Bikeboard October 2011

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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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