Nick,
Perfect! Thanks! May I copy this response to the Bike Board? It shows
we're getting traction.
Frank
At 11:37 AM 7/12/2007, you wrote:
>Mr. Shriver,
>As requested by Frank Gmeindl of the Morgantown Municipal Bike Board I'm
>forwarding to you a copy of recommendations that were prepared the city of
>Morgantown for bike lockers to be considered for downtown bike parking
>(they were not presented). You may find this information helpful when
>Morgantown High …
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>extensive information available. Please contact me if you would like to
>discuss it further, I'd be happy to meet with you at your convenience.
>
>As you may know, there is currently an unsheltered bike rack in front of
>the school that sees little use. I've discussed with the vice principal,
>the reasons that students wouldn't want to leave any bike in an
>unsheltered and unsecure location. I believe that weather exposure is at
>the top of this list.
>
>Frank also indicated that it's been decided to move bike parking across
>the street from the school. I would urge that this decision be
>reconsidered, and instead that the car spaces be relocated so bikes can be
>next to the school. Besides the symbolic effect of putting bikes closer
>than cars, a cross-street location for bike parking would mean that
>students have to walk across traffic to get to school after parking their
>bikes. It would make more sense to replace 1 or 2 car-parking spaces next
>to the building with bike parking (10 or more bikes can typically fit in a
>single car space) and put the car spaces across the street.
>
>In fact, it's been shown at many other facilities that if you provide a
>sheltered, secure and attractive bike parking facility the number of
>people driving will be reduced enough to reduce parking lot size.
>
>Please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance providing
>information or advice.
>
>Nick Hein
>Director, Positive Spin
>(and Morgantown Municipal Bike Board)
>Morgantown, WV
>304-267-0213
>304-599-1791
>I understand that
>
>
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Bike Board Members,
Just a reminder that 5:30-6:30 tonight in Council Chambers at City Hall,
I'm delivering to the Traffic Commission an updated version of the lecture
that you helped me develop. If you have nothing better to do, I'd
appreciate your attendance.
After the lecture, the TC will have their regular monthly meeting. I
haven't seen the agenda yet but I expect the regular Bike Board report to
be one of the first items. In that portion, we'll deliver the
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Just your physical presence would make this a lot easier for me.
Frank
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Bike Board Members,
Please find attached a zip folder that contains the agenda and 4
read-aheads for this Thursday's Bike Board meeting. Hope you're all
getting in some good riding in the meantime!
See you Thursday!
Frank
I created a map showing all the Chevrons proposed in the Roadway Symbol
Plan 6.11.07.doc. You can view the url below at Google Maps. I've
attached a KML file that you may use with Google World to fly around and
view all the chevrons.
Tell me if you find any mistakes. Google doesn't align the roads
perfectly with the satellite view, however, it's pretty close. I hope
this makes the process to prioritize the suggested Chevrons easier for
everyone, it certainly has for me.
Google Maps BB …
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Jonathan
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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:…
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*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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Good evening,
This brochure from the Utah DOT just came out. If you know anyone who is considering bike commuting, please consider sharing it with them. Historically, every year that saw rising gas prices has been accompanied with higher injury and death rates. These can be prevented with adequate education. After reading the book recommend that they find a buddy as well.
Nick
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From: "Brad Woods" <brad(a)utahbikes.org>
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The Utah Department of Transportation came out with a Bicycle Commuting
Guide a few years ago that is pretty good. It is based on a guide from the
Capital Bicycling Club in Olympia Washington. It can be downloaded here.
http://www.dot.state.ut.us/main/f?p=100:pg:10678283872203470000:::1:T,V:1020
,
Brad Woods
Utah Bicycle Coalition
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