Morgantown as well as the Morgantown Monongalia MPO adopted Complete Streets policies a couple years ago.

I question the competence of NACTO.  Certainly the cities they represent have installed attention-getting bicycle facilities but the safety and sustainability of those facilities remain to be assessed or proven.

I'll stick with the AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design and Operation of Bicycle Facilities, http://design.transportation.org/Documents/DraftBikeGuideFeb2010.pdf .   It's not great but at least it's withstood some test of time being around since at least 1999 and now revised with input of real traffic engineers.


Frank D. Gmeindl
Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board
LCI #1703
491 WilsonAvenue
Morgantown, WV 26501
304-376-0446
Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

On May 4, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Kimberly Jo Coram wrote:

AND I cannot believe I forgot this:  we are asking all communities we
are giving grant funds to to adopt complete streets policies!  I think
we have 2 cities on board for sure!  How cool is that!  The CDC grant
covers 6 counties so the potential to get complete streets adopted
over the entire region very promising!

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Strawn, Dennis A
<dennis.strawn@highmark.com> wrote:
You go girl.  Great news.
Thanks
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Kimberly Jo Coram [mailto:kimberlyjocoram@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:12 PM
To: Strawn, Dennis A
Cc: Frank Gmeindl; John C Francis
Subject: Re: FW: NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide

Thanks Dennis!
Yes, they announced it at the bike summit and I sent it instantly to
our transportation planners.  Thanks for sharing this!  Too much going
on here to list.  I am meeting with the CDC tomorrow to go over the
progress of our alternative transportation system across 6 counties.
Our grant for signage for our first cross town bikeway has been
approved and we are forming the five E committees at the Mayor's bike
board to focus on the roll out.  Our first cyclovia is tentatively
scheduled for September.  Great stuff for sure!

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Strawn, Dennis A
<dennis.strawn@highmark.com> wrote:
I have been talking to this guy a little about using the design guide for
our improvements in town and thought you guys might like to see it too. ( If
you haven't already seen it).  Feel free to contact him directly, he's easy
to work with.  I am putting this document in front of as many dept heads as
I can.



Kim- I think you first heard about this at the national bike summit.



Two updates from here - the city is on the Kanawha Trestle and a line item
has been created in the city budget titled "Rail Trail".  South Charleston
starts their ped/bike study next week.



Stay safe and keep up the good work.



Thanks

Dennis Strawn

Application Developer II

304-347-7703



"New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably
can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all
along!"  (Arthur C. Clarke's dictum on intellectual progress)



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My name is David Vega-Barachowitz and I am a fellow at the National
Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). Last month, as part of
its Cities for Cycling campaign, NACTO officially released its Urban Bikeway
Design Guide (http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/). The guide
is an interactive, online tool which provides technical guidance on the
most-up-to-date and innovative bicycle facilities in the United States. (A
print and PDF companion to the guide will be released late summer/early fall
2011)

Following the guide's initial release, I have been leading the promotional
effort for the guide and reaching out to advocacy groups that specialize in
bicycling and walking issues at both the state, city, and local level. NACTO
believes that the guide is an important tool that can help with the
implementation of Complete Streets policies, and, as a reference, builds on
the best practices in the USA and internationally.

I am trying to get more information about how West Virginia might go about
adopting, using, and implementing this resource-whether the process is
partly legislative, administrative, an internal policy, or otherwise.

You can reach me at (212) 839-6421.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

David

David Vega-Barachowitz

National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

david@nacto.org

(212) 839-6421



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