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FW: Bike Board site updates
by Drew Gatlin 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Meant to send the email below to everyone! Also, I errantly listed “Morgantown Planning Office” instead of “Metropolitan Planning Office” next to Jing’s name in the Ex-Officio section. Best, Drew From: Drew Gatlin Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 3:56 PM To: Gunnar Shogren Subject: RE: [Bikeboard] Bike Board site updates All, Here’s a list of updated voting and ex-officio members. If anyone sees discrepancies, please speak up! Emily Vasile, we decided last night that we’d like to keep you as a voting member as long as you wish to stay on. This leaves us with vacancies from 3rd and 4th wards, as well as one from greater Morgantown, WVU cycling clubs, and a youth member (there’s no longer a youth commission, so this is somewhat undefined). Gunnar, seems like you’re our webmaster – does that sound accurate? o Voting Members (12) • Chip Wamsley (Greater Morgantown) – Chair • John Gatlin (1st Ward) – Secretary • Gunnar Shogren (5th Ward) – Webmaster • Derek Springston (1st Ward) • Emily Vasile (2nd Ward) • Frank Gmeindl (6th Ward) • Marilyn Newcome (7th Ward) • Jonathan Rosenbaum (7th Ward) • Jonathan Nellis (Greater Morgantown) • Harry Grandon (Greater Morgantown) • Jing Zhang (Greater Morgantown) • Traci Knabenshue (WVU Office of Sustainability) o Ex-Officio (6) • Damien Davis (City Engineering) • Jenny Selin (City of Morgantown) • David Bruffy (Mountain Line Transit Authority) • Jing Zhang (Morgantown Planning Office) • 1st Sgt. Matt McCabe (Morgantown Police) • Sam Stone (Legal) • Christiaan Abildso (Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board) o Vacant, Voting (5) • Greater Morgantown (1) • 3rd Ward • 4th Ward • Youth Member • WVU Cycling o Vacant, Ex-Officio (2) • BOPARC • WVU DOT/Parking Also, Gunnar, a link on our page pointing to the minutes on the city’s page sounds like a good idea to me. Finally, regarding the google maps issues – if anyone is familiar with the new embedding process it looks like we need to update either our KML content or use a new version of Maps: While using Google Maps, you might have received a notification saying "Some custom on-map content could not be displayed." That’s because a certain type of content isn’t available anymore in the classic version of Google Maps or in maps embedded on other websites from the classic version of Maps. The content type that’s no longer available is KML, the file format Google Earth uses for the exchange of geographic information. If you're the owner of a custom map with KML content, you need to update your content. Or, you can import your KML content into My Maps. Best, Drew (John) Gatlin From: Gunnar Shogren Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 1:41 PM To: bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: [Bikeboard] Bike Board site updates Okay. Drew is going to get me an updated list of the members- http://bikemorgantown.com/bikeboard.php We never posted the minutes on the site, but the reports to the Traffic Commisioner had been, someone get these to me and I will update them- http://bikemorgantown.com/tc_reports.php We could put a link to the city's page where the minutes are as well. The Commuter Map needs redone, google changed the way they do things- http://bikemorgantown.com/route_map.php That's more than a start. Lots more *could* be added, if someone has News or Articles to share... _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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In the news: Three selected to bicycle board
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

I was delighted to observe that the Bicycle Board got some publicity today in the Dominion Post in the Local section titled "Three selected to bicycle board". I have attached the relevant pages from the newspaper. -Jonathan

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July Bicycle Board Meeting
by Jing Zhang 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Bicycle Board Members, The July Bicycle Board Meeting is scheduled on 6:30 PM, July 2. Please confirm your attendance by tomorrow noon (July 2). If we won't have a quorum, the meeting will be cancelled. The tentative agenda items are: * Update from the grant application committee * Bicycle sharrow implantation plan * New member recruitment Thanks, Chip Wamsley, Chair

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University Avenue Complete Streets Plan
by Jennifer 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Photos from September 1, 2015 public meeting Jenny Selin Cell 304-685-6569

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Fwd: bike board meeting reminders
by Damien Davis 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Please review text of signs. Damien Davis, PE, CFM Director of Public Works / City Engineer City of Morgantown 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 O: 304.284.7412 C: 304.290.3460 PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:ddavis@morgantownwv.gov> Begin forwarded message: From: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:ddavis@morgantownwv.gov>> Date: September 3, 2015 at 4:38:05 PM EDT To: Chip Wamsley <chip(a)wamsleycycles.com<mailto:chip@wamsleycycles.com>> Subject: RE: bike board meeting reminders Make it up with any changes and send it back. Damien Davis, PE, CFM Director of Public Works/City Engineer City of Morgantown 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 O: 304.284.7412 M: 304.290.3460 F: 304.284.7409 www.morgantownwv.gov<http://www.morgantownwv.gov> PLEASE NOTE MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:ddavis@morgantownwv.gov> From: Chip Wamsley [mailto:chip@wamsleycycles.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 10:30 AM To: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov<mailto:ddavis@morgantownwv.gov>> Subject: bike board meeting reminders Hey Damien, Don't forget to check on the bike locker sign artwork, and if it would be possible to do a bike ring up by the daily grind. Thanks, Chip

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New Study Confirms: “Share The Road” Is a Problem ...
by Drew Gatlin 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Please excuse the sensationalism, but has anyone seen this recent article or the associated study? Interesting data, for sure. http://www.bikede.org/2015/08/29/share-the-road-is-a-problem/ Here's the NCSU report:http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.013… Best,Drew

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Re: [Bikeboard] Sep. 3rd Call for Agenda Items; Minutes from Aug. 6th Review
by Drew Gatlin 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

All, The updated agenda for Thursday's meeting at 6:30pm is below. If your name is listed after a topic, that means you are the leader on said topic -- if you've been assigned a topic and cannot make the meeting please send a reply all and give us a heads up. Thanks! Drew 1. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Damien; Status and next step. 2. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Derek; Plan for completing location plan to use funds that we haven't allocated yet. 3. BFC signs; Damien; Installation commitment date for signs that haven't been installed yet. 4. Bicycle parking rings; Damien; Installation date for rings that remain to be installed including those that were removed in recent construction. 5. Bicycle locker signage; Chip; Installation commitment date. 6. Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane; Damien; Installation date commitment. 7. BFC award; Chip; Plan for renewal. 8. Minutes; Drew; Desired template // Plan for aggregation of old minutes and website posting 9. Bicycle Board Reorganization/Procedural Guideline amendments; Drew; Plan for defining current committees // Redefining what constitutes a quorum // Voting on noncontroversial items // Ex-officio member definition updates // Spread of desired members across city neighborhoods On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Drew Gatlin <johngatlin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > Barring any objections, I am your new secretary! Attached are the > unformatted, draft minutes from our meeting on August 6th. I will attempt > to edit them into a more familiar format before we post them to the > website, but I figured it would be best for everyone to have them sooner > rather than later. > > > > What I remember to be the *action items* are below: > > · Current members – *Andrew Walker*, *Colin Dierman*, and *Emily > Vasile* should indicate their desired status as voting members > > · Bicycle Friendly Community Award – Application deadline *11 > February 2016* > > · Bicycle Locker Signage – *Who *has the file? *Chip* will talk > to Tom Arnold regarding the new location for the locker > > · Mon. Blvd Climbing Lane – *Jing* will clarify DOH’s position; *Drew > and Jonathan Nellis* will attempt to drum up support at WVU > > · Confident City Cycling Courses – *Jing* is heading up the > compilation of two lists à potential instructors and newbies to cycling. > *Everyone* should send any potential candidates for these classes to him. > > · SLM / BMUFL – *Damien and Derek* will work together to allocate > all funds and complete the plan > > · Parking Rings – *Damien* may know what happened to the one that > is missing from recent construction and will be the one to decide on > installation date for remaining rings (3) > > > > Finally, if there are any more agenda items you can identify, please send > them to me before the end of the day and I will send out a finalized agenda > for next week. Below is what has been proposed so far: > > > > 1. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Damien; Status and next step. > > 2. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Derek; Plan for completing location > plan to use funds that we haven't allocated yet. > > 3. BFC signs; Damien; Installation commitment date for signs that > haven't been installed yet. > > 4. Bicycle parking rings; Damien; Installation date for rings that > remain to be installed including those that were removed in recent > construction. > > 5. Bicycle locker signage; Chip; Installation commitment date. > > 6. Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane; Damien; Installation > date commitment. > > 7. BFC award; Chip; Plan for renewal. > > 8. Minutes; Drew; Desired template // Plan for aggregation of old > minutes and website posting > > > > Thanks for your time! > > Drew >

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University Av. Corridor Study Open House 8/31 & 9/1
by Frank Gmeindl 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Please see attached flyer. The University Avenue Complete Streets Corridor Study Open House will be August 31 and September 1 10 am - 3 pm in the Mountainlair Gold Ballroom. If cyclists are going to be accommodated in the corridor, cyclists will have to show up and tell the MPO, WVU, WVDOH and contractor what we need. You can be sure motorists, real estate developers and business people will be there to get their needs met.

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Re: [Bikeboard] Sep. 3rd Call for Agenda Items; Minutes from Aug. 6th Review
by Jing Zhang 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Nice job. Thanks. Jing From: bikeboard-bounces(a)bikemorgantown.com [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@bikemorgantown.com] On Behalf Of Drew Gatlin Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 11:26 AM To: Bicycle Board Subject: [Bikeboard] Sep. 3rd Call for Agenda Items; Minutes from Aug. 6th Review Hello all, Barring any objections, I am your new secretary! Attached are the unformatted, draft minutes from our meeting on August 6th. I will attempt to edit them into a more familiar format before we post them to the website, but I figured it would be best for everyone to have them sooner rather than later. What I remember to be the action items are below: * Current members – Andrew Walker, Colin Dierman, and Emily Vasile should indicate their desired status as voting members * Bicycle Friendly Community Award – Application deadline 11 February 2016 * Bicycle Locker Signage – Who has the file? Chip will talk to Tom Arnold regarding the new location for the locker * Mon. Blvd Climbing Lane – Jing will clarify DOH’s position; Drew and Jonathan Nellis will attempt to drum up support at WVU * Confident City Cycling Courses – Jing is heading up the compilation of two lists --> potential instructors and newbies to cycling. Everyone should send any potential candidates for these classes to him. * SLM / BMUFL – Damien and Derek will work together to allocate all funds and complete the plan * Parking Rings – Damien may know what happened to the one that is missing from recent construction and will be the one to decide on installation date for remaining rings (3) Finally, if there are any more agenda items you can identify, please send them to me before the end of the day and I will send out a finalized agenda for next week. Below is what has been proposed so far: 1. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Damien; Status and next step. 2. SLM / BMUFL sign locations; Derek; Plan for completing location plan to use funds that we haven't allocated yet. 3. BFC signs; Damien; Installation commitment date for signs that haven't been installed yet. 4. Bicycle parking rings; Damien; Installation date for rings that remain to be installed including those that were removed in recent construction. 5. Bicycle locker signage; Chip; Installation commitment date. 6. Mon Blvd. bicycle climbing lane; Damien; Installation date commitment. 7. BFC award; Chip; Plan for renewal. 8. Minutes; Drew; Desired template // Plan for aggregation of old minutes and website posting Thanks for your time! Drew

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Fwd: WVCC August Update
by BikeMorgantown 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kasey Russell <russell.kasey(a)gmail.com> > Subject: WVCC August Update > Date: August 19, 2015 8:51:59 AM EDT > To: Adam Angelona <adam(a)arrowheadbikefarm.com>, Adam Flack <aflack(a)wvonthemove.net>, Amanda Payne <paynea(a)njrati.org>, Amanda Yager <a.yager(a)wvhub.org>, amy.d.atkins(a)wv.gov, Amy Haden <amyhaden(a)gmail.com>, Anita Mayer <anita.mayer(a)mail.wvu.edu>, Bethany Williams <williamsb(a)njrati.org>, Morgantown Monongalia MPO <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, Bill Wells <bwells(a)unitedcoal.com>, Breanna Shell <shellb(a)cityofhuntington.com>, Brendan Bell <brendanbell.bell(a)gmail.com>, Bruce Curry <Bruce(a)currydesigngroup.com>, Charlene Cook <charlenecook1955(a)aol.com>, Charles Holley <cholley(a)cityofhuntington.com>, "chip(a)wamsleycycles.com" <chip(a)wamsleycycles.com>, Christiaan Abildso <cgabildso(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, Christina Hunt <c.hunt(a)wvhub.org>, Connie Lupardus <clupardus(a)caez-wv.org>, Craig Slaughter <craig.slaughter(a)wvimb.org>, Dale Goff <Dale.goff3(a)gmail.com>, Dennis Strawn <dennis.a.strawn(a)gmail.com>, Don Spencer <DSpencer36(a)comcast.net>, Edgar Barrett <nedbarrett(a)bellsouth.net>, Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org>, Elliott Lewis <eelewis7(a)gmail.com>, Emily Vasile <emilyvasile(a)gmail.com>, Emmett Pepper <epepper(a)vt.edu>, Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, Gail Pitchford <gail.pitchford(a)camc.org>, Gary Zuckett <garyz(a)wvcag.org>, Greg Garrett <gagarrett(a)gmail.com>, "harvey.allen(a)chartersites.net" <harvey.allen(a)chartersites.net>, Isaac Forman <formanir(a)gmail.com>, j underhill <Jfunderhill(a)gmail.com>, Jeffrey Lusk <jlusk(a)trailsheaven.com>, Jenny Totten <jenny.dawn.totten(a)gmail.com>, John Francis <johncfrancis13(a)gmail.com>, John Manchester <jmanchester(a)lewisburg-wv.com>, Kate Dobson Forman <katedforman(a)gmail.com>, "Laura M. Dice" <Laura.Dice(a)camc.org>, Michael Loughney <mloughney(a)tioga-resources.com>, Mike Plante <mike(a)planteandassociates.com>, Mike Costello <costellowv(a)gmail.com>, Nate Orders <mail(a)ordersconstruction.com>, Nathan McCray <nathanmccray(a)Hotmail.com>, Park Ferguson <parkferg2007(a)yahoo.com>, Patricia Clay <trishc1(a)suddenlink.net>, PJ <pjdonovan83(a)yahoo.com>, Rahul Gupta <rahul.gupta(a)wv.gov>, Rich Harper <johnscyclery(a)frontier.com>, Richard Eichberger <reichberger(a)suddenlink.net>, Scott Ferry <scottferry(a)wvregion3.org>, Scott Sudduth <scottsud(a)gmail.com>, Spellman Kent <k.spellman(a)wvhub.org>, "sryder(a)tgkvf.org" <sryder(a)tgkvf.org>, Stacy Bisker <selaineb(a)gmail.com>, Steve Fowler <smf(a)pffwv.com>, Susie K Salisbury <Susiesalis(a)aol.com>, "Eca3@Suddenlinkmail. Com" <eca3(a)suddenlinkmail.com>, Tom Heywood <theywood(a)bowlesrice.com>, Tom Lane <tlane(a)bowlesrice.com>, Tom Wood <twood84(a)gmail.com>, "townoffayetteville(a)suddenlinkmail.com" <townoffayetteville(a)suddenlinkmail.com>, voicetalent(a)amiebreedlove.com, Brian Weber <xvrweber(a)gmail.com>, "wrnott(a)suddenlink.net" <wrnott(a)suddenlink.net>, WV Explorer <editor(a)wvexplorer.com> > > > > > WVCC Member Update > > August 18, 2015 > > We have momentum!! Can you feel it? Attitudes towards cycling and walking are changing. From Charleston to Matewan, communities are talking about ways to make their communities more cycling and walking friendly. What’s really neat is that local governments are listening. They are acting and implementing! If you see momentum in your community, please send me your story. > > WVCC has been very busy and will be even busier this fall and into 2016. Take a look and mark your calendars. > > Board of Directors Conference Call – August 27th at 4 p.m. (Let me know if you would like to join this call) > > Fall Membership Meeting – October 23 in Fayetteville. We will begin with a board meeting at 4 p.m. on the Class VI property. A reception will begin at 5:30, followed by a dinner meeting and presentations from several local groups working to connect Beckley to Summersville. It’s all about Connecting Communities. I’ll send a follow up email later but ALL are welcome and encouraged to attend this exciting event. Bill Wells, WVCC Board Member, has offered to house as many of us as he can. Bill is also working with the local bike clubs, and we will have a bike ride Saturday morning. I’ll be walking the proposed Fayetteville loop for those that would prefer to hike instead of bike. > > WV Bike Summit – January 24 and 25 at the Marriott Town Center, Charleston. See the attached Save the Date document for more information, and please forward it to your contact lists. If you are interested in serving on the Summit Planning Committee or have a great idea for a speaker or would like to exhibit or sponsor, please contact me immediately. Registration is open at wvconnectingcommunities.com so register today! > > Thanks so much to our planning committee: Tom Smith, Federal Highway Administration; Perry Keller, WV DOH; Dennis Strawn, WVCC; Jeff Ball, ACE; Frank Gmeidl, Morgantown Bicycle Board; Amanda Payne, Bethany Williams and Emily Hagan, Rahall Transportation Institute; Christina Hunt, WV HUB; Gail Pitchford, former WVCC Board Member; Samantha Carney, Charleston Convention & Visitor’s Bureau; Will Miller, WV Tourism Commission; and Laura Dice, KEYS for Healthy Kids. And, thanks to our partners: Federal Highway Administration, City of Charleston, Rahall Transportation Institute, Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Morgantown MPO, Region 5 MPO, ACE Cycling, WV Citizen Action Group, Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle MPO, and the WV Department of Highways. > > Why WVCC? Because we need policies in WV, from Congress to small towns and from schools to businesses, that allow for more people to be able to ride their bike or walk to work, school, to run errands or for better health and fitness. We are your voice at all levels of government, media, and public. Our cycling safety campaign was a huge success – billboards are still up in the Kanawha Valley. We just got two new boxes of Give Em Three stickers. Let me know if you want to hand them out in your community. > > > > > Speaking of being your voice at different levels of government – Dennis Strawn, President of WVCC, and I are both presenting at the WV DOT’s planning conference in September. My talk is about what communities across the state and country are doing to enhance cycling and walking. I will also mention possible projects (projects citizens would like to see happen). Dennis will be presenting on Charleston’s new bike plan. I am planning to use your stories (see below) for my presentation. > > State of Cycling and Walking in West Virginia – I’m still working on this report. Morgantown so far is the winner with page after page of successes. Please, please, please send me a success, no matter how small, from your community or one that you happen to know about from anywhere in the state. Were you able to get some paint down on a road to better mark a cross walk? Were you able to organize a bike ride on National Bike to Work Day or some other occasion? Thanks so much to all that have sent me stories. I also need pictures. In fact, you can just send photos with a sentence or two description. > > Thanks everyone. Hope to hear from you soon. > > Kasey > > Kasey Russell, Executive Director, WVCC > > 304.542.1994 >

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