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A tie! REPLY ASAP!!!
by Frank Gmeindl 12 Jun '07

12 Jun '07

Bike Board Members: PLEASE REPLY ASAP whether you prefer Robbie Acciavatti or Alice Vernon as the second greater Morgantown replacement member. Unfortunately, we had a tie between Alice and Robbie. Here's the vote tally for our greater Morgantown replacement members: 8 Sam Stone 5 Alice Vernon 5 Robbie Acciavatti This is based on 12 members votes. The recommendation that I give to the Traffic Commission tomorrow evening will be based on the votes that we get by 3:00 PM tomorrow. Frank

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Recount
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Bike Board members, PLEASE REPLY ASAP. It has come to my attention that our #1 candidate, Robbie Acciavatti, for Bike Board membership from within the City no longer lives within the City. That makes Autumn Bryson and Gunnar Shogren the candidates that we will recommend to the Traffic Commission if they are willing to serve. Since Robbie Acciavatti wasn't in the running for out of City candidates, I would like to ask you to reply to this message with your distribution of 2 points among the following candidates: Sam Stone Alice Vernon Robbie Acciavatti Probably the easiest was to do it is to reply to this message and write the points that you give in front of the names of your choice. As a reminder, you can give both points to one candidate or distribute them among two candidates. I will tally the votes and let you know the outcome by next Tuesday. Obviously, your prompt response is necessary. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bicycle Board
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

Sam, I hope your trip to Nashville was productive. Thanks for clarifying your desires. The Bike Board met tonight and considered them vis-a-vis the Bike Board's February recommendations to the Traffic Commission. *Road Signage* The Bike Board agrees that pole signage would be a good adjunct to stencil signage and can probably be installed sooner. We agree with the routes that you suggest. Most of them are the same as those the Bike Board recommended in February. We will recommend to the Traffic Commission that they supplement the routes that we recommended with the different routes that you requested. All the roads that both you and the Bike Board want to sign are state roads. Getting the state to install either type of sign will probably take more than a letter from the Traffic Commission recommending them. We discussed lobbying the District Engineer, Donnie Williams but nobody volunteered to do that. For the pole signage, the state would probably want to conform to the Federal Highway Administration's Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards. This link: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/HTM/2003r1/part9/fig9b-03-2_longdesc.htm shows the standard for Share-the-Road signs. While black letters on yellow background is specified, a maximum size is not and that may represent an opportunity. We would like to pilot both pole signs and stencil signage on a roadway that the City controls but we have yet to identify an appropriate road. Certainly, the Bike Board will respond to the Traffic Commission that it supports your request in concert with the Bike Board's February recommendations. Nothing will probably be done though, until we can give them specific detailed recommendations that they can implement within their scope of control. *Trail Signage *The Bike Board will recommend to the Traffic Commission that a broken stripe be put down the center of all paved trail. The Board will also recommend signage at all points of entry to the trail. For sign verbiage, "keep right" was favored but a Board member will research for commonly used effective verbiage and provide a recommendation by next Tuesday. We are aware that standards such as height, distance from the trail edge etc. exist for such sign placement and we hope our research will identify those as well. As far as placing the signs every quarter mile, the Bike Board observed that so many signs could detract from the trail aesthetics. Our planned recommendation to place the signs at all points of trail entry may change upon discovery of standard practice. *Board Membership* You may recall that the City asked you to serve as a member of the Bike Board when it formed the Board last year. Tonight, the Board decided to ask you to join the Board as a member. Of course, we serve at the pleasure of the Traffic Commission. If you were to reply to this message that you are still willing to serve on the Bike Board, we will recommend you to the Traffic Commission at its meeting next Wednesday. Will you join us? We meet the first Thursday of every month. Our next meeting is 5-July. Being a member entails much more than attending the monthly meeting. Currently, all members are challenged to keep the wheels turning and make substantive progress between meetings. Frank Sam Stone wrote: > Frank - > In response to you email dated June 2, 2007, I will be in Nashville, > Tennessee and unable to attend the monthly meeting of the Bike Board > on June 7, 2007. However, the Bike Board and I have very similar > desires. I will try to clarify mine as follows: > 1. Whatever the specific design, use flourescent lime green color > like the pedestrian crossing signs recently installed on High Street > and do not use the color of the existing bike signs approaching the > Star City bridge toward Morgantown. Stencil signage on the roadway is > preferred but pole signage can supplement that and can be installed now. > 2. The location should be at all major entrances to town and as > otherwise appropriate. > 3. The trail signage *is* to reduce interference of the various modes > and could use the same signage but perhaps add "keep right" or "walk > on right, pass on left" or "slower traffic must keep right", or > something similar. I am forwarding a copy of the current WV Code > provisions regarding bikes. Both bikers and drivers need to be > educated on bike rights and safety. Roads needs to be repaired, > potholes filled and drains leveled to accommodate bikes. > 4. It is obvious that the Bike Board has done a great amount of work > in planning; however, many of the recommendations can and must be > implemented now to prevent accidents and save lives. Please advise me > of the next Bike Board meeting and I will make every effort to > attend. I appreciate your considering my input. > > I went to City Council with Ralph LaRue from BOPARC and Cliff > Sutherland approximately a year ago and Council approved the signs for > the trail. They told me to work with Dan Boroff to get it done. > There are funds available and no reason the signs aren't up already. > I suggest that the Bike Board push _NOW_ to get the signs up on the > trail and then get them in the roads ASAP. The rest of your plan is > great but the road stenciling and lanes is a long way off. > > §17C-11-2. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. > > Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of > the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the > driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations > in this article and except as to those provisions of this chapter > which by their nature can have no application. > > §17C-11-5. Riding on roadways and bicycle paths. > > (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near > to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care > when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. > (b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than > two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the > exclusive use of bicycles. > (c) Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to > a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the > roadway. > > (Also see West Virginia Code 17C-11 in its entirety and West Virginia > Code 17C-11A in its entirety for additional bicycle laws.) > > Thanks, > Sam Stone > > Samuel Spencer Stone > Attorney At Law > 221 Willey Street > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Phone: (304) 296-2553 Ext. 1 > Fax: (304) 292-4034 fax > > > > */Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message./* >

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Fwd: Bicycle Board
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

Bike Board Members, Sam Stone won't attend tomorrow's meeting but he sent me the e-mail below. Anybody know if there's a standard for sign color on state and city roadways? Frank >Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:03:17 -0400 >From: Sam Stone <samuelspencerstone(a)comcast.net> >Subject: Bicycle Board >X-Originating-IP: [68.168.78.211] >To: fgmeindl(a)verizon.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 > >Frank - >In response to you email dated June 2, 2007, I will be in Nashville, >Tennessee and unable to attend the monthly meeting of the Bike Board on >June 7, 2007. However, the Bike Board and I have very similar desires. I >will try to clarify mine as follows: >1. Whatever the specific design, use flourescent lime green color like >the pedestrian crossing signs recently installed on High Street and do not >use the color of the existing bike signs approaching the Star City bridge >toward Morgantown. Stencil signage on the roadway is preferred but pole >signage can supplement that and can be installed now. >2. The location should be at all major entrances to town and as otherwise >appropriate. >3. The trail signage is to reduce interference of the various modes and >could use the same signage but perhaps add "keep right" or "walk on right, >pass on left" or "slower traffic must keep right", or something >similar. I am forwarding a copy of the current WV Code provisions >regarding bikes. Both bikers and drivers need to be educated on bike >rights and safety. Roads needs to be repaired, potholes filled and drains >leveled to accommodate bikes. >4. It is obvious that the Bike Board has done a great amount of work in >planning; however, many of the recommendations can and must be implemented >now to prevent accidents and save lives. Please advise me of the next >Bike Board meeting and I will make every effort to attend. I appreciate >your considering my input. > >I went to City Council with Ralph LaRue from BOPARC and Cliff Sutherland >approximately a year ago and Council approved the signs for the >trail. They told me to work with Dan Boroff to get it done. There are >funds available and no reason the signs aren't up already. I suggest that >the Bike Board push NOW to get the signs up on the trail and then get them >in the roads ASAP. The rest of your plan is great but the road stenciling >and lanes is a long way off. > >§17C-11-2. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles. >Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the >rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver >of a vehicle by this chapter, except as to special regulations in this >article and except as to those provisions of this chapter which by their >nature can have no application. > >§17C-11-5. Riding on roadways and bicycle paths. >(a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to >the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when >passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. >(b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two >abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive >use of bicycles. >(c) Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been provided adjacent to a >roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the roadway. > >(Also see West Virginia Code 17C-11 in its entirety and West Virginia Code >17C-11A in its entirety for additional bicycle laws.) > >Thanks, >Sam Stone > >Samuel Spencer Stone >Attorney At Law >221 Willey Street >Morgantown, WV 26505 >Phone: (304) 296-2553 Ext. 1 >Fax: (304) 292-4034 fax > > > >Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, >is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain >confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, >disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended >recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all >copies of the original message.

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John Marshall cycling article
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Jun '07

05 Jun '07

Andy, As Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board, as a League of American Bicyclists Certified Bicycling Instructor and as a Fairmont area cyclist, I am writing to question your 30-May publication of Colorado's John Marshall's article http://www.timeswv.com/redeye/local_story_150161304.html in the the Times West Virginian. Publishing that article promotes increasing animosity toward bicyclists when we need responsible journalism to educate us about alternatives to traffic congestion, dependence on foreign oil and obesity. Why can't you publish an article that encourages bicycling? Why can't you publish an article that educates your readers about the health benefits of bicycling? Why can't you publish an article that teaches motorists and bicyclists how to share the road together safely and enjoyably? The City of Morgantown and the Greater Morgantown Metropolitan Planning Organization have adopted a policy to encourage rather than discourage bicycling and are working to realize that policy. I invite you and the Times West Virginian staff to learn about our program and support it in your fine publication. Frank Gmeindl

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This Thursday's BB agenda
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

Bike Board members, Please find attached, a zip folder that contains the agenda for this Thursday's 7-June, Bike Board meeting and documents to read-ahead to get prepared. (To open any of the files in the zip folder, just double click on the folder and then double click on any file in the folder. If you've never used WinZip before, a window will probably open asking if you want to download a free application to enable you to open the folder and the files. Downloading and installing that is probably safe since WinZip is pretty ubiquitous. If you can't open the folder or read the files, please reply just to me and I'll send the files to you in separate e-mail messages.) Much has been happening since our last (April) indoor meeting. Several of us had a fun May meeting riding around most of the city's 7 wards to pioneer a route for "Bicycle Morgantown". For this Thursday, Topic 5 on the agenda involves Sam Stone's request of Dan Boroff to install Share-the-Road signs on the rail-trail and certain local roadways. After the last Traffic Commission (TC) meeting, Terry Hough, City Engineer and TC member asked me to arrange for the BB to provide a response to his request. His request, and a comparison to our Infrastructure Goal #1 Pilot Project #1 are included in the read-aheads. I've asked Sam to join us for Thursday's meeting but haven't received his response yet. I put this on the top of the agenda because I think it presents a great opportunity to get more commitment by the TC and the community to our recommendations. Topic 6 on the agenda is the status of our Education committee recommendations. As you know, I've twice offered to the TC to teach them the LAB Road I course but failed to get commitment both times. A couple TC members also objected to my collecting money for the course. After the last TC meeting, Terry Hough told me to arrange with Ralph Larue at BOPARC to have BOPARC arrange the course and collect the money. I'll fill you in more on the details at our meeting but the outcome is that I'm planning to deliver Road I once/month through BOPARC starting this month. Tentative dates are: June 9-10, July 23-24, Aug 11-12, Sep 8-9 and Oct 13-14. (If I get more than 4 participants in any delivery, I'll need some help from you Road I graduates and our other LCI;) Also, I'm developing a 1-hour lecture for public officials. Hough said the TC will probably attend either before or after their regular monthly meeting. I attached a preliminary draft, called Intro to Safe Cycling and welcome your critique. We also have to replace our dearly departed members and I'd like to discuss changing our meeting day as well as discuss where we are on completing the LAB Bicycle Friendly Community award application. It's going to be a busy meeting! I hope you'll all be there. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike lane
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Jun '07

04 Jun '07

All, Please view the attached in slide show view (otherwise, it's harder to comprehend). It is a presentation by Fred Oswald, LCI #947, on bicycle integration vs. separation. It also adds a few cautions and design considerations for the bike-under-chevron recommendations that we're recommending to the Traffic Commission. Particularly, where in the lane to put them, which we have yet to address (see slides 13-14). The Traffic Commission is expecting us to deliver at it 13-June meeting, a detailed step-by-step implementation plan for our Bike-Under-Chevron on-road sign recommendation. With just about every roadway "improvement" being considered in the county and city planning to get cyclists out of the traffic flow, knowledge of the issues and our action is imperative. Frank Greg Good wrote: > Hi all, it may surprise you all, but I agree that most cyclists are safer on the road than coming to the road from a path. There are, however, specific engineering guidelines readily available for the safest ways to bring bike paths up to auto traffic. For example, the intersection of the Deckers Creek Trail with old Rt 7 behind the Dominion Post is a poster child for an accident waiting to happen. > > We do have a SERIOUS issue to stay alert to. As Nick and others have pointed out, a part of WV code says cyclists must use a path if it is available. Right? Well, watch out as Beechurst is re-designed. We need to be STRONG, VOCAL ADVOCATES for bike lanes on Beechurst. The alternative will be signs saying we must ride on the trail. > > See this web link to Cambridge England, where cyclists are about to have major impediments of this sort thrown at them. http://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/issues/highwaycode/ > > Greg > > >>>> "Don Spencer" <dspencer36(a)comcast.net> 5/16/2007 10:45 PM >>> >>>> > Frank - I do feel that there is a big difference in this case between a bike > path and a bike lane. If the rider was in the pavement area (with or without > a bike lane dividing line) with the truck then the truck driver would have > had to be aware of him. If he were on a path or sidewalk, it is plausible to > think that the rider would stop. > > > > Don > > > > _____ > > From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:fgmeindl@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:31 AM > To: Don Spencer; Greg Good; Jim Rye; John Lozier > Cc: Nick Hein > Subject: Bike lane > > > > Don, et al, > > Did you see the article, "Helmut protects as truck runs over man's head" in > the lower right corner of today's (5/16) Dominion Post? A cyclist riding > down a bike path (other renditions of the article say bike lane). As he > approached an INTERSECTION, he saw that a truck was going to turn right in > front of him. So, he hauled on the breaks, fell down and the truck ran over > his head. > > I'm addressing this message to proponents of bike paths and bike lanes to > illustrate that they can be more dangerous than the road. The truck driver > was probably paying no attention to what was going on in the path/lane. We > all know that most bike/motor vehicle accidents occur in intersections. As > long as cyclists aren't visible and predictable, they will continue to get > hit in the intersections. To increase visibility and predictability, we > must design our roads properly and educate our cyclists and motorists. > > Frank > > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > >

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FWD: [Thunderhead] TIME article on secure bike parking!
by director 31 May '07

31 May '07

Good afternoon, Just heard about this article. Does anyone get Time magazine? I'd like to photocopy the article and put it up on the bulletin board at Positive Spin. Nick http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1625309,00.html?xid=rss-world

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Bicycle Morgantown
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '07

03 May '07

Bike Board, Six Bike Board members: Tyler Pearson, Greg Good, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jim Rye, Nick Hein and Frank Gmeindl showed up at the Courthouse for the preliminary Bicycle Morgantown route definition ride. I found the maps of the wards on the City Council web site illegible but I think we succeeded in riding through wards 3, 1, 2, 6, 5 and 4 in that order and logging about 12 miles. Our route was quite fun but will probably require some optimization before it's ready to roll out to the general population. I will supplement these minutes with the exact route and wards when I can get a map that I can read. Frank

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Criteria for membership
by Greg Good 03 May '07

03 May '07

Hi all, I attended the Traffic Commission meeting last night, too. But we can all chat about that this evening on our ride. Great weather beckons! I vote for simple criteria: 1) we must maintain the 10 in-city, 5 "greater Morgantown" mix 2) a real willingness to be active in improving cycling for all in Morgantown & area 3) a diversity of types and levels of riders I think the last criterion is the one that we will tend to forget. Some of us are very "hard core", others moderately. But we need someone there to remind us that our charge is to improve cycling for everyone. Anyone know any cyclists in Wards 1, 4, and 6? We have 2 city gaps and 2 county gaps in our roster. Greg Dr. Gregory A. Good History Department West Virginia University Morgantown WV 26506-6303 fax at university: 304-293-3616 When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. Henry David Thoreau

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Re: [Bikeboard] [monbikeclub] road rules
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '07

03 May '07

Please allow me to weigh in on this. Particularly the issue about "take the lane". I recently completed 33 hours training and became a League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor. Now, I really don't like the LAB. I think it's run by a bunch of bicycle sellers and people who think we should be riding on bike paths and bike lanes. But, the League Certified Instructor course is based on the book /Effective Cycling/ by John Forrester and is based on more than 25 years of data and experience ( http://www.johnforester.com/ ). The reason I took this course is to get people out of cars and on bikes. The fundamental principle of Effective Cycling is: "*Cyclists Fare Best when They Act and Are Treated as Drivers of Vehicles*". We all know that state and city law gives us the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles. To maintain those rights as well as our safety, we must obey the law and be visible, predictable, assertive and courteous. The law says we must ride as far as to the right as practicable. That doesn't mean we have to ride through potholes, glass, storm grates and car doors, or the edge of the road... even when there's a car behind us. We must look ahead, choose a safe line and ride it. "Take the lane" means to ride near the center of the lane so that cars can't pass without crossing the center line of the road. Of course, taking the lane also makes sense when you're going as fast as the cars:) We should also take the lane when we determine that it is too dangerous for the car to pass us. Moving over to the extreme right signals motorists that we are encouraging them to pass. We should only do this when we can see far enough ahead to ensure ourselves that it is safe. However, I have observed that if I take the lane, most motorists will go completely on the other side of the road when they pass me but when I move to the right edge of the road, they often pass me so close that I can feel the heat from their engine. So, now, even when it's safe for them to pass, I don't ride much to the right of their passenger-side tire track. Except on steep uphills when I and the motorist(s) are going slow, then I might ride the edge or even exit to a driveway to let them pass. Two situations in which it doesn't make sense to take the lane are just after you've crested a hill and after you've entered a tight right hand turn. Anyone know why? Some relevant national statistics that I got from LAB are that 83% of bicycle crashes don't involve autos and less than 1% of crashes involve a motor vehicle overtaking a cyclist. The 83% number indicates that our bike handling skills and environmental factors are our biggest risk. The <1% number indicates that our biggest worry: getting hit from behind, is almost an insignificant cause of bike crashes. If anybody on this yahoo group would be interested in learning more about Effective Cycling, I will help you learn. Just let me know. Frank Sage Seifert wrote: > Geff, > I couldn't have said it better myself. It's the few on both sides of that equation that give the rest of us a bad rap. > Sage > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mountaineer Cycling <wvucycling(a)yahoo.com> > To: mon bikeclub <monbikeclub(a)yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 9:44:42 PM > Subject: [monbikeclub] road rules > > As riders we all realize that sharing the road with > cars is an everyday occurrence. We know that cars > don¢t like to share most of the time, as we get stuff > thrown at us, run off the road, yelled at, and various > other things that drivers do from the safety of their > cars. While this is the case, there is no excuse for > us to ride rampantly without safety concerns or > without being respectful to other vehicles on the > road. > I¢ve noticed, mostly on the fast Tuesday night ride, > that some rules of the road aren¢t being observed. > Mainly the yellow line rule is being ignored, as any > racer knows this is a big one in most races. While > the other lane might be open during a hotly contested > sprint for the PA line, the yellow line shouldn¢t be > crossed if it can be helped. > This leads to a specific occurrence that happened a > few weeks ago. A car was turning left with their > signal on as the Tuesday fast group came up behind it. > One rider went to the right, the rest went left, > impeding it¢s turn. This was a highly dangerous move, > a highly illegal move, and a very dumb move. The > driver had the right of way to turn, and it¢s not > going to provide a positive image for cycling to ride > recklessly. > Also, after our race, concerned citizens has a place > to outlet their frustrations as we provided a contact > prior to the race if residents on the race course had > any complaints. The most common complain, and it > wasn¢t specific to the day we had our race, was when > riders don¢t give room for a car to pass. While I > know most people most of the time will single up when > there is a car back, sometimes there is the oblivious > cyclist who rides the middle of the lane and don¢t > help to let the motorist pass. > The main point I¢m trying to make is to share the > road. If we don¢t respect motorists, we can¢t expect > them to respect us. This email doesn¢t apply to > everybody, since most are very courteous cyclists, but > when you see unsafe riding, remind the rider about > safe cycling. So ride responsibly, help give all > cyclist a positive image, and remember, bicycles will > save the world. > > Ride on, > Geffrey Moy > VP WVU Cycling club > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail. yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monbikeclub/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monbikeclub/join > (Yahoo! 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Commuting committee recommendation
by director 02 May '07

02 May '07

Good evening, My apologies for doing this last-minute, but it was the only minute I had left. I've attached my modified presentation on bike parking for downtown, in advance of the meeting tomorrow evening. Since we're (probably) riding, I only plan to bring a single copy to pass around. Below are my comments from the meeting with Dave Bruffy. 1.If your community has transit service: a. Are buses equipped with bike racks? (ALL) (Most) (Some) (Few) (None) (N/A) b. Can bikes be brought inside transit vehicles? Yes, if special arrangements are made in advance. Usually approved when racks are filled, but passenger load is light. The buses have had bike racks on all scheduled routes (35 vehicles) since their purchase in 2000 (?). Recently the bus line has been promoting their bike connections more vigorously on their website and in print brochures. When I met with the director of the bus line he made recommended changes to the website immediately. He was very responsive and interested in getting the best bike parking accomodations at park/ride lots. See you tomorrow at 6:30. Nick

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2-May TC meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 02 May '07

02 May '07

Sorry, This time the report to the TC is attached. Frank Bike Board Members, Within the next two weeks, please send me nominees to replace our 4 Bike Board vacancies. Please also send me criteria that you think we should use to prioritize candidates, e.g. residential address, cycling experience, level of cycling activism, type of cycling they do, connections they have to power, etc. Attached is a report of Bike Board status that I read to the Traffic Commission at tonight's TC meeting. We discussed replacing Bike Board membership vacancies. You may recall that originally, the Traffic Commission formed the Bike Board from a list of names that they gathered somehow and that they had a list of alternates. You may also recall that we added Alice Vernon to the list of alternates and prioritized it. Now, the TC says that they want a list of recommended replacement members from us and we can add more names to the list that we provided them last time. One constraint is that 2 of the members must be from within the city limits and the other two can be from "greater Morgantown". Frank

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2-May TC meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 02 May '07

02 May '07

Bike Board Members, Within the next two weeks, please send me nominees to replace our 4 Bike Board vacancies. Please also send me criteria that you think we should use to prioritize candidates, e.g. residential address, cycling experience, level of cycling activism, type of cycling they do, connections they have to power, etc. Attached is a report of Bike Board status that I read to the Traffic Commission at tonight's TC meeting. We discussed replacing Bike Board membership vacancies. You may recall that originally, the Traffic Commission formed the Bike Board from a list of names that they gathered somehow and that they had a list of alternates. You may also recall that we added Alice Vernon to the list of alternates and prioritized it. Now, the TC says that they want a list of recommended replacement members from us and we can add more names to the list that we provided them last time. One constraint is that 2 of the members must be from within the city limits and the other two can be from "greater Morgantown". Frank

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3-May Bike Board Agenda
by Frank Gmeindl 01 May '07

01 May '07

Bike Board Members, Since we've laid down a big gap on the Traffic Commission and some of us are getting burned out on all this Bike Board business, for this Thursday's meeting, I propose a somewhat alternative agenda. Please see attached. For this meeting, I propose we develop a preliminary route for Bicycle Morgantown. I propose we do this by GOING FOR A RIDE. Theoretically, we have representation of each ward of Morgantown. I propose that we ride through each of the wards starting with first, then second, third, etc. In preparation, please think up something noteworthy in your ward and a route to/by it. If you know a cool route through your ward to the next ward, that would be good too. (Don't worry if you don't know the layout of the wards. I don't know them either:) In summary: 1. Bring your bike (and maybe lights) to the Courthouse Square on Thursday, 6:30 PM. 2. We'll ride from the Courthouse to First ward and then each ward in succession. 3. During the ride, we'll discuss cool features of it (Betsy will be excused from recording on paper;) 4. We'll end up at a mutually agreed upon refreshment stop to recap Bicycle Morgantown. See your Thursday! Frank P.S. Also attached are the minutes from our last meeting. Betsy recently distributed them but for consistency with past practice, I'm including them with the agenda for Thursday's meeting/ride.

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Re: [Bikeboard] 3-May Bike Board Agenda
by director 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Frank, I agree this sounds like a great idea. The ward map is at this link: morgantown.com/maps/wards.pdf. From the 3rd ward could we go to Sabreton (Ward 6 - Betsy's stomping ground), then return on Richwood and University to Krepps Park (4th ward - no board members) I'm not sure we can work in the 5th Ward. It's on the North side of 705?! If we end up in Ward 7 we could ride to the end of Collins Ferry to connect with the rail-trail back to downtown. Nick Hein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Greg Good" <ggood(a)wvu.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:23:18 -0400 >Frank, thanks so much! What a great idea. I propose we bike straight down High Street, up Dorsey Ave to Hite, and down Madison to the trails in White Park. From the end of Madison Ave, I will lead the most direct route possible using the White Park Trails and the Learning Trails, back to the roads near the Dorsey Avenue Dairy Mart. From there, there's an easy way through Second Ward. If we want to circle Bill Byrnes' ward (which is it?), that's easy to attach. The White Parks trails are not trad skinny tire routes, but skinnies can ride them too. Wider would be better but not essential. > >After that, I can't offer much leadership. I can lead these three wards (or co-lead if others have strong ideas!!), and then pass the torch to others for North Morgantown. > >Greg > >>>> Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> 4/29/2007 4:35 PM >>> >Bike Board Members, > >Since we've laid down a big gap on the Traffic Commission and some of us >are getting burned out on all this Bike Board business, for this >Thursday's meeting, I propose a somewhat alternative agenda. Please see >attached. For this meeting, I propose we develop a preliminary route >for Bicycle Morgantown. I propose we do this by GOING FOR A RIDE. > >Theoretically, we have representation of each ward of Morgantown. I >propose that we ride through each of the wards starting with first, then >second, third, etc. In preparation, please think up something Th >noteworthy in your ward and a route to/by it. If you know a cool route >through your ward to the next ward, that would be good too. (Don't >worry if you don't know the layout of the wards. I don't know them >either:) > >In summary: > >1. Bring your bike (and maybe lights) to the Courthouse Square on >Thursday, 6:30 PM. >2. We'll ride from the Courthouse to First ward and then each ward in >succession. >3. During the ride, we'll discuss cool features of it (Betsy will be >excused from recording on paper;) >4. We'll end up at a mutually agreed upon refreshment stop to recap >Bicycle Morgantown. > >See your Thursday! > >Frank > >P.S. Also attached are the minutes from our last meeting. Betsy >recently distributed them but for consistency with past practice, I'm >including them with the agenda for Thursday's meeting/ride. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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April Bike Board Meeting Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Attached, please find the minutes for the April meeting of the Bike Board. Thank you, and have a nice day further, BETSY SHOGREN

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Good video on People-centered city design - Copenhagen
by director 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

This video came across one of the recumbent forums where I hang out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-N5ohYoN0 Thought you might all enjoy it. Nick

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Public Service Announcements
by director 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Good morning, The League of American Bicyclists has made 3 PSAs available on their website. Is it within our charter to distribute these in town? Can we get them put on the Mtown cable TV station? Thanks. Nick Hein

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Article: No Parking Anytime - Why parking your car is more environmentally destructive than driving it.
by director 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Saw this on one of my HPV lists.... http://www.slate.com/id/2164257/ Sounds like the book - "The High Cost of Free Parking" could be worth getting. Has anyone seen it? Nick

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Response to Comments from WVU parent and Morgantown citizen
by director 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Good morning, This is the (immediate!) response I received from WVU after submitting my comments. I sent them under my personal email address. Sounds hopeful. Nick Hein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Nick Hein" <nick.hein(a)verizon.net> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:21:27 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: "planpark planpark" <planpark(a)mail.wvu.edu> To: <nick.hein(a)verizon.net> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Comments from WVU parent and Morgantown citizen Thank you for the detailed recommendations that you forwarded. I will share them with the committee to consider as we develop our final recommendations. Many of your recommendations go to measurement and implementation issues. This committee is continuing as a group next year to address matters like this. Your comments will be of great help to us then, too. Nancy Nancy Lohmann, Ph.D. Senior Advisor to the Provost >>> "Nick Hein" <nick.hein(a)verizon.net> 04/19/07 6:05 PM >>> Nickolas Hein 433 Devon Rd Morgantown, WV 26505 ph: 304-5899-1791 email: nick.hein(a)verizon.net Office of the Vice President 104 Stewart Hall PO Box6205 Morgantown, WV 26506 ph: 304-293-02545 email: planpark(a)mail.wvu.edu Date: 19 April 2007 Sirs and Madams, I am submitting the following comments on the draft WVU transportation and parking plan. Although I serve several sustainable transportation organizations in Morgantown I am submitting these comments on my own behalf and they don't reflect the opinions of those organizations. Rather they represent my personal concerns as a car-free citizen who travels through the university area frequently. In addition my son, a Sophmore WVU Engineering student, is also a transportation cyclist and shares my wish that the community and WVU infrastructure support his choice of affordable, sustainable and non-polluting mobility. Thank you, Nickolas Hein

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WVU Transportation Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

WVU Transportation and Parking Plan Committee: As Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board and on behalf of the Board, I praise your efforts to plan transportation and parking for the University. The Bicycle Board is chartered by the Morgantown Traffic Commission which advises the City Manager. The Bicycle Board recognizes and encourages your commitment to coordinate with the City. The Bicycle Board has developed comments on the WVU transportation and parking plan but has had insufficient time to review them with the Traffic Commission and the City Manager for their concurrence. However, comments and recommendations that we made on the Morgantown Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Plan and that the City Manager and City Council accepted are equally applicable to the WVU plan. Specifically, every transportation and parking improvement must encourage rather than discourage bicycling and walking. The Board encourages WVU to analyze the economic as well as quality of life costs and benefits of the many recommendations contained in the plan and to use the results of these analyses to select recommendations for implementation. The Bicycle Board looks forward to working through the Traffic Commission and the City Manager with the WVU Transportation and Parking Committee to develop and implement improvements that maximize the economic and quality of life benefits to the University and our greater community. Frank Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board

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Meeting Thursday!
by Frank Gmeindl 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Bike Board Members, Please excuse the erroneous subject line in my last message! I reused the message that I sent before and forgot to change the subject line:( We will meet this Thursday, 12-April, 6:30-8:30 PM in Council Chambers. Frank

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Chip Wamsley on the WVU Transportation Plan and bikes
by Greg Good 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Chip asked me to forward this to everyone. Greg >>> "Chip Wamsley" <chip(a)wamsleycycles.com> 04/13/07 11:43 AM >>> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Greg Good" <ggood(a)wvu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:30:29 -0400 Hello, In addition to section 10, bicycles are mentioned 11 c & e, 22 (alternate forms of transport), 23 c letters to incoming freshman w/ re to bikes and alt forms of transportation. Only at the very end of the document is there a recommendation to appoint a transportation and parking director. This document seems to hit all of the points we support. Points to note: 1) document recommends "approved" signs 2) no mention of policy with respect to bikes in dorms; although, they do propose bike storage in dorms 3) mention of free use bikes {commonly known as white bikes), generally a difficult program to administer and usually not very effective 4) the document addresses WVU, with no specific reference in most cases as to which group at WVU should act on specific parts of the plan It appears relatively complete, yet vague as to who will act upon the proposed recommendations. Chip >Hi all, are there other sections in the plan concerning bikes besides section 10. WVU needs to work with appropriate governmental bodies to increase the number of bike lanes, sidewalks, etc. that provide alternative means of transportation..."? > >Greg > >>>> Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> 4/13/2007 8:21 AM >>> >Tyler, Nick, Greg, Chip, Jim, > >This is the kick-off message for us to develop a Bike Board response to >the draft WVU Transportation plan. Please always reply all and include >whole the thread in your replies. I hope we can get them to recognize >that bicycles are vehicles that have the same road access and use >privileges as motor-vehicles and plan for the replacement of motor >vehicles with bicycles for trips within and between the campuses. > >Frank > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [Bikeboard] WVU Transportation Plan >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:48:51 -0400 >From: <mtbike(a)cox.net> >To: bikeboard(a)cheat.org > > > >Good afternoon everyone, > >I got this email today from the school. It is the draft of the WVU's Transportation and Parking Plan. I haven't gotten a chance to read all of it, but it seems that many of WVU's ideas on improvements for bikes are similar to the Board's. Some of their suggestions we will actually be recommending to the Traffic Commission tonight. There are also some good ideas that may be worth recommending to the city. > >In addition, there is mention of working with the Bike Board on bicycle issues. >The last day to submit comments is April 19th at planpark(a)mail.wvu.edu. The final plan should be released May 15th. > >The link to the website is http://www.wvu.edu/~adminfin/ > >Tyler > > > >Personal Message wrote: >> Comments on the proposed transportation and parking plan are being solicited >> through Thursday, April 19. The plan and e-mail address for comments may be >> accessed through http://www.wvu.edu/~adminfin/ > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > > > > >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Commuting committee recommendation - Presentation
by director 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Frank, I'm in a bit of a quandry over your request. My committee members haven't had time to respond or assist in the presentation so what you are looking at is an unreviewed rush-job presentation because of the number of other things I'm trying to do. I can have a final version early next week. Tonite I can give an oral description of what will be in the recommendation. That will be 2 rings of horizontal-storage cabinets from either Bike-Gard or American Security. Each ring can accomodate 12 bikes, and costs about $1000/bike (not including shipping and assembly, site prep) The 2 sites would be 1) Hazel-Ruby Waterfront Park 2) An undetermined downtown location. The space requirement would be a circular area of 25' diameter. The Bike Tree company hasn't yet started US production (expected late 2007) and costs work out to about $2500/bike, making it more suitable for a bike-sharing network rather than public storage. An additional complication is that 2 of the vendors only returned my calls today. My apologies for not having final results sooner, it's the best I could do under the circumstances. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Frank G." <fgmeindl(a)VERIZON.NET> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:31:44 -0400 >Nick, > >Could you please bring copies for everyone? Also, could you bring exactly >what you plan to present to the Traffic Commission? I would like you to be >able to get the Board's consensus without your having to do more rework. > >Frank > >At 11:19 PM 4/11/2007, you wrote: >>Good evening, >>Here's the commuting committee's recommendation for the traffic >>committee. Bike parking lockers for downtown. I apologize for getting it >>out late, I hope you have a little time to review it before the meeting. >> >>There are a total of 4 slides. I expect to pare it down to 2 before >>presenting it to the traffic commission. Thanks to all the members for >>their input. Thanks also to those who attended tonite's traffic >>commission meeting. >> >>On behalf of the commuting committee, >>Nick >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Bikeboard mailing list >>Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > > >

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