Drew,
Thanks. Sorry for the confusing in the first place.
Matt asked me to help him to contact a manufacturer that he fund on Alibaba. The purpose is to purchase some pedestrian safety items in large quantity directly from China with cheap price. It can be used during the WVU orientation and other public events to promote ped safety. Matt may get funds from the Safe Communities America for those purchase. It is not funded by the MPO.
Matt is concerned with the quality of the products. So I asked the manufacturer to send some samples to us. On Monday, I saw Frank at the Pedestrian Board, and I thought it could be great if they can send some items that can also be used by bicyclists. Maybe we will be interested in future purchase.
I got some suggestions from the several members.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Thanks,
Jing
Jing Zhang, AICP, PTP, LEED AP ND
LCI #4855
Transportation Planner
Morgantown Monongalia
Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Courthouse Rm. 110
Morgantown, WV 26505
www.plantogether.org
864.207.0749 (cell)
304.381.4363
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From: Drew Gatlin [mailto:johngatlin@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:06 PM To: Jing Zhang tranplan@labyrinth.net Cc: Bicycle Board bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com; matthew crossnyc@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Samples for Bicycle safety?
Jing,
This was a little unexpected and confusing -- sorry no one got back to you in the timeline you requested. Can you give us a little context for what we should consider in our search of their products? Is the MPO sitting on a pile of cash to spend on safety products that the pedestrian and / or bicycle boards will be able to distribute for free? Or is this just an opportunity for us to piggyback on a large purchase order from an international manufacturer?
Thanks for your patience and helping to resolve the confusion.
-Drew
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 8:03 AM, Jing Zhang via Bikeboard <bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com mailto:bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com > wrote:
Hi, Bike Board Members,
Matt Cross and I are in contact with a manufacturer in China to purchase large quatity of items for pedestrian safety. The manufacturer is ready to send us some samples (see pectures below). Anything particular you think can be included in the smaple package?
Here is their website:
https://stfg.en.alibaba.com/featureproductlist.html?spm=a2700.details.deilet...
I would appreciate it if you let me know today.
Thanks,
Jing
Jing Zhang, AICP, PTP, LEED AP ND
LCI #4855
Transportation Planner
Morgantown Monongalia
Metropolitan Planning Organization
243 High Street
Courthouse Rm. 110
Morgantown, WV 26505
www.plantogether.org http://www.plantogether.org
864.207.0749 tel:(864)%20207-0749 (cell)
304.381.4363 tel:(304)%20381-4363
" Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -- Mother Teresa
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