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Challenging Car Culture on Campus
by Frank Gmeindl 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Bicycle Board Members, At Don Spencer's request, I'm sending you the following link to an article about how various college campuses are challenging the car culture with bikes: http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=1081710232008 I find the article interesting because it relates failures as well as ideas for success. Frank

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Traffic Skills 101
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Bicycle Board Members, If you haven't completed the League of American Bicyclists' Road I course, I encourage you to take Traffic Skills 101. Attached is information about the course. Most Bicycle Board members have completed the Road I course. In addition to learning how to ride safely and fearlessly, I am confident that they will tell you that they have learned knowledge and skills from the course that are essential to effective and responsible participation on the Bicycle Board. Traffic Skills 101 is LAB's new version of Road I. Frank /Same Roads Same Rights Same Rules /

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Hey guys.... I'd like to get some volunteers to h...
by Derek Springston 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hey guys.... I'd like to get some volunteers to help out with the GPS mapping of Morgantown's existing bike parking. If you're interested, please contact me and tell me what kind of GPS unit you have. I may be able to direct you to get me files that I can easily work with. If not, at least giving me the coordinates will work. I'll try to find some files or a map for the different wards and perhaps we can divide it up that way??? If anyone has a map of some shapefiles of the different wards, I could definitely use them. I'll look around, too and see if I can locate them. I'll take care of the downtown area hopefully this weekend, so that will be part of our initial pilot project. I encourage you to do it on bike like I'll do, but I won't turn down data if you feel you need to do it by car. Your help would be great! Thanks again. ~Derek Springston _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows® connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mid-Ohio Valley Critical Mass Ride
by director 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Frank, Kim (author of the letter) was just referred to me by a cycling activist in Charleston. We're in the process of connecting with Parkersburg activists to see how we can coordinate our efforts and resources. At Max's Challenge I was also uncomfortable with police cars escorting us, however I'd be fine with police on bikes doing it and I'm going to recommend it for next year's event. The uphill challenge will feature a different student, planning is now underway if anyone is interested. Nick -------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:23:12 -0500 >Bicycle Board Members, > >This may give us some good ideas although the idea of police escorting >cyclists and stopping motor vehicle traffic kind of rubs me the wrong >way. But, these people are definitely well organized and effective. > >http://www.iplayoutside.com/oPam/communities/1/news_items/68 > >Frank > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Mid-Ohio Valley Critical Mass Ride
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Bicycle Board Members, This may give us some good ideas although the idea of police escorting cyclists and stopping motor vehicle traffic kind of rubs me the wrong way. But, these people are definitely well organized and effective. http://www.iplayoutside.com/oPam/communities/1/news_items/68 Frank

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Bicycle Parking Plan revision II
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Attached is the expanded version of an expansion of the document presented to the Bicycle Parking Committee this past Thursday that Frank referred to in his most recent Parking Homework email. He sent out the roughest draft, it was short and sweet, but still incomplete. In this document I've added Nick's vision and purpose, added a few more changes reflecting subjects we discussed at the Bicycle Parking Meeting, and then added Nick's outline for "Supporting Documentation and Information". This should be helpful reading for this coming Thursday's meeting. Keep in mind it is still a draft so I encourage all BB members to suggest changes/additions and/or to feel free to add track changes to this document. We want to finalize this document and get the BB's approval before the month is over. If anyone ever asks you how the Plan works (or what it is), just explain to them that Security, Shelter and Growth are the components of a successful Bicycling Parking Plan in Morgantown! -Jonathan

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[Fwd: Parking Homework]
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Don Spencer gets a gold star for turning in his homework early :-) In addition to identifying locations, Don also provided recommendations on parking design specifications using criteria of location, types of establishments near the locations, expected parking duration and types of bicycles. Except for cost, he included all the criteria we defined in our last meeting. Since our homework assignment was to identify locations, please identify any important locations that might not be included in Don's list. At this Thursday's meeting, we should probably be able to finalize the list of locations quickly. Then, the real fun begins: specifics. We know from experience that the more detail we can give the City, the more likely they are to implement our recommendations. We will need to generate a recommendation that includes a page on each type of rack with the businesses/institutions to be served, the user populations(s), the location(s), the design, the vendor(s), the number, the retail project cost and the rationale. The files that Jonathan and Nick sent last week make a good starting point. Please find attached a zip folder. It contains two files. 1) suggested agenda for Thursday's meeting, 2) minutes of last meeting, 3) list of current members. Frank -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Parking Homework Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:03:41 -0400 From: Don Spencer <dspencer36(a)comcast.net> To: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> Frank -- I recommend a continuum of bicycle parking needs be addressed in the first installations: 1) for one-hour single bike parking on/near sidewalks near restaurants, heavily used stores and public facilities; 2) for unsheltered multiple bike parking at public centers; 3) for multiple hour sheltered parking in parking garages; and 4) for day-long, overnight and longer term secured parking at multi-modal public facilities. Sheltered bicycle parking sites would be developed initially at the Public Safety Parking Garage on the University Ave., Parking Garage and the Chestnut/Pleasant Street Parking Garage., and at the central transit station in Westover. At the Public Safety Garage and the Central Transit station, I recommend that bicycle lockers be installed to assess usage demand for high-end bicycle parking. At the other sheltered sites it is recommended that innovative state-of the-art racking be utilized. I recommend that attractive unsheltered multiple-bike racks be installed at the library-city hall and at the Marilla Center. I recommend that attractive post-and-circle parking be established in cross-painted areas adjacent to street sidewalks of each municipal parking lot and in two positions in each block on High Street (one on each side of the street near restaurants especially) again to assess demand and to make a case for wider implementation. I also recommend that two post-and-circle racks be placed in the proximity of the Book Exchange on Willey, near the Canteen at the intersection of Prospect and North High Street and near the Blue Moose at the intersection of Walnut and Spruce. Don

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DA Shared Lane Marking article
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

BB, if you didn't already read it make sure to check out today's SLM article in the DA: http://www.da.wvu.edu/show_article.php?story_id=40280&archive_date=2008-10-… -Jonathan

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Bike Parking Matrix
by director 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Good morning, I'm passing around the bike parking Matrix I had originally composed in March (again). For some reason the version that has been circulating didn't have vendor info on it. I found the original file, it is in MS Word and is quite large (7MB) so I've converted it to .pdf to make the file size more manageable (420K). If you want to make changes to the document let me know and I'll find a way to make it available to you. I would most like to put this on the web, either as a Google doc or html. Thanks, Nick -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Bike racks
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

David, In response to your request for information on bike racks for installation at bus stops, please find attached, 3 files produced by the Bicycle Board Commuting Committee. The file, 2008_BikeParking_LoRes.pdf provides a matrix that facilitates selection of bike parking options based on quantity of bicycles accommodated and length of time it would be appropriate for bikes to be left in them. The file, BikeParking.pdf provides some more options and price ranges. I'm hoping Nick Hein can come through with vendors for the options in these two files. The file Morgantown-Parking-Plan.doc is a work in progress that is incomplete and not yet seen by the Bicycle Board but provides important considerations when selecting bicycle parking facilities. This is for your information only and not ready for public release. The Commuting Committee has done an excellent job assembling this info and deserves gratitude from the Bicycle Board as well as the community. Frank

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