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Bicycling & the law
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

Bicycle Board Members, Tonight I mentioned that before we start recommending legislation, we should understand the law. I recommended that we read /Bicycling & the Law /by Bob Mionske. You can buy it from amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-ke… If you want to get a taste of his writing see his articles in Velo News, e.g. http://www.velonews.com/bob-mionske Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Blinky lights
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Bicycle Board Members, "Blinky lights" make terrible reflectors when they're off, e.g. dead battery. The law requires a rear red reflector that's visible from 50-300 feet when illuminated by a motor vehicle's high-beams. Having a blinky light with a dead battery and no reflector is a violation of the law. Reflectors are effective if they are positioned to reflect light from the motorists' headlights back to the motorists' eyes. Test your blinky lights and reflectors by sitting in a car and viewing your bike from behind. Studies show that blinky lights are more effective when the light is on steady rather than blinking. Why am I writing this? On my way home from work tonight, I came upon a guy riding a bike with a dead blinky and no reflector. He was totally invisible. Right now, I'm freaking imagining that he might not have made it home alive. Novice cyclists fear getting hit from behind although getting hit from behind constitutes only 3% of crashes. Half of those happen at night when the driver didn't see the cyclist. Most of the other half happen during the day because the cyclist wasn't riding straight. Practicing the knowledge and skills taught in Traffic Skills 101 can reduce the chance of all crash types by one to two orders of magnitude. 6 of our bike board members haven't taken the Road I/Traffic Skills 101 course. I think any bike board member should know such things that the course teaches. Only one member of the Bicycle Board responded to my 11/11 call for members to join our education committee to implement the $68K grant we received for a Morgantown Effective Cycling Education program. I can't do it myself. Help. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Re: [Bikeboard] clutter
by director 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

I can do that. "Wiz-bang" Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: John Lozier <jl(a)harpingforharmony.org> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:00:27 -0500 >This observation is not very authoritative, maybe just one person's >view of what happened. Should be addressed diplomatically. > >Suggestion: you guys with the whiz-bang drawings should work up and >present a scenario where the bike racks are placed not on the >sidewalk but on selected parking spaces. > >On Dec 1, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Frank Gmeindl wrote: > >> Bicycle Board Members, >> >> I had a casual meeting with a City employee yesterday and they told me >> that in addition to budget limitations, High Street bike racks were >> not >> included in the Streetscape plan because Terri Cutwright, Main Street >> Morgantown Director said, "We want to minimize clutter". We will >> need >> to be prepared to address this concern. >> >> Frank >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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clutter
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Bicycle Board Members, I had a casual meeting with a City employee yesterday and they told me that in addition to budget limitations, High Street bike racks were not included in the Streetscape plan because Terri Cutwright, Main Street Morgantown Director said, "We want to minimize clutter". We will need to be prepared to address this concern. Frank

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This Thursday's BB meeting agenda
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a zip folder that contains a recommended agenda for this Thursday's 12/4/2008 Bicycle Board meeting. The zip folder also contains documents to read in preparation for the meeting. If you have any changes that you would like to make to the agenda, please reply. Frank

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High Street Bike Racks in Sketchup
by director 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Good evening, I talked to Frank and Chip today, they liked the drawing I sent out showing all the bike rack spots on High Street, but both agreed that it would be better if they could get the 3d file. I figured out a way to do it - the file is now available fromt he Sketchup 3d warehouse. You can find it using the search string "High Street Morgantown". Interestingly most of the major WVU buildings are also in the warehouse and are available to us. You can download the model once you download Sketchup. Give me a call if you need help with it. (276-0213). Nick -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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High Street Bike Racks in Sketchup
by director 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Good Morning, I've plunked down the bike racks in 3D in Sketchup as promised. I'm attaching the .jpg for everyone to look at. Although it doesn't show as much detail as I like it's already 1MB which is about the largest sensible size for an email file. The 3D file is 6mb (4mb zipped) but would be a lot more fun to look at. If you want it let me know and I'll arrange to get it to you. The Sketchup editing and viewing programs are free to download from: http://sketchup.google.com/gsu6/download.html (version 6 viewer) http://sketchup.google.com/download/ (version 7 editor) The v6 viewer works with v7 files (I checked) Anyway the .jpg file shows the whole street at once and lets you get an idea of overall placement. Let me know if you have any questions or would like changes. Happy Thanksgiving! Nick -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Re: [Bikeboard] 11/25 Parking meeting
by director 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Frank, et al, Last nite at the meeting I was trying to remember one of the shell-style bike shelters I'd seen during earlier studies. This is it. http://huntco.com/bikepod/ I remember the cost being under $1000, it might make sense for a place like the parking garage that already offers pretty good weather protection. Their other models are shown here... http://www.huntco.com/mercantool/mtool.pl?command=productpage_list&category… Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:32:39 -0500 >Bicycle Board Members, > >Last night, we defined parking recommendations for the PSC garage. >Please see attached minutes. > >Frank >/Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/ > > > -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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11/25 Parking meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Bicycle Board Members, Last night, we defined parking recommendations for the PSC garage. Please see attached minutes. Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/

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Meeting Tonight
by gunn4r Shogren 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Right? 7:30pm, PSB. Anything else?

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