Bikeboard August 2011

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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

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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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