WVDOH will have a public hearing on the new I-79 interchange June 26, 4-7 pm at the Jerry West Lounge in the Coliseum. There's an article about it in today's DP http://ee.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAxMy8wNi8xNSNBcjA... .
The article mentions that they're also planning to extend University Town Center Dr. so if we all attend the public hearing, perhaps we can persuade them to make University Town Center Dr. and the stretch from there to the Coliseum more bike friendly.
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From: Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net Date: June 13, 2013 8:31:47 AM EDT To: Jonathan Rosenbaum jr@wvcompletestreets.org Cc: Bicycle Board bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Pedestrians & Bicyclists at Interchanges
I'm certainly in favor of us attending any webinar in which we can learn more about traffic engineering. However, when and where did WVDOH say that they can't do anything for bicyclists and pedestrians at University Town Center because it is an interchange? That's news to me.
I'm not a traffic engineer but I don't think University Town Center, specifically the intersection between University Town Center driveway and Chaplin Hill Rd. is an interchange. Maybe I'm wrong but I think an interchange involves ramps and grade separation of traffic streams. Where I-79 crosses Chaplin Hill Rd. is an interchange but I think that's far enough away from University Town Center Dr. that University Town Center Dr. is not part of that interchange.
Furthermore, Perry Keller told me last week that for the new I-79 interchange WVDOH is planning for the new baseball stadium, WVDOH is considering bicycle climbing lanes and share the road signs on descending lanes (or shared lane markings if the state adopts the 2009 MUTCD) entering and exiting the stadium.
Frank
On Jun 13, 2013, at 1:55 AM, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:
ITE Recommended Practices on Accommodating Pedestrians and Bicyclists at Interchanges:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/965985402
This would be great webinar to attend. I can't help but to think about the University Town Center and how we have been told by WVDOH that they can't do anything for bicyclists and pedestrians at this location because it is an Interchange. Meanwhile, 1000's of WVU students now live there.
-Jonathan _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com http://wvcompletestreets.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard