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Letter to Editor
by Frank Gmeindl 27 May '10

27 May '10

Bicycle Board Members, Attached is a response to Dennis Bolyard's letter that I propose to send to the Dominion Post. Please use track changes or comments to indicate improvements and send to me. I plan to submit but 5:00 pm today. Sorry for not including the whole BB on my first response of yesterday that I sent to the Education Committee. Frank D. Gmeindl Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Fw: LTE about the Green Life article
by guitardeek＠hotmail.com 27 May '10

27 May '10

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: guitardeek(a)hotmail.com Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:39:28 To: Nick Hein<director(a)positivespin.org>; Jonathan Rosenbaum<freesource(a)cheat.org> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] LTE about the Green Life article Nick and Jonathan, Nicely put. I assume it's all true as you're well-educated concerning cyclists. I hope that a reply like yours to the motorists concern gets published in the paper. Another point that could be made is that cyclists using roads that are already created ultimately reduces the need to create and fund trail building projects. I'm not against trails, as I use them, but if we could all share the roads it could reduce the need for our communities or governments to find more money for extra trail-building and maintenance. Just a thought. Maybe this point shouldn't be included in a reply because I think trails and roads work well together to benefit those who use both. We are also reducing our impact on the roads and therefore benefitting taxpayers! Derek Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: "director" <director(a)positivespin.org> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:18:36 To: Bike Board<bikeboard(a)cheat.org>; Jonathan Rosenbaum<freesource(a)cheat.org> Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] LTE about the Green Life article Jonathan, I think the best point to make in response to a letter like this is as follows. Motorists are paying for insurance, fees, taxes, etc according to the costs they incur. The object is to pay according to what your costs. In spite of the all the money motorists pay for the privilege of driving on public roads, they are still getting subsidized. Bicyclists on the other hand, incur much lower costs which have been found to be more than covered by the federal income taxes we pay, so that no additional fees or taxes are necessary. In fact, bicyclist are subsidizing motorists and not the other way around as is popularly (mis) judged. I can find references to back this up, or refer you to the Alliance for Biking and Walking - they should have the info. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:02:29 -0400 >It was bound to happen soon or later, but a contrarian who believes that >privileges (rights) need to be purchased wrote a letter to the Dominion >Post editor about our last excellent BB article. There is clearly a >separation between having "rights" and having to pay for licenses, >insurance, and property taxes. Do you think the BB should address this >person's question? I don't subscribe to the electronic DP so I've typed >the article out below: > > *Want the rights? Pay for responsibilities* > > It was with amazement that I read the column in Thursday's [The > Dominion Post] in the Green Life page about bicyclists. The title > of the article "Same road, same rights, same rules" was read in > disbelief. > In my opinion, as well as quite a few of my friends', they [the > bicyclists] can have the same rights when they start paying for > license plates as we car and truck owners do. > They can have the same rights when they pay the property taxes > we do on our vehicles. > They can have the same rights when they have to carry the state > minimum insurance as we are required by law to have. > If we have to have all of these things to drive our vehicles on > the roads and they have the same rights as we do, then why do they > not pay the same as we do to have the "privilege" to drive on our roads? > > *Dennis Bolyard > Kingwood* > > > > > > > > -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 -- _______________________________________________ Bikeboard mailing list Bikeboard(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard

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Re: [Bikeboard] LTE about the Green Life article
by director 27 May '10

27 May '10

Jonathan, I think the best point to make in response to a letter like this is as follows. Motorists are paying for insurance, fees, taxes, etc according to the costs they incur. The object is to pay according to what your costs. In spite of the all the money motorists pay for the privilege of driving on public roads, they are still getting subsidized. Bicyclists on the other hand, incur much lower costs which have been found to be more than covered by the federal income taxes we pay, so that no additional fees or taxes are necessary. In fact, bicyclist are subsidizing motorists and not the other way around as is popularly (mis) judged. I can find references to back this up, or refer you to the Alliance for Biking and Walking - they should have the info. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org> Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 22:02:29 -0400 >It was bound to happen soon or later, but a contrarian who believes that >privileges (rights) need to be purchased wrote a letter to the Dominion >Post editor about our last excellent BB article. There is clearly a >separation between having "rights" and having to pay for licenses, >insurance, and property taxes. Do you think the BB should address this >person's question? I don't subscribe to the electronic DP so I've typed >the article out below: > > *Want the rights? Pay for responsibilities* > > It was with amazement that I read the column in Thursday's [The > Dominion Post] in the Green Life page about bicyclists. The title > of the article "Same road, same rights, same rules" was read in > disbelief. > In my opinion, as well as quite a few of my friends', they [the > bicyclists] can have the same rights when they start paying for > license plates as we car and truck owners do. > They can have the same rights when they pay the property taxes > we do on our vehicles. > They can have the same rights when they have to carry the state > minimum insurance as we are required by law to have. > If we have to have all of these things to drive our vehicles on > the roads and they have the same rights as we do, then why do they > not pay the same as we do to have the "privilege" to drive on our roads? > > *Dennis Bolyard > Kingwood* > > > > > > > > -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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LTE about the Green Life article
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 26 May '10

26 May '10

It was bound to happen soon or later, but a contrarian who believes that privileges (rights) need to be purchased wrote a letter to the Dominion Post editor about our last excellent BB article. There is clearly a separation between having "rights" and having to pay for licenses, insurance, and property taxes. Do you think the BB should address this person's question? I don't subscribe to the electronic DP so I've typed the article out below: *Want the rights? Pay for responsibilities* It was with amazement that I read the column in Thursday's [The Dominion Post] in the Green Life page about bicyclists. The title of the article "Same road, same rights, same rules" was read in disbelief. In my opinion, as well as quite a few of my friends', they [the bicyclists] can have the same rights when they start paying for license plates as we car and truck owners do. They can have the same rights when they pay the property taxes we do on our vehicles. They can have the same rights when they have to carry the state minimum insurance as we are required by law to have. If we have to have all of these things to drive our vehicles on the roads and they have the same rights as we do, then why do they not pay the same as we do to have the "privilege" to drive on our roads? *Dennis Bolyard Kingwood*

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Pittsburgh bronzed!
by director 17 May '10

17 May '10

Good afternoon, Just got my League newsletter with announcements of new bike friendly cities. Pittsburgh has been awarded bronze - Will this doesn't get anyone more motivated to get it here in Morgantown. I'll do a part as long I'm not doing it alone. Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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Happy Bike to Work Week everybody
by director 17 May '10

17 May '10

Good morning, I got a call from the local TV station asking if we're doing any special events for the rest of bike month. It struck me as odd they didn't call before bike month. It also reminded me that this is Bike to Work Week and as far as I know there is nothing planned - again because we were contacted too late to do anything with anyone and didn't want to do it alone. We really would like to start planning for next year now so this doesn't happen again. Does anyone agree? Where should we start? Thanks, Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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May BB minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 15 May '10

15 May '10

Attached please find the May BB minutes. Have a great weekend! BETSY SHOGREN

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San Franscisco Bike to Work Day
by director 14 May '10

14 May '10

Saw this on TreeHugger, thought it might be of interest... http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/san-francisco-bike-to-work-day-2010… Nick -- Nick Hein LCI# 1705 Director, Positive Spin 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L Morgantown, WV ph 304-685-8954 --

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Bike to Work links?
by Gunnar Shogren 13 May '10

13 May '10

Anybody got any? I may try to do something w/ them. Or not. But if you have any links w/o digging around too much, send them please.

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FW: Agenda for this Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 05 May '10

05 May '10

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Ryan Post for discovering that the minutes that I included in the zip folder with the message below were the minutes from our March meeting. Please disregard those. Attached are the minutes for our last meeting, April. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:27 PM To: 'Morgantown Bike Board' Cc: 'krtwriter(a)comcast.net'; 'Barbara Shellito' Subject: Agenda for this Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a zip folder. The zip folder contains 3 documents: 1. Suggested agenda for this Thursday's regular monthly Bicycle Board meeting. 2. Minutes of our last monthly meeting. 3. Highlights of Education activities. Please let me know ASAP if you want to make any changes to the agenda. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Morgantown Bike Month Proclamation
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '10

03 May '10

Bicycle Boar Members, Tomorrow (Tue) night, 7:30 at the Morgantown City Council meeting, Mayor Bill Byrne will read the attached Proclamation that May is Morgantown Bike Month. I understand that he is going to present it to the Chairman of the Bicycle Board, me. Also attached is what I plan to say if that happens. If you have any comments on what I plan to say or and suggestions to make it better, please send them to me by tomorrow afternoon. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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Agenda for this Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 03 May '10

03 May '10

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a zip folder. The zip folder contains 3 documents: 1. Suggested agenda for this Thursday's regular monthly Bicycle Board meeting. 2. Minutes of our last monthly meeting. 3. Highlights of Education activities. Please let me know ASAP if you want to make any changes to the agenda. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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FW: Bike-to-Work Week
by Frank Gmeindl 30 Apr '10

30 Apr '10

Bicycle Board Members, Just FYI. Some of our former members are trying to get something going for Bike to Work week and Bike to Work Day. I'm sure they can use some help. >From the communication, I can't tell who's leading the effort but if you want to do something, let me know and I'll do my best to connect you up. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > -----Original Message----- > From: Reger-Nash, Bill [mailto:wreger@hsc.wvu.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:14 AM > To: director(a)positivespin.org; Rye, Jim; Rosie, Eric; Kierig, Hugh; > Zaph, Kimberly; Clement Solomon > Cc: Gmeindl, Frank > Subject: RE: Bike-to-Work Week > > Nick, Hugh, Jim, Clement, Eric, Kimberly, > > I am off to a conference in Toronto later today and have no ability to > assist. > > Your point is well made, Nick. However, we do need the person power to > make it a go. > > Wishing you well. > > Bill > > PS: Wasn't Frank's article in the DP just outstanding!!! Well > written, motivational. Good effort. > > > Bill Reger-Nash, EdD > > Walk 30 minutes or more daily. > Feel the Power of Half an Hour. > > WVU Department of Community Medicine > Room 3812 E, Health Sciences South > One Medical Center Drive > Morgantown, WV 26506-9190 > 304-293-0763 > wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu > ________________________________________ > From: director [director(a)positivespin.org] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:02 PM > To: Rye, Jim; Rosie, Eric; Kierig, Hugh; Zaph, Kimberly; > director(a)positivespin.org; Clement Solomon; Reger-Nash, Bill > Subject: RE: Bike-to-Work Week > > Bill, Hugh, Clement, > I'm in agreement for the most part, but I think we're missing a great > opportunity to christen the Mountaineer Station. Wouldn't it be do- > able to just have a refreshment and info station on Friday? And maybe > one at the 'Lair too? Positive Spin can provide support with > volunteers and logistics. > > I'd hate to let this day pass without doing anything. I've always > tried to do something every year since I moved here in 2003 - even > before Positive Spin. > > I've been checking Mountaineer station regularly and haven't seen a > bike in there besides my own since Winter. People need a kick start > and the info station would be a great way to get them excited about > trying it. Could also advertise the Bike Board classes. > > Thanks, > Nick > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Reger-Nash, Bill" <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu> > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:42:38 -0400 > > >Let me echo Jim's comments. I too am currently swamped. > > > >Thanks to Jim and others, this was a wonderful effort last year. > Perhaps we should look at next year and attempt to find a student > intern to take it on. > > > > > >Bill > > > >----- > >Bill Reger-Nash, EdD > > > >Walk at least 30 minutes daily > >Feel the Power of Half an Hour! > > > >Professor, Department of Community Medicine > >West Virginia University > >Morgantown, WV 26506-9190 > > > >Office: 304-293-0763; Cell: 304-685-6740; Fax: 304-293-6685 > >Email: wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu<mailto:wreger@hsc.wvu.edu> > >Homepage: > www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/wreger/index.asp<http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cm > ed/wreger/index.asp> > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Jim Rye [mailto:Jim.Rye@mail.wvu.edu] > >Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:39 PM > >To: Reger-Nash, Bill; Rosie, Eric; Kierig, Hugh; Zaph, Kimberly; > director(a)positivespin.org; Clement Solomon > >Subject: Re: Bike-to-Work Week > > > >All: I can offer for use an update (attached) of the interactive excel > worksheet/program that was available during last year's event. I also > can offer to do a live session centered around the use of the attached > (e.g., green, economic and health aspects) if someone wants to schedule > it during or before bike to work week. I'm afraid I'm too busy to do > much else. Thanks. > > > >Jim Rye > >Professor > >Dept C&I/LS > >West Virginia University > >PO Box 6122 > >604L Allen Hall > >Morgantown, WV 26506-6122 > >Phone: (304) 293-4416 > >Fax: (304) 293-3802 > >http://depts.hre.wvu.edu/c&ils/currinst/rye.html > >"The first wealth is health." -Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > >>>> Clement Solomon 4/28/2010 3:52 PM >>> > >Hi Folks, > >I am sending this email to see if you are planning to do the bike-to- > work week in May. We can host information on our website and provide > logistic support. > > > >Your thoughts? > > > >Clement > > > >Thanks, > >Clement Solomon, Ph.D. > >Director of Sustainability > >West Virginia University > >Phone: 304 293 7916 > >Fax: 304 293 7156 > > > > > > -- > Nick Hein LCI# 1705 > Director, Positive Spin > 2567 Univ Ave Ste 6000L > Morgantown, WV > ph 304-685-8954 > --

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Column in today's paper
by Frank Gmeindl 29 Apr '10

29 Apr '10

Education Committee Members, Please thank Paul Becker for achieving an agreement with the Dominion Post to publish monthly, the last Thursday of each month, a bicycling education article. The first, Start pedaling for National Bike Month by yours truly appeared on page 1-D of today's paper. I also thought it was cool that today's Dominion Post advertised for the first time in all 35 years that we've been doing it, Appalachian Spring Spectacular bicycle ride which occurs this weekend. The Monongalia Bicycle Club and Country Roads Cyclists that plan, organize and accomplish it get the credit for that. The article is on page 4-C. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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FW: Greater Morgantown Transportation Survey Launched!
by Frank Gmeindl 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

From: Ford, Tammy [mailto:FordTa@pbworld.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:56 PM To: Auger, Leo P.; Best Buy; Board of Education; City of Morgantown; City of Morgantown; City of Morgantown; City of Morgantown Bike Board; City of Morgantown Ped Board; Clayton, Mary; Downtown Morgantown; Mainstreet Morgantown; Monongalia Co BOE; Monongalia County; Monongalia County; Monongalia County; Monongalia General Hospital; Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce; Morgantown Area EDP; Morgantown Municipal Airport; Mountain Line; Mountain Line; Mountaineer Mall Mgmt; MPO; Mylan Pharmaceuticals; NETL; PB Project Team; Town of Blacksville; Town of Granville; Town of Granville; Ungemah, David; US CDC; WVDOH; WVDOH; WVDOH Subject: Greater Morgantown Transportation Survey Launched! Importance: High Attention Community Leaders: As many of you are aware, the Morgantown-Monongalia County Metropolitan Planning Organization is in the midst of addressing opportunities for transportation demand management solutions in the area via the TDM Feasibility Study currently being executed by the firm Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). One element of this process requires obtaining travel information from those living and working in the study area. An on-line survey has been developed and is now ready for distribution throughout the Greater Morgantown Area. We are asking for your assistance in distributing the survey to the public via your normal communication channels. This could include email communications via your intranet; a link on your company website home page; a blurb within your company newsletter (or other public notice); a mention of the survey at an upcoming meeting, or any other method! The survey will be live until May 31, 2010. The survey can be found at MorgantownCommute.org <http://www.morgantowncommute.org/> IMPORTANT NOTE TO EMPLOYERS: If you are interested in obtaining a separate copy of the survey results as completed by your employees only, follow these easy steps PRIOR to issuing this notice to your employees: 1. Click on the 'MorgantownCommute.org' link to access the survey page and copy the URL address from your browser. 2. Highlight the 'MorgantownCommute.org' address within your email message; right click on your mouse and select 'Hyperlink'. 3. Paste the address into the 'Insert Hyperlink' dialogue box at the bottom where it says "Address" adding your company name after the '=' (equal sign) at the end of the URL address. 4. That's it. You are now ready to send your email company-wide with the added benefit of tracking employee responses. All you need to do next is contact David Ungemah via email at ungemah(a)pbworld.com to provide him with your contact information for sending of your company's survey results after completion of the survey process. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this process! To help us gauge the level of local support, we will follow up with you in about a week to hear how you/your organization is helping to market the survey. For questions about this project, please contact Bill Austin (MPO Director) at 304-291-9571. If you have technical problems with this survey, please contact David Ungemah (PB) at ungemah(a)pbworld.com <mailto:ungemah@pbworld.com?subject=US%20101%20Survey%20Technical%20Question > . For questions regarding this communication, you may contact Tammy Ford (PB) (contact information below). We look forward to sharing the results with you in the coming months. Tammy Ford Project Manager PB America 1-302-442-3058 / Business Phone <mailto:fordta@pbworld.com> fordta(a)pbworld.com <http://www.pbworld.com> www.pbworld.com NOTICE: This communication and any attachments ("this message") may contain confidential information for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized use, disclosure, viewing, copying, alteration, dissemination or distribution of, or reliance on this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, or you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, delete this message and all copies from your e-mail system and destroy any printed copies. ______________________________________________________________________ NOTICE: This communication and any attachments ("this message") may contain confidential information for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized use, disclosure, viewing, copying, alteration, dissemination or distribution of, or reliance on this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, or you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, delete this message and all copies from your e-mail system and destroy any printed copies.

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FW: FW: Bike class
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Apr '10

26 Apr '10

All, Please be aware that the 2nd Annual WV Cycling Symposium that was scheduled for this coming Fri-Sun in Parkersburg has been postponed indefinitely. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Kimberly Jo Coram [mailto:kimberlyjocoram@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:20 AM To: Frank Gmeindl Subject: Re: FW: Bike class Good Morning Frank! Greg speaks highly of your class. I am looking forward to doing it. I am sorry. I thought I relieved you of attending. The meeting has been postpones ad the WV Cycling Foundation is working on some details they need to decide on before expanding the board. We will keep you posted though! Keep up the good work and thanks for thinking of the event! Kim On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> wrote: Kim, I hope all's well with you! It's been a busy spring up here. We're getting our education program in full swing and I don't seem to have much time for anything else. I haven't seen anything on the West Virginia Cycling Symposium. Is it still happening? I haven't made any arrangements for it, nor commitments for our annual Appalachian Spring Spectacular up here but both are only a week away and I don't think I can sit on the fence any longer. If the Symposium's still happening, could you please send me an agenda? Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:fgmeindl@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:22 PM To: 'Kimberly Jo' Subject: RE: Bike class Kim, Thanks. Please copy me on the Symposium agenda when there is one. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Kimberly Jo [mailto:kimberlyjoshi@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:12 PM To: Frank Gmeindl Subject: Re: Bike class Hey Frank, You are relieved. I think we will wait out Greg getting certified to do local classes. The date for the state gathering is locked in. I am sorry. I will update you and let you know what happens. Thanks for offering to help!!!! On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> wrote: Kim, What's the probability that the Bicycle Skills 123 classes are going to happen? May 1-2 is the Monongalia Bicycle Club's Appalachian Spring Spectacular weekend. We've done the ASS every year for about 30 years. I've been a primary actor in organizing and doing it for most of those years. I hate to miss it this year. We had our first planning meeting tonight and I had to beg off from some activities that I usually do because I've committed to be in Parkersburg. If there's a chance that the Bicycle Skills class won't happen and even better, that the symposium will be on a different date, that would make me very happy. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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REI cycling advice page
by Chet Parsons 23 Apr '10

23 Apr '10

All - Ran across this in one of the emails I get from REI. Haven't had a chance to check them out yet, but there's videos included along with the article on visbility and hand signals. Some of the content may be useful in brainstorming for the public advisory messages. Chet http://www.rei.com/expertadvice/articles/riding+traffic.html

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April BB Minutes
by Elizabeth Shogren 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

I believe I forgot to send these out earlier. Sorry for the delay. BETSY

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Re: [Bikeboard] www.BikeMorgantown.com live
by Gunnar Shogren 06 Apr '10

06 Apr '10

bikemorgantown.com- On the home page, the link to Maps (and Blog) doesn't go anywhere. That's fine if there's nothing there yet. On all other live pages (which are just Calendar and About), the link to Maps goes here- http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=cl Which is fine I suppose, if that's what you want, but since it's not really part of the bikemorgantown.com site I would suggest at least opening it in another window. Same thing w/ the links under Morgantown >>> on the home page. They aren't part of bikemorgantown.com and should/could be opened in a separate window/tab. All the pages under the Courses >>> open in new windows. http://bikemorgantown.com/calendar/calendarinfo.html opens from a couple places. Looks like it comes from a separate place, in that it doesn't use the page template of most of the other pages, i.e. home, about, calendar. Frank you mentioned about being able to update the calendar and all that. It's an embedded google calendar, which means they can set it up so different folks can edit events in it. It's not too hard, Ryan and I have done it w/ a few calendars that he was trying to get setup. You can check this out by clicking on any of the links under Course >>> Confident City Cycling -> course date, etc. There. How's that? On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Frank Gmeindl <frank.gmeindl(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Bicycle Board Members, > > > > www.BikeMorgantown.com is now live. If you have a chance to look at it > before tonight’s Bicycle Board meeting, I’d appreciate receiving any > comments about it. The development team is meeting 8:30 tomorrow morning to > continue working on it. > > > > Frank > > Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikeboard mailing list > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Article Topics
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Bicycle Board Members, At tonight's BB meeting, I agreed to send the Education Committee minutes that include the updated list of article topics and their authors. Please see page 3 in the attached. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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www.BikeMorgantown.com live
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Bicycle Board Members, www.BikeMorgantown.com is now live. If you have a chance to look at it before tonight's Bicycle Board meeting, I'd appreciate receiving any comments about it. The development team is meeting 8:30 tomorrow morning to continue working on it. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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FW: Morgantown Bicycle and Pedestrian Interests and upcoming Statewide MPO Conference
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

Bicycle Board Members, Any ideas how we can make anything useful from this? Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Bill Austin [mailto:baustin@moncpc.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:14 AM To: 'Frank Gmeindl'; cabildso(a)yahoo.com Cc: 'Don Spencer' Subject: Morgantown Bicycle and Pedestrian Interests and upcoming Statewide MPO Conference Frank, Christiaan, In discussing the bicycle ride that is to occur at the MPO Conference DOH feels that the Monongahela Boulevard is simply too steep for the causal rider. DOH recognizes that there is a need to provide more recognition to cyclists and pedestrian issues. They are proposing that as part of the second days breakout sessions that there be a "mobile laboratory" showing off the areas bicycle and pedestrian features and concerns. We would arrange for Mountain Line or the University to provide a van/small vehicle and the MPO or the Bike Board and or the Pedestrian Board could give a tour of the area. This tour should contrast where non-motorized modes are accommodated well and where they are not. They also may consider a breakout session where the Morgantown Cyclists and possibly the Parkersburg cyclists could discuss cycling issues if both groups are interested. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks, Bill Austin, AICP Executive Director Morgantown Monongalia MPO 180 Hart Field Road Morgantown, WVA 26508 304-291-9571 304-692-7225 Mobile

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March Report to TC
by Frank Gmeindl 31 Mar '10

31 Mar '10

Bicycle Board Members, Attached please find a draft report to the Traffic Commission of Bicycle Board activities. Please use track changes or comments to indicate any changes and return it to me today. It is due to the TC secretary today. Sorry for not completing it earlier. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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This Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 28 Mar '10

28 Mar '10

Bicycle Board Members, Please find attached a zip folder that contains a draft agenda and read-aheads for this Thursday's Bicycle Board meeting. Please let me know if you want any changes. Paul may want to add some time to discuss cyclists speeding on the rail trail and not warning pedestrians when passing. Please read the discussion that I pasted below for background. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles Discussion about cyclists speeding and improper passing on rail trail (I concealed the name of the MRTC BOD member since his message was in confidence.) >>> "Frank Gmeindl" 03/21/10 11:23 PM >>> Paul, Please see below. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles MRTC BOD member, When you say, "cyclists' blowing by people without any or significant enough warning", I assume you're talking about cyclists blowing by pedestrians on the rail trail, not cyclists blowing by motorists on the road. The solution is enforcement. The rail trail has a 15 mph speed limit posted at trail entrances. I don't know who is responsible for enforcing rail trail rules but they're the people to see. I don't know what rules, other than those posted at the trail entrances, apply on the rail trail. Both Morgantown code (Article 373.07 (b)) WV code (17C-11-7 (b)) require bicycles to be equipped with a bell or other device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet but these apply to cyclists on the roadway. I don't know if they apply to cyclists on the trail but if cyclists bicycles were properly equipped, at least they'd have the means to give warning. Another solution was to keep slower moving traffic to the right to enable faster traffic to pass slower traffic on the left as mandated by sound traffic principles. The Bicycle Board recommended to the Traffic Commission and the Commission approved trail striping in accordance with the 1999 AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities as well as KEEP RIGHT signs. That project got passed from the TC to the Public Works Dept. and then to BOPARC. We all know what a fiasco resulted when striping of incorrect dimensions and patterns was applied and not even to the middle of the trail. I do not know who did the succeeding work: blacking out the stripe and erecting confusing little signs (see attached). They did get right the striping around the bollards though but still have not implemented the Bicycle Boards' recommendation. Long story short: striping a proper broken center line and erecting KEEP RIGHT signs would encourage appropriate cyclist behavior. Perhaps the Rail Trail board would like to pick that up. See http://www.sccrtc.org/bikes/AASHTO_1999_BikeBook.pdf for the 1999 AASHTO Guide and http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/html_index.htm for the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Frank D. Gmeindl LCI #1703 Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: MRTC BOD Member Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:20 PM To: Frank Gmeindl Subject: Rail Trail Frank, At last nights' Rail Trail board meeting, during the public comments section, there was a citizen that raised a concern about cyclists' blowing by people without any or significant enough warning. Anyhow, most on the board thought that this was a significant enough of an issue that it requires us to address it. So, in order to avoid any irrational discusions of de-mounting areas, I was hoping to get some ideas to address the issue prior. You know, in a proactive way as opposed to a reactive way. Maybe the Bicycle Board could come up with a plan to make the high traffic areas of the Rail Trail safer? If you're interested in helping or have any ideas, give me a call. Thanks, (MRTC BOD member) From: Paul Becker [mailto:Paul.Becker@mail.wvu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:01 PM To: weisswilliam(a)yahoo.com Cc: fgmeindl(a)verizon.net Subject: Re: Rail-Trail Safety - Keep Walkers Safe on the Rail-Trails From Dangerous Bikers I agree with you and have raised this issue on the bike board. For the most part they agree as well, and understand: 1. With rights (to be in traffic on bikes) come responsibilities. To not ride on sidewalks where it's illegal, and to bike safely around pedestrians. 2. Politically it would be suicide for auto folks to divide bikes people and pedestrians. ... which has happened in other communities, and perhaps here. I believe you will find agreement on the bike board, especially if there are solutions that go beyond talk. The problem on the rail trail is acute in the densely used downtown area. Bikes, kids, adults, dogs, etc. BTW, these potential collissions are scary to bikers as well, though it is likely pedestrians will suffer more than a bike in a collision. In this area I believe we actually need to to separate the bike and pedestrian traffic. I have raised this issue several times, been told that there is not enough room for dual lanes. Certainly the Decker's Creek Bridge is a problem, but I believe (without and actual survey) that we could widen and separate the bike and pedestrian flows in many of the densest areas. I understand from Don that there are other things that have been tried in other cities that enhance safety if there is a mix. We have found the Morgantown police totally uninterested in enforcing existing rules to control bikes. There is a law on the books, I believe that forbids bikes from riding on sidewalks downtown. Totally unenforced! It may be the police believe they have bigger fish to fry, but it may be that they don't want to accept WV's law that bikes have full rights to be in roads with cars (not just on the right) and don't want to have to deal with that possibility. I would suggest you speak to Frank Gmeindl, chair of the board (whom I'm copying) to get on the agenda. I probably will not be at the April1, meeting. Paul Paul Becker, ScD. Professor Safety and Health Extension Extension Service West Virginia University >>> Bill Weiss 03/19/10 6:13 PM >>> Hello Paul, I have been advised to attend an April 1st meeting of the Morgantown Bicycle Board to express my concerns regarding the safety of local Rail-Trails Walkers, and to seek redress. Since I read that you are the Board, Paul, I will address my concerns to you. I hope you will help make the Rail-Trails a safe place for folks who walk on the local Rail-Trails. There are at least two threats of perceived danger to Walkers on the local Rail-Trails. First are unruly people, possibly impaired, who congregate along the Rail-Trail and threaten Walkers and Bikers as they pass by. The second is the threat caused by Bikers who threaten Walkers's safety by passing them at a high rate of speed. The second problem, Bikers traveling at high rates of speed who often endanger Rail-Trail Walkers' safety, do not slow down sufficiently while passing Walkers, especially when approaching Walkers from behind. Some Bikers do not announce their approach with a shout-out, by ringing their bike's bell or or by sounding their bike's horn. But even if they do announce themselves, few of the fast riding Bikers actually slow down sufficiently to ensure the Walkers' safety. There is little doubt that life threatening situations often occur and eventually a fast moving Biker will collide with a walker and a person will be hurt, maimed or killed. But, perhaps that has happened already. I don't know. But, the likelihood of an accident will increase, as the weather improves and more people walk and ride bikes on our local rail-trails. Elderly and disabled folks, children and dogs are especially at risk, since they often do not react quickly to a potential collision. The responsibility of avoiding an accident is everyone's, but Bikers have a large responsibility for not putting Rail-Trail Walkers at risk, since they can control the speed of their bikes and they can avoid riding into a Walker and causing harm. Few Walkers (except children and impaired folks) might intentionally walk into an oncoming bike, no matter how slow the bike is approaching them. On many occasions, while walking on the local Rail-Trails in the past with friends, or with my now deceased wife, we have been overtaken (from behind) by a young man riding his bike at a high rate of speed. Sometimes a warning is given. And if a warning is given, it usually occurs just as the bike whizzes by us. Other times, no warning is given. In any case we are usually startled, scared and become angry because our safety was threatened. We are very concerned about a collision and being harmed. Women Bikers are generally much more careful when approaching Walkers from ahead or behind. Generally they will ride much more slowly and call out, ring their bike's bell, or toot their bike's horn, before they get close to Walkers. A bike approaching in front of Walkers is usually seen before it gets too close, so it is less of a problem, even if the Biker is traveling at a high rate of speed and does not announce themselves. But, they can still be a threat, due to their speed and their close proximity to the Walkers as they pass by. The chance of a collision is greatly increased when two or more high speed Bikers approach Walkers, and each other, in front and behind of the Walkers, and both pass the walkers at a close proximity at the same time. Bikers who insist on passing Walkers at high rates of speed must be banned from the Rail-Trails and advised to ride their bikes with the coal and gas well water trucks on Dents Run or on the Interstates or the US highways where they will will not be a threat to pedestrians and other users. Several safety solutions come to mind: 1) ban young male Bikers who are apprehended who violate the law by riding their bikes in a manner threatening to Walkers; and who apparently suffer from hyper active testosterone glands and very immature minds; 2) widen the rail-trails to create an adequate Walkers path; with a concrete wall divider to separate Bikers and Walkers; or 3) require all Bikers to slow down to almost the same rate of speed as the Walkers speed, announce themselves and pass the Walkers with great care. The current rail-trail culture must be changed from a "walker beware" attitude, to a "biker be responsible" culture; to ensure safety of each and every Rail-Trail user. Both Bikers and Walkers need to be better educated on how to safely share the Rail-Trails with others - Bikers an Walkers.. It is apparent that the the police must patrol the Rail-Trail to apprehend people who violate the law; including Bikers, Walkers and others who behave in a dangerous and threatening manner - putting others' safety at risk. What do you say? do you agree with me, Paul? Will you help make the Rail-Trails a safer place for everyone's benefit?. Thanks. Bill

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Re: [Bikeboard] Article
by Frank Gmeindl 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Bicycle Board Members, Thanks to Paul, Jonathan and John Lozier for their recommended improvements to the article on Same Roads, Same Rights, Same Rules. Attached is the final version with changes tracked. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:32 PM To: 'Morgantown Bike Board' Subject: Article Bicycle Board Members, Would you please critique the attached article and give me your feedback at your earliest convenience? This is one of a series of articles that we're going to publish in the Dominion Post and on our web site. I would like to make it as good as possible before submitting to the DP. BTW, the DP promised they'd publish in this Sunday's paper the letter about MUB's closing the rail trail diverting cyclists to the Mon Blvd. corridor. Frank Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles

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