Ryan,
 
The Citizen's Advisory Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee both recommended the round-a-bouts after studying the alternatives.  Answers to your questions about safety, left turns, etc., led both groups to recommend the divided 4-lane.  I suggest the Bike Board ask Mr. Austin for a full presentation on the facts related to the divided 4-lane option.
 
When our community was trying to get a Mileground Bypass, the State DOH said we were divided and would not move on the project.  In this instance, the community is not divided and has made a decision and forwarded it on to the State.  Unfortunately, there are now a few business/property owners who are directly lobbying the Acting Governor in an attempt to overrule the public process that led to the divided 4-lane decision.  These "special" few are proposing 5 lanes only 10 feet wide with no sidewalks.  Don't let a few people with money hold the entire community hostage by allowing a less desirable and less functional roadway to be built.  Let's do this right!  The 4-lane option moves traffic faster than the 5-lane option and is safer for everyone according to the engineering studies and the Federal Highway Administration.
 
I implore you to get all the facts and I believe you, too, will conclude the round-a-bout option is best for our ENTIRE community.  
 

David Bruffy

General Manager

Mountain Line Transit Authority

420 DuPont Road

Morgantown, WV  26501

Bruffy@busride.org

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From: bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org [bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Post [rpostwvu@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:43 AM
To: 'Bicycle Board'
Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] Mileground

The dates on the timeline are all in 2010, does this mean this is much further forward than what is on here?

 

I like the roundabout, it’s about time WV installed something intelligent. I’m not sure about having to go all the way down to one, making a 180 and back in order to make a Left turn though.

 

I don’t know why a mountable median would be the preferred choice.  As I see it:

Turning lanes provide:

immediate left turn opportunity,

ability to cross 1 direction of traffic and wait to merge when,

#BIKE RELATED# Room for cars to move into when passing cyclists.

 

 

 

From: bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org [mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org] On Behalf Of Frank Gmeindl
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:49 PM
To: Morgantown Bike Board
Subject: [Bikeboard] Mileground

 

Bicycle Board Members,

 

Attached is a flyer that describes the proposed Mileground improvement that the MPO and WVDOH settled on.  You'll see that it is 4 lanes with a a sidewalk on one side, "mountable" divider and roundabouts at 705 and Airport Blvd..  

 

Mileground property owners are campaigning to eliminate the sidewalk and for a center turn lane instead of a mountable divider.  

 

Please communicate with Bill Austin for questions or comments.

 

FYI, a mountable divider enables emergency vehicles to cross it but discourages most motor vehicles from crossing it.

 

Bill Austin, AICP

Executive Director

Morgantown Monongalia MPO

82 Hart Field Road Ste. 105

Morgantown, WVA  26505

304-291-9571

304-692-7225 Mobile

 

 

Frank