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Bike Rack Contest
by Frank Gmeindl 06 Feb '16

06 Feb '16

Remember the Dero Bike Rack contest of a few years ago? Derek and Christiaan tried to organize us to submit an entry. Well, Pgh won and look what they got! $8,000 worth of bike racks! http://bikepgh.org/2016/01/29/gbas-dreamy-bike-room/ Frank

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Updated Bike Board Member List
by Drew Gatlin 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Chelsi, Gunnar, et. all -- Please see the below list of updated bicycle board members -- it was brought to my attention that both of our websites are out of date in this regard, so please update the member listing as your schedule allows. The below list is in alphabetical order by last name, feel free to re-format it as you please. Thanks! Drew Voting Members (15) Drew Gatlin (1st Ward, WVU Student Rep) – Secretary Frank Gmeindl (6th Ward) Harry Grandon (Greater Morgantown) Christina Hunt (3rd Ward) Traci Knabenshue (6th Ward) Jonathan Nellis (Greater Morgantown) Marilyn Newcome (7th Ward) Brian Ricketts (1st Ward) Jonathan Rosenbaum (7th Ward) Gunnar Shogren (5th Ward) Derek Springston (1st Ward) Emily Vasile (2nd Ward) Chip Wamsley (Greater Morgantown) – Chair Matt Watson (7th Ward, K-12 Representative) Jing Zhang (Greater Morgantown) Ex-Officio (6) Christiaan Abildso (Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board) David Bruffy (Mountain Line Transit Authority) Damien Davis (City Engineering) Lieutenant Matt McCabe (Morgantown Police) Jenny Selin (City of Morgantown) Sam Stone (Legal) Jing Zhang (Metropolitan Planning Office) Vacant, Voting (2) Greater Morgantown (1) 4th Ward Vacant, Ex-Officio (2) BOPARC Representative WVU DOT/Parking Representative

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Fwd: Duarte Presentation
by Colin Dierman 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\n This is the presentation, of his cross country trip, that John is hosting at the shop on Sat. the 6th ---- Original Message ---- From: "John M. Duarte" 1duarte(a)comcast.net Sent: 1/28/2016 5:16:34 PM To: colin(a)wamsleycycles.com Subject: Duarte Presentation 4800 miles on the paths of Great Explorers and American Migrations >From Sea to Shining Sea An Epic Cycling Ride Across America and how to do it A Presentation by John Duarte Where: Wamsley Cycles When: Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 5 PM John completed the ride this past fall from Seattle to Yorktown and back to Morgantown. See the highlights of this trip, the scenery, the people, the history. Learn how to start planning your next great Cycling tour. How to select equipment, what equipment to take or not, plan where to go and how to do it safely. 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Bikecentennial. Learn how to participate. America is a Fantastic Cycling destination. Happy trails.

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Re: [Bikeboard] Confident City Cycling
by Traci Knabenshue 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

I think the course format lends itself more to CPASS than Police, and it sounds like we're not yet sure if WVU Police is even interested. I can query them if you like. The J&K lot adjacent to the WVU Police building is large and not being utilized as of right now, so that location may be better even if this does end up being a CPASS course. Traci Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2016, at 3:09 PM, Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)gmail.com<mailto:fgmeindl@gmail.com>> wrote: Which do you think would have more impact on cycling in Morgantown, the Confident City Cycling course taught through the WVU College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences or through the WVU Campus Police Department? A decision will have to be made no later than next Tuesday when City Council might approve an MOU between the City and CPASS. See the MOU near the end of http://www.morgantownwv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2.2.16-Regular-Mtg._Part5.pdf. If Council approves the MOU and we decide that teaching the class through the WVU Police Department is preferable, I will ask Jeff Mikorski to hold the MOU. 2008-2011, we taught 50 students through the City and 2012-2014, we taught 97 students through CPASS. Practically all of the early students were not WVU students but locals. Practically all of the later students were WVU juniors or seniors. IMO, 90% of them took the course for the 1 credit and an easy A and when they graduated they left. I will also say though that maybe 10% or more of the students are probably cycling more and cycling safer. When Confident City Cycling was offered through the City, getting students was extremely difficult. The reason we moved the course from the City to WVU is standing. The City has no standing to be teaching courses while WVU does. But another very important reason that we moved the course to CPASS was that Hugh Kierig, former director of WVU Transportation and Parking set it up for us and paid for it. CPASS got 1 credit's worth of tuition from each student taught but T&P paid the instructors and for materials so CPASS' only cost was use of the facility and some admin. That dried up when Hugh left. Now, the City has $4,200 of Allstate money but until the MOU is approved, there is no vehicle for the money to flow from the City through WVU to the instructors. CPASS has standing to teach sports classes and cycling is a sport but it is also a mode of utility transportation. To me, the core of the course is traffic law, operating a bicycle as a vehicle, lane positioning and crash avoidance; not exactly sport. A tremendous advantage of teaching the course through CPASS when they were located in the Coliseum was a classroom in the Coliseum and the wonderful band practice lot right outside. Now, CPASS has moved down Patteson Drive and it's dangerous and a waste of time to get untrained cyclists from there to the band practice lot. (FYI, most of the 2008-2011 courses were taught in the Prete Bldg on University Av. across from Tudors Biscuits and Hibachi where the University Police were located before the university built them their own building near the corner of Elmer Prince Dr. and Van Voorhis (705). The Prete Bldg. has a good level parking lot. Below the new police building, there's a parking lot that might be useable but I think it's part of the Faculty Apartments which I think are slated to be replaced.) I don't know if the WVU police would be amenable to having us teach Confident City Cycling in their new building and I don't know if we can use the parking lot below. I initiated a call to Captain Camden a couple weeks ago and am still waiting for his response. When we were teaching at the Prete Bldg., we used their facility but that was all. Now, if we teach it at the new police building, I'd like to present it as a course taught through the WVU police and maybe even get some WVU police to become SavvyCycling instructors or LAB LCIs and do some teaching. I don't know what arrangements and requirements would evolve if we tried to teach Confident City Cycling through the WVU police but I think if Jeff signs the MOU with CPASS, he won't want to talk about it anymore. Please advise! BTW, Confident City Cycling students learn * Bicycle Form, Fit and Function: the parts of a bicycle; bike selection; sizing; adjusting your bicycle fit and the pre-ride safety check. * Basic Maintenance: tools for the road; tire repair; adjusting brakes and adjusting derailleurs. * Clothing and Equipment: helmets, clothing, accessories and required equipment for riding in all weather and commuting to work or school. * Basic Handling Skills: gears & gear selection; starting/stopping; steering in a straight line and scanning & signaling. * Bicycling in Traffic: principles of traffic law; lane positioning and scanning, signaling and negotiating; riding in all traffic situations day or night and in all kinds of weather. * Avoiding Crashes: why crashes happen; crash prevention and crash avoidance maneuvers. * Efficiency, Power, Endurance: cadence and smooth shifting; nutrition & hydration and training routines. * Riding with Groups and on the Trail: group etiquette and trail etiquette. Frank

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Finalized January Minutes, February Agenda, (Some) Read-Aheads
by Drew Gatlin 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Bicycle Board, I exchanged more than 20 emails in regards to the January minutes and the February agenda, with wonderful comments, additions, and rewrites from four folks on the board. This is how it's supposed to work! Thank you! Please find the final January minutes, February agenda, and relevant read-aheads attached. I am missing one major read-ahead, which is a master list of our open action items -- I'm in the process of creating that. If you have any opinions on how such a list should look or be formatted, please send them my way! I aim to have that list out to you all Monday morning. Thanks for your time and efforts, Drew

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Draft January Minutes, Draft February Agenda
by Drew Gatlin 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Hello Board! One more email before the day is out! Please see the attached draft minutes for January and also the draft for February's agenda (our meeting is one week from today). If you have additions, corrections, subtractions or other various comments please don't hesitate to send them my way before end of day tomorrow. Thanks for your time, Drew

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2015-2016 BFC App: (Almost!) Final Draft
by Drew Gatlin 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

Hello All! Our working group's efforts on this year's BFC application are finally ready for tentative review by your eager brains. Grab your favorite relaxing or stimulating beverage, perch yourself in a recliner or your stand up desk and have a look see! It's 62 pages long, but don't let that deter you -- most of that is due to my highly inefficient formatting. The 2015 and select portions of the 2012 application are compared in-line with each other and relevant League recommendations / feedback. Please let me know if you have any feedback -- we are hoping to use this application process not only for the Bicycle Friendly Community designation but also as a tool for reflection. That in mind, one of our agenda items for next week's meeting is to review takeaways from this application. If you have a takeaway from your reading or a project you would like to suggest we assign to one of our committees, please email these to me for inclusion in our talks next week! Hope you all are dug out of the snow by now! Drew

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Bike Summit rescheduled - April 17-18, Charleston, WV
by Christina Hunt 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

The Bike Summit has been rescheduled due to concerns about weather and speaker travel. WV Bike Summit - New Dates April 17-18, 2016 Charleston, WV Marriott We are discussing adding more rides and other programming for cyclists to the Sunday part of the event – and a possible group bike ride and trip to a Power game (Charleston baseball team). Save the date! See attached announcement for more official information. Thanks! Christina Hunt WV Physical Activity Network WV Community Development Hub 103 Adams Street, Suite 200 Fairmont, WV 26554 Mobile: 304.282.4441 http://wvhub.org/ www.facebook.com/WVPAN<http://www.facebook.com/WVPAN> From: Kasey Russell [mailto:russell.kasey@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:33 PM To: Jeff Ball <jeffballphoto(a)gmail.com>; Amanda Payne <paynea(a)njrati.org>; Christina Hunt <c.hunt(a)wvhub.org>; Laura M. Dice <Laura.Dice(a)camc.org>; Michael Haid <michael(a)maplecreative.com>; Samantha Carney <Samantha.Carney(a)charlestonwv.com> Cc: Bethany Williams <williamsb(a)njrati.org>; Emmett Pepper <emmett(a)eewv.org>; John Francis <johncfrancis13(a)gmail.com>; William Wells <bwells7027(a)gmail.com>; Christiaan Abildso <cgabildso(a)hsc.wvu.edu>; Jing Zhang <tranplan(a)labyrinth.net>; Mullenax, Matt <mmullenax(a)washco-md.net>; William.C.Miller(a)wv.gov Subject: Please help us spread the word.... Jeff, Amanda, Christina, Laura, Michael, and Samantha -- please use the attached to update social media regarding postponing the WV Bike Summit to April 17 and 18. Call or email me if you have any questions. Thanks for your help. Kasey

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TAP grant intent to apply application
by Chip Wamsley 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

This message was originally HTML formatted. View in a HTML capable client to see the original version.\r\n\r\nHey folks, Attached are the written parts of the intent to apply for a TAP grant to do the SR 705 corridor from the Willlodale intersection to the roundabout on the mileground. We are going to ask for the maximum of $500K. The deadline for application is this Friday January 15, Please read over and make any suggestions ASAP so I can make modifications and get it to Jeff Mikorski for submission. In preparing this grant, some discussion with some of you has made it clear that having the bike board review our commuter map and modify it according to changes in the infrastructure since 2012, especially connections to this proposed corridor. This will be an exciting project for the board to take on and hopefully generate more grant's to improve Morgantown's bicycle infrastructure. Thanks for everyone's input, Chip Wamsley 304-296-2447 (slow time at the shop so call if you have questions)

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Problem with listserv: SPAM filters are culling our messages
by Drew Gatlin 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hello all, I noticed a marked increase recently in the percentage of emails sent through our list which are filtered into my spam folder. I also received notice that a number of you are experiencing the same. Not sure what we can do about that from an administrative standpoint, so I am strongly encouraging everyone to periodically check your spam folders to review any messages that may have fallen through the cracks. For a (hopefully) better and more permanent solution on an individual level, consider creating a filter to never send our messages to your spam folder. If you or your organization uses Gmail here are some instructions on how to do such a thing: In the Gmail web interface, you'll see that this email was sent to " bikeboard(a)bikemorgantown.com". Next to the "to bikeboard" you'll see a drop down arrow. Click that arrow. At the bottom of the drop down you'll see a hyperlink titled "filter messages from this mailing list". Click the hyperlink. A new pop up that follows allows you to click another hyperlink at the bottom titled "Create Filter with this search". Do that. You'll then see a list of checkboxes. Check the box "Never send it to spam", and then hit the button "create the filter". That should take care of all messages in the future. This will theoretically open you to some security vulnerability if a person on our list is compromised by a cyber attack. However, seeing as I haven't witnessed this happen once over the past 6 months on this list, I'm betting the chances are slim. Stay vigilant yet open, Drew

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