Bikeboard October 2009

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Coffee and bike parking, Blue Moose 8 am tomorrow, Friday
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

I'm sending this message again without the attachment because I know that some of you have servers that block messages with big attachments. Bicycle Board Members, Please join me and Chip tomorrow at 8 am at the Blue Moose for coffee and a review of the High Street bike parking map that the city developed. See attached. After coffee, we'll walk up and down High Street to ensure that the locations and orientations are correct and record any changes if necessary. The City and Mainstreet Morgantown are converging on a High Street parking plan. After this, our job could be done. I apologize for not sending this out earlier. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Coffee and bike parking, Blue Moose 8 am tomorrow, Friday
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Bicycle Board Members, Please join me and Chip tomorrow at 8 am at the Blue Moose for coffee and a review of the High Street bike parking map that the city developed. See attached. After coffee, we'll walk up and down High Street to ensure that the locations and orientations are correct and record any changes if necessary. The City and Mainstreet Morgantown are converging on a High Street parking plan. After this, our job could be done. I apologize for not sending this out earlier. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Delete report to TC!
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Oct '09

08 Oct '09

Bicycle Board Members, Please delete from your files the report that I sent you that is the October 8 report from the BB to the TC. Attached is a revised report. The one I sent you yesterday has the first draft of the State College trip report. The file attached to this message has the final version of the trip report. The original draft contains some embarrassing errors and I would like to ensure that it doesn't get around. Sorry for the inconvenience. 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 Greg Good 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Frank and all, great work you folks are still doing! My only problem: there must have been a better looking model for those photographs. (Sorry, Betsy). I'm now involved in bicycle activism with my employer in College Park. We're building a critical mass of cyclists and lobbying for better, sheltered parking. Greg >>> Frank Gmeindl 10/07/09 2:43 PM >>> Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a report from the Bicycle Board that I'm going to presentto the Traffic Commission tonight. Please forgive me for not givingyou much time to review it. I've already submitted it to the TCsecretary for printing and distribution to the TC members. However, if you see anything wrong or if I missed anything, please letme know as I can state the corrections or additions while I'mpresenting it tonight. Excuse I usually send this to you a few days before the Traffic Commissionmeeting to give you a chance to correct my mistakes and add input. TheTC meeting is the first Wednesday of the month and the BB meeting isthe first Thursday of the month, so the TC meeting is usually the daybefore our BB meeting. Since the first Thursday of this month was10/1, that put the TC meeting tonight. Unfortunately, with ourcanceling the BB meeting last week and with the TC meeting being theweek after the BB meeting, I forgot about the TC meeting until I saw itannounced in the Dominion Post today. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers ofvehicles

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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Oct '09

07 Oct '09

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a report from the Bicycle Board that I'm going to present to the Traffic Commission tonight. Please forgive me for not giving you much time to review it. I've already submitted it to the TC secretary for printing and distribution to the TC members. However, if you see anything wrong or if I missed anything, please let me know as I can state the corrections or additions while I'm presenting it tonight. *Excuse *I usually send this to you a few days before the Traffic Commission meeting to give you a chance to correct my mistakes and add input. The TC meeting is the first Wednesday of the month and the BB meeting is the first Thursday of the month, so the TC meeting is usually the day before our BB meeting. Since the first Thursday of this month was 10/1, that put the TC meeting tonight. Unfortunately, with our canceling the BB meeting last week and with the TC meeting being the week after the BB meeting, I forgot about the TC meeting until I saw it announced in the Dominion Post today. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Something for "Bike/Walk to School" week
by director 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Brooke Driesse" <brooke(a)saferoutespartnership.org> Reply-To: "Brooke Driesse" <brooke(a)saferoutespartnership.org> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:32:53 -0700 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2009 Resource Helps Locals Address School Bicycling and Walking Policies to Encourage Safe Routes to School Contact: Deb Hubsmith <mailto:deb@saferoutespartnership.org> , Director, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, deb(a)saferoutespartnership.org, 415-454-7430 Lauren Marchetti <mailto:lauren_marchetti@unc.edu> , Director, National Center for Safe Routes to School, marchet(a)claire.hsrc.unc.edu, 919-962-7412 Boulder, CO - Children across the US are back in school, and many communities are seeing the traffic jams that result from parents driving their children to schools. To help encourage more walking and bicycling, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and the National Center for Safe Routes to School have released a jointly-developed resource, School <http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/media/file/barrier_policy_tip_sheet.pd f> Bicycling and Walking Policies: Addressing Policies that Hinder and Implementing Policies that Help. This tip sheet was developed in response to numerous requests from across the country. School policies that encourage and support bicycling and walking can substantially boost a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, both within individual schools and throughout the community. In contrast, a policy that discourages or prohibits bicycling or walking can stop a SRTS program in its tracks. The tip sheet provides simple steps explaining how to approach and overturn barrier policies that prohibit walking and/or bicycling to school, and encouraging supportive policies, which support and enable bicycling and walking to school programs. Congress provided $612 million for Safe Routes to School in the 2005 SAFETEA-LU federal transportation bill. Communities in all 50 states are now using this funding to construct new bike lanes, pathways, and sidewalks, as well as to launch Safe Routes to School education, promotion and enforcement campaigns in elementary and middle schools. The demand for the program far outreaches the funding available. By making it safe, convenient, and fun for children to walk and bicycle to and from school, SRTS is helping communities find solutions to traffic congestion, poor air quality, and high rates of childhood obesity and related diseases. The Safe Routes to School National <http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/home> Partnership, hosted by the non-profit Bikes Belong Foundation, is a network of more than 400 nonprofit organizations, government agencies, schools, and professionals working together to advance the SRTS movement in the United States. The Partnership focuses on building partnerships, changing policies, advancing legislation, and improving the built environment. The National Center for Safe Routes to <http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/> School assists communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bicycle to school. The Center strives to equip Safe Routes to School programs with the knowledge and technical information to implement safe and successful strategies. The National Center for Safe Routes to School is maintained by the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center with funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. ### --- Note: If you want to send an email to the entire list serve of more than 300 subscribers, please send your message to saferoutestoschool(a)saferoutes.listserve.us. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Legislation
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

Bicycle Board Members, This morning, I participated by telephone in a meeting in Charleston of a forming BikeWV legislative committee. The committee decided to pursue legislation to change WV code 17C-1-2 that defines "vehicle". Currently, 17C-1-2 explicitly excludes "devices moved by human power". The committee will draft a change that explicitly includes bicycles in the definition of "vehicle". Then, they will meet with representatives of the WVDOH, the Governor, some State and local police, and congressmen Oliverio and Foster to identify any pockets of resistance to the change. The following attended the meeting: * Kim Broughton - BikeWV coordinator * Steve Fowler - Lawyer, proponent of 3-foot passing law * Dennis Strawn - Charleston bicycling advocate * John Francis - Greenbrier Bicycling Club and active bicycling political advocate * Todd West - WVDOH * Bill Nottingham - Owner of Charleston bike shop and former tobacco lobbyist * Greg Garrett - Blennerhassett Bicycle Club * Frank Gmeindl - Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board, League Cycling Instructor As you know, the meeting was preceded by a bike commute from Scott Depot to Charleston. Among the 6 participants were Rich Warner and Perry Keller, both employees of WVDOT and members of the Greater Morgantown MPO TAC. Where they could, they rode on shoulders and sidewalks. Paul Maddox, WVDOT Secretary offered to provide a SAG vehicle for the ride. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Re: [Bikeboard] MapFest next Tuesday
by director 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

I'll be there too. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:12 -0400 >Bicycle Board Members, > >Next Tuesday, October 6, 6-9 pm we will review the first draft >comprehensive Morgantown Bicycle Route map and try to complete it so we >can produce it and distribute it at the Oct. 19 grand opening of the >Mountaineer Station. > >We will meet in the Training Room in the Public Safety Center. > >Please come and contribute to perfecting the map. Or, just to give >thanks to Derek for all the tremendous work that he's done pulling this >together. > >Frank > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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