The Greater Morgantown Bicycle Plan can be found at http://db.tt/WbRG4WzL . It does not extend much beyond the Morgantown city limits and bike routes are a small part of it. See http://bikemorgantown.com/route_map.php for the Morgantown bike route.
My understanding is that the May 15 workshop's objective is to define bike routes to connect WV population centers to neighboring states.
At a minimum, I strongly suggest that we all advocate for making Rt. 100 a bike route from Monongahela Ave. in Westover to Rt. 19. At least smooth it and sign it.
I would suggest that we try to make any road a bike route that would provide a good cycling connection to PA if only sufficient improvement were made to enable all cyclists, not just top level cyclists to ride it safely and fearlessly. At a minimum, these roads should be signed with Share the Road signs, or better, R4-11 signs (Bicycles May Use Full Lane) and/or climbing lanes widened to a minimum of 14 feet. Bike Route signs should be considered with great care because they may indicate that a route signed with them is an exceptionally pleasant route to bicycle.
Roads that I would suggest considering at your meeting:
Fort Martin Rd. (CR 53) from PA state line to Maidsville.
Rt. 857 from the PA line to Pierpont Rd..
Rt. 19 from Mt. Morris to Morgantown.
Rt. 73 from Coopers Rock to Bruceton Mills.
Kingwood Pike.
Rt. 7 from Reedsville to Rt. 26, then Rt. 26 to the PA line.
Rt. 72 from Parsons to Kingwood.
Rt. 7 from Morgantown to Blacksville and then Rt. 218 to the PA line.
Rt. 19 between Fairmont and Morgantown.
Rt. 73 between Fairmont and Morgantown.
I may not be there Saturday because I like to go to the Farmer's Market and then ride on Saturdays.
Frank D. Gmeindl Chairman, Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board LCI #1703 491 WilsonAvenue Morgantown, WV 26501 304-376-0446 Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles
On May 8, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Ella Belling wrote:
To All, Unfortunately, I'm out of town this weekend due to a death on my wife's side of the family, so I won't be able to help that day. Could you please brainstorm and think of any mapping support I could try to find time to help with before Saturday? Perhaps you'd like an online map that you can zoom around on? Or a large format map I could potentially get permission from at work to print? Think about it and get back with me ASAP before I'm packing up Thursday night to leave town on Friday. Hope I can find time to be of help in short notice. Thanks, ~Derek
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com wrote:
Derek,
Thanks for your offer. A large format map that shows all the roads that we ride would be great. Since the focus of the workshop is to connect WV population center to neighboring states, it should encompass the PA line, Ohio line and MD line and probably extend at least down to at Elkins. We would need something that we can mark up. It's important that it be detailed enough that we can find the roads that make good cycllng between population centers. Having the whole state at that level of detail would be ideal. Perhaps a managable set of multiple maps with each being a section of the state.
Frank
On May 8, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Derek Springston wrote:
Monongalia County and Greene County have countless wonderful bicycling routes. In my last message, I provided a list of roads that I believe would be used by more bicyclists if they were made more bicycle friendly at least through posting Share the Road signs, or better Bicycles May Use Full Lane signs (R4-11) and/or widening climbing lanes so motorists can safely pass slower moving cyclists without having to cross the double yellow line.
To give a little more visual perspective, I hastily drew a few maps of bicycling routes that are already somewhat popular. I limited myself to drawing routes that venture into PA to show why the WV segments of these routes should be signed as Bike Routes or at least receive some treatment to make motorists aware that bikes belong there (as they do on all roads except the interstate). I also didn't include the myriad wonderful routes that connect to the same WV roads as those routes listed below.
Those cyclists among you have probably ridden these routes so I don't have to tell you how nice they are or at least were before opening of new mines, construction of power plants and Marcellus shale drilling. For those of you who have not ridden them, I encourage you to at least look at the map and imagine cycling along the routes or even get out on your motorcycle or car and drive them while fantasizing about riding your bike on them. Hopefully, you will get some enthusiasm to participate in the pre-workshop meeting at 9:30 am Saturday at the library and certainly at the WVDOT led workshops at Morgantown City Hall on Tuesday, May 15, 4:00 - 6:30 PM.
Frank
Bike Routes that go into PA
Rt. 100 to PA A-Route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159657
Taylortown Loop http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159653
Pierpont Rd., CR 857 over Cheat Lake to PA http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159636
Mud Pike via Coopers http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159777
Wymps Gap via Coopers http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159806
Blacksville http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159835
Oak Forest http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159926
HundredHundred http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1159890
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