is under construction, I sent this message to Bryan Radabaugh summarizing the results of the meeting. Long story short, the old bridge will stay open until the new one is up (one-lane only) as soon as they are done removing the utilities from the old bridge - in about 3 weeks. They won't allow bikes on I68 so I don't have a practical way to get to work until then. I'll continue using an impractical one, which I won't discuss on the grounds that it may incriminate me. Thought you might be interested in the DOT link that specifies the DOH's responsibilities to accommodate cyclists. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> Reply-To: <director(a)positivespin.org> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:53:36 -0400 Bryan, Thanks for following up on this. Yes, Frank Gmeindl and I met yesterday at 2pm with Fred at the Marilla Park office and we talked for about an hour. Fred informed us that the construction contractor has promised to re-open the bridge to one-lane traffic for the duration of the project (expected to be about a year) after they complete the current work of moving the utilities from the old bridge. This is obviously good news and I appreciate the efforts of all parties to bring it about, however it still left me with the question of what I do until then. As I've stated before, I run a Morgantown non-profit business (Positive Spin, a sustainable transportation advocacy) that depends on my ability to get from home to work on an irregular and unpredictable schedule. Fred's best suggested alternative was for me to use the Mountain Line bus, which runs at 90 min intervals from 7am to 5pm. I was already aware of this alternative, and have been using it when possible but it rarely is. He offered to see if they can extend their schedule to run later, but I responded that I don't think that will offer any advantage in my situation. Fred stated that the WVDOH will not allow bicycles on I68, so it is evident to me that there is no alternative that can be put in place before the old bridge re-opens. I apologize if expressing my transportation needs has led to any hard feelings. I will continue to commute as I have been. However, in future situations I hope that the WVDOH will honor their statutory obligation to accommodate bicyclists as cited in the following DOT link: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/freeways.htm (During the meeting Fred indicated that he was unaware of these statutes and asked me to send them to him When these statutes are followed bicycle accommodation can be put in place before construction begins. It is my sincere hope that they will be in the future. Please let Fred know that I appreciate the sincere effort and substantial time he put into finding a workable solution. The fact that none was possible is not a reflection on him or me personally, but rather the fact that bicycles were not considered early enough in the planning process. I hope that will be different in the future. I don't have an email address for Mr. Shoukry so that I could cc him directly. Please pass this on to him if possible. Thank you Nick Hein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:05:37 -0400 >I believe Fred was meeting with you and/or Frank Gmeindl today, please >let me know if this was the case. > >Bryan Radabaugh > > >-----Original Message----- >From: director [mailto:director@positivespin.org] >Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:24 PM >To: Radabaugh, Bryan L >Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Ice's Ferry Bridge closure > >Bryan, >Just wanted to check in to see when I can expect to be able to bike from >my home in Lakeview to Morgantown again since 857 is closed. I don't >own a car and commute on an irregular schedule that doesn't lend itself >to bus or carpooling. It's been 3 weeks since I first asked for an >alternative route, which should have been taken care of before >construction began. I apologize if I seem impatient, but this isn't >really something I can wait for. There is currently no practical >alternative but to use I68. Although it is technically legal for me to >bike on the Interstate if there is no practical alternative, I'm >reluctant to do so until I know that law enforcement is aware of this >technicality. What should I do while I wait for your decision? > >Thanks for all you're doing, >Nick Hein > > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov> >Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 11:16:33 -0400 > >>Fred Shoukry is going to contact some other individuals that have >>contacted us about this situation and will contact Mr. Gmeindl as well >>prior to setting up a meeting to look at potential solutions to this >>problem. >> >> >> >>Bryan Radabaugh >> >> >> >>From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] >>Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 7:15 AM >>To: Bill Austin; Radabaugh, Bryan L; Damien Davis; >>tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org; Roy Nutter >>Cc: Bicycle Board >>Subject: Ice's Ferry Bridge closure >> >> >> >>Gentlemen, >> >> >> >>What provision is being made for bicyclists to drive from Cheat Lake to >>Morgantown during the closure and replacement of Ice's Ferry Bridge? >>According to this morning's Dominion Post, the detour route is I-68 >from >>which bicycles are prohibited. >> >> >> >>Frank D. Gmeindl >>Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >>LCI #1703 >>491 WilsonAvenue >>Morgantown, WV 26501 >>304-376-0446 >>Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >-- >Nick Hein LCI# 1705 >Director, Positive Spin >803 East Brockway Ave >Morgantown, WV >ph 304-276-0213 >-- > -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 -- -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Ice's Ferry Bridge
by Frank Gmeindl 20 May '11

20 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, At his invitation, Fouad Shakry of WVDOH and I will drive out to Ice's Ferry Bridge tomorrow morning to discuss solutions to the current problem of its being closed to bicycles from now through Oct. 2012. I don't have any solutions so if you have some, please give them to me ASAP. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: Storage
by Frank Gmeindl 20 May '11

20 May '11

Parking Committee Members, I met today with Chris Fletcher, Morgantown Director Planning and Development to discuss expanding 1349.08 PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS. to apply beyond the B-4 district. He will arrange for the Bicycle Board to conduct an interactive workshop with the Planning Commission tentatively July 14. The purpose of the workshop will be to educate the Planning Commission on bicycle storage and to craft an approach to achieving it efficiently and effectively that will be acceptable to all stakeholders including real estate developers. Who will take the lead in this? FYI, we discussed Beech View and looked at the building plans. The plans include a couple multi-bike bike racks in the parking garage. I suggested that something like the Mountaineer Station bike storage room would be preferable. We agreed that a chain link fence surrounding each bike rack with a lock that residents could open with their apartment card swipe key could reduce the likelihood of vandalism of the bikes. We did not settle on how or if this idea would be presented to the builder however, Chris said they have been very easy to work with. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: May 16, 2011 10:05:15 AM EDT > To: Don Spencer <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>, chip wamsley <chipwamsley(a)gmail.com>, Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu, Gunnar Shogren <gshogren(a)gmail.com>, Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org>, Alice Vernon <vernon.mail(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Elizabeth Shogren <elizabeth.schauer(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Storage > > Parking Committee Members, > > On August 6, 2007, we sent to Chris Fletcher (then City Planner) the attached recommendation for bicycle storage in multi-family dwellings. That recommendation became Morgantown ordinance 1349.08 PARKING AND LOADING STANDARDS. > > Unfortunately, our recommendation was for multi-family dwellings in areas zoned B-4 and we recently learned that only downtown is zoned B-4. So, that ordinance does not apply to multi-family dwellings such as the new BeechView and any other buildings around town that aren't in areas zoned B-4. > > Don Spencer has met with Chris Fletcher to try to get the areas expanded. Chris doesn't want to do it. He does not like the standards in B-4 and does not feel that he has adequate justification to address changing standards for bike “parking” in multi-family construction outside of B-4 in a facility like Beech View. Don explained to him that the issue is not just parking but also bike storage. It is not safe to leave a $500 bike in an open garage night after night, week after week. There needs to be other lock-up storage provided or else hooks in bed rooms, etc. > > Chris also feels that his office is being put in the middle between the Bike Board and the developers. He says that the Bicycle Board should be doing the education of the Planning Commission members and for the developers on the matter if the Bicycle Board feels strongly about the importance of the parking. > > Personally, I think that being in the middle between the BB and developers is exactly where Chris should be. The BB advises the TC and the TC advises the City Manager who is Chris' boss. I agree that we should educate Chris but not that we should get between him and the developers. > > I would like to arrange for the Parking Committee to meet with Chris Fletcher. I will set up a Doodle to find a date. Maybe waiting for the June BB meeting would be a better idea. You tell me. > > I will meet with Chris this week. My desired outcome for our meeting is that we have an agreement that the BB will educate him and the Planning Commission on bicycle storage by presenting a compelling case based on successes in other cities. I think this could be quite fun because Ken Martis and Jenny Selin are Planning Commission members. From working with Ken on the TC, I expect he would be very enthusiastic about our presentation and we already know that Jenny is on our side since she worked so hard with us to get the downtown parking rings done. > > ASAP, I would like to get prepared for the education meeting with the Planning Commission. if you have any bicycle storage standards, best practices, examples, case studies, etc. that would substantiate our recommendation, could you please send it to me? I will upload them to the Dropbox, https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Public/BicycleStorage::: I remember that we had good stuff when we made the attached recommendation but I no longer have any of that stuff. I only remember that I found some stuff on Pgh. I will search for that again and put it in the Dropbox as well. > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > >

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June Meeting
by Gunnar Shogren 20 May '11

20 May '11

Good morning Bicycle Board members. Frank will be on vacation during June, more specifically for the June 2nd meeting. I will also not be in town June 2nd. Betsy and I will be making our way out to Kansas for a 200 mile gravel-grinder race. We will however be back by the following Thursday, the 9th. If we can get a quorum (8) of members that can attend a Bicycle Board meeting on June 9, then I will chair it, otherwise we will have to cancel the meeting, something I would rather not do. Please reply to me/us as soon as you can. Thanks, and have a nice day further, gunnar.

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Fwd: June 6th Hogback Meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 19 May '11

19 May '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Date: May 19, 2011 10:45:37 AM EDT > To: christophergluck(a)gmail.com, psteel(a)access.k12.wv.us, "Gmeindl, Frank" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, Andrea Soccorsi <Andrea.Soccorsi(a)Mail.WVU.edu>, Barbara Shellito <bshellito(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Christiaan Abildso <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Don Spencer <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>, Ken Martis <kmartis(a)wvu.edu>, Margaret Roberts <Margaretormike(a)aol.com>, Mike Lantz <mlantz(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Roy Nutter <rnutter(a)wvu.edu>, Adam.Henry(a)mail.wvu.edu > Subject: Fwd: June 6th Hogback Meeting > Reply-To: ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > All, > > June 6th the City will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the DOH's plan to widen the road at the Hogback Turn to accommodate large trucks currently using Rt. 7 (E. Brockway Ave.). The meeting will be held in City Council Chambers at 6:00pm. Please join us if you can to discuss this issue. Thanks. > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com > > > From: "Terrence Moore" <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > To: "Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board" <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Carol Allen" <callen(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:03:17 AM > Subject: Re: June 6th Hogback Meeting > > Good call regarding the Traffic Commission, Chris. As such, either of us can advise membership that this is a public meeting, whereby their attendance would be welcomed. Thanks. > > Terrence > > Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM > City Manager > City of Morgantown > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 > PH: (304) 284-7405 > CELL: (304)288-2770 > Email: tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board" <walkmgw(a)yahoo.com> > To: "Terrence Moore" <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:11:58 AM > Subject: Re: June 6th Hogback Meeting > > > > > Thank you Terrence. I will try to juggle the child care schedule so I may attend. Have you considered inviting Roy Nutter, chair, and/or other members of Traffic Commission? > Christiaan > > > Walk more, safely > > > > Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board > > Christiaan Abildso, Chair > > Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair > > http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm > > > > > > From: Terrence Moore <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > To: walkmgw(a)yahoo.com > Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 3:22:32 PM > Subject: Re: June 6th Hogback Meeting > > Yes, Chris. Please feel free to join us. Looking forward. Thanks. > > Terrence > > Terrence Moore > City Manager > City of Morgantown > 389 Spruce St. > Morgantown WV. 26505 > Sent from my Blackberry wireless device > > > From : Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board [mailto:walkmgw@yahoo.com] > Sent : Tuesday, May 17, 2011 03:13 PM > To : Terrence Moore <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject : June 6th Hogback Meeting > > > > > Mr. Moore - > Good afternoon. I am writing to ask if the June 6th Hogback Turn widening meeting will be open to members of boards and commissions, to the public, etc.? Thank you for hosting that meeting, and for putting the information in your weekly newsletter. Even though I cannot attend the CC meetings I watch and read "from afar". > Keep up the great work. > Christiaan > > > Walk more, safely > > > > Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board > > Christiaan Abildso, Chair > > Bill Reger-Nash, Vice Chair > > http://www.morgantown.com/ped-safety-board.htm

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WVU offers bike incentives
by Frank Gmeindl 19 May '11

19 May '11

Hugh, I'm sure you had much to do with the fantastic article in today's Dominion Post: WVU offers bike-to-work incentives on Page 1-D of Thursday, May 19, 2011 issue of The Dominion Post A few days ago, I was walking across the Walnut St. bridge and two cyclists were crossing. One was this smart looking woman riding with a fine cadence, looking very confident and cycling right down the middle of the lane. The other was a fearful looking guy turning about 25 rpm on a mountain bike riding just clear of the in-line grates and not looking confident at all. I looked hard at the woman to see if I could recognize her thinking, surely she's one of the CCC grads. Not so. But, today, she shows up in full regalia in the DP. Wonder where she learned to ride like that. Thanks for plugging CCC! Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bikeboard Safe Cycling Commercial
by Brandon Crawford 17 May '11

17 May '11

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Fwd: Upcoming Meeting on the Mileground
by Frank Gmeindl 17 May '11

17 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, FYI, Mileground information meeting at Easton School, June 13, 4-7 pm. Issues to be discussed: 4 lane or 5 lane; median or center turn lane; lane width; perhaps sidewalk. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: May 17, 2011 12:10:29 PM EDT > To: "'Christiaan Abildso'" <cabildso(a)yahoo.com>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'Edward Delaney'" <edyoucater58(a)yahoo.com>, "'Maria Smith'" <MariaSmith(a)busride.org>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, <rwsnyder301(a)comcast.net>, "'Russ Lorince'" <Russ.Lorince(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Donald Reinke'" <info(a)morgantown.org>, "'Peggy J. Myers-Smith'" <pmyerssmith(a)tourmorgantown.com>, <mcclymondsb(a)wvuh.com>, <infoadc(a)alleghenydevelopment.com>, "'Darryl Duncan'" <DuncanD(a)monhealthsys.org>, <tball(a)mub.org>, <exdirector(a)downtownmorgantown.com>, "'Ken Busz'" <ken(a)morgantownchamber.org>, <c.glen.kelly(a)wvdsl.net>, <bill(a)byrnehedges.com>, "'David Bruffy'" <Bruffy(a)busride.org>, <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>, <eldonc(a)msn.com>, <gvmayor(a)comcast.net>, <jambie1(a)comcast.net>, <jlgoodwi(a)access.k12.wv.us>, "'Joe Fisher'" <Joe.Fisher(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'Keller, Perry J'" <Perry.J.Keller(a)wv.gov>, "Mike Kelly" <dulaneyoil(a)comcast.net>, <Moncom(a)aol.com>, <statler4board(a)hotmail.com>, "'Butch Renner'", <cfletcher(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Shoukry, Fouad N" <Fouad.N.Shoukry(a)wv.gov>, "Terry Hough" <though(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, "Warner, Richard L" <Richard.L.Warner(a)wv.gov> > Cc: "'D. Williams'" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Subject: Upcoming Meeting on the Mileground > > MPO Committee Members, > > This email is to confirm that the West Virginia Department of Transportation Division of Highways will be holding a public meeting to receive additional comments on more refined versions of the Mileground alternatives. Staff has not had a chance to review these alternatives. A copy of the meeting announcement run in Saturday’s Dominion Post is attached. > > The meeting will be June 13, from 4 until 7 at Easton School. There will be no presentation the meeting will be a walk through session. > > > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. > ANDY WARHOL, > > > > >

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May BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 14 May '11

14 May '11

Please enjoy the attached BB minutes. Thank you, BETSY SHOGREN

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Ice's Ferry Bridge closure
by Frank Gmeindl 12 May '11

12 May '11

Gentlemen, What provision is being made for bicyclists to drive from Cheat Lake to Morgantown during the closure and replacement of Ice's Ferry Bridge? According to this morning's Dominion Post, the detour route is I-68 from which bicycles are prohibited. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Engineering
by Frank Gmeindl 05 May '11

05 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is the Engineering section of the Morgantown Bicycling Plan as we revised it at tonight's Bicycle Board meeting. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide
by Frank Gmeindl 05 May '11

05 May '11

Morgantown as well as the Morgantown Monongalia MPO adopted Complete Streets policies a couple years ago. I question the competence of NACTO. Certainly the cities they represent have installed attention-getting bicycle facilities but the safety and sustainability of those facilities remain to be assessed or proven. I'll stick with the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design and Operation of Bicycle Facilities, http://design.transportation.org/Documents/DraftBikeGuideFeb2010.pdf . It's not great but at least it's withstood some test of time being around since at least 1999 and now revised with input of real traffic engineers. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On May 4, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Kimberly Jo Coram wrote: > AND I cannot believe I forgot this: we are asking all communities we > are giving grant funds to to adopt complete streets policies! I think > we have 2 cities on board for sure! How cool is that! The CDC grant > covers 6 counties so the potential to get complete streets adopted > over the entire region very promising! > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Strawn, Dennis A > <dennis.strawn(a)highmark.com> wrote: >> You go girl. Great news. >> Thanks >> Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kimberly Jo Coram [mailto:kimberlyjocoram@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:12 PM >> To: Strawn, Dennis A >> Cc: Frank Gmeindl; John C Francis >> Subject: Re: FW: NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide >> >> Thanks Dennis! >> Yes, they announced it at the bike summit and I sent it instantly to >> our transportation planners. Thanks for sharing this! Too much going >> on here to list. I am meeting with the CDC tomorrow to go over the >> progress of our alternative transportation system across 6 counties. >> Our grant for signage for our first cross town bikeway has been >> approved and we are forming the five E committees at the Mayor's bike >> board to focus on the roll out. Our first cyclovia is tentatively >> scheduled for September. Great stuff for sure! >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Strawn, Dennis A >> <dennis.strawn(a)highmark.com> wrote: >>> I have been talking to this guy a little about using the design guide for >>> our improvements in town and thought you guys might like to see it too. ( If >>> you haven't already seen it). Feel free to contact him directly, he's easy >>> to work with. I am putting this document in front of as many dept heads as >>> I can. >>> >>> >>> >>> Kim- I think you first heard about this at the national bike summit. >>> >>> >>> >>> Two updates from here - the city is on the Kanawha Trestle and a line item >>> has been created in the city budget titled "Rail Trail". South Charleston >>> starts their ped/bike study next week. >>> >>> >>> >>> Stay safe and keep up the good work. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dennis Strawn >>> >>> Application Developer II >>> >>> 304-347-7703 >>> >>> >>> >>> "New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably >>> can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all >>> along!" (Arthur C. Clarke's dictum on intellectual progress) >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> My name is David Vega-Barachowitz and I am a fellow at the National >>> Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). Last month, as part of >>> its Cities for Cycling campaign, NACTO officially released its Urban Bikeway >>> Design Guide (http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/). The guide >>> is an interactive, online tool which provides technical guidance on the >>> most-up-to-date and innovative bicycle facilities in the United States. (A >>> print and PDF companion to the guide will be released late summer/early fall >>> 2011) >>> >>> Following the guide's initial release, I have been leading the promotional >>> effort for the guide and reaching out to advocacy groups that specialize in >>> bicycling and walking issues at both the state, city, and local level. NACTO >>> believes that the guide is an important tool that can help with the >>> implementation of Complete Streets policies, and, as a reference, builds on >>> the best practices in the USA and internationally. >>> >>> I am trying to get more information about how West Virginia might go about >>> adopting, using, and implementing this resource-whether the process is >>> partly legislative, administrative, an internal policy, or otherwise. >>> >>> You can reach me at (212) 839-6421. >>> >>> Thanks for your help! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> David >>> >>> David Vega-Barachowitz >>> >>> National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) >>> >>> david(a)nacto.org >>> >>> (212) 839-6421 >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended >>> solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If >>> you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately >>> and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not >>> keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's >>> prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not >>> necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or >>> affiliates. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kimberly Jo Coram >> > > > > -- > Kimberly Jo Coram

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On-going BB projects
by Frank Gmeindl 04 May '11

04 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a list off the top of my head of Bicycle Board projects that are incomplete but on-going. I have been trying to manage many of these projects to completion with unsatisfactory success. If I overlooked any on-going projects, please let me know and I'll add them to the list. When you see one or more of the projects on the list, you might say, "Hey, I've been doing all the work on that!" If so, I'd like to put your name in the column labeled Project Leader and let you take the project to completion without interference from me. If there are any projects on the list that you'd like to lead, please reply so we can discuss your taking the lead on it/them. I anticipate that my involvement with your projects will be limited to putting them on the agenda for our regular monthly meetings and consulting with you as you require (as I'm required to do by our procedural guidelines). Any projects that don't have a leader will probably get dropped. Frank Lead, follow, or get out of the way

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Closure of 857 starting next Monday
by director 04 May '11

04 May '11

Good evening, A few months ago I posted information about the closures due to construction of the new Cheat River Bridge at Ices Ferry. This morning I found out that the plans have changed radically and catastrophically (for me at least). When bids were requested the DOH required that the contractor keep 857 and the old bridge open for as long as possible. After the bid was awarded the contractor stated that this isn't possible, the road must be closed immediately so construction of the West approach can begin. Currently the date for closure is next Monday, May 9. I am not aware of any alternate route for bikes and pedestrians. My only choice, because this is my daily commute, will be to take the freeway from Glenmark to Cheat Lake. But at the same time, due to opening of the new freeway the current exit will be closed, and the new one 1/2 mile East will open. When the freeway (I43 I believe) opens, it will draw MUCH more traffic. There will also be all of the traffic that was using 857 (primarily Greystone parents driving their kids to Cheat Middle School, but others as well). Add to that the fact that I often ride home in the dark after meetings (bike board for instance). This means there is no safe route for me to bike home. Taking the bus will work sometimes, but often my schedule doesn't fit with the buses. It only runs every 90 min and the last one leaves town at 5:30. Who would be the best person for me to contact about finding (or getting DOH to provide) a safe, bikeable (even walkable) alternative route. I'm thinking there may be room for a trail from the Old Cheat Rd overpass along the freeway to the road at the West end of the Ices Ferry Bridge. Note that the bridge won't be closed, just the section of 857 on the West side allowing access to it. Thanks for any suggestions or contacts. Nick Hein -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Bumper Sticker
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '11

03 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks yet again to Aira for responding to member comments and producing the attached revision of the bumper sticker that she produced for the last BB meeting. (Let's not forget to thank Aira for our previous bumper sticker as well!) Please reply with your concurrence with the attached or with comments for its improvement. If you promptly concur, we may be able to get this printed in time for the upcoming Appalachian Spring Spectacular April 30- May 1 and for the WVU Employee Fest May 9. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Calling all artists!
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '11

03 May '11

All, We are slipping behind schedule at getting the Billboards up to meet our mid-April through May target for display. Electronic billboards with our messages will be located at 5 locations: 1) North end Star City Bridge heading out of town (In-Sight); 2) Mileground near 705 heading into town (Lamar); 3) Easton Hill heading out of town (Lamar); 4) Mileground heading out of town near Paw Prints (In-Sight); 5) 119 coming into town from I-68 exit 1 (Lamar). We have a quote from InSite their 2 billboards and we're still working with Lamar for a quote on their 3. So far we only have one display (attached). We had planned on having this and 5 other messages rotating through at short intervals. Problem is, we don't have any graphics to go with the messages. If you have any ideas, or better can design the billboard, please reply all. Here are the messages: 4 Wheels, 2 Wheels, 1 Road: Let’s Roll Together • Drive Nice, Bike Nice • A Bicycle Friendly Morgantown is a (changing adjective) Community Changing adjective: Healthier, Greener, Smarter · For Confident City Cycling CLICK (downward pointing arrow) BikeMorgantown.com The billboards will be repeated mid-August through September. Then, we're probably done with the education program! Frank

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Engineering
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '11

03 May '11

Bicycle Board Members, One item on the agenda for this Thursday's meeting is to finalize the Engineering section of the Morgantown Bicycling Plan. For your convenience in preparing for the meeting, I've attached just the Engineering section. (All you need to do is click on the file name to be reading it! :) It's 5 pages long. Of course, you can read the whole plan at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Morgantown%20Bicycle%20Plan%20v08.doc . I recommend you do read it as some of the initiatives that you might think should be in Engineering might be in one of the other sections., Also, here's a link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11122/1143160-114-0.stm to an article in today's Pgh. Post Gazette about what Pgh., especially Bike Pittsburgh is doing for Bike Month. Considering the size of the city and all the people they have involved in promoting bicycling, I think we're doing a respectable job in comparison. To kick off Bike Month, we had a 105 mile ride on Saturday that had 21 participants and yesterday, the somewhat rainy Spring Spectacular had 53 riders. Frank

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MD sets belligerent motorist straight
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

http://bike.risingsea.net/docs/MDOT/Jackson_right_to_road.pdf is a letter from Michael Jackson, MD bicycle coordinator to a motorist that complained about the presence of cyclists on a "dangerous" road. Exemplary! You may recall that I worked with Michael in Cumberland and recently obtained Maryland's complete streets guide from him. I sure wish we had a Michael Jackson in WV. Frank

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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Damien, Barbara, Please find attached the Bicycle Board report to the Traffic Commission for next Wednesday's Traffic Commission meeting. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please review and comment on the attached BB report to the TC ASAP. I think this report was due yesterday. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Agenda for BB meeting next week
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, a suggested agenda for our meeting next Thursday. Please let me know at your earliest convenience any changes you wish made to it. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board
by Graber, Stephen 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi Danielle, Monday and Tuesday of next week are the best days for me. It's finals week and busier than usual. How long a meeting should I plan for and where will it be held? With that information it will be easier to slot into my schedule. In general my time is pretty flexible though there's still not enough of it to get everything done! Cheers, Butch ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________ From: D. Williams [dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:42 PM To: Graber, Stephen; 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com Subject: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board Good Afternoon Butch, Thank you for your enthusiasm and willingness to participate. We would like to have a face-to-face meeting with you sometime next week to discuss the tentative agenda and calendar. We would also like to establish the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the event. I will be presenting these findings to my TDM stakeholders on May 13. What is your availability for next week? Thank you, Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 FAX: 304-291-9573 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead From: Graber, Stephen [mailto:sggraber@hsc.wvu.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:59 AM To: D. Williams; 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com; Bill Austin Subject: RE: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board I have a lot of enthusiasm for projects like this. I'd be happy to help with planning and if the dates work out can help with the doing. Butch ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________ From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of D. Williams [dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 2:17 PM To: 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com; Bill Austin Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board Good Afternoon, I would also be interested in coordinating with the Ped Board to educate the students on the full range of transportation options. We are in the preliminary planning phases and hope to have a firm schedule by mid-May. We are hoping to use the bike maps to get the students out on the roads and trails. This will be part of the mapping and GIS day. We also wanted to know if the Bike Board would be interested in hosting the students for a cycling safety and information class during the fair. This could be a full day. We would need to coordinate the availability of bikes if the students do not own one. The students would then be able use the information they have learned through using the various forms of transit (Ped, cycle, bus, PRT) in the actual Transportation Fair. We are hoping to have the fair for two days at a few locations. If you have any further suggestions, please send them my way. Thank you for your feedback. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions. Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 FAX: 304-291-9573 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 1:45 PM To: Bicycle Board Cc: Danielle Williams; Bill Austin Subject: Fwd: Transportation Fair and Bike Board Bicycle Board Members, Please reply if you are interested in participating in the opportunity that Danielle describes in her message below. Frank Begin forwarded message: From: "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net<mailto:dwilliams@labyrinth.net>> Date: April 22, 2011 1:42:25 PM EDT To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net<mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net>> Cc: <heidinico(a)yahoo.com<mailto:heidinico@yahoo.com>> Subject: Transportation Fair and Bike Board Hi Frank, I wanted to follow-up with you with a little more information regarding the Transportation Fair with MMMPO and BOPARC. This summer we are putting together a program around the end of June and the first of July for teens focusing on service learning projects. We are working with the BOPARC to put together a transportation fair and would like to include the Bike Board and Mountain Line on this project. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing this and when we could set up a meeting. Thank you. Regards, Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

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20110427EdComMinutes
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Chip, Nick, Andrew Walker and gunnar for attending today's Education Committee meeting. The desired outcome of the meeting was a plan of activities for the approximate $9,500 education grant money that has been unplanned. Action Items: Frank will contact Aaron Shelton about making videos. Andrew will contact Ryan Flesher about making videos. Once we identify a videographer, Nick, in collaboration with the videographer will develop a proposal for a bicycling education video targeted at children under 12 years of age. Frank will determine price and delivery date for 1,000 copies of Street Smarts to be purchased and distributed to bike shops to provide with bike sales. Discussion We decided that children up to 12 years old and children 12-15.5 years old will be the target audiences of two videos. The videos will adhere to the LAB Smart Cycling curricula. The video for 12-15.5 year olds will feature the attractions of transportation cycling in Morgantown for young people. As much as possible, the video for 12-15.5 year olds will feature local 12-15.5 year old cyclists who are already doing it right. One of these videos could consume our whole currently unplanned budget. Nick accepted the responsibility to manage the video for children up to 12 years old. No one specifically took responsibility to manage the video for 12-15.5 year olds. Videos that convey the messages we intend are already available but don't feature Morgantown. We discussed reviewing these for ideas of features to include in our videos. We discussed videos that feature the pleasure and practicality of Morgantown commuting cycling featuring the Burkharts, the Shogrens and Butch Graber. If after scoping out the videos, the budget will support it, we will order 1,000 copies of Street Smarts http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm for distribution through local bike shops as well as other venues whose customers will read them. Frank

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Bike Safe, Bike Smart youth bike video from NHTSA
by Director 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Good morning, In this morning's Ed meeting we discussed making videos for youth and I promised to provide the link for the video we've been using in Positive Spin classes. http://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Bicycles/Bike+Safe+-+Bike+Smart+%2825MB… Nick -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV 265605

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Reminder
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, This is a reminder that we will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27, 8-10 am in the PSC Training Room to decide what to do with the approximately $9,500 grant money that we don't have planned. This message is primarily addressed to the Education Committee but all are welcome. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike rider in hospital after being hit by car
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

The article misses two or perhaps three key pieces of information that would be useful to cyclists in avoiding similar occurrences. 1) What was the cyclist's position in the lane? 2) Which direction was the car going across High at Foundry? 3) At what speed was the cyclist traveling? With those pieces of information, one could determine how visible and predictable the cyclist was. For example, if the cyclist was traveling out in the lane instead of the extreme right, the motorist might have seen him earlier. Traveling at the extreme right blocks a merging motorist's view of the cyclist for the longest time. If the motorist was traveling east (away from the river), this lack of visibility would have been aggravated by shorter sight line than if the motorist was traveling west. Of course, if the cyclists was exceeding the speed limit (quite possible on that hill) and in the extreme right, he would have minimized the time he was visible to the motorist. Finally, there are fine points that we teach in Confident City Cycling that communicate to the motorist the intentions of the cyclist and reduce the likelihood that the motorist will mistake what the cyclist is planning to do, for example pedaling at a high cadence with head facing forward rather than coasting and looking around. Advertising this article is likely only to reinforce the popular myth that bicycling is dangerous and provides little information that can be used to prevent future occurrences except to discourage people from bicycling on the roads. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:19 AM, Mike Breiding - Morgantown WV wrote: > > Bike rider in hospital after being hit by car > A Morgantown man riding a bicycle down High Street was struck by a vehicle on Monday. > Seth Mitchell, 19, of Morgantown, was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital by Monongalia EMS. He was evaluated by emergency room staff in the early afternoon. He was listed in fair condition at press time. > Lt. Mike Lantz, of the Morgantown Police Department, said Mitchell was traveling south on High Street when Lasharon Smith, 59, tried to cross the roadway at Foundry Street, striking Mitchell with her Hyundai Tucson. > Lantz said Smith was cited for failure to yield right-of-way. > The accident was reported to MECCA 911 at noon. The Morgantown Fire Department also responded. > >

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Fwd: Transportation Fair and Bike Board
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please reply if you are interested in participating in the opportunity that Danielle describes in her message below. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: April 22, 2011 1:42:25 PM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: <heidinico(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Transportation Fair and Bike Board > > Hi Frank, > > I wanted to follow-up with you with a little more information regarding the Transportation Fair with MMMPO and BOPARC. This summer we are putting together a program around the end of June and the first of July for teens focusing on service learning projects. We are working with the BOPARC to put together a transportation fair and would like to include the Bike Board and Mountain Line on this project. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing this and when we could set up a meeting. Thank you. > > Regards, > > > Danielle N. Williams > Assistant to the Director > TDM Coordinator > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304-291-9570 Mobile: 571-213-1336 > > “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Police Info Card
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Butch, Thanks for the feedback! It was my attention that the "Police Info Card" would not be on the final production. I only put it there so we'd know what it was. Did you also see the comment inserted at that heading? The comment said, "This will be a two-sided card approximately the size of a typical traffic ticket." What would you think of the card without the header? Frank On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Graber, Stephen wrote: > I like it, it's short and to the point. In the title, I think "Information" should be spelled out, and that the title should appear on both sides of the card. If the police hand some of these out it should have an impact. It will be interesting to share stories once we begin handing them out ourselves. I think it's important that the Morgantown Police logo remain on the card! > Cheers, > Butch > ------------------------------------------- > Stephen G. Graber > Biochem & Mol Pharmacology > PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 > phone: 304-293-2305 > > ------ _0 > ------ _ \<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*) > From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of Frank Gmeindl [frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:38 AM > To: bikeboard(a)cheat.org Board > Subject: [Bikeboard] Police Info Card > > Bicycle Board Members, > > May I have your concurrence on the attached police info card or your recommendations for its improvement? The intention is that this will be printed on a two-sided card similar in size and appearance to a traffic citation. The idea is that police (or anyone that has the cards, e.g. us) give one to a motorist or bicyclist observed disobeying laws whose violation particularly jeopardizes cyclists. > > Initiative #3 in the Morgantown Bicycling Plan Enforcement section is, "Send rights and duties postcard to motorists that cyclists or others observed and reported violating bicyclist rights". Initiative #4 in the Enforcement section of the plan is, " Handout rights and duties card along with citation to cyclists who violate rules of the road". > > Attached is version 2 of the police info card. It is a result of the Education Committee's work on version 1. I will maintain changes to the document in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Police%20Info%20Cardv02.docx . You can change it there, too but please use track changes. > > After we finalize it, I'll present it to the Traffic Commission with a recommendation that they concur with giving it to the police department. I think education grant money can be used to pay for producing the cards. > > > > > <bgPolice_Info_Cardv02[1].docx>

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Fwd: Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School
by Director 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Good morning, Frank, any indication whether our unspent money may get rescinded? Thanks, Nick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:15:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Deb Hubsmith <info(a)saferoutespartnership.org> Reply-To: info(a)saferoutespartnership.org To: director(a)positivespin.org SRTS National Partnership logo <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> *Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School* It is a busy time in Washington D.C. - with decisions being made about funding for this year and next. We need help from Safe Routes to School advocates on three actions - doing all three could take you a total of 10 minutes - and you would be making a big difference: 1. *Tell your Governor <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> not to return bike/ped funding to Washington:*The FY2011 appropriations deal requires state DOTs to return $2.5 billion in transportation funding to Washington.Based on past "rescissions" like this, many state DOTs will take most of the cuts from bike/ped programs.While Safe Routes to School is not eligible for these rescissions, it could devastate Transportation Enhancements. Contact your Governor <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> and ask them to minimize rescission cuts on programs that fund sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and education programs. Take action today! 2. *Sign your organization <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> on to a CDC built environment funding letter <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…>:*The President's proposed FY12 budget would eliminate funding for built environment activities and the Healthy Communities program at the CDC. These two programs total just $25 million and provide critical funding sources that promote health and reduce obesity in communities across the country. Local, state and national organizations are being asked to join a sign-on letter to Congressional leaders <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to ask for continued funding for these two important programs. To sign on to the letter, please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FTQJJZN <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> and fill out your organization's information no later than May 3, 2011. 3. *Contact your Senators <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to support Safe Routes to School: *Ask your Senators <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to co-sponsor S. 800 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…>, the Safe Routes to School bill.Growing the number of cosponsors will help protect the Safe Routes to School program as Congress debates the transportation bill.Take action today! Thank you for your attention to these federal action alerts. While the Safe Routes to School National Partnership is your eyes and ears on Capitol Hill - we can only be successful with the active engagement of local advocates and organizations like you! Please take action today, to help tomorrow's children have safer routes, lanes and paths. ** Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&m=1100380121653&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…> <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_BusLet_003> This email was sent to director(a)positivespin.org by info(a)saferoutespartnership.org <mailto:info@saferoutespartnership.org> | Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…>^(TM) | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. Bikes Belong Coalition| P.O. Box 2359| Boulder| CO| 80306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3586 - Release Date: 04/20/11

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Education Budget
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Any grant money that we don't spend by Sep. 4, 2011 will be lost. Currently, we do not have a plan for approximately $9,500. What are your ideas for spending this money on bicycling education? Remember, the money must be spent and the work completed by Sep. 4. Also, if you have an idea, would you be willing to manage it to completion? If not you, then who? Here are some ideas that the Education Committee identified: Put together some graphics that can be used for future marketing, education, signs, banners for the bridges, tables, Bike Month. Make a video. Make a video of the CCC course. Make a video of cycling for kids in Motown with Positive Spin or other stuff that will have both state level appeal and local benefits. (A 7 minute film could be useful to the CVB, bike sales, or primers for getting kids interested in taking bike ed at schools or elsewhere.) Make a Motown DVD on learning how to ride a bike and have the local bike shops give one to every person that buys a bike in Motown. Buy 1,000 copies of Street Smarts and have the local bike shops give one to every person that buys a bike in Motown. If one of these appeals to you, would you be willing to manage it to fruition? FYI, following are the objects or events that we already have planned: Ads in the Dominion Post and Daily Athenaeum now through Sep. 4. Our 7 TV spots run on Comcast now through Sep. 4. Two InSite billboards (Star City Bridge & outbound Mileground) now through Sep. 4. Three Lamar billboards (119 inbound from South, Mileground inbound and Mileground outbound) now through Sep. 4. Eight foot banner identical to billboard to be used at May 9 WVU Employee Fest and any other event. New bumper sticker. Continue website development. Continue delivering CCC TS101 and Commuter classes. Your earliest reply could help us not lose this money. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Police Info Card
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, May I have your concurrence on the attached police info card or your recommendations for its improvement? The intention is that this will be printed on a two-sided card similar in size and appearance to a traffic citation. The idea is that police (or anyone that has the cards, e.g. us) give one to a motorist or bicyclist observed disobeying laws whose violation particularly jeopardizes cyclists. Initiative #3 in the Morgantown Bicycling Plan Enforcement section is, "Send rights and duties postcard to motorists that cyclists or others observed and reported violating bicyclist rights". Initiative #4 in the Enforcement section of the plan is, " Handout rights and duties card along with citation to cyclists who violate rules of the road". Attached is version 2 of the police info card. It is a result of the Education Committee's work on version 1. I will maintain changes to the document in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Police%20Info%20Cardv02.docx . You can change it there, too but please use track changes. After we finalize it, I'll present it to the Traffic Commission with a recommendation that they concur with giving it to the police department. I think education grant money can be used to pay for producing the cards. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bike Month Proclamation
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members and Traffic Commission Chairman, Attached is a scan of the Mayor's proclamation at tonight's City Council meeting of May as Bike Month. Also attached is the acceptance presentation that I gave. I am grateful to all of you that helped me perfect it, especially Don who suggested that I shorten it by 25%. Mayor Byrne was visibly impatient with my reading it even at its final 1.5 page length. Terrence Moore is vocally in support of making Morgantown a Bicycle Friendly Community. I'm wondering if the Mayor is. What would be the best location to post the original signed copy of the proclamation? What about copies of it? BTW, Council Chambers were packed to capacity tonight and the applause from the public gallery after I finished accepting the proclamation was resounding. Frank

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Please reply by 5 pm
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members and Traffic Commission Chairman, I expect to receive at tonight's City Council meeting, Mayor Byrne's proclamation of May as Bike Month. Attached is my planned response. Since I'm speaking on behalf of the BB and TC, I'd appreciate your critique or concurrence. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Procedural guidelines revision
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Following up on an action item that I took from the April BB meeting, attached, please find a suggested revision to our procedural guidelines. I tried to clarify Section 2.1 Membership. Please reply if you agree with the revision then I will be able to recommend it to the TC for approval at their May meeting. Otherwise, we will have to finalize the revision at our May meeting (which occurs the day after the TC meeting) and then propose it to the TC in June. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: April BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Attached are the April Bicycle Board minutes.

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Article in Sunday Paper
by Frank Gmeindl 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Member, Thanks to Jim Rye for writing the article, "Ride a bike, make a change" that appeared in today's Dominion Post on page 4-E. Thanks to Hugh Kierig for getting the DP to publish it. If you don't get the paper, you can read the article at the following link, http://tinyurl.com/3zr2kwc . Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Tonight's BB meeting
by Graber, Stephen 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello all, Looking forward to meeting everyone this evening. I'm wondering if it might be possible to move the Paul Becker replacement item to right after the approval of last meetings minutes so that those not selected to serve might move on with their evenings. Thanks, Steve ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*)

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Bicycle plan in Dropbox
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, As we discussed at tonight's BB meeting, I put the Morgantown Bicycle Plan v08 in a Dropbox public folder so you shouldn't have to do anything but click on the following link and then download the file. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Morgantown%20Bicycle%20Plan%20v08.doc When you click on the link, a file icon with the filename should appear in a download window. Double clicking on the file name should open the document. Of course, if you change the document and want to put it back in Dropbox, you'll need a dropbox account. If you don't want to deal with that, just send me your marked up copy, preferably as an attachment to an e-mail. I look forward to discussing the Engineering section with you at our May 5 meeting. Frank

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MPO Unified Planning Work Program
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Bill, In response to your request for suggested changes to the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), the Bicycle Board offers the following recommendations: In general, for the revised plan, we recommend more specific commitment to integrating bicycling into the transportation system. Some examples; 1. The UPWP section entitled, Focus for Fiscal Year 2011, 4th paragraph, of the plan says, "Other major projects for the MPO will be the development of an ongoing traffic count database." Recommendation: Count bicycles and include them in the database. (Traditionally traffic counts have ignored bicycles.) 2. The same paragraph also says, "It is anticipated that both the traffic counts and the travel time studies will be performed at a limited set of locations...". Recommendation: Include bicycles in the studies. Focus on locations that could have significantly increased bicycle use and reduced motor use. For example, the roads between Campuses including University Av., Beechurst Av., Monongahela Blvd., Willowdale Rd., Stewart St. Jones Av. and the rail-trail. Count the bikes. Create a baseline. Design experiments. Take data to see how experiments change bicycle use. (This recommendation also applies to UPWP section II-A-1 Traffic Counts.) 3. The section entitled, SAFETEA-LU Planning Factors, subsection 2. Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users, first paragraph says, "...working with local emergency service providers on transportation safety education when applicable." Recommendation: Get commitment from Morgantown Police to complete International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) training as currently taken annually by WVU bicycle police or get them to take one of the 7 other police training courses that the Bicycle Board recommended to the Morgantown police at the December 2, 2009 Traffic Commission meeting. 4. The section entitled, II-A-10 Mapping Recommendation: Incorporate and continue to develop the Morgantown Bike Route map and develop greater Morgantown Bike Route maps. Classify all Morgantown area roads in terms of bicycling level of service. 5. The section entitled, II-B-17 Congestion Management Strategies Recommendation: Seriously develop strategies that get people out of cars and onto bikes and their feet, especially where the congestion is highest: between and near campuses. Understand origins and destinations within that area. Identify obstacles to bicycling and walking. Identify attractions to driving. Make walking bicycling and walking more attractive. Make driving less attractive. (IMHO, we have always been doing the opposite.) Since the MPO was created, it has always treated "bike-ped" separately from motorized transportation and transit. Consequently, most if not all of the built projects make cycling worse. Integrating bicycling and walking with other transportation modes, especially in the 5-mile cross section that constitutes Morgantown could optimize the transportation system for all users and make Morgantown a better place to live as well as a better place to bicycle. Finally, at a Bicycle Board Mapping Team meeting we discussed improving Collins Ferry Rd. from the rail trail to the pavement near Mylan. The improvement we discussed is just to make the surface rideable by the average cyclists. This could be done by improving drainage in one or two spots that are currently quagmires, filling the gullies in the road bed and rolling it so that it's surface would be similar to the gravel parts of the rail trail. We also suggested that this could be a joint NETL, Mylan, City project using volunteer labor from NETL and Mylan. Danielle suggested that we submit this recommendation to you along with the above recommendations. We stand ready to discuss any of these with you. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mileground
by Brandon Crawford 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

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Bumper Sticker Update
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is an update of the bumper sticker file that I sent Sunday. The colors are different on this one. Frank

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, I admit that this is a ploy to get you to read and comment on the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. At our next Bicycle Board meeting April 7, I will bring a hard copy of the plan and ask you to sign it. Between now and then, you can read it at https://www.dropbox.com/home#:::29108896 . If you see something you don't like, change it. (Please do not turn Track Changes off.) Or, if you don't want to change it but wish to express your thoughts about it, click the New Comment button right above the text and enter your thoughts. On the Monday, April 4 before our next meeting, I will finalize the plan and send you a notification that the final is available to view. That's the version I'll bring to the April 7 meeting for your signature. If a majority of you sign the plan at our next meeting, I will send the plan to the stakeholders identified in it to get their comments and hopefully their commitment to implement it. Frank

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Agenda for next Thu BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Apr '11

03 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a draft agenda for next Thursday's meeting. If you'd like to make any changes, please reply. I will send out the final by Sunday night. Please note that there's nothing on the agenda about the following: April 4 meeting between Chief Ed Preston and BB Chairman Aprll 6 TC meeting outcome Resolution on traffic signal bicycle detection Education program status Website Articles Billboards TV spots Courses WVU Employee Fest Parking status Bike route map Signage plan Mon Blvd bike lane status West Run Road, Van Voorhis Rd., Rt. 100 upgrades/repairs In-line drainage grate replacement Frank

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Mon Blvd Climbing Lane grant application
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Wednesday, I submitted to Jeff Mikorski w/cc to Damien Davis a grant application to Bikes Belong for $10K to support the Monongahela Blvd. Bicycle Climbing Lane. The submittal consists of 7 files that you can view in Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/home#/BikeLaneGrant::: . The City must submit the application to Bikes Belong by April 29. Frank

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Report to TC
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, a draft report of BB March accomplishments and future plans that I will present to the Traffic Commission next Wednesday with your concurrence. I need to submit this early tomorrow, so your prompt review is appreciated. Frank

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Thank you letter to Fouad Shakry
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please reply with your concurrence on the attached letter expressing BB gratitude to WVDOH Fred Shakry for installing Share the Road signs on South University Avenue. I've also attached photos of the signs. If you have any recommendations for making the letter better, I would appreciate them. I'd like to send the letter within the next few days. I also attached a .doc version in case you can't open the .docx version. The only difference is that you might not see the BikeMorgantown logo if you open the .doc version. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Thank you letter to Fouad Shakry
by Chip Wamsley 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:11:00 -0400 Frank, I concur, we need to give positive reinforcement to keep things moving forward. I assume that Fred is how he is commonly addressed, hence the different name on the address. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >Please reply with your concurrence on the attached letter expressing BB gratitude to WVDOH Fred Shakry for installing Share the Road signs on South University Avenue. I've also attached photos of the signs. If you have any recommendations for making the letter better, I would appreciate them. I'd like to send the letter within the next few days. > >I also attached a .doc version in case you can't open the .docx version. The only difference is that you might not see the BikeMorgantown logo if you open the .doc version. > >Frank > >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Report to TC
by Chip Wamsley 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:20:37 -0400 Frank, Looks good, should TBS under the Comcast section be all caps? Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >Please find attached, a draft report of BB March accomplishments and future plans that I will present to the Traffic Commission next Wednesday with your concurrence. I need to submit this early tomorrow, so your prompt review is appreciated. > >Frank > >

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Resolution on bicycle detection
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

All, Thanks to gunnar for showing me that I sent you an earlier version of the resolution. The most recent version is now attached. Frank Councilor Selin, Chairman Nutter, Director Austin, Bicycle Board Members, I have learned that WVDOH has purchased a control system for the new traffic signal to be installed on WV 705 at Mountaineer Station that definitely will not detect bicycles. I do not know what action to take except to propose a City resolution requiring all Morgantown traffic signals to detect bicycles. Since the Traffic Commission meets the day before we do, I request your review and comment on the attached draft resolution. I also request your concurrence to formally present it to the Traffic Commission at the Traffic Commission's April 6 meeting. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Resolution on bicycle detection
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Councilor Selin, Chairman Nutter, Director Austin, Bicycle Board Members, I have learned that WVDOH has purchased a control system for the new traffic signal to be installed on WV 705 at Mountaineer Station that definitely will not detect bicycles. I do not know what action to take except to propose a City resolution requiring all Morgantown traffic signals to detect bicycles. Since the Traffic Commission meets the day before we do, I request your review and comment on the attached draft resolution. I also request your concurrence to formally present it to the Traffic Commission at the Traffic Commission's April 6 meeting. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Article Revisions
by Ryan Post 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

I have drafted a number of articles intended to be posted on the website blog. I would like to get some additional input/editing and possibly also photos to go along with them. I would like to have them all finished by 4/7 (next meeting), as some are somewhat time sensitive (riding season has begun!). Frank has also asked that Hugh consider some for the Dominion Post articles as well. They can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Articles:::36393417 Topics: Bikes on Busses Bike Shops Impeding Traffic Default Lane Position "Car Back!" Pace Line Etiquette Riding Predictably Tire Pressure What to Carry Why WV is a Great place to ride

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Afterthoughts
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Bill, Bryan, 1. After our meeting yesterday, I wish we had turned right instead of left at West Run and Stewartstown on our way back so we could view first hand the challenge cyclists face in climbing the stretch of Stewartstown in front of Glenmark Centre and Bon Vista Apartments up to 705. If the climbing lane were widened just a couple feet, a significant bottleneck for cyclists could be removed. Currently, the narrow lane, sharp curve and steep hill make climbing that stretch quite daunting. If the West Run bike path materialized, that stretch of Stewartstown Rd. would be an obvious route for cyclists to take from the West Run path to town. I also wonder if the grade wouldn't be much easier than the grade from West Run up to the WVU Research Park http://bit.ly/e9pmVu. 2. How much trouble would it be to get a bicycle count on routes that we recommend for improvement and/or signage? The section of Rt. 100 that we discussed from Granville to Rt. 19 would be a good first location. Bicycle counts could give us a baseline against which to measure the impact of surface improvements and to aid in deciding whether Share the Road or Bike Route signs would be justified. Thanks again for the great meeting yesterday and for considering the cyclists' view. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] West Run, etc.
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Alice, Thanks! Counting cyclists on Rt. 100 is an excellent idea. I'll ask Bryan if WVDOH could do that. I know from Damien that technology exists to automatically count bicycles just as there is to count motor vehicles. I think we'd all be curious to know how many cyclists use Rt. 100 and to have a good baseline against which to measure any roadway improvements. I believe WVDOH recognizes that the stretch of West Run between Stewartstown Rd. and Point Marion Rd. is also very much in need of improvement. I don't think they have the budget to do it yet. I'd guess they put higher priority on the other end because of the current traffic volume and number of housing units there. Frank On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Alice Vernon wrote: > Great job Frank > Wonder if we tried having someone count the cyclist on Route 100 on a beautiful weekend to give them some numbers. Kind of like the car counters on roads. > Also are there any plans to improve the other part of West Run? It seems to be the worst. > Thanks for all you do! > Alice > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Bicycle Board Members, > > I had an excellent meeting with Bill Austin and Brian Radabaugh, WVDOH today. We cruised West Run and discussed West Run Rd., Van Voorhis Rd., Rt. 100, in-line grates and Share the Road signs. Following is a summary. > > In-line grates > The in-line grates that we have identified on Walnut Street Bridge, Beechurst Av. and Mon Blvd. should all be replaced with bicycle friendly grates by this fall. The Walnut St. bridge grates will probably be replaced first and soon. We did not discuss the Westover Bridge grates whose cross pieces are falling out. > > Rt. 100 > I explained to Brian that: > Rt. 100 is a main route out of town because it is flat and connects to good rides in Green County, PA as well as the PA A-Bike Route. > The annual Appalachian Spring Spectacular is the first Sunday in May and always uses Rt. 100 and has had up to 138 participants from local as well as afar. > Rt. 100 from Granville to Rt. 19 is riddled with cracks and potholes. > Brian agreed to get Rt. 100 patched before May 1 and to put it on a schedule for regular maintenance every year before May. > We also discussed putting Share the Road signs or Bike Route signs on Rt. 100. See signage discussion below. > > Signage > Brian and Fouad "Fred" Shakry are developing a standard to use for deciding where to put Share the Road signs. Brian thinks we already have too many signs of all kinds on our roads. He also thinks that putting Share the Road signs where bicyclists won't ride dilutes the effectiveness of the sign. He invites input from us on routes to be signed. Our recommendations must include credible explanation that significant bicycling use increase will result. > > West Run Road > Before we cruised West Run Rd., we discussed the message that I had sent January 20 addressing the plan to widen the roadway to 11-foot lanes. Then, we cruised the road while discussing options. When we returned to the meeting room, Brian stated that his current thinking is to widen the lanes to 12-feet center-line-to-edge; stripe the travel lane to 10-feet width leaving a 2-foot paved shoulder; use any remaining budget to improve sight lines, e.g. cutting back steep banks in curves. Brian observed that wider travel lanes can encourage speeding, especially in the absence of enforcement. > > We also discussed the West Run segregated bike path that would run from Van Voorhis to Easton. Brian favored the bike path over further widening West Run Rd. beyond the total 24-feet that we discussed because he felt that acquiring right of way and building roadway would cost more than acquiring right of way for the path and building the path. > > We also drove a short distance along West Run from Van Voorhis toward the river where I explained to Brian and Bill how the West Run path could extend down to the Mon River Trail. > > We also cursorily discussed the bike path from the WVU Research Park down to West Run but didn't get into much detail. > > BTW, currently planned West Run Rd. improvement is only between Stewartstown Rd. and Van Voorhis Rd., and does not include the segment from Stewartstown Rd. to Pt. Marion Rd. (119) as we had thought. > > Van Voorhis Rd. > We drove up Van Voorhis from West Run to Windwood Village where I led us up through the development to show Bill and Brian how cyclists will wind our way up through there and across the grass to Wedgewood Dr. to avoid climbing the north side of Van Voorhis. We also discussed how it's practically the same coming up the south side. Brian said that he would look into widening the climbing side of each side of the hill when they do the drainage improvement on both sides of the hill and the sidewalk on the south side of the hill. > > Wrap Up > I exchanged many e-mails with Brian while we were working on the in-line grates and I was impressed with his open-mindedness, technical competence and dedication to safety and doing the job right. Meeting him, my opinion is doubly reinforced. We are indeed very fortunate to have him working for WVDOH in our district. I hope he stays for a while! > > We also owe gratitude to Bill Austin for facilitating these discussions with Brian and in general showing WVDOH that bicyclists have a right to the roadways. > > Frank > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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West Run, etc.
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, I had an excellent meeting with Bill Austin and Brian Radabaugh, WVDOH today. We cruised West Run and discussed West Run Rd., Van Voorhis Rd., Rt. 100, in-line grates and Share the Road signs. Following is a summary. In-line grates The in-line grates that we have identified on Walnut Street Bridge, Beechurst Av. and Mon Blvd. should all be replaced with bicycle friendly grates by this fall. The Walnut St. bridge grates will probably be replaced first and soon. We did not discuss the Westover Bridge grates whose cross pieces are falling out. Rt. 100 I explained to Brian that: Rt. 100 is a main route out of town because it is flat and connects to good rides in Green County, PA as well as the PA A-Bike Route. The annual Appalachian Spring Spectacular is the first Sunday in May and always uses Rt. 100 and has had up to 138 participants from local as well as afar. Rt. 100 from Granville to Rt. 19 is riddled with cracks and potholes. Brian agreed to get Rt. 100 patched before May 1 and to put it on a schedule for regular maintenance every year before May. We also discussed putting Share the Road signs or Bike Route signs on Rt. 100. See signage discussion below. Signage Brian and Fouad "Fred" Shakry are developing a standard to use for deciding where to put Share the Road signs. Brian thinks we already have too many signs of all kinds on our roads. He also thinks that putting Share the Road signs where bicyclists won't ride dilutes the effectiveness of the sign. He invites input from us on routes to be signed. Our recommendations must include credible explanation that significant bicycling use increase will result. West Run Road Before we cruised West Run Rd., we discussed the message that I had sent January 20 addressing the plan to widen the roadway to 11-foot lanes. Then, we cruised the road while discussing options. When we returned to the meeting room, Brian stated that his current thinking is to widen the lanes to 12-feet center-line-to-edge; stripe the travel lane to 10-feet width leaving a 2-foot paved shoulder; use any remaining budget to improve sight lines, e.g. cutting back steep banks in curves. Brian observed that wider travel lanes can encourage speeding, especially in the absence of enforcement. We also discussed the West Run segregated bike path that would run from Van Voorhis to Easton. Brian favored the bike path over further widening West Run Rd. beyond the total 24-feet that we discussed because he felt that acquiring right of way and building roadway would cost more than acquiring right of way for the path and building the path. We also drove a short distance along West Run from Van Voorhis toward the river where I explained to Brian and Bill how the West Run path could extend down to the Mon River Trail. We also cursorily discussed the bike path from the WVU Research Park down to West Run but didn't get into much detail. BTW, currently planned West Run Rd. improvement is only between Stewartstown Rd. and Van Voorhis Rd., and does not include the segment from Stewartstown Rd. to Pt. Marion Rd. (119) as we had thought. Van Voorhis Rd. We drove up Van Voorhis from West Run to Windwood Village where I led us up through the development to show Bill and Brian how cyclists will wind our way up through there and across the grass to Wedgewood Dr. to avoid climbing the north side of Van Voorhis. We also discussed how it's practically the same coming up the south side. Brian said that he would look into widening the climbing side of each side of the hill when they do the drainage improvement on both sides of the hill and the sidewalk on the south side of the hill. Wrap Up I exchanged many e-mails with Brian while we were working on the in-line grates and I was impressed with his open-mindedness, technical competence and dedication to safety and doing the job right. Meeting him, my opinion is doubly reinforced. We are indeed very fortunate to have him working for WVDOH in our district. I hope he stays for a while! We also owe gratitude to Bill Austin for facilitating these discussions with Brian and in general showing WVDOH that bicyclists have a right to the roadways. Frank

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Changed phone number
by Frank Gmeindl 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Dear Friends, Family and Associates, I hope this message finds you well and happy! I am writing to inform you that I have discontinued 304-284-8094, my land-line telephone service. You can still reach me on my cell phone: 304-376-0446. I look forward to chatting with you soon! Best wishes! Frank Gmeindl

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Re: [Bikeboard] WVU EmployeeFest
by Frank Gmeindl 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Kim, Thanks for the invitation! I forwarded it to the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board. Two members expressed interest. They are also the two members that plan to staff a booth that Hugh said the Board would be provided at the Employee Fest. Following are some things we thought of demonstrating: Repairing a flat tire; Proper hand signals; Communicating with body language; Scanning, signaling & negotiating; Proper helmet adjustment; Adjusting derailleurs; Adjusting brakes; Fitting a bicycle. Demonstrating these things on a stage to a large audience that is distant from the demonstrator would probably be ineffective. What is the maximum number of people you would expect in the audience? Would it be possible to have them move close to the demonstrator(s) and perhaps even surround him/her/them so they could see? We haven't yet planned what we will have or do in our booth; perhaps demonstrating some or all the things in the above list. What do you think? Also, could you please confirm that Employee Fest is May 9? Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Kimberly Zaph wrote: > Hi Frank, > > At a recent EmployeeFest committee meeting, Hugh Kierig suggested I contact you to see if your group would be interested in providing some demonstrations. I am working on a schedule of events for these demos, and I'd love to add you to the list. > > The plan is for all wellness-related activities/resource tables etc. to be located in the Mountainlair Ballrooms, and the wellness demonstrations will be performed on the stage. > > EmployeeFest will be heavily advertised soon, and a website has been created just for this event. > > If you'd like to participate in the demos, please provide the following information as soon as possible. > > 1. The name of the demonstration > 2. Description of what's being demonstrated > 3. Name of demonstrator/s > 4. Bio of demonstrator/s > 5. List of equipment you will be bringing for the demonstration/s > 6. Time/s that the demo can be performed. We hope to have demos repeated, since the crowd will vary throughout the day. (I'm guessing that some who will perform demos will also be manning the resource booth.) Demonstrations are needed between 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The demos can vary in length. > > > Please call me at your convenience for more information. > > > Thanks, > > Kimberly A. B. Zaph > EmployeeFest Committee Member > > > > > > > Kimberly A. B. Zaph, MS, CSCS, ACSM HFS > Wellness Program Manager > WVU Division of Human Resources > P. O. Box 6640 > One Waterfront Place > Morgantown, WV 26506 > (304) 293-8405 > (304) 293-7532 (fax) > Kimberly.Zaph(a)mail.wvu.edu > http://employeewellness.wvu.edu/ >

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Fwd: WVU EmployeeFest
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please contact me if you have any interest in doing a demo at WVU Employee Festival. I think this is in addition to the booth that we're going to have. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Kimberly Zaph" <Kimberly.Zaph(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: March 21, 2011 10:21:10 AM GMT-04:00 > To: <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: WVU EmployeeFest > > Hi Frank, > > At a recent EmployeeFest committee meeting, Hugh Kierig suggested I contact you to see if your group would be interested in providing some demonstrations. I am working on a schedule of events for these demos, and I'd love to add you to the list. > > The plan is for all wellness-related activities/resource tables etc. to be located in the Mountainlair Ballrooms, and the wellness demonstrations will be performed on the stage. > > EmployeeFest will be heavily advertised soon, and a website has been created just for this event. > > If you'd like to participate in the demos, please provide the following information as soon as possible. > > 1. The name of the demonstration > 2. Description of what's being demonstrated > 3. Name of demonstrator/s > 4. Bio of demonstrator/s > 5. List of equipment you will be bringing for the demonstration/s > 6. Time/s that the demo can be performed. We hope to have demos repeated, since the crowd will vary throughout the day. (I'm guessing that some who will perform demos will also be manning the resource booth.) Demonstrations are needed between 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The demos can vary in length. > > > Please call me at your convenience for more information. > > > Thanks, > > Kimberly A. B. Zaph > EmployeeFest Committee Member > > > > > > > Kimberly A. B. Zaph, MS, CSCS, ACSM HFS > Wellness Program Manager > WVU Division of Human Resources > P. O. Box 6640 > One Waterfront Place > Morgantown, WV 26506 > (304) 293-8405 > (304) 293-7532 (fax) > Kimberly.Zaph(a)mail.wvu.edu > http://employeewellness.wvu.edu/ >

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Bike Lanes vs. Wide Outside Lanes
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, The article at http://www.bicyclinglife.com/effectiveadvocacy/blvswol.htm is one of the most comprehensive yet easy to read that I've seen that explains the pros and cons of bike lanes and wide outside lanes. Frank

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Mileground
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a flyer that describes the proposed Mileground improvement that the MPO and WVDOH settled on. You'll see that it is 4 lanes with a a sidewalk on one side, "mountable" divider and roundabouts at 705 and Airport Blvd.. Mileground property owners are campaigning to eliminate the sidewalk and for a center turn lane instead of a mountable divider. Please communicate with Bill Austin for questions or comments. FYI, a mountable divider enables emergency vehicles to cross it but discourages most motor vehicles from crossing it. Bill Austin, AICP Executive Director Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 Morgantown, WVA 26505 304-291-9571 304-692-7225 Mobile Frank

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Mapping Team meeting minutes
by Frank Gmeindl 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, minutes of today's meeting of the BB bike route mapping team. Welcome Danielle Williams to the team! Frank

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Outdoor bike repair station from DERO
by Director 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Good Evening, I must still be on some mailing list from back when I was researching bike parking. This interesting item just came my way. It's an outdoor bike repair stand with tools and pump attached by heavy duty stainless steel cables. Looks like it might be pretty student-proof. http://www.dero.com/products/fixit/ - Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV 265605

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bluetooth headset
by Frank Gmeindl 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, Tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to drive along West Run Rd. with Brian Radabaugh our WVDOH district engineer and Bill Austin. Does anybody have a bluetooth headset that I could use with my iPhone to talk with Brian and Bill while I ride ahead of them on my bicycle? The plan is that we'll all ride in somebody's car but I think I could give them a better explanation of bicyclist needs on that road if I were actually on a bicycle and could talk with them. Frank

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March BB Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Attached, please find the March BB minutes. Thank you, Betsy --

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MPO Unified Planning Work Program
by Frank Gmeindl 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, By April 8, we need to provide Bill Austin specific recommended projects to be included in subject plan. Please reply-all with your suggestions. I will roll them up and send them to Bill and the MPO Citizens Advisory Committee of which I am a member. Attached is the current Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) that will be revised in the coming months. Please at least scan the first 5 pages. You will see that bicycling is mentioned throughout. In general, for the revised plan, I would recommend more specific commitment to integrating bicycling into the transportation system. Some examples; 1. The UPWP section entitled, Focus for Fiscal Year 2011, 4th paragraph, of the plan says, "Other major projects for the MPO will be the development of an ongoing traffic count database." Recommendation: Count bicycles and include them in the database. (Traditionally traffic counts have ignored bicycles.) 2. The same paragraph also says, "It is anticipated that both the traffic counts and the travel time studies will be performed at a limited set of locations...". Recommendation: Include bicycles in the studies. Focus on locations that could have significantly increased bicycle use and reduced motor use. For example, the roads between Campuses including University Av., Beechurst, Mon Blvd., Willowdale, Stewart St. Jones Av. and the rail-trail. Count the bikes. Create a baseline. Design experiments. Take data to see how experiments change bicycle use. (This recommendation also applies to UPWP section II-A-1 Traffic Counts.) 3. The section entitled, SAFETEA-LU Planning Factors, subsection 2. Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users, first paragraph says, "...working with local emergency service providers on transportation safety education when applicable." Recommendation: Get commitment from Morgantown Police to complete International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) training as currently taken annually by WVU bicycle police or get them to take one of the 7 other police training courses that the Bicycle Board recommended to the Morgantown police at the December 2, 2009 Traffic Commission meeting. 4. The section entitled, II-A-10 Mapping Recommendation: Incorporate and continue to develop the Morgantown Bike Route map and develop greater Morgantown Bike Route maps. Classify all Morgantown area roads in terms of bicycling level of service. 5. The section entitled, II-B-17 Congestion Management Strategies Recommendation: Seriously develop strategies that get people out of cars and onto bikes and their feet, especially where the congestion is highest: between and near campuses. Understand origins and destinations within that area. Identify obstacles to bicycling and walking. Identify attractions to driving. Make walking bicycling and walking more attractive. Make driving less attractive. (IMHO, we have always been doing the opposite.) Since the MPO was created, it has always treated "bike-ped" separately from motorized transportation and transit. Consequently, most if not all of the built projects make cycling worse. Integrating bicycling and walking with other transportation modes, especially in the 5-mile cross section that constitutes Morgantown could optimize the transportation system for all users and make Morgantown a better place to live as well as a better place to bicycle. Please send me your recommendations for the UPWP by April 6. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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BB scope expansion
by Frank Gmeindl 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, Bill Austin, Chris Fletcher (City Director of Planning and Development) and Terrence Moore recently met and decided to create a memorandum of understanding between the City and the MPO that expands the Bicycle Board's scope to include both the City and the greater Morgantown area (basically Mon County). As you know, we are currently an advisory board to the City Traffic Commission. I suppose under the new agreement, we will also be an advisory board to the MPO. The expanded scope will enable us to have standing with the MPO which will be particularly useful to the MPO in the upcoming updating of the Long-Range Transportation Plan. Some details will have to be worked out. First will probably be to get Traffic Commission concurrence on the idea and then to propose a revision to our Procedural Guidelines to redefine our mission, roles and responsibilities, membership, duties & responsibilities, goals, objectives, and hopefully add a budget. This is just FYI but I'd appreciate your thoughts. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] BB scope expansion
by Chip Wamsley 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:57:29 -0500 Frank et al, It sounds like the logical direction to proceed as all streets and roads are connected and sometimes fall under multiple jurisdictions, not to mention maintaining a unified approach to fulfilling our goals. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >Bill Austin, Chris Fletcher (City Director of Planning and Development) and Terrence Moore recently met and decided to create a memorandum of understanding between the City and the MPO that expands the Bicycle Board's scope to include both the City and the greater Morgantown area (basically Mon County). As you know, we are currently an advisory board to the City Traffic Commission. I suppose under the new agreement, we will also be an advisory board to the MPO. The expanded scope will enable us to have standing with the MPO which will be particularly useful to the MPO in the upcoming updating of the Long-Range Transportation Plan. Some details will have to be worked out. First will probably be to get Traffic Commission concurrence on the idea and then to propose a revision to our Procedural Guidelines to redefine our mission, roles and responsibilities, membership, duties & responsibilities, goals, objectives, and hopefully add a budget. > >This is just FYI but I'd appreciate your thoughts. > >Frank >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Resolution on Traffic Controls Detecting Bicycles
by Chip Wamsley 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:35:55 -0500 Both documents are succinct and to the point, great job as always. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >I would like your concurrence to propose the attached resolution to the Traffic Commission and the City Council. > >To review, comment and revise the resolution please work on the file, "LightsDetectBIkes" in Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/home#/ControlDevices:::36393417 . > >As you know, WVDOH has decided that the new traffic light on 705 at the WVU multi-modal transportation facility will not be activated by bicycles. This means that if you ride your bicycle out of the facility, you will have to wait until a motor vehicle comes to trigger the light or run it. > >One purpose of the resolution is to get the traffic signals to treat bicycles as any other vehicle. Another purpose is to get recognition that bicycles are valid means of transportation, that bicyclists are equals to motorists, and to remove barriers to bicycling. > >Since WVDOH is already installing equipment for traffic lights in the 705 corridor, this resolution may be too late. I'm hoping that they might get wind of its coming and maybe give some more consideration to their decision to discriminate against bicyclists at the Mountaineer Station. > > > > >Frank >Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > > > >

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What you're missing
by director 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Good morning, I just finished typing my notes from yesterdays keynote and seminar presentations and thought I would share them. You can read them at this link: www.positivespin.org/PublicFiles/2011_LABpresentationNotes.pdf I'll be in town tonite and will probably collect notes from the congressional meetings today, starting in 90 min. I'll post those as well. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Dropbox
by Frank Gmeindl 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, I have created a folder named "BikeBoard" in Dropbox. I have shared it with all current active Bicycle Board members. I would like to see how useful this folder and its subfolders will be for us to share documents and collaborate on them. Google docs may be a better alternative but I found for Word documents, Dropbox is easier to track changes. The BikeBoard folder is at https://www.dropbox.com/home#:::36393417 Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Resolution on Traffic Controls Detecting Bicycles
by Frank Gmeindl 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, I would like your concurrence to propose the attached resolution to the Traffic Commission and the City Council. To review, comment and revise the resolution please work on the file, "LightsDetectBIkes" in Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/home#/ControlDevices:::36393417 . As you know, WVDOH has decided that the new traffic light on 705 at the WVU multi-modal transportation facility will not be activated by bicycles. This means that if you ride your bicycle out of the facility, you will have to wait until a motor vehicle comes to trigger the light or run it. One purpose of the resolution is to get the traffic signals to treat bicycles as any other vehicle. Another purpose is to get recognition that bicycles are valid means of transportation, that bicyclists are equals to motorists, and to remove barriers to bicycling. Since WVDOH is already installing equipment for traffic lights in the 705 corridor, this resolution may be too late. I'm hoping that they might get wind of its coming and maybe give some more consideration to their decision to discriminate against bicyclists at the Mountaineer Station. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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From the Bike Summit
by director 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Good afternoon, Just taking a break before our state delegation meeting. This is your last chance to pass on any issues affected by federal legislation before I lobby to lawmakers on capitol hill tomorrow. Our major "ask" is that, under current hostile budget cutting, that our bike related initiatives retain or increase their funding. Safe Routes Recreational Trails Transportation Enhancements I'll have printed images representing what we've done with our TE money. Are there any issues affecting Morgantown that you think should be mentioned to the lawmakers? If you don't think what I'm doing is important I'd like to request that you buy me dinner when I get back so I can explain it to you :-) Thanks, Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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DA Article
by BikeMorgantown 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

William, As Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board and an instructor of the Confident City Cycling courses, as well as a local cyclist, please accept my gratitude for writing, "Bicycling is healthy, efficient and a good alternative to driving" that was published in the DA Sunday March 6, 2011: http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/bicycling-is-healthy-efficient-and-a-goo… . I'm surprised we haven't actually met since your perspective is so in sync with mine. I especially want to thank you for calling attention to the Confident City Cycling courses. Where did you learn of them? The ad in the DA? Participation in the courses is much less than we would like. The Bicycle Board would appreciate any ideas for getting more people to take the courses. Please e-mail me or call me at the number below with your ideas. I'd also like to invite you to attend the Bicycle Board's regular monthly meetings. We meet the first Thursday of the month 6:30 - 8:30 pm in the Public Safety Center (corner Spruce & Walnut) Conference Room. I looked up your address in the WVU directory. I hope I got the right one. Another bond we may have is that I also have a Physics degree:) Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: MD State Highway Administration ~ Your request for information re: "When Main Street is a State Highway"
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Roy, Bill, Damien, Maryland has a nice handbook, "When Main Street is a State Highway" that might make our job of realizing complete streets more efficient and effective. Attached is a PDF and I'll have a few paper copies. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: Philip Troll <PTroll(a)sha.state.md.us> > Date: March 4, 2011 1:58:04 PM EST > To: "'frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: Kirk McClelland <KMcClelland(a)sha.state.md.us>, Dennis German <DGerman(a)sha.state.md.us>, Lisa Choplin <LChoplin(a)sha.state.md.us>, Victor Barreira <VBarreira(a)sha.state.md.us>, Michael Jackson <mjackson3(a)mdot.state.md.us> > Subject: MD State Highway Administration ~ Your request for information re: "When Main Street is a State Highway" > > Good afternoon Mr. Gmeindl, > > Thank you for your kind words about the article in American Cyclist and your interest in the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) publication, “When Main Street is a State Highway – Blending Function, Beauty and Identity – A Handbook for Communities and Designers.” It is a pleasure to share a copy with you and your colleagues on the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board for use and discussions with the Morgantown City Council, City Engineering, Traffic Commission, and WVDOH. > > The approach outlined in this handbook results from numerous case studies and several years of experimentation with community-oriented projects, extensive SHA staff give-and-take, and the contributions of many local communities and citizens' groups. As you requested, please consider three complimentary copies to be on their way to you, at the address listed below. Please confirm that this is the mailing address to use, or if you would like the other two copies sent to other addresses: > > Mr. Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 Wilson Avenue > Morgantown WV 26501 > > To ensure that the valuable information contained in the handbook is as accessible as possible, a PDF version is available on our website for immediate viewing and sharing. I’ve attached a copy of that PDF to this note for your use till the hard copies arrive and here is the link to where it is posted on SHA’s website: > > http://www.marylandroads.com/index.aspx?PageId=244. > > Thank you again for your interest in our publication. If you have any additional questions, comments or requests, please do not hesitate to contact me, or Mr. Dennis German, SHA's Division Chief for the Community Design Division at 1.888.228.5092, 410.545.8900 or, by email, at dgerman(a)sha.state.md.us . > > Ms. Lisa B. Choplin, SHA’s Division Chief for the Innovative Contracting Division, oversees SHA’s companion programs that define, advance and implement bicyclist and pedestrian safety and access initiatives. Ms. Choplin, can be reached at 1.888.228.5092, 410.545.8824 or, by email, at lchoplin(a)sha.state.md.us > > Best of luck and success with your discussions and efforts to enhance safety, > Philip Troll > Community Design Division > Maryland State Highway Administration > ptroll(a)sha.state.md.us > 410.545.8575 > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email > > LEGAL DISCLAIMER - The information contained in this communication (including any attachments) may be confidential and legally privileged. This email may not serve as a contractual agreement unless explicit written agreement for this purpose has been made. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender indicating that it was received in error and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system.

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American Cyclist
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Bicycle Board Members, The most recent issue of LAB's bimonthly American Bicyclist magazine is all about bicycle friendly communities. It contains a wealth of information about states, cities, universities and business that have won bicycle friendly awards. Since some of you are not LAB members and so don't get the magazine, I got 10 additional copies from LAB. I wanted to distribute them at last night's meeting but they didn't arrive until today. I strongly encourage you to pick one up and read it. At a minimum, it will show you what can be done to improve the bicycle friendliness of our community. Please go to Wamsley cycles and tell Colin or Chip that you are a Bicycle Board member and they'll give you your copy of the American Bicyclist. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Getting a peak oil resolution for the city
by director 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Good morning, Saw this article via Treehugger this morning, thought it had good suggestions for raising issues that will give bicycling more of the importance (and potentially funding) that it deserves for the upcoming problems it can solve and prevent. http://transitionculture.org/2011/02/28/ingredients-of-transition- peak-oil-resolutions/ -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Fear
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

This interesting British paper, http://thinkingaboutcycling.wordpress.com/article-fear-of-cycling/ shows how fear may be the major obstacle that we must overcome but ironically, some of the things we're doing can actually create fear. Here are a couple quotations to whet your whistle. " three ways in which cycling is constructed as dangerous, and thus a contemporary fear of cycling is produced; road safety education, helmet promotion campaigns, and the increasing separation of cycling from motorised traffic. The irony, of course, is that these interventions are responses to a fear of cycling, clearly aimed at increasing cycling’s safety. But I will demonstrate how, contrary to intentions, each intervention actually tends to exacerbate fear of cycling, and sometimes literally invokes it in order to promote the ‘solution’. On education: "The transformation of streets for people into roads for cars, perhaps inevitably, produced death and injury. By 1936 concerns about the alarming rise in cyclist casualties had led to the idea of a cycling proficiency scheme, eventually adopted nationally in 1948 (CTC 2005). To stem the carnage, cyclists must be trained to deal with the new, dangerous conditions. But things could have been otherwise. A 1947 book by J. S. Dean, former Chairman of the Pedestrians’ Association, is instructive here. In his ‘study of the road deaths problem’, Murder Most Foul, Dean’s basic tenet is that, ‘as roads are only “dangerous” by virtue of being filled with heavy fast moving motor vehicles, by far the greatest burden of responsibility for avoiding crashes, deaths and injury on the roads should lie with the motorist’ (Peel n.d., 3). Yet road safety education concentrates not on the drivers of vehicles, but on those who they have the capacity to kill. Dean saw how placing responsibility for road danger on those outside of motorised vehicles might lead, by stealth, to placing of culpability on those groups, and Murder Most Foul is a tirade against the placing of responsibility for road accidents on children." Anybody want to discuss this or other related topics over beer at Jay's Thursday after the BB meeting? Frank

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bumper stickers
by Aira Loren Burkhart 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Bumper Sticker slogan proposals: 1. "I share the road with bicycles." 2. "My other car is a bicycle." 3. "Please share the road." 4. Other?? Thanks, aira

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Fwd: Course participation
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org> > Date: March 3, 2011 12:41:20 AM EST > To: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Course participation > > See my response below each of your embedded questions and comments. > > On 2/10/2011 10:21 AM, Frank Gmeindl wrote: >> >> Jonathan, >> >> Your suggestion is innovative, rational and practicable. Please see my questions and comments embedded below. >> >> On Feb 10, 2011, at 4:54 AM, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote: >> >>> I have read through this whole thread, and while I observe some good thinking going on, there really isn't anything earth-shattering about the approaches being discussed. Targeting businesses has been discussed in the past, but what I mostly hear being suggested is that we change our jingle. >>> >>> News alert. I don't think that we have failed in our marketing efforts at all. In fact, I think the results we are getting are typical for the particular media approaches we are employing. >>> >>> In general, it is pretty common for media marketing to produce very small percentage returns. While it's a great approach for large companies who are targeting large populations, it is probably not in the BB's best interest. I am sure all of you receive spam mail, and I suspect that 100% of you absolutely hate it or completely ignore it, but alas, probably about 0.00001% of people who do receive it become repeat customers which makes it a very lucrative business for its proprietors. But ironically, it also means none of you probably become the customers. These stats tend to be true with many types of media marketing. >>> >>> Lets do some numbers. Let's say we have a $70k budget and we spent about $25,000 last year, and Morgantown's MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) population is 118,506. Let's say 40 people took our course last year. That means, our costs were $625.00 per each individual, and our market penetration was 0.00034%. Note: I am guesstimating some of these numbers. >>> >>> Just for demonstration, let's say that after everything is said and done, we are paying $525.00 in marketing costs for each person we are bringing into our program What's wrong with this picture? A lot. >>> >>> Here is the solution I suggest. Let's employ a traditional sales approach. Initially, we will find people who are interested in marketing our program. >> >> What approach do you recommend to "find people who are interested in marketing our program" and who would implement your approach? From your writing below, it seems people that have completed TS101 or that have demonstrated that they know the material would qualify as marketers. I ask who would implement your approach because it won't happen unless somebody does it so the first job would seem to be to find somebody(s) that will take this on. > > A person who took the course should in theory be the best marketer if they can share their excitement, and inspiration with other people; we should reward them for making an effort in bringing new folks to the program. However, sales do take skills, and we shouldn't rely only on people who have taken the course to accomplish this task, but rather on people who have expressed an interest in marketing the program. These people could be located via help wanted ads, job agencies, WVU, etc. People who have responded to our marketing opportunity could be required to take the course to understand our product and/or they could be provided with a marketing kit. Ideally, we should find a sales manager who could establish what the best practices would be. The sales manager in turn would find and train sales associates. The sales manager would be commiserated for their work by receiving a percentage for each successful sale completed by a sales associate. It would behoove the Bicycle Board to initially find a person who would serve as a sales manager. A sales manager could be located via help wanted ads, job agencies, WVU, etc. First, I would suggest going to WVU, because a student may want to do this as part of a project or one of WVU's work-learning programs. Contracts will need to be drawn up. In the case of a Sales Manager contract I would recommend that they be required to train an assistant sales manager who would take over the Sales Manager's duties if the Sales Manger can't continue their duties. > >> >>> This is the fun part because we wouldn't have to pay them $525 for each person they successfully get to enroll in our program, we could pay them $50 or $35 or maybe even $25 for their effort. I could see this approach being really successful at WVU. First we would ditch offering free courses to WVU students. If you were a WVU student and you could make $600 by convincing 12 of your friends to enroll and successfully complete the course, wouldn't that motivate you to market our program? Yes! >> >> Do you mean that the City would pay our "marketers" $25 for each person that they got to sign up for the course? > > This payment would be a commission to the marketer for every person they bring into the program who successfully completes the course. The amount that a sales person would make per commission should be determined based on a cost analysis along with the expert advice of a sales manager (see earlier response). > >> >>> >>> Now here's a creative approach building on Aira's concept of raising our price. Let's raise the price to $100, but lets give our marketers coupons with their sales ID written on it. If their friend brings the coupon when they enroll, they will receive a 60% discount or maybe even a 100% discount! Once they complete the course we will offer them a sales ID which they can use to invite all their friends and associates. But, because good marketers aren't necessarily people who have taken our course, we could open up the marketing program to anyone who is a good marketer, i.e., we would interview them first, and if approved, hire them as an independent contractor and provide them with instructions on how we want our program presented to the public. >> >> Are you personally willing to manage this? >> > > No. > >>> >>> I say, let's get a good paid sales force because that's how the Bicycle Boards Education's 7,000,000 pennies from its Grant will be most effectively utilized to successfully build a large program that will produce a nice population of enthusiastic bicyclists. >>> >>> -Jonathan >>> >>> >>> Gunnar Shogren wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Ryan Post <rpostwvu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ya, we got Old, Young, Woman and Cantankerous. Frank and Gunnar can fight >>>>> over which 2 persona they are. >>>>> >>>>> I'm really liking the idea of getting word out to businesses. I'm thinking >>>>> it'll be a better bang for the buck, and also is probably less time spent by >>>>> BB members than working up a new commercial. As much as I'd love to be in a >>>>> 4th cycling commercial! >>>>> >>>>> I'm expecting that word of mouth will be the most powerful advertising once >>>>> a bunch of people have taken it. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Oh, and how do we get to this "bunch of people"? >>>> >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org] On >>>>> Behalf Of Elizabeth Shogren >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:15 PM >>>>> To: Alice Vernon >>>>> Cc: Jim Rye; chip wamsley; Elizabeth Shogren; Bicycle Board; Frank Gmeindl >>>>> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Course participation >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Alice! >>>>> >>>>> I am thinking the commercial could "introduce" our LCI instructors. >>>>> Sometimes people are more apt to sign up for something if they can see >>>>> that it is not taught by some scary hard-core freak. Establish a >>>>> connection and all that... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On second thought, this idea could backfire. HAHA!! Just kidding!!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Alice Vernon <vernon.mail(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think Betsy is right about the commercial and people not reading the >>>>>> paper. >>>>>> Alice >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Gunnar Shogren <gshogren(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Elizabeth Shogren >>>>>>> <elizabeth.schauer(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I say let's make another commercial! Tons of people saw our PSAs, >>>>>>>> while I am not so sure that many people actually read the newspaper >>>>>>>> that often (especially students and other active types). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> And the commercial that Betsy is talking about is one that promotes >>>>>>> the CLASS and not just safe riding in general. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>>>>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>>>>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>>>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>>>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>> >>> >> >

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poster quotes from mpb -- attached
by Aira Loren Burkhart 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

4 color front, one color back = $1950.00 per 2000 copies at 24" by 24" aira

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Agenda for this Thursday's BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a suggested agenda and read-aheads for our meeting this Thursday. Our agenda is very full so please come prepared. Frank

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American Bicyclist, Jan-Feb. issue
by Gunnar Shogren 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Everyone should be reading a copy of this. Now. It's got gobs and gobs of useful information in it and for all aspects or our Es as well.

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Bicycle Facilities
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

I love this video about bicycle facilities: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZwXlDNQa3c&feature=player_embedded . Thanks to John Allen for making it available in English. (It was made in Spain. The music is cool, too.) Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Report to Traffic Commission
by Chip Wamsley 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:02:21 -0500 Frank, Looks good, the parking group needs to address the time limit issue, as we have only touched upon that and we also need to check with Tom Arnold about the stickers on the post with bike parking rules. Chip >Bicycle Board Members, > >Attached is a draft report that I propose to present to the Traffic Commission at next Wednesday's Traffic Commission meeting. Please reply if you wish any changes. > >Frank > >

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Morgantown Bicycling Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Current Bicycle Board Members, Thanks so much to Jim Rye for a tremendous effort reviewing version 06 of subject plan and conducting impressive research to correct errors in the plan and to provide better substantiation. I will maintain the plan in Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/home#:::29108896 . Frank

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Posters
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please reply-all ASAP if you know some place that we should put a poster (attached) and business cards that would get people to take Confident City Cycling classes. If you have an idea AND have a contact at that place, would you take a poster and some business cards to them? If so, please let me know how I can get posters and business cards to you. Classes begin in less than 2 weeks so getting these out ASAP is crucial. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Emails from Gunnar
by Elizabeth Shogren 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Yeah, don't click on any links gunnar sends, please. He's having some issues.

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Specially For You
by Gunnar Shogren 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

Check this offer, whenever u get a chance http://judgesjerky.com/home/info.html Hope u like it :)

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Papa Damien
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, There's a rumor about that last week, a third child entered the Davis family. I wish I could report more details. Perhaps Damien will fill us in. Congratulations, Damien! Frank

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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a draft report that I propose to present to the Traffic Commission at next Wednesday's Traffic Commission meeting. Please reply if you wish any changes. Frank

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Bicycling Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, City Councilman Don Spencer says. "We need to prepare as soon as possible a 5-year financial budget projection for the City Manager. This may be the way in which we get the items that were cut restored. Please put in the first year the resources necessary to complete the climbing lane, do the map, install SOME of the garage parking, as well as the bike ed match. For the second year we need to continue items, such as the garage parking, sharrows, street parking, etc. Also include along the way as you deem best, Share the Road signs, continued bike ed, bike-ped coordinator, bike month support, training for public safety personnel, etc. A five year progressive picture." By next Monday, I am going to try to flesh out the attached bicycling plan. Currently, I will try to spread it over a 5-year period and develop an annual budget, progressive for each of the five years. There are currently 72 "initiatives" or projects in the plan. Without any help, I can probably make a credible cost and schedule estimate for about 10 of them. So, first, I'm going to select the projects that I think are most important, or most attractive to those that review and approve the budget and work on them. I could probably do a lot better job if I had some help. RIght off, the following projects will probably be included: * Continued the Confident City Cycling education program through 2011 * Replacing in-line grates * Install Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane * Complete the bike route map including distribution * Some downtown bike lockers * Some signage * Shared Lane Markings and Bicycles May Use Full Lane signs (for 2012) Initiatives that I don't plan to work on unless I get some help include: * Trails or bike paths * Safe Routes to Schools * Cycling education in the schools * Enforcement (Our plan has 10 enforcement initiatives) * Encouragement such as Bike Month, encouraging employers, community celebrations * Bike-ped coordinator The plan that I think I can generate by next week will not address all the recommendations that LAB gave us in response to our 2007 Bicycle Friendly Community award application. (Also attached is a spreadsheet with the feedback and our status.) Terrence said he wants the Bronze award. If you'd like to do anything to help with the areas that I plan to address or if you'd like to take on one or more areas that I probably won't get to, please reply. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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FWD: National Bike Summit 2011 -- Acting on a Simple Solution - Issue 6
by director 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Good morning I am making final preparations to attend the League's Bike Summit March 8-10. I'm forwarding the latest newsletter from the Summit in which they ask attendees to bring/send photos of local projects that have benefitted from transportation enhancement funds. For us that would include anything paid for by our TE grant over the past 3 years. I would like ask board members to get send me anything you'd like me to share with our lawmakers to show them they are getting value for their money when I meet with them on Thursday March 10. AND it's not too late for you to attend. Please consider doing so. As far as I know I will be the only person at the conference attending from our congressional district, and there's only one other person coming from WV. See the conference agenda for valuable seminars on becoming a more effective advocate. It's WAY worth attending. 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Very bad news
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

Bicycle Board, I just learned this sad news from the Rabbi of the Tree of Life Synagogue about one of our Board members: Paul Becker has died suddenly and unexpectedly. Our sympathies are with his family at this time. Arrangements are still incomplete; details will be provided at a later time. -Jonathan

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City 2011-2012 budget
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Bicycle Board Members, You can see subject budget at http://www.morgantown.com/budget-prop11-12.htm . Some highlights: Bike Education: $37,551 (this is to match the grant we have) Bike Lanes: $0 (marked down from $20,895 to $0) Bike Parking: $0 (marked down from $1,349 to $0) Compare this $37,551 with sidewalks. For 2011-2013, the budget contains $255,413 for sidewalks. Show me where I'm wrong but I think this reflects what we get when we don't have a comprehensive bicycling plan. See the sidewalk plan at Updated 8-13-10 (PDF version - 5 MB) Frank

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New ad
by Frank Gmeindl 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Education Committee Members, Attached is the new newspaper ad that we developed Tuesday. Thanks to Gary Rodosta! Let me know what you think of it. We need to get this into the DP and DA ASAP and I expect it will take the City a little while to make the purchase. Classes begin March 5. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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