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Today's DP, Mon MTB trail network?
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17

Clearing a legal hurdle & working with the Chamber? Nice opportunity...The Dominion Post - www.dominionpost.com | | | | The Dominion Post - www.dominionpost.com Local, national news updated throughout the day. The Dominion Post produced videos of local sports, events and m... | | | "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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Re: [Bikeboard] BNA
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 11 Dec '17

11 Dec '17

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\n Thanks Frank, for the thoughtful review. It looks like the basis for the BNA model is a good concept, but problematic due to the data source. It might be a matter of time before a better data set is used. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Sent: 12/10/2017 1:43:39 PM To: "Bike Board - Morgantown" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: [Bikeboard] BNA Here is my take on the People for Bikes Bicycle Network Analysis (BNA) that Drew asked me at the 12/8 BB meeting to write. The BNA by People for Bikes classifies streets as Low Stress or High Stress for adult cyclists who are interested in riding a bike but concerned about riding in traffic. People for Bikes gives a low stress rating to streets that they think interested but concerned people would probably say they would feel safe riding on. One problem with this approach is that streets that feel safe might not actually be safe, that is, they might actually have more frequent and more severe crashes than other streets that these people feel arent as safe. For example, Ive read countless stories about people on bikes getting killed at intersections by right turning vehicles, especially trucks because the bicycle specific infrastructure led them to be where a competent experienced cyclist would not be, that is, on the right side of right-turning vehicles. That said, the BNA is a good model for developing good bike route maps because its methodology is transparent, well documented and flexible and they provide the source code. The BNA provides a map and connectivity scores. The map shows all streets with low stress streets blue and high stress streets red. The connectivity scores include an overall community score, scores for several subcategories such as services, schools, recreation and retail and then scores for sub-subcategories of these that rate how well interested but concerned people can reach these by bike. The BNA enables you to compare communities. The comparative scores can be misleading. For example, the BNA rates Buckhannon, WV higher than Portland, OR, 37 and 33 respectively. The major limitations of the BNA are its primary data sources: U.S. Census and OpenStreetMap (OSM), and the stress ratings of various street conditions and infrastructure types. The U.S. Census data are only updated every 10 years and do not include sufficient detail to determine number of cyclists and trip characteristics. OSM data completeness and accuracy are questionable. The stress ratings for various street conditions are subjective and biased toward how safe they would feel to interested but concerned people and might be significantly different for competent and experienced bicyclists. I had fun with the BNA and learned a lot. Im guessing youll have fun with it too. Then, we can discuss how it could inform our bike route mapping efforts as well as our efforts to improve infrastructure and education. But, most of all, Im looking forward to riding our infrastructure to see how safe it feels while were having fun on it;) Frank

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BNA
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 10 Dec '17

10 Dec '17

Here is my take on the People for Bikes Bicycle Network Analysis (BNA) <https://bna.peopleforbikes.org/#/places/4c07a176-0174-402a-89ca-5da5182f949…> that Drew asked me at the 12/8 BB meeting to write. The BNA by People for Bikes classifies streets as Low Stress or High Stress for adult cyclists who are interested in riding a bike but concerned about riding in traffic. People for Bikes gives a low stress rating to streets that they think interested but concerned people would probably say they would feel safe riding on. One problem with this approach is that streets that feel safe might not actually be safe, that is, they might actually have more frequent and more severe crashes than other streets that these people feel aren’t as safe. For example, I’ve read countless stories about people on bikes getting killed at intersections by right turning vehicles, especially trucks because the bicycle specific infrastructure led them to be where a competent experienced cyclist would not be, that is, on the right side of right-turning vehicles. That said, the BNA is a good model for developing good bike route maps because its methodology is transparent, well documented and flexible and they provide the source code. The BNA provides a map and connectivity scores. The map shows all streets with low stress streets blue and high stress streets red. The connectivity scores include an overall community score, scores for several subcategories such as services, schools, recreation and retail and then scores for sub-subcategories of these that rate how well interested but concerned people can reach these by bike. The BNA enables you to compare communities. The comparative scores can be misleading. For example, the BNA rates Buckhannon, WV higher than Portland, OR, 37 and 33 respectively. The major limitations of the BNA are its primary data sources: U.S. Census and OpenStreetMap (OSM), and the stress ratings of various street conditions and infrastructure types. The U.S. Census data are only updated every 10 years and do not include sufficient detail to determine number of cyclists and trip characteristics. OSM data completeness and accuracy are questionable. The stress ratings for various street conditions are subjective and biased toward how safe they would feel to interested but concerned people and might be significantly different for competent and experienced bicyclists. I had fun with the BNA and learned a lot. I’m guessing you’ll have fun with it too. Then, we can discuss how it could inform our bike route mapping efforts as well as our efforts to improve infrastructure and education. But, most of all, I’m looking forward to riding our infrastructure to see how safe it feels while we’re having fun on it;) Frank

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Fwd: November minutes, December Meeting
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 04 Dec '17

04 Dec '17

Hello board, Thanks to Chip for putting together these minutes. I haven't had a chance yet to review them -- can you all comment on them as need be? Still planning on our regular meeting on Thursday, but this will be more informal than most due to such a late agenda (it's not even ready yet!). Preview: secretary recruitment, 2018 TAP grant(s) updates, people for bikes new tools <https://bna.peopleforbikes.org/#/places/4c07a176-0174-402a-89ca-5da5182f949…>, 2014 TAP grant (signage/shelters) updates, plans for the new year, maybe some updates from the events committee? Thanks all for your patience! -Drew p.s. I'll be graduating on December 15th and am recruiting hecklers for the ceremony if any of y'all wanna come on down and see me walk across the stage. In the mean time wish me luck on tying up all these loose ends (hah!). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chip Wamsley <chip(a)wamsleycycles.com> Date: Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 3:20 PM Subject: November minutes To: johngatlin(a)gmail.com here you go, let me know if you have any questions. Chip -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Social rides
by Bridget O'Meara via Bikeboard 11 Nov '17

11 Nov '17

Hi all, The November social ride will be tomorrow (Sunday Nov. 12) at 2:00 starting at Terra Cafe and meandering around for about 9 miles through Star City and Suncrest. Hope to see some of you there! I was also thinking for the December social ride, there is a holiday parade downtown on Dec. 4th. We could start from there and then go through South Park and see some lights. I'm assuming there will probably be a good number of houses decorated at that time. Can anyone confirm? We could always do this ride a little later in the month and just not have it tie into the parade. - Bridget

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2018 TAP Grant Projects: Please read and help us prioritize
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hello Board, As promised, please see the overview of TAP projects we're currently considering. If you know more about any of these projects, please feel free to edit this document and send it back to me (or just send general comments too). If you get a chance, please review these projects before Monday and send me your top three choices. Feel free to modify and / or combine projects as you see fit. Also attached is Vaike Haas's draft proposal for the Suncrest trails (however, the maps in that document are not as up-to-date as the ones in mine). As a reminder, the intents to apply are due on November 17th. -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505Preview attachment Suncrest Trail Proposal draft 10-26 sm.pdf <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4b0d377119&view=att&th=15f5b7c358…> Suncrest Trail Proposal draft 10-26 sm.pdf 8.5 MB <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4b0d377119&view=att&th=15f5b7c358…>

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Light Giveaway
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Hi Bike Board! I hope all is going well in Morgantown, I've heard there's lots of cycling-related projects and momentum happening - congratulations! I came across this article in the paper and thought it was a good idea. If there's still any unspent grant money floating around for education or safety, maybe it go toward purchasing lights to give away around town. http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31419682/ boulder-giving-out-free-bike-lights-part-safety <http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31419682/boulder-giving-out-free…> Also, I heard WV's Bicycle Friendly Ranking is up this year to #37, and I'm sure all your work on the Bike Summit and other projects had a lot to do with it! Best wishes to everybody, miss you all! Christina

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November meeting (agenda), October updated minutes
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hello Board, Please see our November agenda and read-aheads as well as an updated version of our October minutes attached. Also, everyone welcome Morgantown's new communication manager, Andrew Stacy! He was recently onboarded and replaces Krista Baker. Andrew, it seems like our board webpage <http://www.morgantownwv.gov/AgendaCenter/Bicycle-Board-18> has fundamentally changed with the recent website update. Can you let us know if we should re-send you all our agendas and minutes from 2017 to have them properly updated? Jonathan Rosenbaum, can you please place Andrew on our listserv? Thanks all, Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Stolen kids' bike
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

A neighbors' bike was stolen from their garage, 20" white and black frame with "Ambush" on it. Image pasted below & attached.He's super bummed, hoping we find it. I've checked Craigslist and ebay, but appreciate help.Good Karma to all.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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TONIGHT - Spoky Halloween Night Ride
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Tonight, around 7pm there will be an unplanned, unsponsored, informal, impromptu spoky (short-o) Halloween night ride beginning from the vicinity of Positive Spin's new location. Some things to keep in mind .. For night riding in the Morgantown area, the bike should be equipped with a front light and a red reflector on the rear of the bicycle, also a red taillight may be used, which is highly recommended. Helmets are required. Although, there is no plan to stop anywhere, it would be prudent to bring a locking device to secure your bike just in case we do decide to stop somewhere. The temperature should be pleasant during the daytime, however, it will go into the 50's (also pleasant) during the evening so dress accordingly. -Jonathan

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