Interesting indeed. In October 2007, the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board presented a sharrow plan for Morgantown. We proposed to install sharrows and R4-11 Bicycles May Use Full Lane signs throughout the prevailing bicycling network in Morgantown. The City Manager budgeted and City Council approved $35K for their installation. The WVDOH approved, then in October 2008, disapproved when they discovered that sharrows and R4-11 signs are not in the 2003 MUTCD which I believe they are still using. The 2009 MUTCD includes them. That's one reason we included adoption of the 2009 MUTCD in "WV Connecting Communities Legislative Agenda: Proposed Bicycle Legislation Changes". Did we do anything with that in the 2013 legislature?
Frank D. Gmeindl LCI #1703 491 Wilson Avenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles
On May 13, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Ella Belling wrote:
Hello cyclists, Thought this link was interesting enough to share… Ella
Sharrows Sharrows were federally approved and adopted after research by the U.S. Department of Transportation revealed that sharrows significantly increase the passing space between motor vehicles and bicyclists and reduce improper bicycle behavior, such as riding on the sidewalk or riding the wrong way on a street. Sharrows are expected to be officially adopted in Virginia by the end of 2010. Arlington however is following the lead of neighboring Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, and other bike-friendly cities such as Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and New York. The County is placing sharrows in locations that are popular with bicyclists and where streets form part of the bicycle network promoted on the County’s official bike map.
http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/biking-in-arlington/sharrows/
Ella Belling Executive Director Mon River Trails Conservancy P.O. Box 282 Morgantown, WV 26507 www.montrails.org 304-692-6782
