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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. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Murray, Bill R" <Bill.R.Murray(a)wv.gov> > Date: August 16, 2011 3:37:43 PM EDT > To: "Bailey, Gregory L" <Gregory.L.Bailey(a)wv.gov>, <masoodakhtar(a)wvregion3.org>, <Karen.E.Allen(a)wv.gov>, "Angus, Norse B" <Norse.B.Angus(a)wv.gov>, <baustin(a)moncpc.org>, "Balderson, Lisa L" <Lisa.L.Balderson(a)wv.gov>, "Bernatowicz, Adrian J" <Adrian.J.Bernatowicz(a)wv.gov>, <jeffrey.blanton(a)fhwa.dot.gov>, <scott.boehm(a)hdrinc.com>, <levon.boyagian(a)verizon.net>, <rsbrannon(a)modjeski.com>, <kevin.burgess(a)fhwa.dot.gov>, "Burns, Ryan C" <Ryan.C.Burns(a)wv.gov>, "Carovillano, Anthony J" <Anthony.J.Carovillano(a)wv.gov>, "Carr, Brian E" <Brian.E.Carr(a)wv.gov>, <jchristman(a)g-and-o.com>, <rcolebank(a)alphaaec.com>, "Conley-Rinehart, Laura A" <Laura.A.Conley-Rinehart(a)wv.gov>, "Davis, Michael R" <Michael.R.Davis(a)wv.gov>, "Davison, Rebecca A" <Rebecca.A.Davison(a)wv.gov>, "Dawkins, Beth A" <Beth.A.Dawkins(a)wv.gov>, "Dorcas, Todd M" 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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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