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Report to Traffic Commission
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please review and comment on the attached BB report to the TC ASAP. I think this report was due yesterday. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Agenda for BB meeting next week
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached, a suggested agenda for our meeting next Thursday. Please let me know at your earliest convenience any changes you wish made to it. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board
by Graber, Stephen 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi Danielle, Monday and Tuesday of next week are the best days for me. It's finals week and busier than usual. How long a meeting should I plan for and where will it be held? With that information it will be easier to slot into my schedule. In general my time is pretty flexible though there's still not enough of it to get everything done! Cheers, Butch ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________ From: D. Williams [dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 12:42 PM To: Graber, Stephen; 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com Subject: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board Good Afternoon Butch, Thank you for your enthusiasm and willingness to participate. We would like to have a face-to-face meeting with you sometime next week to discuss the tentative agenda and calendar. We would also like to establish the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the event. I will be presenting these findings to my TDM stakeholders on May 13. What is your availability for next week? Thank you, Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 FAX: 304-291-9573 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead From: Graber, Stephen [mailto:sggraber@hsc.wvu.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:59 AM To: D. Williams; 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com; Bill Austin Subject: RE: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board I have a lot of enthusiasm for projects like this. I'd be happy to help with planning and if the dates work out can help with the doing. Butch ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*) ________________________________ From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of D. Williams [dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 2:17 PM To: 'Frank Gmeindl'; 'Bicycle Board' Cc: heidinico(a)yahoo.com; Bill Austin Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Transportation Fair and Bike Board Good Afternoon, I would also be interested in coordinating with the Ped Board to educate the students on the full range of transportation options. We are in the preliminary planning phases and hope to have a firm schedule by mid-May. We are hoping to use the bike maps to get the students out on the roads and trails. This will be part of the mapping and GIS day. We also wanted to know if the Bike Board would be interested in hosting the students for a cycling safety and information class during the fair. This could be a full day. We would need to coordinate the availability of bikes if the students do not own one. The students would then be able use the information they have learned through using the various forms of transit (Ped, cycle, bus, PRT) in the actual Transportation Fair. We are hoping to have the fair for two days at a few locations. If you have any further suggestions, please send them my way. Thank you for your feedback. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions. Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 FAX: 304-291-9573 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 1:45 PM To: Bicycle Board Cc: Danielle Williams; Bill Austin Subject: Fwd: Transportation Fair and Bike Board Bicycle Board Members, Please reply if you are interested in participating in the opportunity that Danielle describes in her message below. Frank Begin forwarded message: From: "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net<mailto:dwilliams@labyrinth.net>> Date: April 22, 2011 1:42:25 PM EDT To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net<mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net>> Cc: <heidinico(a)yahoo.com<mailto:heidinico@yahoo.com>> Subject: Transportation Fair and Bike Board Hi Frank, I wanted to follow-up with you with a little more information regarding the Transportation Fair with MMMPO and BOPARC. This summer we are putting together a program around the end of June and the first of July for teens focusing on service learning projects. We are working with the BOPARC to put together a transportation fair and would like to include the Bike Board and Mountain Line on this project. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing this and when we could set up a meeting. Thank you. Regards, Danielle N. Williams Assistant to the Director TDM Coordinator Morgantown Monongalia MPO 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: 304-291-9570 Mobile: 571-213-1336 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

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20110427EdComMinutes
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Chip, Nick, Andrew Walker and gunnar for attending today's Education Committee meeting. The desired outcome of the meeting was a plan of activities for the approximate $9,500 education grant money that has been unplanned. Action Items: Frank will contact Aaron Shelton about making videos. Andrew will contact Ryan Flesher about making videos. Once we identify a videographer, Nick, in collaboration with the videographer will develop a proposal for a bicycling education video targeted at children under 12 years of age. Frank will determine price and delivery date for 1,000 copies of Street Smarts to be purchased and distributed to bike shops to provide with bike sales. Discussion We decided that children up to 12 years old and children 12-15.5 years old will be the target audiences of two videos. The videos will adhere to the LAB Smart Cycling curricula. The video for 12-15.5 year olds will feature the attractions of transportation cycling in Morgantown for young people. As much as possible, the video for 12-15.5 year olds will feature local 12-15.5 year old cyclists who are already doing it right. One of these videos could consume our whole currently unplanned budget. Nick accepted the responsibility to manage the video for children up to 12 years old. No one specifically took responsibility to manage the video for 12-15.5 year olds. Videos that convey the messages we intend are already available but don't feature Morgantown. We discussed reviewing these for ideas of features to include in our videos. We discussed videos that feature the pleasure and practicality of Morgantown commuting cycling featuring the Burkharts, the Shogrens and Butch Graber. If after scoping out the videos, the budget will support it, we will order 1,000 copies of Street Smarts http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm for distribution through local bike shops as well as other venues whose customers will read them. Frank

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Bike Safe, Bike Smart youth bike video from NHTSA
by Director 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Good morning, In this morning's Ed meeting we discussed making videos for youth and I promised to provide the link for the video we've been using in Positive Spin classes. http://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Bicycles/Bike+Safe+-+Bike+Smart+%2825MB… Nick -- Nick Hein Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV 265605

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Reminder
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, This is a reminder that we will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, April 27, 8-10 am in the PSC Training Room to decide what to do with the approximately $9,500 grant money that we don't have planned. This message is primarily addressed to the Education Committee but all are welcome. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike rider in hospital after being hit by car
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

The article misses two or perhaps three key pieces of information that would be useful to cyclists in avoiding similar occurrences. 1) What was the cyclist's position in the lane? 2) Which direction was the car going across High at Foundry? 3) At what speed was the cyclist traveling? With those pieces of information, one could determine how visible and predictable the cyclist was. For example, if the cyclist was traveling out in the lane instead of the extreme right, the motorist might have seen him earlier. Traveling at the extreme right blocks a merging motorist's view of the cyclist for the longest time. If the motorist was traveling east (away from the river), this lack of visibility would have been aggravated by shorter sight line than if the motorist was traveling west. Of course, if the cyclists was exceeding the speed limit (quite possible on that hill) and in the extreme right, he would have minimized the time he was visible to the motorist. Finally, there are fine points that we teach in Confident City Cycling that communicate to the motorist the intentions of the cyclist and reduce the likelihood that the motorist will mistake what the cyclist is planning to do, for example pedaling at a high cadence with head facing forward rather than coasting and looking around. Advertising this article is likely only to reinforce the popular myth that bicycling is dangerous and provides little information that can be used to prevent future occurrences except to discourage people from bicycling on the roads. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles On Apr 26, 2011, at 8:19 AM, Mike Breiding - Morgantown WV wrote: > > Bike rider in hospital after being hit by car > A Morgantown man riding a bicycle down High Street was struck by a vehicle on Monday. > Seth Mitchell, 19, of Morgantown, was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital by Monongalia EMS. He was evaluated by emergency room staff in the early afternoon. He was listed in fair condition at press time. > Lt. Mike Lantz, of the Morgantown Police Department, said Mitchell was traveling south on High Street when Lasharon Smith, 59, tried to cross the roadway at Foundry Street, striking Mitchell with her Hyundai Tucson. > Lantz said Smith was cited for failure to yield right-of-way. > The accident was reported to MECCA 911 at noon. The Morgantown Fire Department also responded. > >

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Fwd: Transportation Fair and Bike Board
by Frank Gmeindl 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please reply if you are interested in participating in the opportunity that Danielle describes in her message below. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "D. Williams" <dwilliams(a)labyrinth.net> > Date: April 22, 2011 1:42:25 PM EDT > To: "Frank Gmeindl" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Cc: <heidinico(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Transportation Fair and Bike Board > > Hi Frank, > > I wanted to follow-up with you with a little more information regarding the Transportation Fair with MMMPO and BOPARC. This summer we are putting together a program around the end of June and the first of July for teens focusing on service learning projects. We are working with the BOPARC to put together a transportation fair and would like to include the Bike Board and Mountain Line on this project. Please let me know if you would be interested in doing this and when we could set up a meeting. Thank you. > > Regards, > > > Danielle N. Williams > Assistant to the Director > TDM Coordinator > Morgantown Monongalia MPO > 82 Hart Field Road Suite 105 > Morgantown, WV 26505 > Office: 304-291-9570 Mobile: 571-213-1336 > > “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead >

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Re: [Bikeboard] Police Info Card
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Butch, Thanks for the feedback! It was my attention that the "Police Info Card" would not be on the final production. I only put it there so we'd know what it was. Did you also see the comment inserted at that heading? The comment said, "This will be a two-sided card approximately the size of a typical traffic ticket." What would you think of the card without the header? Frank On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Graber, Stephen wrote: > I like it, it's short and to the point. In the title, I think "Information" should be spelled out, and that the title should appear on both sides of the card. If the police hand some of these out it should have an impact. It will be interesting to share stories once we begin handing them out ourselves. I think it's important that the Morgantown Police logo remain on the card! > Cheers, > Butch > ------------------------------------------- > Stephen G. Graber > Biochem & Mol Pharmacology > PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 > West Virginia University > Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 > phone: 304-293-2305 > > ------ _0 > ------ _ \<,_ > ---- (*)/ (*) > From: bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces(a)cheat.org] On Behalf Of Frank Gmeindl [frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:38 AM > To: bikeboard(a)cheat.org Board > Subject: [Bikeboard] Police Info Card > > Bicycle Board Members, > > May I have your concurrence on the attached police info card or your recommendations for its improvement? The intention is that this will be printed on a two-sided card similar in size and appearance to a traffic citation. The idea is that police (or anyone that has the cards, e.g. us) give one to a motorist or bicyclist observed disobeying laws whose violation particularly jeopardizes cyclists. > > Initiative #3 in the Morgantown Bicycling Plan Enforcement section is, "Send rights and duties postcard to motorists that cyclists or others observed and reported violating bicyclist rights". Initiative #4 in the Enforcement section of the plan is, " Handout rights and duties card along with citation to cyclists who violate rules of the road". > > Attached is version 2 of the police info card. It is a result of the Education Committee's work on version 1. I will maintain changes to the document in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Police%20Info%20Cardv02.docx . You can change it there, too but please use track changes. > > After we finalize it, I'll present it to the Traffic Commission with a recommendation that they concur with giving it to the police department. I think education grant money can be used to pay for producing the cards. > > > > > <bgPolice_Info_Cardv02[1].docx>

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Fwd: Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School
by Director 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Good morning, Frank, any indication whether our unspent money may get rescinded? Thanks, Nick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:15:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Deb Hubsmith <info(a)saferoutespartnership.org> Reply-To: info(a)saferoutespartnership.org To: director(a)positivespin.org SRTS National Partnership logo <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> *Take Three Actions Today for Safe Routes to School* It is a busy time in Washington D.C. - with decisions being made about funding for this year and next. We need help from Safe Routes to School advocates on three actions - doing all three could take you a total of 10 minutes - and you would be making a big difference: 1. *Tell your Governor <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> not to return bike/ped funding to Washington:*The FY2011 appropriations deal requires state DOTs to return $2.5 billion in transportation funding to Washington.Based on past "rescissions" like this, many state DOTs will take most of the cuts from bike/ped programs.While Safe Routes to School is not eligible for these rescissions, it could devastate Transportation Enhancements. Contact your Governor <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> and ask them to minimize rescission cuts on programs that fund sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and education programs. Take action today! 2. *Sign your organization <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> on to a CDC built environment funding letter <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…>:*The President's proposed FY12 budget would eliminate funding for built environment activities and the Healthy Communities program at the CDC. These two programs total just $25 million and provide critical funding sources that promote health and reduce obesity in communities across the country. Local, state and national organizations are being asked to join a sign-on letter to Congressional leaders <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to ask for continued funding for these two important programs. To sign on to the letter, please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FTQJJZN <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> and fill out your organization's information no later than May 3, 2011. 3. *Contact your Senators <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to support Safe Routes to School: *Ask your Senators <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…> to co-sponsor S. 800 <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&et=1105233508208&s=2741&e=001CyvAPS…>, the Safe Routes to School bill.Growing the number of cosponsors will help protect the Safe Routes to School program as Congress debates the transportation bill.Take action today! Thank you for your attention to these federal action alerts. While the Safe Routes to School National Partnership is your eyes and ears on Capitol Hill - we can only be successful with the active engagement of local advocates and organizations like you! Please take action today, to help tomorrow's children have safer routes, lanes and paths. ** Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=vrki7zaab&m=1100380121653&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…> <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?cc=TEM_BusLet_003> This email was sent to director(a)positivespin.org by info(a)saferoutespartnership.org <mailto:info@saferoutespartnership.org> | Update Profile/Email Address <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…> | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001_5RUzikK1TfQrKQX8Www0Q%3D%3…>^(TM) | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. Bikes Belong Coalition| P.O. Box 2359| Boulder| CO| 80306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3586 - Release Date: 04/20/11

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Education Budget
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Any grant money that we don't spend by Sep. 4, 2011 will be lost. Currently, we do not have a plan for approximately $9,500. What are your ideas for spending this money on bicycling education? Remember, the money must be spent and the work completed by Sep. 4. Also, if you have an idea, would you be willing to manage it to completion? If not you, then who? Here are some ideas that the Education Committee identified: Put together some graphics that can be used for future marketing, education, signs, banners for the bridges, tables, Bike Month. Make a video. Make a video of the CCC course. Make a video of cycling for kids in Motown with Positive Spin or other stuff that will have both state level appeal and local benefits. (A 7 minute film could be useful to the CVB, bike sales, or primers for getting kids interested in taking bike ed at schools or elsewhere.) Make a Motown DVD on learning how to ride a bike and have the local bike shops give one to every person that buys a bike in Motown. Buy 1,000 copies of Street Smarts and have the local bike shops give one to every person that buys a bike in Motown. If one of these appeals to you, would you be willing to manage it to fruition? FYI, following are the objects or events that we already have planned: Ads in the Dominion Post and Daily Athenaeum now through Sep. 4. Our 7 TV spots run on Comcast now through Sep. 4. Two InSite billboards (Star City Bridge & outbound Mileground) now through Sep. 4. Three Lamar billboards (119 inbound from South, Mileground inbound and Mileground outbound) now through Sep. 4. Eight foot banner identical to billboard to be used at May 9 WVU Employee Fest and any other event. New bumper sticker. Continue website development. Continue delivering CCC TS101 and Commuter classes. Your earliest reply could help us not lose this money. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Police Info Card
by Frank Gmeindl 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, May I have your concurrence on the attached police info card or your recommendations for its improvement? The intention is that this will be printed on a two-sided card similar in size and appearance to a traffic citation. The idea is that police (or anyone that has the cards, e.g. us) give one to a motorist or bicyclist observed disobeying laws whose violation particularly jeopardizes cyclists. Initiative #3 in the Morgantown Bicycling Plan Enforcement section is, "Send rights and duties postcard to motorists that cyclists or others observed and reported violating bicyclist rights". Initiative #4 in the Enforcement section of the plan is, " Handout rights and duties card along with citation to cyclists who violate rules of the road". Attached is version 2 of the police info card. It is a result of the Education Committee's work on version 1. I will maintain changes to the document in Dropbox at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Police%20Info%20Cardv02.docx . You can change it there, too but please use track changes. After we finalize it, I'll present it to the Traffic Commission with a recommendation that they concur with giving it to the police department. I think education grant money can be used to pay for producing the cards. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Bike Month Proclamation
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members and Traffic Commission Chairman, Attached is a scan of the Mayor's proclamation at tonight's City Council meeting of May as Bike Month. Also attached is the acceptance presentation that I gave. I am grateful to all of you that helped me perfect it, especially Don who suggested that I shorten it by 25%. Mayor Byrne was visibly impatient with my reading it even at its final 1.5 page length. Terrence Moore is vocally in support of making Morgantown a Bicycle Friendly Community. I'm wondering if the Mayor is. What would be the best location to post the original signed copy of the proclamation? What about copies of it? BTW, Council Chambers were packed to capacity tonight and the applause from the public gallery after I finished accepting the proclamation was resounding. Frank

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Please reply by 5 pm
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members and Traffic Commission Chairman, I expect to receive at tonight's City Council meeting, Mayor Byrne's proclamation of May as Bike Month. Attached is my planned response. Since I'm speaking on behalf of the BB and TC, I'd appreciate your critique or concurrence. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Procedural guidelines revision
by Frank Gmeindl 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Following up on an action item that I took from the April BB meeting, attached, please find a suggested revision to our procedural guidelines. I tried to clarify Section 2.1 Membership. Please reply if you agree with the revision then I will be able to recommend it to the TC for approval at their May meeting. Otherwise, we will have to finalize the revision at our May meeting (which occurs the day after the TC meeting) and then propose it to the TC in June. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fwd: April BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Attached are the April Bicycle Board minutes.

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Article in Sunday Paper
by Frank Gmeindl 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Member, Thanks to Jim Rye for writing the article, "Ride a bike, make a change" that appeared in today's Dominion Post on page 4-E. Thanks to Hugh Kierig for getting the DP to publish it. If you don't get the paper, you can read the article at the following link, http://tinyurl.com/3zr2kwc . Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Tonight's BB meeting
by Graber, Stephen 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello all, Looking forward to meeting everyone this evening. I'm wondering if it might be possible to move the Paul Becker replacement item to right after the approval of last meetings minutes so that those not selected to serve might move on with their evenings. Thanks, Steve ------------------------------------------- Stephen G. Graber Biochem & Mol Pharmacology PO Box 9142, HSN-3122 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-9142 phone: 304-293-2305 ------ _0 ------ _ \<,_ ---- (*)/ (*)

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Bicycle plan in Dropbox
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, As we discussed at tonight's BB meeting, I put the Morgantown Bicycle Plan v08 in a Dropbox public folder so you shouldn't have to do anything but click on the following link and then download the file. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9979830/Morgantown%20Bicycle%20Plan%20v08.doc When you click on the link, a file icon with the filename should appear in a download window. Double clicking on the file name should open the document. Of course, if you change the document and want to put it back in Dropbox, you'll need a dropbox account. If you don't want to deal with that, just send me your marked up copy, preferably as an attachment to an e-mail. I look forward to discussing the Engineering section with you at our May 5 meeting. Frank

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MPO Unified Planning Work Program
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Bill, In response to your request for suggested changes to the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), the Bicycle Board offers the following recommendations: In general, for the revised plan, we recommend more specific commitment to integrating bicycling into the transportation system. Some examples; 1. The UPWP section entitled, Focus for Fiscal Year 2011, 4th paragraph, of the plan says, "Other major projects for the MPO will be the development of an ongoing traffic count database." Recommendation: Count bicycles and include them in the database. (Traditionally traffic counts have ignored bicycles.) 2. The same paragraph also says, "It is anticipated that both the traffic counts and the travel time studies will be performed at a limited set of locations...". Recommendation: Include bicycles in the studies. Focus on locations that could have significantly increased bicycle use and reduced motor use. For example, the roads between Campuses including University Av., Beechurst Av., Monongahela Blvd., Willowdale Rd., Stewart St. Jones Av. and the rail-trail. Count the bikes. Create a baseline. Design experiments. Take data to see how experiments change bicycle use. (This recommendation also applies to UPWP section II-A-1 Traffic Counts.) 3. The section entitled, SAFETEA-LU Planning Factors, subsection 2. Increase the safety of the transportation system for motorized and non-motorized users, first paragraph says, "...working with local emergency service providers on transportation safety education when applicable." Recommendation: Get commitment from Morgantown Police to complete International Police Mountain Bike Association (IPMBA) training as currently taken annually by WVU bicycle police or get them to take one of the 7 other police training courses that the Bicycle Board recommended to the Morgantown police at the December 2, 2009 Traffic Commission meeting. 4. The section entitled, II-A-10 Mapping Recommendation: Incorporate and continue to develop the Morgantown Bike Route map and develop greater Morgantown Bike Route maps. Classify all Morgantown area roads in terms of bicycling level of service. 5. The section entitled, II-B-17 Congestion Management Strategies Recommendation: Seriously develop strategies that get people out of cars and onto bikes and their feet, especially where the congestion is highest: between and near campuses. Understand origins and destinations within that area. Identify obstacles to bicycling and walking. Identify attractions to driving. Make walking bicycling and walking more attractive. Make driving less attractive. (IMHO, we have always been doing the opposite.) Since the MPO was created, it has always treated "bike-ped" separately from motorized transportation and transit. Consequently, most if not all of the built projects make cycling worse. Integrating bicycling and walking with other transportation modes, especially in the 5-mile cross section that constitutes Morgantown could optimize the transportation system for all users and make Morgantown a better place to live as well as a better place to bicycle. Finally, at a Bicycle Board Mapping Team meeting we discussed improving Collins Ferry Rd. from the rail trail to the pavement near Mylan. The improvement we discussed is just to make the surface rideable by the average cyclists. This could be done by improving drainage in one or two spots that are currently quagmires, filling the gullies in the road bed and rolling it so that it's surface would be similar to the gravel parts of the rail trail. We also suggested that this could be a joint NETL, Mylan, City project using volunteer labor from NETL and Mylan. Danielle suggested that we submit this recommendation to you along with the above recommendations. We stand ready to discuss any of these with you. Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Re: [Bikeboard] Mileground
by Brandon Crawford 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

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Bumper Sticker Update
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is an update of the bumper sticker file that I sent Sunday. The colors are different on this one. Frank

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Morgantown Bicycle Plan
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, I admit that this is a ploy to get you to read and comment on the Morgantown Bicycle Plan. At our next Bicycle Board meeting April 7, I will bring a hard copy of the plan and ask you to sign it. Between now and then, you can read it at https://www.dropbox.com/home#:::29108896 . If you see something you don't like, change it. (Please do not turn Track Changes off.) Or, if you don't want to change it but wish to express your thoughts about it, click the New Comment button right above the text and enter your thoughts. On the Monday, April 4 before our next meeting, I will finalize the plan and send you a notification that the final is available to view. That's the version I'll bring to the April 7 meeting for your signature. If a majority of you sign the plan at our next meeting, I will send the plan to the stakeholders identified in it to get their comments and hopefully their commitment to implement it. Frank

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Agenda for next Thu BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 03 Apr '11

03 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a draft agenda for next Thursday's meeting. If you'd like to make any changes, please reply. I will send out the final by Sunday night. Please note that there's nothing on the agenda about the following: April 4 meeting between Chief Ed Preston and BB Chairman Aprll 6 TC meeting outcome Resolution on traffic signal bicycle detection Education program status Website Articles Billboards TV spots Courses WVU Employee Fest Parking status Bike route map Signage plan Mon Blvd bike lane status West Run Road, Van Voorhis Rd., Rt. 100 upgrades/repairs In-line drainage grate replacement Frank

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Mon Blvd Climbing Lane grant application
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Bicycle Board Members, Wednesday, I submitted to Jeff Mikorski w/cc to Damien Davis a grant application to Bikes Belong for $10K to support the Monongahela Blvd. Bicycle Climbing Lane. The submittal consists of 7 files that you can view in Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/home#/BikeLaneGrant::: . The City must submit the application to Bikes Belong by April 29. Frank

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