Folks stepping up to help!

Hey everyone,
The overwhelming response to folks wanting to be a part of pulling together continues! I am going to build a list and introduce everyone to everyone else so that we can all meet each other. It isn't fair that I'm having all the fun :).

Keep spreading the word and keep sending folks this way.
Woo woo!

Updates

Wow! Thanks to everyone who is sending folks and information this way. I have received a lot of emails and phone calls on the survey and our project to collect and catalog biking projects and accomplishments across the state!

Very exciting.

I wanted to let you know I have updated the enforcement section with responses from Captain Keith Roberts of the Parkersburg Police and member of the Mid-Ohio Bicycle Council. He was one of our cycling police escorts during our critical mass ride this month in Parkersburg. You can see info on the ride at http://www.iplayoutside.com/oPam/MidOhioValley

I really appreciate all the information I am receiving! Please post what you can on the blog. I will add what I can but I am swamped (yea!) Good good news! If you see an empty question and have time to pick up the phone or send out an email to find the answer from someone, please go for it!

I also received a copy of the survey from Jeff Peel, Program Specialist, Bicycle Friendly Community, League of Amercian Bicyclists. He sent it with an offer to be of assistance if we wanted. I replied, "Heck yea!" Well, not in those words.

For now, please keep sending folks this way and encourage them to shout out and brag about what they are doing to promote cycling in West Virginia. If you can't find a topic to brag under, create a new one. Shout it out! :)

LAB survey in pdf form

Frank Gmeindl from Morgantown supplied this link to the League questionnaire. Thanks Frank!

I found the questionnaire in pdf format on the LAB web site at http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bicyclefriendlyamerica/bicyclefriendlystate/pdfs/questionnaire.pdf

Clarification on end product we are working to produce.

Someone asked for more clarification on the purpose of the document we are creating. I thought I would share my response in case anyone else had similar thoughts. Thanks for the question!

"...We are preparing this document so that the State has an accurate representation of biking in WV as it currently exists. I hope to provide as much detail as I can in the draft for all of us to work with. I am thinking we can create this document on an annual basis so that the State can better represent cycling when the survey arrives.

I believe this will also help us pull together across the state and leverage each others strengths, so while the detail will be too much for the survey it is extremely helpful to me in Parkersburg.

My thoughts are to use the League's survey to
a. Create an accurate and detailed picture of biking in WV
b. Identify contacts across the state and build a network of those contacts and resources.

My hope is that this can help us form a state wide group that works together towards the goals we share. Time will tell.

SO for now the more detail the better. This is a information gathering phase and I am looking for anything anyone is doing to promote cycling. I hope that makes sense.

Enforcement - Are cycling related traffic infractions counted as points against the cyclist’s driver’s license?

57. Are cycling related traffic infractions counted as points against the cyclist’s driver’s license?

Enforcement - Is information about bicyclists’ rights and responsibilities made available to traffic court judges?

56. Is information about bicyclists’ rights and responsibilities made available to traffic court judges?

Enforcement - Is bicycling enforcement a part of continuing officer training, particularly for traffic officers?

55. Is bicycling enforcement a part of continuing officer training, particularly for traffic officers?