Bikeboard July 2018

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2018 Community Health Needs Assessment
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Friends - a few years back we at WVU led the WVU Medicine/Ruby Community Health Needs Assessment. This is a process that all non-profit hospitals have to go through every 3 years so they can identify & address community health needs as part of their tax reporting. My colleagues & I are now updating the assessment, and the first step is a survey of community members. There was a great response to our solicitations last time, and we'd love to hear from you all again. So please complete the online survey athttps://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d55QGMcHqMAOGm9 Please also feel free to share the URL with your friends, enemies, neighbors, and coworkers that live in Mon County. Thank you all very much! Christiaan "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Bike Board: July's meeting POSTPONED until July 12th - call for agenda items
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Howdy Board, Happy 4th - as the subject states, our typical first Thursday meeting is postponed until July 12th. Please excuse any inconvenience! Our meeting will still be held in the Public Safety Building but we might need to swap rooms. I'll double check tomorrow and report back when I issue the agenda. Current potential agenda items: - Presentation of an updated historical crash analysis by F. Gmeindl - MPO combined bike/ped plan RFP <http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/613794_e54d04199a604b24a487dba5957d8755.pdf> - Existing construction project updates (Mon Blvd, Van Voorhis, 2018 Municipal Paving) - People for Bikes Fall Grant Cycle <https://peopleforbikes.org/apply-now/> - Updates on search for new board membership & leadership - Events planning - OpenStreets <https://openstreetspgh.org/> style festival proposal In the meantime, perhaps I'll see you all downtown in the next hour to ride in the July 4th parade <http://morgantownwv.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=135>? Or perhaps on Friday morning at 11am to participate in the ribbon-cutting <http://morgantownwv.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=136> of the new Decker's Creek pedestrian bridge? Cheers! Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Morgantown's New Ped/Bike Bridge - July 6th Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
by Damien Davis via Bikeboard 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

On Friday July 6th at 11:00am the City will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new ped/bike bridge on the Decker's Creek Trail. Attached is a press release. Come join us as we open this new connection to the trail. Damien Davis, PE, CFM Director of Public Works / City Engineer City of Morgantown 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 O: 304.284.7412 F: 304.284.7409 www.morgantownwv.gov PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov

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Re: [Bikeboard] [MonBikeClub] Re: Morgantown driver arrested for intentionally hitting cyclist
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Thanks to Christiaan for sending out the initial news and thanks to Andrew for this most recent follow-up. For better or worse the backstory provides important context for this crime. I would feel safe betting on this as not having anything to do with whether the person was on a bicycle or not. Key facts for those of you unable to read the story: 1) Victim and assailant knew one another and had interacted minutes before the assault 2) Victim and assailant were engaged in self-reported illegal activity (drug dealing) prior to assault that strongly suggests alternative motivations for the crime (alternatives to aggression towards cyclists in general) -Drew On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Andrew Fredrickson < andrewfredrickson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A little bit more to the story here: > > > https://www.dominionpost.com/2018/07/02/man-arrested-for- > allegedly-running-over-a-bicyclist/ > > > On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 11:03:20 AM UTC-4, Christiaan Abildso wrote: >> >> I hope whomever was hit is doing okay. Be safe out there friends. This may be a legal test of our state's 3 foot passing rule but only a $100 fine for that. >> >> Attempted vehicular homicide sounds about right. Interesting to see how this plays out legally. And hope it will be in favor of cyclist safety. >> >> >> https://www.dominionpost.com/2018/07/01/morgantown-man-arrested-for-alleged… >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_And…> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Mon Bike Club" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to monbikeclub+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Morgantown driver arrested for intentionally hitting cyclist
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 01 Jul '18

01 Jul '18

I hope whomever was hit is doing okay. Be safe out there friends. This may be a legal test of our state's 3 foot passing rule but only a $100 fine for that.Attempted vehicular homicide sounds about right. Interesting to see how this plays out legally. And hope it will be in favor of cyclist safety. https://www.dominionpost.com/2018/07/01/morgantown-man-arrested-for-alleged… Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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