Wow, if even a few of these signs materialized in the short run,
that would be a great achievement. Thank you Frank, Chip and all others
who have been working on this.
I probably misunderstand: Is the attached list for signage
currently in priority order or is that something the infrastructure
committee is yet going to do?
Also, is there a formal communication network between the Traffic
Commission and the MPO so the latter is appraised of this signage
endeavor?
Frank Gmeindl
<fgmeindl@verizon.net>
06/13/07 9:26 PM >>>
Bike Board Members,
Our interaction with the Traffic Commission tonight (13-May) was
probably the most successful yet.
*1. Education*
The TC members unanimously agreed to start their next meeting 1 hour
early to participate in the Intro to Safe Cycling course for planners
and public officials. (This is the presentation whose draft I sent you
before our last meeting. I will ask for your feedback on the final
before I present it to the TC.) The next TC meeting is Wednesday,
11-July, 5:30 PM.
*2. Replacement Members*
The TC agreed with our recommendations of Autumn Bryson, Gunnar Shogren,
Sam Stone and Alice Vernon as replacement members.
*3. Bike-and-Chevron markings*
On behalf of the Infrastructure Committee, Chip presented the attached
recommendation for placement of the Bike-and-Chevron markings. As you
can see on the attached, we categorized the recommended streets into
city streets, state or county road under DOH jurisdiction and
intersections of city and DOH roads. The Traffic Commission asked us to
prioritize the city streets and to prioritize the other roads and give
the prioritized lists to Terry Hough. She agreed to present the
recommendation to the WV DOH and report back to the TC and Bike Board.
The TC is definitely behind this and wants to get at least some of it done.
*
4. Rail trail signs and stripes (First part of Sam Stone's request)
*The TC accepted our recommendation to install "Keep Right" signs at all
trail entrances and voted to request BOPARC to implement. They
discussed extensively our striping recommendation. They voted to
recommend to BOPARC that they install appropriate stripes on congested
sections of the trail.
*5. Second part of Sam Stone's request
*I reported that Stone's request was congruent with our February
Bike-and-Chevron recommendations (Broad Goal 1 Pilot Project 1) but that
he identified some additional routes. I pointed out that some of both
of our and Sam's routes are outside the city limits and all of them are
state roads. We have the list of routes but I didn't provide it. I
suggested that we provide it after the city implements the
recommendations discussed in item #3 above. They agreed.
*ACTION ITEM *
The Infrastructure Committee will prioritize the Bike-under-Chevron
recommended locations and provide the prioritized lists to Terry Hough.
*
*Frank
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