Bikeboard January 2012

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Input from cyclists on Route 7
by D. Williams 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Hello Everyone, I am presenting next week on the truck traffic impacts on Route 7 through downtown. Do any of you take this route regularly and have a comment? Do you have any images or assessments that you would like mentioned? I have some data from cyclists on Brockway, but that is not the focus of this presentation. I do think it is important to mention however as I counted 4 cyclists during my last field survey. This is not a full impact study, but I want to reach out to you for accounts and occurrences that you have witnessed on this commuting route. Thank you for your input and additions to this research. Have a nice day. 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 FAX: 304-291-9573 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 "Planning is about leading, innovating and inspiring the next generation." -APA, Communication Bootcamp

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Re: [Bikeboard] FW: Bikes Belong Coalition
by Chip Wamsley 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Derek. Thanks for the heads up. MRTC has already gotten a grant (the largest awarded in 2010) for some erosion control maintenance. I believe the bike board applied for one for the climbing lane. A lot of the money comes from suppliers and dealers in the bike industry. We donate a percentage of our helmet sales and certain bike sales to bikes belong for these grants, so its good to see some of the money come back to Morgantown. Chip -----Original Message----- From: "Derek Springston" <dspringston(a)gmail.com> Sent 1/9/2012 9:58:34 AM To: Martin(a)DeckersCreek.org, bikeboard(a)cheat.org Cc: ella(a)montrails.org, Sarah(a)DeckersCreek.org, Amanda(a)Cheat.org, Pamela(a)DeckersCreek.org Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] FW: Bikes Belong Coalition Martin, Thanks for sending this! Since I am on the Bike Board, I am forwarding this on to the rest of the group. I've also replied all to find out if anyone else you've emailed is pursuing this Grant in our area. Bike Board members, Are you familiar with the Bike Belong Grants Program? Have we ever pursued this in the past? Thanks, ~Derek On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Derek Springston <guitardeek(a)hotmail.com> wrote: “Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 18:50:35 -0500 To: ella(a)montrails.org; Amanda(a)Cheat.org; Sarah(a)DeckersCreek.org; Pamela(a)DeckersCreek.org; guitardeek(a)hotmail.com From: Martin(a)DeckersCreek.org Subject: FYI Bicycle Advocacy and Facilities Supported Bikes Belong Coalition The goal of the Bikes Belong Coalition, sponsored by the American bicycle industry, is putting more people on bicycles more often. The Bikes Belong Grants Program provides support for projects that leverage federal funding and build momentum for bicycling in communities across the U.S. Funded projects can include bike paths and rail trails, as well as bike parks, mountain bike trails, BMX facilities, and bicycle advocacy initiatives. The focus of the facility grant category is to connect existing facilities or create new biking opportunities. The advocacy grant category seeks to support large-scale, innovative, replicable advocacy initiatives that significantly increase ridership and improve conditions for bicycling in big U.S. cities. The application deadline is February 29, 2012. Visit the Coalition';s website to submit an online application. Martin Christ Water remediation director Friends of Deckers Creek PO Box 877 Dellslow, WV 26531 Tel. (304) 292-3970 Cell (304) 692-6278 Fax (304) 292-5070 Email Martin(a)DeckersCreek.org _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Re: [Bikeboard] FW: Bikes Belong Coalition
by Derek Springston 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Martin, Thanks for sending this! Since I am on the Bike Board, I am forwarding this on to the rest of the group. I've also replied all to find out if anyone else you've emailed is pursuing this Grant in our area. Bike Board members, Are you familiar with the Bike Belong Grants Program? Have we ever pursued this in the past? Thanks, ~Derek On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Derek Springston <guitardeek(a)hotmail.com>wrote: > > > *“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the > future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells > * > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 18:50:35 -0500 > To: ella(a)montrails.org; Amanda(a)Cheat.org; Sarah(a)DeckersCreek.org; > Pamela(a)DeckersCreek.org; guitardeek(a)hotmail.com > From: Martin(a)DeckersCreek.org > Subject: > > FYI > > > Bicycle Advocacy and Facilities Supported > *Bikes Belong Coalition > <http://www.bikesbelong.org/grants/apply-for-a-grant/>*The goal of the > Bikes Belong Coalition, sponsored by the American bicycle industry, is > putting more people on bicycles more often. The Bikes Belong Grants Program > provides support for projects that leverage federal funding and build > momentum for bicycling in communities across the U.S. Funded projects can > include bike paths and rail trails, as well as bike parks, mountain bike > trails, BMX facilities, and bicycle advocacy initiatives. The focus of the > facility grant category is to connect existing facilities or create new > biking opportunities. The advocacy grant category seeks to support > large-scale, innovative, replicable advocacy initiatives that significantly > increase ridership and improve conditions for bicycling in big U.S. cities. > The application deadline is February 29, 2012. Visit the Coalition';s > website to submit an online application. > > > Martin Christ > Water remediation director > Friends of Deckers Creek > PO Box 877 > Dellslow, WV 26531 > > Tel. (304) 292-3970 > Cell (304) 692-6278 > Fax (304) 292-5070 > Email Martin(a)DeckersCreek.org >

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Fwd: WVU EmployeeFest 2012
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Here's a ripe banana for Thursday:) Begin forwarded message: > From: "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: January 3, 2012 3:13:36 PM EST > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com>, "Christiaan Abildso" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: Fwd: WVU EmployeeFest 2012 > > Frank / Christiaan > > I have ben contacted regarding the 2012 Employee Fest to be held on Wednesday, April 12th. They are taking reservations for booths for this event. Please let me know if the Bike Board or Ped Board would be interested in being involved with this event. > > > 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) > > > From: "Toni Christian" <Toni.Christian(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Date: December 22, 2011 11:29:45 AM EST > To: "Hugh Kierig" <Hugh.Kierig(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Cc: "Debra Stevens" <Debra.Stevens(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Subject: WVU EmployeeFest 2012 > > > Dear Hugh, > > As a participant in last year’s event, the West Virginia University Division of Human Resources would like to offer your unit/department the opportunity to be an exhibitor for WVU EmployeeFest 2012: Benefits & Wellness Expo in advance of opening up registration to the community. As you are aware, this all-day event will be held at the Erickson Alumni Center on the WVU Evansdale Campus in Morgantown, WV on Thursday, April 12, 2012. It is our goal to make the Benefits and Wellness Expo a valuable service to WVU employees by educating participants about WVU benefits and health/wellness opportunities through a variety of health screenings, demonstrations, exhibitor’s tables, informational lectures and workshops. > > This will be a wonderful opportunity for the WVU Transportation & Parking Office and the Morgantown Bicycle Board to connect with many WVU faculty and staff in a positive environment focused on health and wellness. West Virginia University employs over 5,000 benefits eligible employees on the Morgantown campus and we are expecting over 1,500 employees to attend the Expo. This year’s event will coincide with WVU Employee Benefits Open Enrollment (scheduled for the month of April) and will focus on several areas of wellness including mind, physical, and financial wellness. > > The WVU Transportation & Parking Office and the Morgantown Bicycle Board will be wonderful additions to this event and we are looking forward to working with you to make the WVU EmployeeFest 2012: Benefits & Wellness Expo an outstanding experience for WVU employees. > > Please feel free to contact me or Debra Stevens (Debra.Stevens(a)mail.wvu.edu) if you have any questions. > > RSVP requested by January 10, 2012. Registration information will be forwarded after RSVP. > > Look forward to hearing from you soon. > > Happy Holidays!!!! > > Toni > > >

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BFC application
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Bicycle Board Members, Please join me in extending gratitude to Damien, Butch, gunnar, Hugh, Marilyn, Betsy and Ryan for what must have been many hours of challenging work completing their sections of the Bicycle Friendly Community award application. Please find attached, Bicycle Friendly Community Application_2011V01.doc. This document integrates all the inputs. Please review it in preparation for our meeting this Thursday when we will finalize it for submission to Jeff Mikorski. There are still some rough areas in it that are easy to find by looking for red text and comments in the margin. If you have solutions to any of those issues, please reply-all to this message with them. Also, please indicate anything that can be improved. The attached file is also in Dropbox at http://db.tt/epAJBA0V . If you accepted the invitation to share the folder, http://db.tt/72JvIyum in which the attached file resides, you can download it, modify it and upload it. If you do so, please use Track Changes and Comments so we can easily find the changes that you make. Printing 17 copies of the attached 37 page document will consume 629 sheets of paper and toner so I don't plan to ask Barbara to make 17 copies as usual. If you want a paper copy of the application on Thursday, please reply before noon tomorrow. Keep warm and see you Thursday! 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] (Nearly) Final version of "Let's Start Biking"
by director 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Good afternoon, In case this message was buried in your email during the holiday break, I would ask you to please review the video at the YouTube link given and return comments to me by tomorrow. I've only received one comment so far (Thanks Danielle) I will try and work with Robby to get them incorporated and deliver the final video sometime next week. Thank you, Nick Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 -----Original Message----- From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> Sent 12/27/2011 12:00:37 PM To: "Bike Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org>, "Robert Rexroad" <robrexroad(a)gmail.com>, "arathy" <arathyn(a)gmail.com>, jmikorski(a)cityofmorgantown.org Subject: [Bikeboard] (Nearly) Final version of "Let's Start Biking" Good morning, Robby sent me the link to the latest video of "Let's Start Biking" yesterday and I've previewed it and am passing it on for review by the Bicycle Board. I've found 2 minor corrections to be made, but would like to get everybody's inputs and send them all to Rob at once to make the best use of his time. If possible please make the edits in the YouTube comments so everyone can see them and avoid duplicates (150character limit - one edit/comment please) - this requires that you have an account (your Google sign-in). Note that this video is posted so it doesn't show up in a search, you can only view it if you type in the link. Otherwise feel free to email me with your edits and I'll put them on the YouTube page with your name for credit. You can follow up with a call at 304-276-0213 if you think it needs discussion. I'll leave it open for comments for about 2 weeks (until Jan 10) to give everyone a chance to get back from holiday break. Then we should finally be able to release it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNlCoHGZqBI Total running time is 10:09 min 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

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Re: [Bikeboard] Input from cyclists on Route 7
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Danielle, I didn't see that anybody replied to your request. I've held back because as Chairman of the Bicycle Board, I didn't want to influence anybody else's response but now I will respond. I ride Rt. 7 through downtown on average several times each week. In general, I find the cars more trouble than the trucks. While the trucks seem a lot scarier, they'll usually just trundle along behind me while cars will occasionally pass me closely even when I'm in the middle of my lane. Going out or in Beechurst, the going is easy when the traffic is heavy because everyone is going at or below bicycle speed. (I wonder if the WVDOT traffic study down there considered flow if the speed limit were enforced at 10 mph and all the red lights removed or set to truly balance intersection demand in real time. It would sure make cycling smoother through there.) When the Beechurst traffic is lighter, motorists seem to be less patient and when they see there's maybe enough room to squeeze around, they'll do it. Again, since I always ride near the middle of the lane, the trucks almost never try to pass me but the cars more frequently do. Occasionally, a truck driver will blow his horn at me but I ignore it since I'm doing exactly what any other slow moving vehicle would do there. I think some motor vehicle drivers think bicyclists should be on the sidewalk since so many do ride the sidewalk down there despite its illegality. I can usually go 15-20 mph through there but again, if the speed limit were 10 mph and enforced, cycling would be fine, trucks or no trucks. I know you said that you're not interested in Brockway but IMHO, that's worse than going through town. Either climbing up from Studio 101 (at Decker Avenue) to around Hackney St. where Brockway levels off, or climbing the Hogback turn and then keeping the hammer down where the cars and trucks can go faster is more likely to elicit horn blows and epithets than downtown. Despite the 25 mph speed limit there, this old guy can hardly get up either of those hills at more than about 10 mph. Again, if the speed limit were 10 mph or even 15 mph AND ENFORCED cycling there would be no problem, trucks or no trucks. I would also suggest you acknowledge the damage that the trucks do to the road which in some cases can present a bigger hazard to the cyclist than the vehicle itself. For a long time, the right turn at Walnut and Don Knotts had such holes and humps that an inattentive cyclist could end up on his or her head. Sure, now it's been repaved but how long will that last? I also drive my car along these same routes and find most offensive trucks taking up more than one lane and driving to the left of the center lane. Last week, as I was descending Brockway from Overdale, as I was about to enter the right hand curve in front of Studio 101, a truck came around the bend approximately 3 feet in my lane forcing me to jam on the breaks. I look forward to your presentation to the Traffic Commission on Jan. 11. Frank On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:27 AM, D. Williams wrote: > Thanks, Frank. See you then. > > D. Williams > > Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com > > http://commuterchoices.com > > “Planning is about leading, innovating and inspiring the next generation.” –APA, Communication Bootcamp > > > From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 6:02 PM > To: D. Williams > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Input from cyclists on Route 7 > > Danielle, > > It is my understanding that the next Traffic Commission meeting is January 11. I am a member of the Traffic Commission. While the TC normally meets the first Wednesday of each month, at the December meeting, the Commissioners decided to postpone the January 4 meeting one week because of the Orange Bowl that occurs January 4 and I suppose they want to watch it. > > Frank > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 3:55 PM, D. Williams wrote: > > > Traffic Commission and then briefing the Ped. Safety the following week. > > D. Williams > > Commuterchoices(a)gmail.com > > http://commuterchoices.com > > “Planning is about leading, innovating and inspiring the next generation.” –APA, Communication Bootcamp > > > From: Chet Parsons [mailto:chetparsons@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 3:48 PM > To: D. Williams > Cc: bikeboard(a)cheat.org > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Input from cyclists on Route 7 > > Danielle - Who are you presenting to? This might help as people can shape their comments to fit the audience. Thanks and good luck > > Chet > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 3:42 PM, D. Williams <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am presenting next week on the truck traffic impacts on Route 7 through downtown. Do any of you take this route regularly and have a comment? Do you have any images or assessments that you would like mentioned? I have some data from cyclists on Brockway, but that is not the focus of this presentation. I do think it is important to mention however as I counted 4 cyclists during my last field survey. This is not a full impact study, but I want to reach out to you for accounts and occurrences that you have witnessed on this commuting route. > > Thank you for your input and additions to this research. > > Have a nice day. > > 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 FAX: 304-291-9573 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 > “Planning is about leading, innovating and inspiring the next generation.” > –APA, Communication Bootcamp > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Agenda for this Thursday
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Jan '12

01 Jan '12

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a suggested agenda for this Thursday's meeting. Please reply if you would like any changes. 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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