Frank and all, I apologize that once again I have a professional meeting getting in the way of the bike board meeting. This time I only go to Rosslyn, Virginia, not Italy or Germany!
A group met today to begin exploring grant possibilities for connecting schools to the railtrail, etc., and for now we decided to investigate connecting the new UHS to the trail north of Van Voorhis. Attending: Delegate Barbara Fleischauer (called the meeting), Chet Parsons (MPO), Ralph LaRue (BOPARC), Anita Mayer (MRTC), Ella Belling (MRTC), Nick Hein (Positive Spin), and me.
I also met with Chet for his input on the BFC application. He had two small editorial changes: 2020 should be 2030, and the MPO plan was approved in November, not December.
More important, he recommended that we not say that the MPO plan is our bicycle plan. He recommended that he say that it is the best guidance we currently have, but that we (the Bike Board) are working to produce a more comprehensive plan.
Greg
Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@verizon.net 07/31/07 5:43 PM >>>
Bike Board Members,
Please find attached 2 files: the minutes of our last meeting and the agenda for this Thursday's meeting.
The Traffic Commission won't be meeting on their regular day this month, the day before our meeting. They'll probably have it shortly after our Thursday meeting so this Thursday, we'll have a chance to craft anything we want to deliver to them this month.
The minutes of the July TC meeting aren't out yet and I'm wishing I'd written a summary right after the meeting because I forgetting. But, here's my best recollection: At the July TC meeting, all but one or two of the TC members showed up an hour earlier than their regular starting time to participate in my 1-hour lecture on Transportation Cycling for Planners and Public Officials. Everyone was quite engaged and we had lively discussion about effective cycling and how transportation planning can facilitate or thwart effective cycling. I think most of the members now have a much better idea of how cyclists should ride in traffic and how planners, public officials and motorists should treat cyclists.
During their normal course of business, the TC unanimously voted to request the City Manager to implement the bike-and-chevron shared lane markings that we recommended for the streets over which the City has control. They also voted unanimously to ask the City Manager to meet with the State DOH to arrange to implement the markings on the streets that we recommended within the City that the state DOH controls.
During my presentation, Frank Devono, Superintendent of Schools, and Ted Shriver of Williams-Shriver architects presented their plan to move Prairie Avenue to accommodate Morgantown High School expansion. Trying to score some points I think following my presentation on cycling, they reported that they were going to retain the existing bike rack but move it across the street. After a long discussion, the TC practically directed them to include indoor bicycle parking in their design.
See you Thursday! Remember, rehydrate at every tee;)
Frank