Does anybody know who is Carolyn Hampson and what is her power? Also, is she talking about Nick's interview on WAJR when she says, "Last week, the chevron plan hit the morning WAJR talk shows...and the response was total outrage. I don';t think I have ever heard so many angry voices."? Should we pay any attention to this?
Frank /Bicyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: Morgantown city council message Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:05:11 -0400 From: Don Spencer dspencer36@comcast.net To: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@verizon.net
Frank -- Here is a copy of the correspondence that I told you that I would pass along to you. I hope that we can discuss the issue at our meeting on Thursday.
See you soon!
Don
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*From:* Don Spencer [mailto:dspencer36@comcast.net] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:00 PM *To:* 'Hampson'; 'charliebyrer@gmail.com'; 'bill@byrnehedges.com'; 'Ron Justice'; 'Jennifer Selin'; 'Bane, Ron'; 'jgaddis@gaddisconsulting.com'; 'Linda Little'; 'Dan Boroff' *Subject:* RE: Morgantown city council message
Hi, Carolyn -- Thank you for your email. I hope that you are doing well these days -- other than the pollution impacts.
I assume by your #1 that you mean air pollution primarily. If so, what we seem to need is more data, because right now, we do not seem to have a handle to use in grappling with this issue.
On #2, I am sorry that I missed the talk show. I was not aware of it. It is not bicycles "into the center traffic lanes", but it is a process to educate the public that bicycle riders are like of the drivers of vehicles: they do have a right to be traveling on roadways -- except where specifically prohibited such as on an Interstate. And they, like all vehicle operators -- are subject to all the rights and responsibilities of traveling on a public road. I fear that the chevron plan -- like the rail-trail at the beginning - is already misunderstood. The Bicycle Board has its work cut out for them. As you know, change is never easy.
Don
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*From:* Hampson [mailto:giselle@iolinc.net] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:34 AM *To:* D spencer; charliebyrer@gmail.com; bill@byrnehedges.com; Ron Justice; Jennifer Selin; Bane, Ron; jgaddis@gaddisconsulting.com; Linda Little; Dan Boroff *Cc:* Dan Boroff *Subject:* Morgantown city council message
There are two serious areas of public safety that do not appear on tonight's COW agenda but that need to be addressed.
l. The increasingly lethal pollution in Morgantown.
There seems to be NO monitoring at construction sites. Added to tye toxic mix from the power plants and the river are the fumes from coal, "biafiora fill" trucksd and delivery trucks. in my neighborhood, there is a stranghe epdiemic of pancreatitis, involving both people and animals.
2. Plans to integrate bicycles into the center of traffic lanes.
This may look wonderful on compuiter models---but, frankly, it is insane, given all of the conditions on the ground here. The situation on our roads is already deadly; if this plan is implementerd NOW, more people are going to die.
Last week, the chevron plan hit the morning WAJR talk shows...and the response was total outrage. I don';t think I have ever heard so many angry voices.
I urge you to reconsider this plan.
Carolyn Hampson