Bicycle Board Members,

Anybody interested in pursuing permission from the Federal Highway Administration to conduct an experiment to apply the Shared Lane Markings (chevrons, sharrows) and Bicycles May Use Full Lane signs? Let me know.

Richard Meritzer is Pittsburgh's bicycle coordinator.

Frank

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Experiment Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:57:54 -0500 From: Meritzer, Richard Richard.Meritzer@city.pittsburgh.pa.us To: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@verizon.net

Once we had all our documentation together it took about 4 months. PennDOT was not involved. We did this through the FWHA.

-----Original Message----- From: Frank Gmeindl [mailto:fgmeindl@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:32 AM To: Meritzer, Richard Subject: Experiment

Richard,

Can you tell me how long it took you to get FHWA and PennDoT authorization to apply shared lane markings as an experiment? Here in Morgantown, WV we expected the new MUTCD would be approved by now and we

could just use it as justification for the markings. Now, it looks like

the new MUTCD won't be approved until the end of this year and the WVDOH

probably won't adopt it until the end of next year. So, we're now thinking of going the route you did and getting permission to do an experiment. However, if that's going to take two years, we'll probably just go with share the road signs.

Thanks for your time and help!

Frank Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board