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Fwd: [CRC] Fwd: Opening Day for trail April 28th at Salem Depot Park!
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: kelly r williams <kellyrwilliams(a)msn.com> Date: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:04 AM Subject: [CRC] Fwd: Opening Day for trail April 28th at Salem Depot Park! To: COUNTRY ROADS CYCLISTS <CRcyclists(a)googlegroups.com>, Steven Knudsen < stevo1279(a)gmail.com> Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: *From:* Harrison RailTrails <hrts.wv(a)gmail.com> *Date:* April 19, 2018 8:09:19 AM EDT *To:* undisclosed-recipients:; *Subject:* *Opening Day for trail April 28th at Salem Depot Park!* Good morning friends and members of HRT! I have attached the new flyer for our event, which was rescheduled due to wintery weather. We have family fun activities scheduled from 11am-3pm, so grab your bicycles, walking shoes, horses, family and friends and join us for a day on the trail! I also wanted to share a new article on the Parkersburg to Pittsburgh Corridor (P2P) of the Industrial Heartland Trail Coalition, in which North Bend Rail-Trail and Harrison Rail-Trails are a part of. We were very excited to be chosen for the April Trail of the Month by the Rails to Trails Conservancy! See link below. https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2018/april/16/west-virginia-and-pen… Happy Trails! Diana C. Druga President Harrison Rail Trails 304-641-5812 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "COUNTRY ROADS CYCLISTS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to CRcyclists+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to CRcyclists(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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The Wall Street Journal: Creating Bike Lanes Isn’t Easy. Just Ask Baltimore. Or Boulder. Or Seattle.
by Beth Rota via Bikeboard 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Creating Bike Lanes Isn’t Easy. Just Ask Baltimore. Or Boulder. Or Seattle. The Wall Street Journal Cities’ drive to expand bike lanes keeps running into a wall of opposition—even in bike-friendly places like Seattle or Boulder, Colo. Read the full story Shared from Apple News

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Announcement: Please plan to attend proclamation reading tomorrow (Tuesday) 7pm
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

It will be a chance for us to: 1. Take a group photo 2. Sign a few things that we need signed 3. Show our smiling faces to the new city council 4. Follow up on some bike-month plans There are no other proclamations on the agenda, so the time commitment will be minimal: estimated definitely less than 45 minutes. Please text me at 304-719-7900 if you can make it! -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Please Read: Bike Month Meeting Tomorrow at 7pm at Suncrest Panera
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Howdy Board! We had a lovely meeting last week and our plans for bike month are shaping up. The events committee will meet tomorrow, 7pm, at Panera Bread in Suncrest. We need help with the following events and plans: April 17th Bike Month Proclamation (mostly just need people to show up) May 4th Bike to School Day (maybe, but we could also postpone this until after bike rodeo?) May 14-18th Bike to Work Week (promotion around town of national bike challenge) May 18th Bike to Work Day May 19th Bike Rodeo The bike rodeo in particular will be a major event. We plan to give 125 helmets away and host it out at the Mountaineer Mall. We have big plans and lots of partners already on this, but we still need your help! Most other events / days will look like they have in the past. Our other major goal for this meeting is to develop a "host your own bike to work day" packet. We will send this out to champions at major local employers to encourage the proliferation of commuter stations (that don't require our direct supervision or volunteer time!). It will also include promotional materials for our other events. If you have any questions or comments feel free to reach out to me or Harry, Chip, or Bridget (current members of the events committee). Also, I made a facebook group to reduce email on the bike board list. Check it out <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MorgantownBikeBoard/>. I'll send out a more formalized announcement about this later. Thanks! Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Dominion Post article
by John Whitmore via Bikeboard 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

City adds bike parking; Printed on Friday, April 6, 2018; Page 7-A and 8-A; Dominion Post. Ben Conley. [cid:image002.jpg@01D3CD82.EC15A380] John Whitmore Planner III City of Morgantown 389 Spruce Street Morgantown, WV 26505 Office: (304) 284-7431 morgantownwv.gov<http://www.morgantownwv.gov/> [MORGANTOWN-WITH TEXT - Email]<http://www.morgantownwv.gov/>

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Bike Loops in the News!
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Bike parking in Morgantown made the news!: http://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Bike-loops-installed-in-Morgantown--478908… And I observed Drew's new NOS chrome Univega parked on one of the new installed loops at the Public Safety Building. :) -Jonathan

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Interscholastic Cycling League is now in Monongalia County
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Some of you may be familiar with the http://www.westvirginiamtb.org/, now it is in Monongalia County! >From Amber Ray Garcia: FYI - Do you have a child 6th -12th grade interested in mountain biking? Mon County is starting a league of the Interscholastic Cycling League. Season is July- September. This is not related to any one school, open to all middle and high school kids. Jessica Harmening is the contact person and coach. Contact her through phone/text at 724-454-3876 or email southbikeclub(a)gmail.com. -Jonathan

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April Meeting: Tomorrow @ 6:30pm! Bike Month Intensive Planning Sesh
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

Howdy board, Please see March minutes, April agenda, and some read-aheads attached for tomorrow's meeting. Many thanks to the events committee for their work already towards bike month and the big bike rodeo we're planning on May 19th (giving away 125 helmets!) -- let's help them make this year's events the best yet. I'm attaching a plan of work that one of our old members (Brian Ricketts) developed for the 2016 Bike Month events. Please review it and come prepared to take on some work over the next month. -Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Congress Rejects Big Budget Cuts | Safe Routes to School National Partnership
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/blog/congress-rejects-big-budget-cuts Looks like TAP$ and TIGER$ will be available this year. Does anybody know whether the City Council, City Manager, City Engineer, Traffic Commission, MPO or WVDOH are planning to go for any of this for bicycling?

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Bike Train resources for schools
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

The Safe Routes to Schools National Partnership came out with new resources for setting up bike train programs at schools. Christiaan Albildso already has something going, maybe we can get these resources out to other interested parties to get more trains rolling. We should at least put these documents up on our website / FB page. https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/sites/default/files/031918-srs-biketr… https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/sites/default/files/get_rolling_with_… -Jonathan

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Action Item Reminders
by Brian Leary via Bikeboard 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

Hope everyone is doing well, I just wanted to send out some action item reminders from the March meeting to help keep everyone on track. If you have any questions please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. Here are the new action items from the March meeting: #108: Marilyn will work with events committee to develop K-12 outreach plan for Bike Rodeo #109: Bridget will work with events committee to contact National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (Betty Critch), City of Morgantown office of communications (Andrew Stacy), and WVU office of sustainability (Traci Knabenshue) regarding relevant 2018 events. #110: Drew will send out a formal request for help with the installation of a bike / bus shelter at MTEC. #111: All board members present at the meeting (who received a draft copy of Chip's review of the bike plan) will read that plan and send Chip comments #112: Harry will send Drew a copy of an exit interview for use in learning from departing board members Best, Brian

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Today - opportunity to help Positive Spin load / unload bikes
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

I realize this announcement is a little late, but hopefully there are some folk looking for something unusual to do during Spring Break. Positive Spin is performing a large pickup at the Granville Walmart today at 1pm (80 bikes and 4 additional pallets) and we are looking for a few additional volunteers. Meet us in the automotive parking lot on the side of Walmart in Granville if you would like to help load and unload these bikes onto the large flatbed that McDaniels towing will be providing for free, also Garcia's will be providing free food for volunteers. -Jonathan

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Samples for Bicycle safety?
by Jing Zhang via Bikeboard 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

Hi, Bike Board Members, Matt Cross and I are in contact with a manufacturer in China to purchase large quatity of items for pedestrian safety. The manufacturer is ready to send us some samples (see pectures below). Anything particular you think can be included in the smaple package? Here is their website: https://stfg.en.alibaba.com/featureproductlist.html?spm=a2700.details.deilet ai6.1.4ba9551cygr4aj I would appreciate it if you let me know today. Thanks, Jing Jing Zhang, AICP, PTP, LEED AP ND LCI #4855 Transportation Planner Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization 243 High Street Courthouse Rm. 110 Morgantown, WV 26505 www.plantogether.org 864.207.0749 (cell) 304.381.4363 " Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." -- Mother Teresa

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anyone available to lead social ride March 16?
by Bridget O'Meara via Bikeboard 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Hi all, We are planning the first social ride of the season for this Friday, March 16 at 6pm, starting from the farmer's market pavillion. Unfortunately I just realized I have to be out of town next weekend. Is there anyone else who would be able to lead this ride? If not, I could do it the following week, but we are trying to get the third Friday of the month to stick. Best, Bridget

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Connector to rail train (Fwd: WVU Core Arboretum master planning project input this Monday)
by Jonathan Rosenbaum via Bikeboard 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

There is a public input session that includes considering the 5% grade connector to the rail trail through adjacent WVU property this Monday and March 26. I hope some folk from the BB and the biking community at-large can attend one or both of these sessions. Public Input Sessions March 5th and March 26th 1:30 to 4:00 pm * March 5 Public input session * March 26 Students present designs and collect public input -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: WVU Core Arboretum master planning project input this Monday DATE: 2018-03-02 09:14 FROM: Zachariah Fowler <zfowler(a)mail.wvu.edu> TO: Hello, I hope that your spring is off to a good start. Things are starting to wake up here at the Arboretum! Harbingers of spring are in bloom, birds are starting to sing, and several other plants, including bluebells, are coming up already. I am writing to let you know about an exciting project at the Arboretum, and some opportunities to provide input. Landscape Architecture students at WVU are beginning to work on an Arboretum master planning project. This should be a great thing for the Arboretum's future, and it is an opportunity to dream big! Some of these students are hosting public sessions to get input about some "potential" future Arboretum projects that they are starting to work on. Some of the ideas include: a visitor's center, 5% grade connector to rail trail through adjacent WVU property, wetland rehabilitation/boardwalk, dock with kayak ramp, reconnecting to the northern portion of the Arboretum, etc. The first session is this Monday at 1:30-4:00 in the new Agricultural Sciences Building Room 4443. If you are available, come help these students develop some great ideas! RSVP to get a parking pass, see attached flyer for details. Sorry for the late notice, but this is a class project that is just now coming together. This is the first iteration of many, and there will be plenty of chances to provide input. A final master plan will not be produced this semester. Thanks, Zach Fowler Zach Fowler WVU Core Arboretum Director Clinical Assistant Professor WVU Department of Biology 304-293-0387

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Locker Designs
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nPossibly a larger font for the contact phone #, that can be read from a few feet away. Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Sent: 3/2/2018 5:28:29 PM To: "Bicycle Board" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: [Bikeboard] Bike Locker Designs Hello Board! We had a lovely meeting last night, thank you to everyone who was able to make it. I wanted to keep you posted about some changes to the bike locker sign designs. Please see current design below and attached: The proof you see here isn't final (the actual design's fonts are crisper, for example). The other attached file was a draft from this morning from the Stick Co. Comments? -- J.D. Gatlin Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board Morgantown, WV 26505

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Bike Locker Designs
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hello Board! We had a lovely meeting last night, thank you to everyone who was able to make it. I wanted to keep you posted about some changes to the bike locker sign designs. Please see current design below and attached: The proof you see here isn't final (the actual design's fonts are crisper, for example). The other attached file was a draft from this morning from the Stick Co. Comments? -- *J.D. Gatlin* Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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2017 Bike Summit feedback - please help, friends
by Christiaan Abildso via Bikeboard 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Friends -On behalf of WV Connecting Communities & the 2017 WV Bike Summit Planning Committee, sorry for being tardy, but we finally launched a 2017 Bike Summit feedback survey! If you haven't completed it yet, please do so. We welcome attendee feedback! We also welcome feedback from non-attendees to help plan future WV Bike Summits - where, when, what topics, etc. Survey URL: 2017 WV Bike Summit Feedback Survey | | | | 2017 WV Bike Summit Feedback Survey Web survey powered by SurveyMonkey.com. Create your own online survey now with SurveyMonkey's expert certified F... | | | It was such a rush just putting it together, and I'm so proud of all that we (Morgantown bicycling community) accomplished in such a short time putting it together. ***GOOD NEWS: Gov Justice has recently sent out invites to staff the Complete Streets Advisory Board, which was the first action that was supposed to be taken to implement the 2014 (yes, 2014) WV Complete Streets Act. I am hoping that this board will be vital to change the practice and culture of DOH & DOT. Thank you!Christiaan "When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Meeting next week (March 1st): Minutes and Agenda attached
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Hello board, I hope you're keeping an extra eye out on the roads given the recent pedestrian / auto car crashes (one of which was a fatality that occurred during our meeting last month). Sobering times. Please review the February minutes and the draft March agenda. Send comments my way ASAP. Best, Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Fwd: landslide just past Morgantown city limits, Mon River Rail-Trail south
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

All, In case you haven't seen this yet -- Ella's reporting a landslide on the Mon River trail just south of town. -Drew ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org> Date: Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:44 PM Subject: landslide just past Morgantown city limits, Mon River Rail-Trail south To: Brooke McKinney <boneil(a)boparc.org>, kelly r williams < kellyrwilliams(a)msn.com>, Heather Parks <hbury98(a)hotmail.com>, Chip Wamsley < chip(a)wamsleycycles.com>, Colin Dierman <colin(a)wamsleycycles.com>, Pamela Cubberly <pamela(a)cubberly.net>, Pam Kasey <pam(a)newsouthmediainc.com>, Rachel Finch <RFinch(a)tourmorgantown.com>, Cookie Coombs < ccoombs(a)tourmorgantown.com>, Heather Cleary <heathermcd12(a)gmail.com>, Drew Gatlin <johngatlin(a)gmail.com>, "Bladow, Jessica" <Jessica.Bladow(a)aecom.com>, Bill Reger-Nash <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu>, matthew <crossnyc(a)hotmail.com>, Damien Davis <ddavis(a)morgantownwv.gov>, "Parsons, Chet" < chet.parsons(a)aecom.com>, Melissa Burch <mburch(a)boparc.org>, Tom Bloom < wingsman1(a)aol.com> Please help spread the word- *Landslide near mile-marker 12 Mon River Rail-Trail south (between Morgantown and Uffington).* A landslide has brought down lots of mud, rock, trees and debris near mile-marker 12 of the Mon River Rail-Trail, just past the Morgantown city limits toward Uffington. The trail is cleared thanks to our trail maintenance crew but very muddy. We will be working with heavy equipment in this area starting tomorrow, February 14. Just posted on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/monrivertrails/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/24wkqt5lk7f6thf/2018-02-13%2011.54.33.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0mn9bw0bv58527/2018-02-13%2011.52.35.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/svccywt2jrx0w6n/2018-02-13%2011.52.29.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xsrfmkyytemchgq/2018-02-13%2011.52.06.jpg?dl=0 Ella Belling Executive Director Mon River Trails Conservancy P.O. Box 282 Morgantown, WV 26507 http://montrails.org 304-692-6782 <(304)%20692-6782> -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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Steep hills
by Frank Gmeindl via Bikeboard 04 Feb '18

04 Feb '18

From the last 2 BB meetings, I took an action item to identify streets that I think should be marked as steep on any bike route maps we produce. Just off the top of my head, here’s a list to start: Gem Elk Snider Protzman Riddle Darst Overhill Third Sixth Eighth Arboretum Service Road Leeway Stafford Hirschman These are streets that I think the average cyclist might have to walk. I’d guess that each of them has some 10+% grade. Frank

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February Meeting: Quick Recap
by Brian Leary via Bikeboard 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Good evening everyone! Last night’s meeting was a success as we discussed updates to the Bike Plan which scope continues to be refined as data collection takes place. MPO will continue to take the lead, and the Bike Board will provide suggestions where appropriate. Additionally, we received updated information on the upcoming Bike/Pedestrian Count. The primary focus of the upcoming Bike/Pedestrian Count is on pedestrians in high traffic intersections which will include 40 different locations with 6hrs/day of continuous counting over two consecutive days. Board members are encouraged to continue/take part in discussions regarding ways to make bike/pedestrian counts, and any suggestions they may have for the upcoming count. New Action Items Chip will contact Captain McCabe and begin communications with individuals in charge of upcoming parades with the goal of getting Bike Board representation within those parades. Drew will get Frank literature from regarding bike/pedestrian count methods including crowd sourcing. Frank and Chip will lead an effort to review and summarize the old Bike Plan. With the goal of answering: What got done? Why did it get done? How did it get done? Frank and Drew: will get J.Nellis information on how to automatically get street grades to identify which streets are steep or provide a list of known streets. Drew will send out a summary of the TAP Project proposals that were submitted. If you have any questions please let me know. Best, Brian

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Meeting Feb 1 (Next Thursday): January Draft Minutes, February Draft Agenda
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 01 Feb '18

01 Feb '18

All, Please review the drafts of both documents attached. Highlights from last meeting: We voted in a new secretary (to be confirmed by Traffic Commission), Brian Leary -- welcome back to Morgantown, Brian! We're excited to have you serve as secretary for the board. New action items (from January meeting) - All members with open action items will work to split those items into smaller tasks that are achievable on shorter timelines. Please report these changes to Brian Leary (briankleary(a)gmail.com) before next meeting. - Annual events committee (Chip, Beth, Bridget, Harry, Marilyn) will meet before next month. (already done! see Chip's email for minutes of that meeting) - Jonathan Nellis and Drew will work together on adding route slopes to our commuter map - Jing will send out a draft of bike/ped count locations as well as a draft scope of work for the bike plan update (this will only be sent to a subset of members) Finally, changes to our bylaws: We voted to change the attendance requirement from "the ability to attend no less than four meetings per year" to "the ability to miss no more than four meetings per year." Also: “Members will proactively notify the officers in the event they miss a meeting and provide updates to any outstanding action items under their ownership – ideally before the meeting, as possible” This change would place a few of you in violation of the updated policy (no worries, we won't kick you out!) -- so we seek more input before we'll take it to the traffic commission. What say you? Thanks, and see you next Thursday! -Drew

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Re: [Bikeboard] January meeting this Thursday (still on!): Agenda
by Chip Wamsley via Bikeboard 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nSee everyone tonight ! Chip ---- Original Message ---- From: "Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Sent: 1/3/2018 12:34:53 AM To: "Bicycle Board" bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com Subject: [Bikeboard] January meeting this Thursday (still on!): Agenda Hello all, Hope you've had swell holidays and I hope you are staying warm. Please find the agenda for this month's meeting attached. Also attached are draft minutes from our informal meeting in December. See you Thursday! Best, Drew -- J.D. Gatlin Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board Morgantown, WV 26505

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January meeting this Thursday (still on!): Agenda
by Drew Gatlin via Bikeboard 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

Hello all, Hope you've had swell holidays and I hope you are staying warm. Please find the agenda for this month's meeting attached. Also attached are draft minutes from our informal meeting in December. See you Thursday! Best, Drew -- *J.D. Gatlin* Transportation Engineering Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 653 Engineering Sciences Building West Virginia University, Dec. '17 Chair, *Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board* Morgantown, WV 26505

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