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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Route signs
by Frank Gmeindl 11 Aug '11

11 Aug '11

Damien, Thanks for being so pro-active on supporting the BB, especially as an ex-officio! Apparently, you're the only member willing to work on the bike route signs so if you're willingly to do everything to get them ordered and delivered, go for it. Otherwise, your work would be to no avail for our Sep 4 sign delivery deadline. You can now access the bike route map on bikemorgantown.com. Frank On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> wrote: > Frank, > > I spoke with Jeff about this the other day and I am working on getting cost for "Bike Route" and "Share the Road" signs from a couple different vendors. Do you still what this Info? > > J. Damien Davis, EIT, CFM, Assistant City Engineer > City of Morgantown > Public Works Department - Engineering Division > 389 Spruce Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304.284.7398 > Fax: 304.284.7409 > www.morgantown.com > > > From: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > To: "Chet Parsons" <chetparsons(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Jim Rye" <Jim.Rye(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:15:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Route signs > > Chet, > > Thanks for taking the lead on getting the bike route map printed. Apparently nobody wants to work on getting the signs so it looks like we'll apply our remaining resources to printing the bike route map. Besides determining the sizes, identifying vendors and estimating costs, what else has to be done? On what will you need help? I hope some other members will chip in. > > Frank > > On Aug 8, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Chet Parsons wrote: > > Chip makes a good argument. What does everyone else think? > > I can still spec out the printing costs for a couple different sizes. > > On Aug 8, 2011 6:35 PM, "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > I meant to provide this link to the section of the MUTCD that addresses bike route signs: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009/part9.pdf . I've also attached figure 9B-4 from that section that shows the signs. We probably need a bunch of D11-1 and M5's and M6's. That section at the link also specifies sign size, where they must be located, etc. > > > > Frank > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Do we have the right mayor?
by Graber, Stephen 10 Aug '11

10 Aug '11

Thought most of you would enjoy this! Fed up with illegal parking, the Mayor of Vilnius used a tank to crush a Mercedes that was illegally parked in a bike lane. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/vilnius-mayor-crushes-car-in-bi… ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________

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Bike Route signs
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Bike Route Mapping Team, We will have approximately $3,000 left in the education grant budget that must be spent before Sep. 4. I met with Jeff Mikorski today to discuss options. One is to purchase Bike Route signs. Another is to print the Bike Route Map. Purchasing signs is probably more straightforward. There are standard bike route signs defined in the MUTCD (see attached). We may also want to purchase directional arrows to go with the signs but this would necessitate knowing where the signs will be located. The City both makes and purchases signs. For this task, we probably want to purchase them from a vendor. Damien may be able to give us contact info for a sign vendor that the City has used. Alice, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. Printing the bike route map will probably be more work. Decisions will have to be made on size, format etc. in addition to getting a vendor to do it. Chet, will you take the lead on this? If not, please persuade someone else on the team do take the lead. One possible outcome is a decision that it can't be done on time. Whatever we do, the products will have to be delivered before Sep. 4. Let's copy at least the other members of the mapping team on our discussion of these options at least until we make a decision whether to pursue one, the other or some combination of both. Obviously, one factor in our decision will be that we have approximately $3,000 to work with. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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(no subject)
by director 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Good morning, I received 2 comments from bike board members after last Thursday's presentation at the meeting. Today is the day I'll be finalizing the script. The 2 comments related to the sequence of subjects. I'll take that under advisement, but be aware that we can still change sequencing of scenes after they are shot. Naturally we want to get it as right as possible in the script though to save time. Thanks for your comments and support. Nick. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Fwd: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Aug '11

07 Aug '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: August 7, 2011 2:10:49 PM EDT > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: "Radabaugh, Bryan L" <Bryan.L.Radabaugh(a)wv.gov>, "Roy Nutter" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, "Damien Davis" <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Subject: Re: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder > > Bryan, > > I hope you read this message before you take any action on the Mon Blvd. striping. I rode up there yesterday and it's already been re-striped with the standard 4-inch wide stripe. So, please ignore my request to stripe it with a 6-inch wide stripe. Hopefully, we'll soon get all the ducks in all the ducks in a row to mark the climbing shoulder as a bike lane and then we can widen the edge stripe to 6-inches. > > Thanks for your positive response and cooperation! > > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703 > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Frank Gmeindl wrote: > >> Thanks, Bryan! >> >> Frank >> >> On Aug 4, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Radabaugh, Bryan L wrote: >> >>> We will look into it and let you know. >>> >>> Bryan Radabaugh >>> >>> From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:03 PM >>> To: Radabaugh, Bryan L >>> Cc: Roy Nutter; Bill Austin; Damien Davis >>> Subject: Stripe Mon Blvd. shoulder >>> >>> Bryan, >>> >>> Can you paint a 6-inch wide stripe between the roadway and shoulder northbound on Monongahela Blvd. between Eighth St. and Evansdale Drive? >>> >>> Yesterday, I noticed that new asphalt has been applied to that shoulder. Please accept the gratitude of many cyclists for repairing the shoulder which has been crumbling lately. >>> >>> The new asphalt has covered the roadway edge line so I assume you will re-stripe it as soon as possible. Instead of the standard 4-inch white edge line, I'm wondering if you could apply a 6-inch wide stripe. 6-inch is the standard stripe width for demarcating a bike lane. As you know, WVDOH, the City of Morgantown, the Morgantown Monongalia MPO and WVU have been negotiating for a bicycle climbing lane on that shoulder and we continue to progress toward realizing it. Painting a 6-inch wide stripe could be another small step in that direction. >>> >>> See page Page 23 of 1999 AASHTO Guide to the Development of Bicycle Facilities (http://www.sccrtc.org/bikes/AASHTO_1999_BikeBook.pdf ) for stripe width guidance. >>> >>> I've attached the bike lane plans for your convenience. >>> >>> >>> Frank D. Gmeindl >>> Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board >>> LCI #1703 >>> 491 WilsonAvenue >>> Morgantown, WV 26501 >>> 304-376-0446 >>> Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >>> >> >

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Fwd: Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda August 11, 2011 6:30 PM
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Aug '11

06 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached are the agenda and attachments for this week's MPO "Citizen's Acvisory Committee meeting. If you have comments, please send to me before Thursday. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bill Austin" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: August 5, 2011 5:53:25 PM EDT > To: "'Bill Austin'" <baustin(a)labyrinth.net>, "'Roy Nutter'" <Roy.Nutter(a)mail.wvu.edu>, "'John E. Sneckenberger'" <jsnecken(a)yahoo.com>, "'Maria Smith'" <MariaSmith(a)busride.org>, <sawdustinc(a)comcast.net>, "Jim & Dottie Gaston" <jegdeg(a)westco.net>, "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'Christiaan Abildso'" <Christiaan.Abildso(a)mail.wvu.edu> > Cc: "'D. Williams'" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Subject: Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda August 11, 2011 6:30 PM > > > > CAC Members, > > Please find attached the agenda and information items for the upcoming meeting. Please let me know if you will be unable to attend the meeting. > > Thank you, > > > Bill Austin, AICP > Executive Director > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105 > Morgantown, WVA 26505 > 304-291-9571 > 304-692-7225 Mobile > "The key to change is to let go of fear." Roseanne Cash > "Never forget only dead fish swim with the stream" Malcolm Muggeridge > > > > >

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Tonight's product
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached the result of our work on the Education and Encouragement sections of the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. It's also in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/EducationEncouragement.doc Perhaps we can complete this and the Enforcement section next meeting? Frank

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In-line grates
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Thanks to help from gunnar and Ryan, I managed to put a news item on in-line grates at http://bikemorgantown.com/articles.php?str=2011/08/wvdoh-replaces-in-line-g… Enjoy! Frank

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Youth Cycling Skills video project - < 10yo - Preliminary Script
by director 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Good evening, Attached you'll find the preliminary script for the <10 video. It's been through several iterations already, but Robby is out of town until Monday so I'm presenting this to all of you to make comments before then. Please send me your comments external to the document, referring to section topic and what your suggested change is. At this point the video reads in about 9 minutes, the longest we expect it to be in final production. If you have sections for topics to add or remove please don't hesitate to say so. If we have extra content after finalizing the video, we will probably deliver it separately so it might be used for PSA and such. Thank you for your time and comments. See you at the meeting. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Parking tonight
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Bicycle Board Members, For those of you driving a motor vehicle to tonight's BB meeting park in Lot F. That's the parking lot behind the church that is beside the lot in which we used to park and that is now being reconstructed for the farmers market. According to the Parking Authority, you won't get a ticket tonight. Frank

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