Bikeboard July 2010

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Fwd: Amtrak Bicycle Service
by Frank Gmeindl 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Chet Parsons for passing this on. Amtrak now lets you roll your bike on the train at Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Cumberland, Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Rockville, or Washington, DC. Thanks to David Bruffy, our own Mountain Line also provides exceptional bicycle accommodation on all their routes. Before long, maybe we'll be able to bicycle tour as in Europe where you can go jump on a train with your bike to go just about anywhere... or better yet, to get back from just about anywhere. We can make it happen! Frank Gmeindl Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Begin forwarded message: > From: Chet_Parsons(a)URSCorp.com > Date: July 10, 2010 9:19:28 AM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> > Subject: Fw: Amtrak Bicycle Service > > FYI > _________ > > Chet Parsons > URS Corporation > 3604 Collins Ferry Road > Morgantown, WV 26505 > 304.225.5111 office > 304.276.4165 mobile > > From: Lboxx2 > Sent: 07/10/2010 07:58 AM EDT > To: admin(a)atatrail.org > Subject: Amtrak Bicycle Service > > > Good Morning > > Yesterday at a meeting in Harrisburg, Amtrak officials announced that they would begin offering roll-on/roll-off bicycle service on the Capitol Limited by the end of June 2011! > > This means that cyclists boarding at Pittsburgh, Connellsville, Cumberland, Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Rockville, or Washington, DC will be able to roll their bikes onto the train(reservations will be required; spaces will be limited at first), put them in a rack, and get off at any of these stops. Amtrak will be retrofitting several cars and needs to work out operational issues before the service can begin. > > This is great news for all the towns along the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal towpath. This will add a great convenience and extra excitement to tourists who want to bike our great trail system. > > Special thanks goes to the SCA Trail Town Outreach Corps for their work in developing a survey to assess interest in this service, conducting other research, and helping to organize a letter writing campaign to Amtrak. Leadership in Somerset County helped us bring this idea to Amtrak's attention in conjunction with their efforts to create a stop at Rockwood, and ATA developed a report showing the need, the trail traffic, survey results and sample itineraries. > > Thanks to all of you who sent your letters to Amtrak; it made a big difference. Watch for more announcements about this service, but likely not until next spring. I can't wait until we have the "Roll-out of roll-on/roll-off"! > > Other good news is that the Great Allegheny Passage is closer to completion with the installation of two new bridges close to Pittsburgh ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv8B8aZx_RE) and the release of John Urman's "On the Passage, " his companion video to "On the Canal." It was a busy week. > > Linda > > Linda McKenna Boxx, President > Allegheny Trail Alliance > P. O. Box 501 > Latrobe, PA 15650 > > 724 537 6900

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"Why bike, Why walk?" video from Ann Arbor, MI
by director 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Good evening, As an advocacy organization we occaisionally are sent media materials from other organizations. I just received this one from the city of Ann Arbor, MI and I thought I'd share it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLs_XuRMaTM Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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article
by Alice Vernon 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Attached is the first draft of my article Cycling with Children. Please review and advise of changes. Thank you! Alice

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FWD: Re: [bikepoweredmachines] Pedaling produces power at University of Oregon
by director 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Good evening, Received this from a list I read, we've talked about it here at WVU - anyone ready to do it? ( by that I mean is there money to pay for it somewhere?) Nick May 18, 2009 12:19 PM >From The Seattle Times: The University of Oregonis the latest in a growing number of college campuses and exercise clubs where workouts produce watts. Splitting the $14,000 cost with a local utility, the school has retrofitted 20 elliptical machines to generate electricity. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009231642_sweat18m.html http://rerev.com/ The power from each machine in the Student Recreation Center goes through a converter that turns DC into AC, and a meter to keep track before it flows into the grid. The amount of electricity produced is small. The university estimates that 3,000 people a day on 20 machines would generate 6,000 kilowatt hours a year, enough to power one small energy-efficient house in the Northwest. But it fits in with other sustainability projects, such as solar panels on the rec-center roof, and a sense of being green among students. Find this article at: http://www.asumag.com/dailynews/university-oregon-exercise-equipment-energy… -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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Bike Parking at Top of Falling Run/Darst.
by Gunnar Shogren 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

So me and DanC took a look see at the fine thing this morning. There it was, standing erect right beside the nice new bus shelter on that new slab of concrete. Nice and green. Then I went up to it and it wobbled. And I noticed washers on the ground. Freakin' thing was put in there using some heavy-duty screws (I remember using them for construction, forget the name) but definitely NOT concrete bolts or anchors. On further examination there are about 8 or more other holes drilled in the concrete, like the bolts didn't work last time, let's use the same crappy system in a slightly different spot. Saw a couple of the bolts snapped off, three were actually still in the concrete, so it appears that the washers were just a little too big and loose and the whole mounting plate just is able to come right out. So I didn't get a chance to lean my bike against it, I feared for my toes and bike and that point. I laid the post down, it needed to be put to rest. Simply amazing. Your reporter in the morning.

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