Bicycle Board Members,
Thanks to Don Spencer, Jenny, Alice and Chip for showing up at the Blue Moose at 8 am today on such short notice . Thanks to them and all the others that have worked on this project including Marilyn, gunnar, Betsy, Jonathan, Derek, John Lozier and Nick, Damien Davis, Assistant City Engineer is now generating a revision of the High Street drawings to show bicycle parking that conforms to the requirements of both the City and Main Street Morgantown (MSM).
When Damien completes the revision, he will send it to me and I will distribute it to you all. The next step is to present it to the MSM BOD and hopefully have the City Manager and City Engineer present so we can all reach a final agreement to proceed.
Two MSM BOD members have been the main obstacles to bicycle parking on High Street and they're gradually convincing the other MSM members that they want no bicycle parking downtown. IF ALL BICYCLE BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDED THE MSM BOD MEETING, OUR SHEER PRESENCE COULD TURN THE MSM AROUND. Other cyclists would help, too. I will let you know when and where the meeting will be as soon as I know.
After bringing everyone up to date over coffee this morning, Don, Jenny, Alice, Chip and I with drawings in hand that I sent you last night, walked up and down High Street. Despite the rain, Jenny had her bike. That enabled us to get pictures of each parking location to show changes that we had to make.
Two conditions levied on us by the City Engineer and MSM since our original proposal were: 1) the racks can't be mounted in the simulated red brick and 2) the racks and bikes can't interfere with pedestrian traffic. Of the 25 racks, we had to move 11 and remove 2. The revised drawings that I will send you will show these changes. We still need to get agreement from Dairy Queen and the Courthouse to locate bike racks on their property.
Frank /Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/