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OneStreet
by director 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Good morning, For those who aren't familiar with OneStreet I've included their website link here. http://onestreet.org/ Sue Knaupf, it's founding director is the past president of the Alliance for Biking and Walking. Both of these organizations share our passion for livable cities and effective advocacy for bicycling, with good resources and encouragement. Check out Sue's college-level class on bike advocacy in their current newsletter. http://onestreet.org/news-stories/163-november-december-2010-e-newsletter Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Promoting bike safety fearlessly
by director 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Good morning, Thought I'd share this TEDx video that was sent to me through OneStreet, a sustainable transportation advocacy. Special thanks to to my (and my brother's) friend Sue Knaupf, director. Good, persuasive and well-researched arguments and sound-bites. Happy Holidays everyone, Nick http://video.tedxcopenhagen.dk/video/911034/mikael-colville-andersen -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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sorry, I forgot the link. TWICE!!. Happy Holidays. Trick bike video, will go viral
by John Lozier 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

not just amazing trick cycling but awesome scenery, photography, music... Don't start watching it unless you have 7 minutes to watch it all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw&feature=player_embedded John John Lozier Morgantown, WV www.harpingforharmony.org _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Trick bike video, will go viral
by John Lozier 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

not just amazing trick cycling but awesome scenery, photography, music... Don't start watching it unless you have 7 minutes to watch it all... John John Lozier Morgantown, WV www.harpingforharmony.org _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Trick bike video, will go viral
by John Lozier 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

not just amazing trick cycling but awesome scenery, photography, music... Don't start watching it unless you have 7 minutes to watch it all... John John Lozier Morgantown, WV www.harpingforharmony.org

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Re: [Bikeboard] Invitation
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Mr. Moore, Thanks for the prompt and positive response! I will copy you on the agenda that I will issue next week. Happy Holidays to you as well! Frank On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:21 PM, tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org wrote: > Mr. Gmeindl: > > Happy to participate. As such, by way of this message, I am asking Executive Assistant Carol Allen to schedule as noted. Meanwhile, Happy Holidays. Thanks. > > Terrence Moore, ICMA-CM > City Manager > Morgantown, West Virginia > > Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry® smartphone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:50:13 > To: <tmoore(a)cityofmorgantown.org> > Cc: Morgantown Bike Board<bikeboard(a)cheat.org> > Subject: Invitation > > Dear Mr. Moore, > > Welcome to Morgantown and congratulations on your new job! > > As Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board, I would like to invite you to join us at our regular monthly meeting Thursday, January 6, 2011 to get acquainted. We meet 6:30 – 8:30 pm the first Thursday of every month. Please let me know if you will attend and your preferred time and duration so I can put your visit on the agenda. > > The Bicycle Board has 17 members and we advise the Morgantown Traffic Commission. Our vision is that Morgantown residents can bicycle safely and fearlessly anywhere, anytime for any reason. We would like to introduce ourselves to you and if you are comfortable doing so, we would like you to tell us how you see bicycling developing in Morgantown. > > Attached, please find the procedural guidelines that define the Bicycle Board and a report of some 2010 accomplishments led by the Bicycle Board. > > Looking forward to working 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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Invitation
by Frank Gmeindl 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Dear Mr. Moore, Welcome to Morgantown and congratulations on your new job! As Chairman of the Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board, I would like to invite you to join us at our regular monthly meeting Thursday, January 6, 2011 to get acquainted. We meet 6:30 – 8:30 pm the first Thursday of every month. Please let me know if you will attend and your preferred time and duration so I can put your visit on the agenda. The Bicycle Board has 17 members and we advise the Morgantown Traffic Commission. Our vision is that Morgantown residents can bicycle safely and fearlessly anywhere, anytime for any reason. We would like to introduce ourselves to you and if you are comfortable doing so, we would like you to tell us how you see bicycling developing in Morgantown. Attached, please find the procedural guidelines that define the Bicycle Board and a report of some 2010 accomplishments led by the Bicycle Board. Looking forward to working 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] Unnecessary Road Hazards-Drainage Grates
by Frank Gmeindl 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

Scott, The article "MUB work to delay traffic" on page 7-A of today's Dominion Post prompted me to write this message. I realize that you're just replacing water lines on Beechurst but I would like you to consider taking this opportunity to begin replacing the in-line drainage grates that run up Beechurst, beginning with the two in front of the new WVU gateway before some cyclist breaks his or her neck. (See attached photos.) 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 Aug 23, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Scott Copen wrote: > Dear Mr. Gmeindl: > > I apologize for the lateness of this reply. The extraordinary workload related to our current capital improvements has unfortunately slowed our responses to such correspondence. And as you previously surmised, the June/July rains (and the subsequent flooding investigations prompted by them) have further compounded this. > > MUB is very sensitive to the need to properly orient storm inlet grating for improved protection of bicyclists. Please be assured that we have trained our maintenance and construction staffs to be aware of the need for proper orientation, and that any inlet installed or re-installed (through reconstructive maintenance activity) within our service area is now designed and specified to be oriented perpendicular to the traffic direction. > > Unfortunately, most of the existing facilities are actually cast into the surrounding roadway materials. For this reason, they may not be simply rotated and re-set, but instead must be excavated and re-cast, with corresponding repair to the surrounding pavement. This significantly increases the difficulty and expense of re-orientation, and thus, is the reason that we have not already preemptively re-oriented all such faculties in our service area. > > Please note that many of the roadways (and the related stormwater facilities) in the Morgantown area are not under our control. The specific areas cited in your correspondence are good examples. Patteson Drive and Monongahela Blvd are owned / maintained by WVDOT, while Evansdale Dr (from CAC to Towers) is owned/maintained by WVU. We have good working relationships with both entities, and will be pleased to forward your comments along with our own request that such improvements be made. > > We share your concern, and within the constraints described above, are working continuously to improve these conditions. If you find any other specific areas within our service area that appear to be capable of re-orientation without excavation, please let us know and we will be happy to do so promptly. > > Thanks for your concern and input. > > Scott Copen, P.E. > Senior Engineer > Morgantown Utility Board > 278 Greenbag Road > Morgantown, WV 26507 > Phone: 304-292-8443 > Fax: 304-292-1526 > > > > From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:59 PM > To: Scott Copen > Cc: Tim Ball; Damien Davis; Ryan Post > Subject: Fwd: Unnecessary Road Hazards-Drainage Grates > > Scott, > > I'm sure you get floods of e-mail as well as floods of rainwater and sewage to deal with so I can understand not hearing for you for a while after I sent you the message below. Eventually, some cyclist is going to sustain a lot more damage than shown in the photos that I sent you with the message below. I'd like to at least know that there's a plan to replace those in-line grates. > > Frank D. Gmeindl > Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board > LCI #1703<image001.jpg><image002.jpg> > 491 WilsonAvenue > Morgantown, WV 26501 > 304-376-0446 > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Date: May 27, 2010 4:50:34 PM EDT > To: scopen(a)mub.org > Cc: Damien Davis <ddavis(a)cityofmorgantown.org>, Ryan Post <rpostwvu(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Fwd: Unnecessary Road Hazards-Drainage Grates > > Scott, > > Could you advise me on how to get Morgantown area in-line storm grates corrected so that bicycle tires don't fall into them? Below is a letter that I received from a cyclist. It includes some gruesome photos of a cyclist that rode into one of these grates and landed on his face and shoulder. His injuries could have been much worse, even fatal. > > 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 > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Ryan Post" <rpostwvu(a)gmail.com> > Date: May 26, 2010 8:47:03 PM EDT > To: "'Frank Gmeindl'" <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net>, "'Gunnar Shogren'" <gshogren(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Unnecessary Road Hazards-Drainage Grates > > How do you feel about this email? Also, who should I send it to? > > > I would like to point out a hazard and liability that unnecessarily exists on the roads, only because maintenance workers are unaware. > > There are older style square drainage grates on many shoulders of the roads which have been installed with the grooves running parallel to traffic. These grooves pose a serious hazard to bicycle tires which can slip into them causing the rider to be flipped with accelerated speed into the ground* most likely causing injury to the rider, as well as the bike. In addition, the sudden stop poses an issue to following cars who may then have to avoid whatever pile of man in machine is now laying in the roadway. > > This occurred today, in on Mon Blvd in front of the coliseum by an experienced cyclist who did not see the grate as it was covered with debris. Image1 shows how the hazard exists, and Image2 shows the injuries sustained. These injuries were quite minor as he knew how to position his body to minimize impact on his face. The bicycle also received damage, exceeding $200. > > The simple fix is to rotate the grates so the grooves are perpendicular to travel direction. > > After the incident, I noticed every grate along Evansdale Drive from the CAC to Towers was hazardously installed. > > Ryan Post > > *If you consider the physics of it, a bike traveling at 15mph (which is actually a slow speed-equivalent to falling from 7.5’), will have 100% of that travel velocity converted into downward velocity as the bike pivots on the stuck front wheel, in addition to the speed grained by falling from a standard riding height of about 5’. The impact will be directly onto the front of the cyclist, involving the face, and possibly breaking bones in the arms, wrists, hands, shoulders, and collarbones, as well as a possible concussion. > > Images are attached, but can also be found at: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/463685/Image1.jpg > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/463685/Image2.jpg > > <image001.jpg><image002.jpg> > >

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Generating revenue from biking
by director 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Good morning, Saw this on Treehugger this morning, seems timely... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/how-to-monetize-biking.php Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Portland Bicycle City
by director 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Good morning, Saw this article on the YES! magazine website this morning. Thought it might be of interest. I lived in Portland in 1996 and can tell you first hand that they had at least as much to overcome as we do here. We can do what they did to get what they have - including lower cost and higher quality of living. http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/cycle-city-usa Enjoy, Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Agenda for this Thursday's meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members. Please send me ASAP any items that you want on the agenda for this Thursday's meeting. Frank

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Fwd: US60 Bicycle Lane development
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members, Attached a 3 interesting photos/drawings of a bike lane that the WVDOH is considering for Macorkle Avenue in Charleston. I'm interested in what you think of them. Any bike lanes anywhere in the state at this point will set precedents. If the Bicycle Board has substantive comments, I would pass them on to the WVDOH. Frank Begin forwarded message: > From: "Strawn, Dennis A" <dennis.strawn(a)msbcbs.com> > Date: November 29, 2010 8:58:22 AM EST > To: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> > Subject: FW: US60 Bicycle Lane development > > Frank, > Glad this is being shared around the state by others. Please see the attachments for 2 intersections with one being an alternate design (that no one likes). There are more intersections than this that I did not get any visuals for. I have talked to Mr. Murray about the issue with right hooks, drive outs and left hooks. The newest safety feature I spoke of was the Bike Box painted a different color at intersections to minimize right hooks. I don't know if this will be completed, they are just planning it and seeing what is needed. > > I am encouraged though, because it would be huge for the area. If you need any more info please contact Mr. Murray please. > > William R. Murray, P.E. > Regional Planning Engineer > WVDOT-DOH > Program Planning & Administration Division > (304) 558-9741 > Bill.R.Murray(a)wv.gov > > Thanks > Dennis Strawn > Application Developer II > 304-347-7703 > > "New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!" (Arthur C. Clarke's dictum on intellectual progress) > > > This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates.

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Bike Route Map changes
by Frank Gmeindl 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Bike Route Team, After riding most of the bike route, I must say that for an experienced vehicular cyclist that isn't intimidated by motor traffic or averse to climbing hills or riding over gravel, it is quite a pleasant adventure with segments ranging from 5-lane traffic such as the Mileground to delightful little secret passageways such as the link connecting Lawnview Dr. with Congress Av. For other cyclists, I think it is imperative that we indicate high traffic speed or volume, steep hills and gravel. If we don't, the first novice that ventures from the rail trail up Collins Ferry will trash the map and tell all his or her friends and our work will be for naught. Some suggestions: red line: heavy motor traffic and/or high speed motor traffic chevrons pointing up steep hills: 1 chevron: 5-10% grade; 2 chevrons: 10-15% grade; 3 chevrons: >15% grade broken line: gravel I'm practically ignorant of GIS technology so I must ask you if we can do that and how. I've put in DropBox and shared with you a scan of the map marked up from our ride and subsequent rides. It's a bit hard to read so following, I explain the marks. The explanations proceed from the top of the map to the bottom. Collins Ferry from rail trail to near the top of the hill: indicate gravel, e.g. broken line. (Maybe some chevrons.) Riddle, Bishop, Winona coming from West Run: indicate steep hills, 3 chevrons. (I didn't ride up St. Clair Hill Rd. from West Run to Bakers Ridge but I think 3 chevrons pointing from West Run up to Bakers Ridge would be appropriate.) Remove the segment of Winona from Hickory to Charles. Remove Charles to Perry. Add Hickory from Winona to Perry. Add Perry to Charles and keep Charles to RIddle. From Pineview Dr. add Ellen Ln., Heritage Point, Maple Dr., Research Park Rd. to WV 705. Rt. 705 from Pineview to Willowdale: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. Add Aspen between Collins Ferry Rd. and Eastern Av. Stafford from Industrial Av. to Congress Av.: indicate steep hill, 3 chevrons. Boyers Av., Mon Blvd., Star City Bridge, Rt. 19 to Osage turnoff: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. University Av. from Koontz to Evansdale Dr.: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. Remove Medical Center Drive from University Av. to Elmer Prince Dr. Add crosswalk from Elmer Prince Dr. to parking lot by new Erikson Alumni Center, through parking lot to Oakland St. extension that goes under the PRT and into the parking lot. Add Oakland St. from Country Club Dr. to Riverview Dr. Add Country Club Dr. from Oakland St. to Law School Dr. Add Law School Dr. Add Riverview Dr. Add Evansdale Dr. Mileground Rd. from Charles Av. to Airport Blvd.: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. Beechurst Av. / Mon Blvd. from 6th St. to Evansdale Dr. Remove segment of University Av. (Stadium loop) from Falling Run Rd. to Stewart St. Remove segment of Stewart St. from University Av. to Yoke St. Add Falling Run Rd. from University Av. to Yoke St. Add Yoke St. In Westover, Fairmont Rd. (Rt. 19) from Savannah St. to Mountain Line station: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. Fairmont Rd. (Rt. 19) from Dents Run Blvd. to Lawless Rd.: indicate high traffic volume and speed, e.g. red line. Deckers Creek Trail from Valley Crossing to Forest Av.: indicate gravel, e.g. broken line and indicate steep slope, 2 chevrons? (I didn't measure grade but it's pretty steep at both ends. Anybody know the grade?) School Bus Dr.: indicate gravel, e.g. broken line. (I think the "Learning Trail" above this "road" is better for a road bike than the road and would recommend replacing School Bus Dr. with the trail. If we agreed to do that, I'd also propose to replace VoTech Dr. with East Parkway Rd. and Hite St. up to the place where the nice smooth relatively gently sloped trail intersects Hite. I can't see that on the map.) These are just suggested changes. I would like to discuss whether they are feasible and reach consensus on them before anybody does a lot of work to implement them. Please let me know what you think. Frank

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FWD: [saferoutestoschool] Safe Routes Philly
by director 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Good afternoon, Just received this message from the Safe Routes list and thought I would pass it on as an example of the process and considerations that went into another city's successful effort to get bike and pedestrian education into the schools. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Owens, Diana" <diana(a)bicyclecoalition.org> Reply-To: "Owens, Diana" <diana(a)bicyclecoalition.org> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:21:56 -0500 In March 2009, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health was awarded cooperative agreements totaling $25.4 million over two years for prevention and wellness efforts. Philadelphia received these two awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): - $10 million to decrease tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure - $15.4 million to promote healthy nutrition and increased physical activity Through these awards the *Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia* was selected, among many others, to help tackle childhood obesity through promotion of walking and bicycling. Since this funding was awarded to us in March, our youth education program *Safe Routes Philly* expanded its programming to include a train the trainer model (our programming started with a direct education piece through TE funding ->> check out our website for more information). Safe Routes Philly has partnered with the School District of Philadelphia to provide training, support and assistance for elementary school classroom and physical education teachers. Our core lessons include pedestrian safety for 2nd graders and bicycle safety for 5th graders. Our goal over the next two years is to get our pedestrian and bicycle safety materials into all 184 public elementary schools in the School District of Philadelphia. In addition to the core lessons, we have also included many cross curricular lessons and encouragement activities - both of which we plan on expanding. All of this material is available on our website. We have also partnered with the Office of Teaching and Learning, at the School District, to hold professional development trainings. Elementary School 2nd and 5th grade teachers and Elementary PE teachers receive ACT 48 credit by coming to our trainings. This has proven to be a great way to get teachers to come and participate. If teachers attend they also receive a hard copy of all of our pedestrian and bicycle safety lessons and enough workbooks for every 2nd and 5th grade student they educate. Since our soft launch on November 2nd, we have delivered our materials to 111 public elementary schools (out of 184). By no means is our curriculum currently considered comprehensive. There are many limiting factors to implementing a comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian safety program in the all of the public schools of Philadelphia. One of the biggest challenges we ran into is *time*. By compromising with the school district we have been able to develop pedestrian (2 core lessons, broken down into mini lessons totaling 90 minutes) and bicycle (2 core lessons broken down into mini lessons totaling 90 minutes) safety lessons that meet the PA state standards as well as the needs of the Philadelphia teachers and urban environment. Through our growing relationship with the school district, we hope to continue expanding upon our current accepted lessons. Please visit our website, www.saferoutesphilly.org, to learn more about Safe Routes Philly and view all of our new curriculum. Diana Owens Assistant Director of Education 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 305 Philadelphia, PA 19102 -3506 215-399-1598, ext 702 www.bicyclecoalition.org www.saferoutesphilly.org --- Note: If you want to send an email to the entire list serve of more than 300 subscribers, please send your message to saferoutestoschool(a)saferoutes.listserve.us. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list serve or UPDATE your account, please visit http://saferoutes.listserve.us/cgi-bin/lyris.pl Please send questions or comments regarding your list serve subscription to info(a)saferoutespartnership.org. -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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Ride the Bike Route Thursday
by Frank Gmeindl 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members, Thursday, Veteran's day is forecast to be sunny with a high of 64. A perfect day to ride our bike route and verify that it's good. Meet 10:00 am at the Blue Moose. We'll ride for a few hours or as long as you like. We will ride at a very easy pace so that we can discuss the route as we go. Probably with frequent stops to check the map and signage locations. I suggest we end at Black Bear to enjoy some refreshments and final thoughts I'll bring the maps that Derek generously provided. See you Thursday. Frank

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Article from YES! magazine:
by director 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Good morning, How cool is this?! 95% rate of bicycling in schools?!! The article describes how they make bike skills part of the educational system. The best news is that if we do what they did, we'll get what they've got. Better health, healthier weights, more livable places. http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/how-to-make-biking-mainstream-lessons-fro… The article describes how delegates from the San Francisco visited the Netherlands to see all this first hand. Last year three delegates from WV (one from Morgantown) saw the info presented at the League's Bike Summit. So can anyone else. Sign up for the League's 2011 bike summit here: https://members.bikeleague.org/members_online/registration/register.asp?mt=… -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 803 East Brockway Ave Morgantown, WV ph 304-276-0213 --

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November Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Attached are the minutes of the November Bicycle Board meeting.

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In-kind contributions
by Frank Gmeindl 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members, I met with Jeff Mikorski this morning on the education grant proposal. He will try to get the WVDOT to consider our in-kind contributions as part of the cost share. So, I ask you to review what you sent me to see if you need to make any adjustments. For example, I notice that some of you didn't include the time you spent in education committee meetings. If you have any changes to make, I need them by tomorrow afternoon. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] In-kind contributions
by Paul Becker 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Paul Becker, ScD. Professor Safety and Health Extension Extension Service West Virginia University >>> Gunnar Shogren 11/08/10 12:17 PM >>> Okay. So we should include- Time spent in meetings. Time spent reviewing/reading things. Time spent editing articles/cards and other what-not. Anything else? I did not count time spent in meetings because I assumed that was our volunteer activity as members of the Bicycle Board. Paul On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Frank Gmeindl wrote: > Bicycle Board Members, > > I met with Jeff Mikorski this morning on the education grant proposal. He will try to get the WVDOT to consider our in-kind contributions as part of the cost share. So, I ask you to review what you sent me to see if you need to make any adjustments. For example, I notice that some of you didn't include the time you spent in education committee meetings. If you have any changes to make, I need them by tomorrow afternoon. > > Frank > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard > _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Grant
by Frank Gmeindl 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members, I intend to present to Jeff Mikorski tomorrow, the attached Transportation Enhancement Program Intent to Propose form and the attached Excel workbook that shows the cost estimate basis. I realize this is a ridiculously short time to ask you to do something and I really expect no reply but if you could do a reasonableness check of the attached and tell me anything that looks questionable, I'd appreciate it. While on Thursday, I spoke of a 3-year grant, the attached is for a nominal 1-year grant at $132K. I expect if we get it, we could spend all the money in one year, 2013 or spread some of it into future years. In either case, I'm now thinking that a $400K 3-year proposal will be less likely to succeed than a $132K 1-year proposal. If by next October, we get indications that the 1-year proposal might get funded, we will submit another proposal for money in 2014, etc. This is just my intuition which is usually wrong so I'm also open to recommendations about this. Thanks for all your help on all the Bicycle Board initiatives! Frank

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a proposal to reaching our audience (aira's been a-thinkin)
by Aira Loren Burkhart 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

It seems like cycling is an activity that is always learned through a mentor. For one thing, you have to be taught to use a bicycle. It's not intuitive and is actually equal to or slightly more difficult to learn than basic car driving. Yeah, most people are taught how to balance on a bicycle at an early age, but riding a bicycle is more complicated than that, obviously, and that early "training" is insufficient to overcome to larger confusions about handling, behavior, maintenance and safety. So, for adult cyclists, each can probably name a single person who reintroduced them to the sport and taught them those skills....someone who was a friend, a trusted intimate and confidant with patience to teach and who can offer the implicit treat at the end, the promise that "this is something fun we will be able to do together as a way to strengthen our friendship". That *friendship* is what motivates people to continue to learn despite their fear. Maybe people aren't coming to the TS101 class because that's not how these skills are taught. A friend or relative teaches you to drive a car and a friend or relative teaches you to ride a bike. Despite the existence of driver's ed, people don't actually learn to drive in driver's ed. TS101 is the cycling equivalent of driver's ed. To reach people, we need harness the one-on-one relationships. I am thinking about Heifer international and their "passing on the gift" requirement. Once their animals begin to breed, each family must pass along a viable female to another needy family who must then also promise to pass on another female. I propose a mentorship program for adults in which each cyclist must mentor a non-cyclist through all the steps of learning to bike. We need to formulate the "plan of seduction" from reasons to bicycle and early fun experiences to being walked through bike selection, etc. (inexperienced cyclists usually want mountain bike type bicycles, regardless of function, because that's what they had as kids and the array of bicycle styles and constructions is baffling. then they have an inappropriate bike and may not ride it! plus bikes are so expensive! peer pressure is definitely necessary.) If the target is successfully converted, the original sponsor could ask them to teach someone else. Or the original sponsor could select a new target for conversion. We would support this program by giving it a name and formulating the step-by-step program of marketing cycling from one person to another. Nick could rent bikes to people for initially fun-rides. Maybe we could get coupons for bicycles to help take a bit off the price when someone is on the fence --discounts for people in the mentorship program. Our TS101 should be a complement and we should market it to the people who actually want to attend it --that is: people who already bicycle. Realistically, people bicycle because it's fun and because their friends do it (culture and peer pressure). Therefore, if people's friends don't bicycle, they won't bicycle. So, let's harness the power of friendship! Convert your neighbor or your buddy at work or your best friend or your girlfriend! One cyclist paired to one non-cyclist. Feedback? thoughts? aira

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TDM
by Frank Gmeindl 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

Bill, What data are available on who is traveling <1 mile, 1-5 miles, 6-10 miles and >10 miles in the greater Morgantown area? Would the recent Transportation Demand Management study be able to provide such? We think enrollment in our Confident City Cycling program is low because we are not reaching travelers that are most likely to bicycle more if they learned what we teach. We're trying to identify them. How can the MPO help us? 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] Fwd: Another election!
by Elizabeth Shogren 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

I second another vote! On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Chip Wamsley <chip(a)wamsleycycles.com> wrote: > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Gunnar Shogren <gshogren(a)gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:21:42 -0400 > > That would be good and the copy under the bullets could be edited to fit. > > Chip > >>I propose that on the back side of the card we have something really >>helpful. Like- >>http://bikemorgantown.com/biketips.php >> >>"Lose your Fear and Learn to Ride with Confidence" >> >>I would have voted for that one! >>Can we have another election? >> >>On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Gunnar Shogren <gshogren(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Oh crap! >>> I forgot to vote, unless you considered my suggestion of B to be my vote! >>> Well it won anyway, or because, or something. I think. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Frank Gmeindl >>> <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>>> Bicycle Board Members, >>>> With 7 members voting, the winning tag line is B. Learn to Ride with >>>> Confidence. >>>> By copy of this message, I ask Gary to finalize the card design using design >>>> #3 and the tag line Learn to Ride with Confidence. >>>> Following was the final vote tally: >>>> 0 for A. Tame your fear with riding skills that reduce the risk of >>>> collisions or accidents >>>> 6 for B. Learn to Ride with Confidence >>>> 2 for C. Tame Parental Fears >>>> 3 for D. Learn to Ride without Fear >>>> 3 for E. Ride with Confidence >>>> Frank Gmeindl >>>> Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>> From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl@ >>>> >>>>> >>>> Date: October 25, 2010 8:35:42 PM EDT >>>> To: Morgantown Bike Board <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> >>>> Subject: Fwd: Another election! >>>> >>>> Bicycle Board Members, >>>> Well, there hasn't been any more discussion on the tag line for the >>>> Confident City Cycling business card so it's time to vote. >>>> You get two votes. You can give them both to one of the choices below or >>>> distribute your votes to two of the following. >>>> A. Tame your fear with riding skills that reduce the risk of collisions or >>>> accidents >>>> B. Learn to Ride with Confidence >>>> C. Tame Parental Fears >>>> D. Learn to Ride without Fear >>>> E. Ride with Confidence >>>> Please reply with your votes. For example, if you want to give both of your >>>> votes to C, please reply "2 for C". Another example, if you want to >>>> distribute your 2 votes to B and D, reply "1 for B and 1 for D". >>>> The polls close 5:00 pm Thursday, October 28. >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>> From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> >>>> Date: October 21, 2010 7:31:31 PM EDT >>>> To: Morgantown Bike Board <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> >>>> Cc: Gary Rodosta <grodosta(a)comcast.net> >>>> Subject: Fwd: Another election! >>>> >>>> Bicycle Board Members, >>>> >>>> The winning card design is #3. With 10 votes in, designs #1 & #2 were tied >>>> with 3 votes and design #3 got 4 votes. >>>> >>>> Now, what should the tag line say? I think the discussion was excellent. >>>> Following are the offerings in chronological order. I was hoping the >>>> discussion would continue until we converged on consensus. >>>> >>>> Confident City Cycling - >>>> • Learn to Ride without Fear >>>> • Ride with Confidence >>>> • Learn to Ride with Confidence >>>> • Tame your fear with riding skills that reduce the risk of collisions or >>>> accidents >>>> • Tame Parental Fears >>>> >>>> If nobody continues the discussion on these by next Tuesday, I will ask for >>>> a vote on them. >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>> From: Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> >>>> >>>> Date: October 19, 2010 12:27:14 PM EDT >>>> >>>> To: Bicycle Board <bikeboard(a)cheat.org> >>>> >>>> Cc: Gary Rodosta <grodosta(a)comcast.net> >>>> >>>> Subject: Another election! >>>> >>>> Bicycle Board Members, >>>> >>>> Thanks again to Gary Rodosta for creating the attached options for Confident >>>> City Cycling business cards. There are 4 options in the attached file. >>>> Please vote for the one that you think would be best for making available >>>> at local bike shops and other venues at which to advertise our bicycling >>>> education program. Since number 4 is basically a black & white version, >>>> please just vote for 1, 2 or 3. >>>> >>>> Based on your votes, I'll take the winner to the printer by the end of this >>>> week. >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bikeboard mailing list >>>> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>>> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >>>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Bikeboard mailing list >>Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >>http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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You think you're mad at cyclists?
by Frank Gmeindl 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Bicycle Board Members, See Aira's article on page 8-D of today's Dominion Post. If someone has an electronic account, perhaps they could send us the link to her article. Frank

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bumper sticker to facilitate bicycling for transportation
by Jim Rye 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Wow, super, Hugh and thanks so much. What do folks think about a image of an auto with that bumper sticker on the home page of our web site? >>> Hugh Kierig 11/3/2010 4:59 PM >>> Jim I can have our marking coordinator assist in putting together an e-news broadcast that includes the bumper sticker and promotes the Confident City Cycling program. Hugh E. Kierig, AICP, Director Department of Transportation and Parking West Virginia University Post Office Box 6561 1112 Van Voorhis Morgantown, West Virginia 26506 304-293-9095 (o) 304-293-3939 (f) >>> Jim Rye 11/2/2010 2:20 PM >>> Kimberly, Clement, and Hugh, What about an email something like the below to all university employees as part of WVU's efforts towards achieving employee wellness and reduction in automobile traffic and being a model for sustainable practices? The message might state that the bumper sticker is part of several ongoing educational efforts to help individuals feel more confident about cycling for transportation on our city and university streets, thereby reducing automobile traffic etc. If you agree and could get any necessary approvals, is there someone who could take charge of getting it out (either as a direct email or in WVU E-News) including to whom responding email messages should be sent to receive the sticker via intercampus mail? Requests also would give us some feedback about the current interest out there. >>> Jim Rye 10/27/2010 11:34 AM >>> Dear HRE Faculty and Staff, I am on a committee to implement the "Morgantown Effective Bicycling Education Program" grant. If you are willing to place the sticker (pictured below) that we developed on your auto bumper, email me and I will put one in your mailbox next week.

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