Bikeboard October 2007

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FWD: WVU Transportation & Parking Plan
by director 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

Good morning, WVU just notified their staff that the new parking plan is complete. I've attached it here as forwarded to me by Will Ravenscroft, Positive Spin's Treasurer, shop manager and WVU spy. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Will Ravenscroft" <WDRavenscroft(a)mail.wvu.edu> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:33:55 -0400 Nick I do not know if you have a copy of this but this morning they notified everyone that it is finished. Can you cover the shop this Wednesday if I go sampling for two days? Will Will Ravenscroft Rm B22 ESB West Virginia University 304-293-3031 x2603

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[Fwd: Big cities try to ease way for bicyclists - USATODAY.com]
by Tyler Pearson 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

I was forwarded this the other day and thought some of you might find this interesting. If has information on a lot of major cities' attempts at improving bike transportation. Apparently Chicago will be trying a bike library in the near future. The link is: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-07-bicyclists_N.htm?POE=click-r… Tyler

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FWD: [Thunderhead] E.U. Propaganda video
by director 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Good evening, Thought you might all enjoy this video. Nick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5K-WUqpmvw

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Front page news
by director 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Good morning, Tyler was right last nite when he said WVU would be selecting a new transportation director soon. It's the headline story this morning in the Dominion Post. http://olive.dominionpost.com/np/ Nick

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bike Commuting buddy list is online
by director 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Gunnar, On the Positive Spin forum I posted a note about commuting on University Ave, and sideroads you can take to avoid the traffic. This is one way to share the info. Another would be to put up a web page of routes, with links to mapmyride.com maps. This might get kinda messy pretty quick though as everyone offers differing advice according to their skill, strength, traffic, time of day, etc. I'm wide open to suggestions. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "gunn4r Shogren" <gshogren(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:52:31 -0400 >On 10/4/07, Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org> wrote: >> Thanks, Nick! Here's what Duke's Bike Advocates Bike Commute Buddies >> form looks like: http://www.duke.edu/sustainability/commute_buddy.html > >Seems nice. >Do you know of any campuses or other bike-orgs that provide a similar >service, or one that has suggested commuting routes, via a >maps.google.com thingy perhaps? > >I believe this has been discussed ad nauseam but perhaps w/ the help >of Nick or some other site we could perhaps post some routes for folks >to turn to. > >> >> It appears the way this works is that submitted information goes to a >> central person(s), who then matches the interested person with a Bike >> Commute Buddy who is knowledgeable of the requested route. > >In looking at the site a little closer, it also appears that it hasn't >been updated in a while, or there is no need to. :( >http://www.duke.edu/sustainability/bike.html >FREE Bike Repair Station!! >WHEN: Tuesday, Sept 19 & 20, 10am-2pm >looks like that happened in 2006. > >Show Your Support for Biking at Duke!! >DATE: Thursday, September 22nd RAIN OR SHINE! >looks like that happened 2005. > >Do these things just run out of steam? > >Also Jon and Nick, and others- >Fodder for a potential meeting w/ the MHS principal would be how other >schools are being "progressive" and "forward thinking" in regards to >alternate transportation to school. >Might be nice to have some stats or examples of non-backwards thinking >schools... > >> >> -Jonathan >> >> director wrote: >> > Good evening, >> > As we discussed in tonite's meeting I've put a bike commuting buddy list up at the positive spin forum. You can get to it at this link. >> > http://www.positivespin.org/forum >> > >> > I haven't put much down in the way of rules, I'm hoping you can give me some feedback before we release it to the world. >> > >> > You can read the list without joining, but posting requires that you be a member. Feel free to peruse some of the other topics too. I'm hoping to get a few more people contributing their thoughts and ideas. Plenty of people seem to be reading it, but not many are posting. >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Nick >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bikeboard mailing list >> > Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >> > http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikeboard mailing list >> Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >> > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Bike Commuting buddy list is online
by director 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Good evening, As we discussed in tonite's meeting I've put a bike commuting buddy list up at the positive spin forum. You can get to it at this link. http://www.positivespin.org/forum I haven't put much down in the way of rules, I'm hoping you can give me some feedback before we release it to the world. You can read the list without joining, but posting requires that you be a member. Feel free to peruse some of the other topics too. I'm hoping to get a few more people contributing their thoughts and ideas. Plenty of people seem to be reading it, but not many are posting. Thanks! Nick

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FWD: [Thunderhead] transportation mode: see how your city compares
by director 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Good morning, The Pittsburgh bike advocacy director just put together this list ranking major cities by commuting mode. A couple things jumped out at me right away.... 1) Cities that don't take an active role in promoting cycling get about .7% of commuters riding bikes. 2) Pedestrians make up a much larger portion of commuters than I expected. It might be more worthwhile to try and encourage walkers to bike, rather than drivers. Comments? Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Scott Bricker <scott(a)bike-pgh.org> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 15:35:13 -0400 The U.S. Census just came out with the American Community Survey, which surveyed how people get to work amongst other things. We only analyzed the cities, but MSA data for larger areas is also available. Huge props to Erok Boerer with Bike Pittsburgh for putting this together. http://bike-pgh.org/news/blog/2007/10/01/commuting-trends-in- pittsburgh-how-do-we-rank/ Scott Bricker Executive Director Bike Pittsburgh ***************** phone: 412.353.0291 mobile: 412.726.5872 email: scott(a)bike-pgh.org website: http://www.bike-pgh.org ***************************** Bicycle advocacy, safety, & community

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Re: [Bikeboard] Bicycle Friendly Community Award Application
by director 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Frank, We all owe you profound and heartfelt thanks for herding all the cats together to get this application out - especially on those days you would have rather been riding. See you Thursday. Nick ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:20:16 -0400 >Bicycle Board Members, > >FYI, today, I mailed the Bicycle Friendly Community Award application to >the League of American Bicyclists. Thanks to Don Spencer for getting >the Mayor, Ron Justice; the City Manager, Dan Boroff; and the Executive >Director Greater Morgantown Metropolitan Planning Organization, Chet >Parsons to sign the transmittal letter. > >We owe thanks to Don Spencer, Greg Good, Nick Hein and me for completing >the preliminary application and then for getting input from Dan Boroff; >Chet Parsons; Terry Hough, City Engineer; Phil Scott, Chief of Police >and 3 of his officers; David Bruffy, Mountainline Director; Tom Arnold, >Parking Authority Director; Ralph LaRue, BOPARC Assistant Director; >Terri Cutright, Mainstreet Morgantown Director; and Stacey Brodak, >Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau Director. In getting their >input, we also educated them about the criteria for a Bicycle Friendly >Community and began to establish a shared vision for it. > >Today, I also spoke with Bill Nesper, the leader of the LAB BFC >program. We missed the August submission date. The next submission >deadline is March 21, 2008. Our application will be formally evaluated >with that group. We should expect results in April. However, while >the formal evaluations are completed by teams that will organize in >March, Bill agreed to review our application earlier and provide >preliminary feedback to reinforce our momentum. He also said that he >would discuss it with Andy Clarke, LAB Executive Director and Clarke may >include some feedback as well. > >I also gave Jeff Mikorski, Assistant City Manager, the electronic files >that make up the application and he's going to put it on the City's web >site on the Bicycle Board page in the Document Archive if you want to >refer to it in the future. > >Frank > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikeboard mailing list >Bikeboard(a)cheat.org >http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/bikeboard >

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Bicycle Friendly Community Award Application
by Frank Gmeindl 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Bicycle Board Members, FYI, today, I mailed the Bicycle Friendly Community Award application to the League of American Bicyclists. Thanks to Don Spencer for getting the Mayor, Ron Justice; the City Manager, Dan Boroff; and the Executive Director Greater Morgantown Metropolitan Planning Organization, Chet Parsons to sign the transmittal letter. We owe thanks to Don Spencer, Greg Good, Nick Hein and me for completing the preliminary application and then for getting input from Dan Boroff; Chet Parsons; Terry Hough, City Engineer; Phil Scott, Chief of Police and 3 of his officers; David Bruffy, Mountainline Director; Tom Arnold, Parking Authority Director; Ralph LaRue, BOPARC Assistant Director; Terri Cutright, Mainstreet Morgantown Director; and Stacey Brodak, Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau Director. In getting their input, we also educated them about the criteria for a Bicycle Friendly Community and began to establish a shared vision for it. Today, I also spoke with Bill Nesper, the leader of the LAB BFC program. We missed the August submission date. The next submission deadline is March 21, 2008. Our application will be formally evaluated with that group. We should expect results in April. However, while the formal evaluations are completed by teams that will organize in March, Bill agreed to review our application earlier and provide preliminary feedback to reinforce our momentum. He also said that he would discuss it with Andy Clarke, LAB Executive Director and Clarke may include some feedback as well. I also gave Jeff Mikorski, Assistant City Manager, the electronic files that make up the application and he's going to put it on the City's web site on the Bicycle Board page in the Document Archive if you want to refer to it in the future. Frank

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Agenda for this Thursday's BB meeting
by Frank Gmeindl 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Bicycle Board Members, The attached zip folder contains 2 files: 1) a suggested agenda for this Thursday's meeting and 2) the minutes of our September meeting. I only received one response to my call for agenda items so this Thursday's meeting will be short. Frank

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