Bikeboard November 2014

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COW - EPA Bike Sharing Technical Assistance Grant Application
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 25 Nov '14

25 Nov '14

Dear BB, Attached is the agenda from tonight's Morgantown City Councils Committee of the Whole documenting the consideration of an EPA Bike Sharing Technical Assistance Grant Application. Glad to see efforts are under way to realize this EPA technical assistance grant! As you may recall, we began this pursuit in 2012. -Jonathan

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Fwd: Join us for a webinar on Complete Streets in the South
by Frank Gmeindl 17 Nov '14

17 Nov '14

Begin forwarded message: > From: Safe Routes to School National Partnership <info(a)saferoutespartnership.org> > Subject: Join us for a webinar on Complete Streets in the South > Date: November 17, 2014 11:00:42 AM EST > To: Frank <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com> > Reply-To: Safe Routes to School National Partnership <info(a)saferoutespartnership.org> > > Join us for our first Southern forum webinar, “Complete Streets in the South,” on December 9, 2014 from 2 – 3 PM ET. Is this email not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser. > > > The Safe Routes to School National Partnership invites you to join us for our first Southern forum webinar, “Complete Streets in the South,” on December 9, 2014 from 2 – 3 PM ET. The webinar will explore the process used to create Complete Streets in a variety of southern settings. > > Case studies include: > > Efforts underway in a rural Kentucky county that is laying the groundwork for Complete Streets implementation at the local level. > The story behind the city of Memphis, TN, passing the 500th Complete Streets policy in 2013. With a population of over 650,000 people, Memphis is the largest city in the state of Tennessee and was named twice by Bicycling Magazine as one of America’s worst cities for bicycling. Citizens, planners, and engineers worked together to craft the award-winning policy, and are now working on implementation. > A collaborative project in urban Broward County, FL, where many organizations are working together to implement a county-wide Complete Streets initiative. > > Our panel of speakers will feature: > > Beth Willett, Program Officer for the Built Environment, The Greater Clark Foundation, Clark County, Kentucky > John Paul Shaffer, Program Director, Livable Memphis > Anamarie Garces, Principal, Urban Health Solutions, Executive Director, Urban Health Partnerships, Broward County, Florida > To register for the webinar, please visit: > https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5531337697555079938 > > > After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. > > > > Copyright © 2014 Safe Routes to School National Partnership, All rights reserved. > You're receiving this message because you have expressed interest in improving walking, bicycling, and Safe Routes to School. If you no longer wish to receive emails like these, please unsubscribe. > Our mailing address is: > Safe Routes to School National Partnership > 2323 Broadway Ste 109B > Oakland, CA 94612 > > Add us to your address book > > > > > unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | view email in browser > > >

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Nov. 6th Meeting Follow-Up?
by Derek Springston 12 Nov '14

12 Nov '14

Hey folks, Is there any follow-up or action items required from the last meeting that occurred on November 6th? What there any discussion of my recommended topic below? *I would like to recommend at the meeting that you guys talk about the possibility of applying for another Transportation Alternatives Program grant for FY2015 like we did last year for FY2014.* I recommend you discuss: - whether or not we should pursue it again - who should lead the effort (I could lead it again, unless someone else really wants to) - who would like to help with the application Thanks, ~Derek -- *Let deeds, not words, be your adorning. -'Abdu'l-Baha* *“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” -H.G. Wells**“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” -John F. Kennedy*

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My wife's voice recital next Tuesday (Nov 18)
by Jing Zhang 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Hi, Bicycle Board Members, My wife, Tingting, will hold a voice recital on Nov 18 at WVU Creative Art Center. It is at the Block Hall (on the ground floor). The time is 6:00 PM. You are cordially invited to come:) Thanks:) Jing Jing Zhang Transportation Planner Morgantown Monongalia Metropolian Planning Organization <http://www.plantogether.org/> www.plantogether.org 864.207.0749 (cell) 304.381.4363 <mailto:tranplan@labyrinth.net> tranplan(a)labyrinth.net <http://www.facebook.com/mpobikeplan> www.facebook.com/mpobikeplan <http://jing63.wix.com/mpobikeplan> http://jing63.wix.com/mpobikeplan

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Re: [Bikeboard] (no subject)
by Gunnar Shogren 06 Nov '14

06 Nov '14

Good day Alex, Kendall, and Bike Board folks. I guess the email contact for the Bike Board is still listed as me. Susan, could you please change the email contact to bikemorgantown(a)gmail.com ? That's the most appropriate one for sure. Alex and Kendall, the Bike Board is meeting tonight at 6:30pm in the Public Safety Building, downtown Morgantown, to discuss the climbing lane. Frank and some others were at a City meeting that had this on the agenda so they would be much more helpful and knowledgeable on this topic. Hopefully you can make the meeting. If not, query the Bike Board. Thanks. Here were questions from Kendall- *********** My name is Kendall Snee and I work for the daily athenaeum and I was hoping I could possibly ask you a couple of questions about the new bike lane on Mon Boulevard. 1. Have people been asking for this new addition? 2.What kind of traffic can be expected? 3. Will it possibly compromise the car lanes? 4.What do you personally see as the benefits of this bike lane? 5. When can it be expected to be finished? Thank you for your time, *********** On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Alex Lang <alang(a)dominionpost.com> wrote: > Gunnar, > > I am with The Dominion Post and was working on a story about the new bike lane coming to Mon Blvd. If you could give me a call at 304-685-9079 it would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Alex

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Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane
by Chip Wamsley 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\n That works for me. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Jing Zhang" tranplan(a)labyrinth.net Sent: 10/23/2014 7:47:27 AM To: "'Jennifer'" jselin(a)hotmail.com, "'Derek Springston'" dspringston(a)gmail.com Cc: "'Bike Board - Morgantown'" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com, "'Frank Gmeindl'" fgmeindl(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane Lets schedule a time to meet! Propose: the Thursday of the first week in November (Nov. 6th)? Jing From: bikeboard-bounces(a)bikemorgantown.com [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@bikemorgantown.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:11 PM To: Derek Springston Cc: Bike Board - Morgantown; Frank Gmeindl Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane I appreciate all of the work that has been done over the past several years. Here we are where we are and we have support for bicycle initiatives, we have had changes in administrative staff. It still takes time to put items in place, but if we don't push, we don't make progress. Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569 On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:45 AM, "Jennifer" jselin(a)hotmail.com wrote: Somewhere in here we do need some visible projects. Could use bike board help! Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569 On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:19 AM, "Derek Springston" dspringston(a)gmail.com wrote: Frank, Thanks for the update. It would be exciting to see a climbing lane there. I would use it just the same or almost the same whether they put a lane in there or not, but I think it would provide some more 'visible' infrastructure to encourage folks to bike. With the time it's taken or taking, it feels like a failed project to me, and I hate to feel like giving up, but at this point, it makes me feel like questioning whether that project was a valuable use of time spent over the last several years. I'm not necessarily talking about my time, but all involved. However, if we're almost to realizing it's implementation, it will be valuable to finish. I know I haven't been super involved with the Bike Board as of late since my priorities are my family and kids right now, especially with a 2 month old, but I'll be back in the loop again, especially IF we land that WVDOH Transportation Alternatives grant. Have a nice day. I appreciate the update. ~Derek On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl(a)gmail.com wrote: Last night, City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the ordinance that will authorize the MOU between the City, WVDOH and WVU to get the climbing lane installed. Considering that it took 2 years from the time we proposed the climbing lane for the City to convene a meeting with all the stakeholders and then 3 more years from the time these 3 parties met and reached a vocal agreement to write the MOU which is substantively identical to that which was agreed, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the MOU to actually get signed by the 3 parties and then implemented by them. Jenny Selin raised a good point during the bike lane discussion at last night's meeting. She observed that the surface of the shoulder where the bike lane is supposed to go is poor and needs some real pavement before money's wasted striping, marking and signing it. Jeff Mikorski responded that WVDOH is responsible for paving Mon Blvd. but was not aware that WVDOH has any plans to repave it or the shoulder. He said that he hoped the City could work with WVDOH to get them to repave the shoulder if they had funds for it. Mike Fike also questioned who will keep the climbing lane clean. Jeff responded that both the WVDOH and the City sweep the shoulder. So, you can see that the obstacles this project still needs to overcome are not unlike the glass, rocks, snow, ice and other debris that those of us that ride up Mon Blvd. must get around or over. It would be interesting to compare this project's history with that of the Evansdale Drive relocation and creation of a roadway through the Arboretum. Frank Lead, follow, or get out of the way Begin forwarded message: From: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl(a)gmail.com Subject: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane Date: October 21, 2014 2:52:52 PM EDT To: Bike Board - Morgantown bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Tonight's City Council meeting agenda item #10: Consideration of APPROVAL of FIRST READING of AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF MORGANTOWN AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN IT AND THE WV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, FOR INSTALLATION OF A BICYCLE LANE ALONG NORTHBOUND U.S. 19(MONONGAHELA BOULEVARD), BETWEEN EIGHTH STREET AND EVANSDALE DRIVE. See p. 60 -61 (approximately half way through the packet) at http://www.morgantownwv.gov/wp-content/uploads/City-Council-Packet.pdf for the actual MOU. (Sorry, I couldn't cut-and-paste it legibly here.) You could attend the meeting in City Hall or watch it live on TV. Frank _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard -- Let deeds, not words, be your adorning. -'Abdu'l-Baha Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race. -H.G. Wells Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. -John F. Kennedy _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane
by Chip Wamsley 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\n Thanks Jing, see you then. ---- Original Message ---- From: "Jing Zhang" tranplan(a)labyrinth.net Sent: 11/5/2014 9:53:53 AM To: "'Jennifer'" jselin(a)hotmail.com, "'Frank Gmeindl'" fgmeindl(a)gmail.com Cc: "'Chip Wamsley'" chip(a)wamsleycycles.com, "'Derek Springston'" dspringston(a)gmail.com, "'Bike Board - Morgantown'" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: RE: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane FYI, the bike board meeting is tomorrow (Thursday, Nov. 6), PSB Training Room, from 6:30-8:30 pm. See you then, Jing From: Jennifer [mailto:jselin@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:55 PM To: Frank Gmeindl Cc: Chip Wamsley; Jing Zhang; Derek Springston; Bike Board - Morgantown Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane What Time? Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569 On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:03 AM, "Frank Gmeindl" fgmeindl(a)gmail.com wrote: Works for me. Frank Those that say, "It can't be done" should not stand in the way of those that are doing it On Oct 23, 2014, at 9:07 AM, "Chip Wamsley" chip(a)wamsleycycles.com wrote: That works for me. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Jing Zhang" tranplan(a)labyrinth.net Sent: 10/23/2014 7:47:27 AM To: "'Jennifer'" jselin(a)hotmail.com, "'Derek Springston'" dspringston(a)gmail.com Cc: "'Bike Board - Morgantown'" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com, "'Frank Gmeindl'" fgmeindl(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane Lets schedule a time to meet! Propose: the Thursday of the first week in November (Nov. 6th)? Jing From: bikeboard-bounces(a)bikemorgantown.com [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@bikemorgantown.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:11 PM To: Derek Springston Cc: Bike Board - Morgantown; Frank Gmeindl Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane I appreciate all of the work that has been done over the past several years. Here we are where we are and we have support for bicycle initiatives, we have had changes in administrative staff. It still takes time to put items in place, but if we don't push, we don't make progress. Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569 On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:45 AM, "Jennifer" jselin(a)hotmail.com wrote: Somewhere in here we do need some visible projects. Could use bike board help! Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569 On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:19 AM, "Derek Springston" dspringston(a)gmail.com wrote: Frank, Thanks for the update. It would be exciting to see a climbing lane there. I would use it just the same or almost the same whether they put a lane in there or not, but I think it would provide some more 'visible' infrastructure to encourage folks to bike. With the time it's taken or taking, it feels like a failed project to me, and I hate to feel like giving up, but at this point, it makes me feel like questioning whether that project was a valuable use of time spent over the last several years. I'm not necessarily talking about my time, but all involved. However, if we're almost to realizing it's implementation, it will be valuable to finish. I know I haven't been super involved with the Bike Board as of late since my priorities are my family and kids right now, especially with a 2 month old, but I'll be back in the loop again, especially IF we land that WVDOH Transportation Alternatives grant. Have a nice day. I appreciate the update. ~Derek On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl(a)gmail.com wrote: Last night, City Council unanimously approved the first reading of the ordinance that will authorize the MOU between the City, WVDOH and WVU to get the climbing lane installed. Considering that it took 2 years from the time we proposed the climbing lane for the City to convene a meeting with all the stakeholders and then 3 more years from the time these 3 parties met and reached a vocal agreement to write the MOU which is substantively identical to that which was agreed, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the MOU to actually get signed by the 3 parties and then implemented by them. Jenny Selin raised a good point during the bike lane discussion at last night's meeting. She observed that the surface of the shoulder where the bike lane is supposed to go is poor and needs some real pavement before money's wasted striping, marking and signing it. Jeff Mikorski responded that WVDOH is responsible for paving Mon Blvd. but was not aware that WVDOH has any plans to repave it or the shoulder. He said that he hoped the City could work with WVDOH to get them to repave the shoulder if they had funds for it. Mike Fike also questioned who will keep the climbing lane clean. Jeff responded that both the WVDOH and the City sweep the shoulder. So, you can see that the obstacles this project still needs to overcome are not unlike the glass, rocks, snow, ice and other debris that those of us that ride up Mon Blvd. must get around or over. It would be interesting to compare this project's history with that of the Evansdale Drive relocation and creation of a roadway through the Arboretum. Frank Lead, follow, or get out of the way Begin forwarded message: From: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl(a)gmail.com Subject: Mon Blvd Bicycle Climbing Lane Date: October 21, 2014 2:52:52 PM EDT To: Bike Board - Morgantown bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Tonight's City Council meeting agenda item #10: Consideration of APPROVAL of FIRST READING of AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY OF MORGANTOWN AUTHORIZING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN IT AND THE WV DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, FOR INSTALLATION OF A BICYCLE LANE ALONG NORTHBOUND U.S. 19(MONONGAHELA BOULEVARD), BETWEEN EIGHTH STREET AND EVANSDALE DRIVE. See p. 60 -61 (approximately half way through the packet) at http://www.morgantownwv.gov/wp-content/uploads/City-Council-Packet.pdf for the actual MOU. (Sorry, I couldn't cut-and-paste it legibly here.) You could attend the meeting in City Hall or watch it live on TV. Frank _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard -- Let deeds, not words, be your adorning. -'Abdu'l-Baha Every time I see an adult on a bicycle I no longer despair for the future of the human race. -H.G. Wells Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. -John F. Kennedy _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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