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Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Morgantown Bike Board: Sticker Designs
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 10 May '17

10 May '17

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\n like version 7 the best ---- Original Message ---- From: "Marilyn Newcome via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Sent: 5/10/2017 4:15:27 PM To: "Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Fwd: Morgantown Bike Board: Sticker Designs Drew, I luve version 7 the best. Great work! Marilyn Sent from my LG Mobile ------ Original message------ From: Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard Date: Wed, May 10, 2017 4:08 PM To: jennifer@paragonwv.com;geordie@paragonwv.com; Cc: Bicycle Board; Subject:[Bikeboard] Fwd: Morgantown Bike Board: Sticker Designs Jennifer, Thanks for tweaking and combining these designs! In general, some comments: I think we'd like to retain the order of the chevron, the image of the bicycle, and the "may use full lane" language. This more closely imitates the design of the signs and lane markings around town. See a mock up attached as "version7" (sorry for the poor image quality; the image trace didn't work too well on your PNG). Would you be able to move Option D and E to reflect this order and reply all to this email? Board -- what do you think about the five options as proposed and my variant? Option D, Option E, and Version7 are much closer to what we agreed on at our meeting, but I thought I'd share the others with you too. Also to the board: the only color available as a background for the reflective stickers is white. As a reminder, these stickers will be produced in two sizes as agreed upon at our meeting. The current proposed variants are 2" x 3", just under the size of a credit card, and will be printed on a retroreflective material. The same design will be produced on nonreflective material, probably around 3.5"x 5.25". Finally to the board, please comment on these designs before tomorrow morning. Thanks all! -Drew ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Begin forwarded message: From: Jennifer Johnson jennifer(a)paragonwv.com Date: May 10, 2017 at 09:42:05 GMT-4 To: Geordie Smith geordie(a)paragonwv.com Subject: Re: Fwd: Morgantown Bike Board: Sticker Designs Good morning, Geordie forwarded me your ideas for the stickers. I kept the same esthetic of your drafts, but tweaked them a little bit. Please respond to this email with feedback as needed. Thanks, Jennifer Graphic Designer On 5/10/2017 8:37 AM, Geordie Smith wrote: -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Morgantown Bike Board: Sticker Designs Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:21:57 -0400 From: Drew Gatlin johngatlin(a)gmail.com To: geordie(a)paragonwv.com Geordie, Heard Chip and you chatted today -- he told me to forward you some art to see if we couldn't get a few hundred stickers printed. FYI -- none of us are graphic designers and we are totally open to suggestions for changes! Attached are the two main designs we're considering in illustrator format as well as some alternates in a jpg. Let me know if you'd like anything in a different format or color encoding scheme. It would be nice to have one or both incorporate a retroreflective material. The shade of the background is unimportant as long as it's white-ish, and we aren't married to the exact colors we've selected for the gradient or heart. The 80's gradient sticker I'm sending you was originally sent to me as an actual smooth gradient. However, when I image-traced it, I chose not to use the high-fidelity function to match it. Again, we're not picky about it at this point. More or less, we'd like to keep the cost down to less than a dollar per sticker. Thanks! Drew ------------------- J.D. Gatlin Chair, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board City of Morgantown, WV 26505 304-554-9450 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles www.bikemorgantown.com

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Family Adventure Day - Kingwood - May 20
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 09 May '17

09 May '17

Hi all, Just wanted to follow up on this event in Preston county coming up in a couple weeks. They are looking for someone to run some kind of bike-related event. More details: "We were hoping to get someone on site to help us do a bike activity related to safe riding. We'd love to be able to give away a couple of bike helmets or some other safety item like a headlamp. Do you think anyone would be able to to come to our event?" If anyone is interested and available, here is more information about the event: The Preston Prevention Partnership, the Preston County Family Resource Network and After School Explorers will be hosting *FAMILY ADVENTURE DAY* on Saturday May 20th from 10-2pm at the Craig Civic Center on Tunnelton Street, Kingwood WV 26537 (Preston County) The *FAMILY ADVENTURE DAY* is replacing the Family Life Expo. We are changing it up to offer families information and interactive activities that families can learn and do together. *If I don't hear anything from anybody by the end of the week (5/12), I'll tell Kim we don't have anybody free that day.* Thanks! Christina

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North Mon Blvd
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 04 May '17

04 May '17

Jing, At tonight’s Bicycle Board meeting, I agreed to send you the letter that the Bicycle Board sent to the MPO recommending bicycling accommodations for the redesign of Monongahela Blvd. between Patteson Drive and the Star City bridge. The letter is attached. Within a few weeks of sending this letter, Bryan Radabaugh, then WVDOH District 4 engineer telephoned me and told me that the WVDOH redesign would incorporate the recommendations described in the attached letter. (I know that a telephone call does not seem to be very official but that seems to be the way WVDOH works. In a similar case when the new I-79 interchange was added to the STIP, Perry Keller of WVDOH telephoned me to tell me that bicycle accommodations would be included in that project and now we have them.) I hope this message and the attached letter will be useful in your discussions with Fouad about the implementation of the north end of Mon Blvd. improvement. Frank D. Gmeindl LCI #1703 491 Wilson Avenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: Wraps for 2 Bike Lockers
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 04 May '17

04 May '17

Board, Please review the graphic below and the quote -- we will approve or change this tonight in the meeting. Do you all want "BikeMorgantown" listed on the sticker? Does it matter? Should we have a place for "current pricing" where we can add and remove stickers? Thanks, Drew ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dylana Kutek <dylana(a)thestickco.com> Date: Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Wraps for 2 Bike Lockers To: Alex Stockdale <astockdale(a)morgantownwv.gov> Cc: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov>, Drew Gatlin < johngatlin(a)gmail.com> Hi, Alex! Attached is pricing for the bike rack ad. I do want to note that this is based off you supplying the artwork, if that needs updated for us to supply that just let me know! > (2) 26" x 62.5" bike locker decals @ $26.08/ea: $56.12 > (1.5) hrs installation @ $50.00/hr: $75.00 > (0.5) hrs file setup @ $95.00/hr: $47.50 *Total: $178.62 not including tax* On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:19 AM Alex Stockdale <astockdale(a)morgantownwv.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > > I would like to request a quote for a wrap for two Bike Lockers. I have > attached two pictures with the details. Let me know if you have any > questions. Thank you. > > > Alex Stockdale, EIT > > Assistant City Engineer > > *City of Morgantown* > > *389 Spruce Street* > > *Morgantown, WV 26505* > > *Office: (304)284-7412 <(304)%20284-7412>* > > astockdale(a)morgantownwv.gov > > > > -- Thanks, Dylana Kutek Account Coordinator Office: 304-413-0100 <(304)%20413-0100> Cell: 724-984-7569 <(724)%20984-7569>

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Re: [Bikeboard] Stickers! Bike Month! Updates!
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 04 May '17

04 May '17

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nI agree. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Sent: 4/27/2017 3:57:03 PM To: "Bicycle Board" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: [Bikeboard] Stickers! Bike Month! Updates! Board, Hope you're doing well and enjoying this summer-like weather at the end of April. Check out the attached designs for the latest in our sticker variants. We've been given the green light to spend up to $500 on a run of one or both of these designs as well as any other educational or promotional materials we'd like to produce for Bike Month. I made a mistake in sending the Bike Month proclamation a bit late, so we'll see if it's included in Tuesday's City Council meeting or not, but you can find that attached too. Other great news: the city is proceeding with plans to install an example / experimental sharrow corridor ASAP! May might be pushing it, but I'm told definitely by June. Wahoo! As you'll recall from April's minutes, we're planning on a couple rides in May -- and the minutes stated that we're planning on Bike to Work Day (BTWD) on May 12th in conjunction with the first casual ride that our casual ride committee has planned. I haven't heard of anyone outside the board promoting that date yet (nor of anyone recruiting sponsors or whatnot for that date), and I've spoken with a few people who think that the 12th might be just a *wee* bit too hectic with graduation. Given that, and given that the rest of the country has chosen May 19th as BTWD, I'm suggesting that we scrap our BTWD plans for the 12th (not the casual ride, just the BTWD stuff) and reschedule them for the 19th. Please voice your objections, concerns, or questions about the above if you have any, as well as send me agenda items you'd like included for next meeting. I'm shooting to have the agenda out tonight, but it will probably be tomorrow. Huzzah bikes! -Drew -------------- J.D. Gatlin Chair, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board City of Morgantown, WV 26505 304-554-9450 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles www.bikemorgantown.com

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May Meeting: Agenda Attached. Also please RSVP if you can attend City Council on Tuesday at 7pm
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Hello Board! As the subject says, please indicate your ability to attend this Tuesday's council meeting at 7:00pm. I hear they might proclaim this month as 2017 Bike Month! Fill out this doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/gga95tyzf6k6rvry Try to do that before 1pm tomorrow (Monday) if you can. I'll be in touch tomorrow afternoon with confirmation whether the proclamation will actually be read on Tuesday. Agenda's attached. Always loads to talk about, but this month we're scheduled to end around 8:10pm. I attended the ribbon cutting of the Falling Run trails today -- ten thousand thanks to Vaike Hass and crew for realizing that project. If you haven't walked the trails yet, you're missing out! -Drew

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Bike to School has re-begun
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 29 Apr '17

29 Apr '17

We started riding to Mountainview ES again yesterday, had 6; had 13 today including 2 new riders from the top of South Park and all grades 1-5.Fun times! "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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Saturday 3:30pm - Falling Run Greenspace Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 28 Apr '17

28 Apr '17

I am looking forward to checking out this new connector! The trailhead is at the end of Outlook St that turns off from College Ave. College Ave. is the road with lots of potholes (when you get away from campus) that begins in the area between Ming Hseih Hall and the Mountainlair. FB event page [1]. >From Mountaineer News: The Falling Run Greenspace is an accessible, vibrant urban oasis with the potential to become a central park for the heart of Morgantown forging a connection between WVU's Organic Farm and Main Campus. WVU's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Falling Run Greenspace will take place on Saturday (April 29) at 3:30 p.m. at the end of Outlook Street. Narvel Weese, Vice President for Administration and Finance, and Blake Humphrey, Student Body President, will give their remarks about the project. The alternate Mountaineer, Trevor Kiess, will also be in attendance. Refreshments will be available. Parking will be available at the Mountainlair. Follow signs to site. The rain date will be Sunday (April 30) at 3:30 p.m. Follow us on social media for any updates regarding the event. We hope to see you out on the trails. -Jonathan Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/events/269532320161534/

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Stickers! Bike Month! Updates!
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Board, Hope you're doing well and enjoying this summer-like weather at the end of April. Check out the attached designs for the latest in our sticker variants. We've been given the green light to spend up to $500 on a run of one or both of these designs as well as any other educational or promotional materials we'd like to produce for Bike Month. I made a mistake in sending the Bike Month proclamation a bit late, so we'll see if it's included in Tuesday's City Council meeting or not, but you can find that attached too. Other great news: the city is proceeding with plans to install an example / experimental sharrow corridor ASAP! May might be pushing it, but I'm told definitely by June. Wahoo! As you'll recall from April's minutes, we're planning on a couple rides in May -- and the minutes stated that we're planning on Bike to Work Day (BTWD) on May 12th in conjunction with the first casual ride that our casual ride committee has planned. I haven't heard of anyone outside the board promoting that date yet (nor of anyone recruiting sponsors or whatnot for that date), and I've spoken with a few people who think that the 12th might be just a *wee* bit too hectic with graduation. Given that, and given that the rest of the country has chosen May 19th as BTWD, I'm suggesting that we scrap our BTWD plans for the 12th (not the casual ride, just the BTWD stuff) and reschedule them for the 19th. Please voice your objections, concerns, or questions about the above if you have any, as well as send me agenda items you'd like included for next meeting. I'm shooting to have the agenda out tonight, but it will probably be tomorrow. Huzzah bikes! -Drew -------------- J.D. Gatlin Chair, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board City of Morgantown, WV 26505 304-554-9450 <(304)%20554-9450> *Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles* www.bikemorgantown.com

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Fwd: WVDOH University Avenue / Collins Ferry Road Meeting Tomorrow 4-7PM Suncrest Middle
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

John, Thanks for sending this my way -- I'd had the meeting on my calendar but did not spend the time to review the materials. Bike Board, You might be aware of the WVDOH open house tomorrow regarding the intersection at Collins Ferry & University in Suncrest. This will be an informational workshop <http://www.transportation.wv.gov/communications/PressRelease/Pages/Informat…> that is styled as an open house without a formal presentation. It's an opportunity to ask questions and provide written comments on these types of projects. If you can, please attend! Review the alternatives and ask the engineers/representatives how these alternatives accommodate complete streets ideals. Maybe I'll see you there! -Drew On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 10:58 AM, John Whitmore <jwhitmore(a)morgantownwv.gov> wrote: > > > Alternative #5 appears to be the favored approach (per DOH statement in > the newspaper) > > http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/engineering/comment/ > UniversityAvenueProject/Project_Alternatives/Alternatives.pdf > > > > *John Whitmore, AICP* > > Planner III > > > > [image: City of Morgantown, WV official website] > > > > City of Morgantown, West Virginia > > 389 Spruce Street > > Morgantown, WV 26505 > > E: jwhitmore(a)morgantownwv.gov > > P: 304-284-7431 <(304)%20284-7431> > > www.morgantownwv.gov > > >

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April Meeting Minutes
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Hi all, Happy Tax Day! Sorry for the long delay in getting the minutes out to you. Please find minutes and more information from one of the ripe banana issues attached. If you missed the meeting, we have a new member! Her name is Beth, and she comes to us with lots of cycling experience and savvy. We are excited to have her! To see sharrow sticker ideas: https://chat.bikelover.org/channel/sharrow_sticker_ideas <https://chat.bikelover.org/channel/sharrow_sticker_ideas> Mark Your Calendars! -Tuesday, April 25: Morgantown City Council elections <http://www.morgantownwv.gov/2015-election-materials/> -Saturday, April 29: Falling Run Greenspace ribbon cutting event <https://www.facebook.com/events/269532320161534/> -Thursday, May 4: next Bike Board meeting <https://www.facebook.com/events/124010824791750/> -Saturday, May 6 & Sunday, May 7: Appalachian Spring Spectacular ride <https://www.facebook.com/pg/CRCyclists/events/?ref=page_internal> In case you miss it in the fine print of the minutes, I'm moving shortly after our May meeting :( The Board will need a new secretary. If you're interested, please let me and/or Drew know. I can be reached at this email or at 304-282-4441. As always, please let me know if you have changes, corrections or additions to the minutes. Thank you!

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Casual Ride Series
by Brian Ricketts via Bikeboard 17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17

Hello all, I have shared Casual Ride Series Proposal google document with all of you. You will just need to click the link in the email that was just sent. Please comment with ideas, changes etc. on the document. If you have trouble using the google document, please just respond to this email thread. (see attached below) We will be taking comments until Friday April 28th. Our first planned ride is Friday May 12. This will double as the bike to work day in the morning for bike month and casual ride in the evening at 6pm. Thank you Brian Ricketts 1st Ward Morgantown Bike Board

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2017 Casual Rides Proposal - Invitation to comment
by Brian Ricketts (via Google Docs) via Bikeboard 16 Apr '17

16 Apr '17

I've shared an item with you: 2017 Casual Rides Proposal https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_hce4VsB-K0PbqaW0kZ7XGhNmDYMe7aXlSAZX6P… It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above.

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Meeting April 6th: Bike Month Planning - You've Got Homework. Agenda & Read-Aheads Attached
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 31 Mar '17

31 Mar '17

Howdy Board, Your homework, even if you're not able to attend the meeting: Reach out to your cycling friends in other cities, or just ruminate on what you'd like to see / do here for Bike Month 2017. We haven't allocated the $5K in escrow yet, so feel free to dream big. We also have some leftover grant funds we may be able to use. Perhaps we can put together event kits for groups around town to host bike events on their own? At businesses and at schools, for example? Some inspiration from the league: http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth Conversely, our Pittsburgh neighbors don't appear to place as much emphasis on Bike Month as some parts of the country. Maybe a different time of year for a larger series of events would work better for us too? Also: if there was one road that we could paint with sharrows first, months before the installation of the whole project -- and you were limited to choosing a city road -- which would you choose to paint? This theoretical installation would serve as a motivator for all stakeholders involved. Hope you've been enjoying this early spring on two wheels! Drew

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Fwd: Family Adventure Day May 20
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Anybody from the Bike Board interested in helping with a bicycle safety or a bike rodeo on May 20 at Kingwood, WV? -Jonathan -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Family Adventure Day May 20 DATE: 2017-03-28 13:21 FROM: Kim Liston <kliston(a)prestonmemorial.org> Good afternoon, The Preston Prevention Partnership, the Preston County Family Resource Network and After School Explorers will be hosting FAMILY ADVENTURE DAY on Saturday May 20th from 10-2pm at the Craig Civic Center on Tunnelton Street, Kingwood WV 26537 (Preston County) The FAMILY ADVENTURE DAY is replacing the Family Life Expo. We are changing it up to offer families information and interactive activities that families can learn and do together. We are specifically looking for someone to help us with bicycle safety or a bike rodeo. Do you have anyone who may be able to help us with this? We appreciate your consideration Thanks, Kim Kim Liston, MSW, LGSW Community Programs Coordinator Preston Memorial Hospital | 150 Memorial Drive | Kingwood, WV 26537 P:304-329-1400 x1515 | F:304-329-1378 | www.prestonmemorial.org [1] Links: ------ [1] http://www.prestonmemorial.org/

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Amended March minutes
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

Hi all, I received some suggested changes for the March meeting minutes in sections 6 and 7. Please take a look and let me know if you have any other suggestions. Thank you!

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March Meeting Minutes Madness and More!
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 05 Mar '17

05 Mar '17

Hi all, March meeting minutes are attached. Please take a look and let me know if you have any changes or corrections. Harry recently shared some ideas for sharrows stickers in a jpg form. These are the same images we circulated before, but in a more edit-able format for anyone who is feeling creative. I put these images, a picture of an actual sharrow on a road, and the inspiration for the sharrows sticker idea on our rocketchat platform. If you haven't yet, sign up and take a look! https://chat.bikelover.org/channel/sharrow_sticker_ideas <https://chat.bikelover.org/channel/sharrow_sticker_ideas> We had a visit from Dan Shook, Director of the Safe Communities America Initiative, at the meeting. To find out more about the work he's doing around community safety, visit the website here: http://www.safemorgantownwvu.org/ <http://www.safemorgantownwvu.org/> Don't forget, you can find (and add) bike racks around Morgantown through our local RackSpotter platform: https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morgantown <https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morgantown> Please let me know if I missed anything! Best, Christina

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BB Procedural Guidelines update
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 02 Mar '17

02 Mar '17

At tonight’s BB meeting, during the topic Plan Ask, I read the attached statement which Drew asked me to distribute to the Board so here it is. Frank

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Fwd: FW: Sharrows
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

Hi all - see attached for sharrow artwork from Harry and his designer connection :) These are in jpg form, if anyone wants to play around with editing. See you tomorrow!

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New WV DEP Secretary is an avid bicyclist
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

I was filming footing of the new WV DEP Secretary, Austin Caperton, this evening. In his introduction, he explained that one of his virtues is that he is an outdoors person, and he is an avid bicyclist. -Jonathan

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March Meeting, This Thursday: Agenda Attached
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 27 Feb '17

27 Feb '17

Hello Board, Please excuse the late agenda. You'll find it attached as well as our relevant read-ahead. If you have time over the next couple days, please read through the (one page) list and description of volunteer roles. Many thanks to Christina for your initial drafting of this list last month. Hope you've been enjoying this uber bike-able weather! Best, Drew

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February Meeting Minutes
by Christina Hunt via Bikeboard 13 Feb '17

13 Feb '17

Hello everyone, February meeting minutes are attached. Please take a look and let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected or clarified. Here are a few reminders from our meeting: *Bike Board Chat* Jonathan Rosenbaum set up a new communication platform for Bike Board use! Check it out at chat.bikelover.org and leave a message! *Rackspotter* Rackspotter is a way to log bike racks around town, and we now have the capability to have this open directly to Morgantown. Check it out here: https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morgantown <https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morgantown> *Country Roads Cyclists / Appalachian Spring Spectacular Ride* Country Roads Cyclists is looking for planning help for the annual Appalachian Spring Spectacular Ride (May 6-7). For more information check them out here: http://www.crcyclists.org/ Thanks, Christina

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Rackspotter Local Version of Greater Morgantown now available
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 06 Feb '17

06 Feb '17

The local version of Greater Morgantown at RackSpotter is now available at https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morganto [1]wn [1] . Alert: Activity is happening @ https://chat.bikelover.org . -Jonathan Links: ------ [1] https://www.rackspotter.com/greater-morgantown

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Meeting to verify the BMUFL sign/sharrow GIS data
by Jing Zhang via Bikeboard 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

Hi, Bicycle Board Members As discussed in the board meeting last night, Frank and I will meet to verify the GIS date for the locations of proposed BMUFL signs and sharrows that will be installed on numerous streets in the Morgantown area. Here is the link to the doodle poll of the meeting. Please take the poll before next Tuesday. <http://doodle.com/poll/ttycns9x746a6b3q> http://doodle.com/poll/ttycns9x746a6b3q It will be a 90 minutes meeting on Feb 8th, Wednesday in the MPO office (Room 110, the Courthouse on High St). Depending on the doodle poll, it will start at 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, or 3:00 pm. Please be aware that the meeting will cancelled unless there is at least one board member, besides Frank and me, is willing to join the meeting. If you have any question, please let me know. Thank you! Jing Jing Zhang, AICP, PTP, LEED AP ND LCI #4855 Transportation Planner Morgantown Monongalia Metropolian Planning Organization 243 High Street Courthouse Rm. 110 Morgantown, WV 26505 www.plantogether.org 864.207.0749 (cell) 304.381.4363 " Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -- Mother Teresa

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Re: [Bikeboard] Minimum Bicycle Climbing Lane Width
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 03 Feb '17

03 Feb '17

Frank, Thanks for the quick feedback and added insight. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard" <bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com> Sent: 2/3/2017 8:41:09 AM To: "Drew Gatlin" <johngatlin(a)gmail.com> Cc: "Bicycle Board" <bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com> Subject: [Bikeboard] Minimum Bicycle Climbing Lane Width On Jones Av. from Stewart St. to Overhill St., a bicycle climbing lane should be at least 4-feet wide. At last night’s BB meeting, in response to a question from Jenny Selin about 3-foot bicycle climbing lane width, I said that was absolute minimum. I was wrong. I should have said 4-feet. And, on the steep lower end of Jones Av., a minimum of 5-feet is recommended. According to the 2012 AASHTO "Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities" pages 4-15 through 4-17, 4-feet is the minimum recommended bicycle lane width, 5-feet is the preferred bike lane width. “On extremely constrained, low-speed roadways with curbs but no gutter, where the preferred (5-feet) bike lane width cannot be achieved despite narrowing all other travel lanes to their minimum widths, a 4-feet wide bike lane can be used. Under most circumstances, the recommended width for bike lanes is 5-feet. Wider bicycle lanes may be desirable under the following conditions …” On Jones Av. from Stewart St. to Overhill St., a 4-feet wide lane probably would also be inadequate because cyclists tend to weave on such steep slopes and will have difficulty staying within the lane. Keep in mind that bicycle infrastructure must accommodate more than young, strong, agile, fearless and experienced bicyclists. The AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Traffic Officials) "Guide to the Development of Bicycle Facilities" is the standard throughout the nation. Frank _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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