>>> Zac Covington <zacc@PROTECTED> 11/14/2013 10:17 AM >>>Hello,We are looking for volunteer's for the Open Access program.  We currently have one on-the-ground volunteer who is doing an excellent job with business assessments.  We also have two great volunteers who have helped us create the program and research other similar programs.  However, we are in need of more volunteers to assess local businesses.  If you know of anyone interested in this type of volunteer work, plea ...Continue Reading

Here is the actual agenda, plus Action Items from last meeting.  We have a very full agenda, so please come prepared to 'hit the ground running.' See you all tomorrow at noon.  -paul *Agenda Items:* * * 1.      Trails Initiative map review (Holly/Russ H. – 15 min.) 2.      Logan police department participation in BPAC (Sgt. Jason Olsen - 10 min.)* * ·         Need for two-way communication: bike/ped. ...Continue Reading

Just a quick reminder that our monthly meeting will be at a new time (same place).  We are experimenting with a noon - 1:00 p.m. "brown bag" meeting time on Thurs. the 14th.  Top agenda items include: [*]reviewing progress on the "urban trails" plan [*]exploring BPAC/Logan City police needs [*]status check on bike education [*]Bike Friendly Community vs. Road Respect frameworks [*]other agenda items (please send or remind me) Look forward to seeing you all there.  -paul -- Paul C. R ...Continue Reading

I just found this reference to a study of costs of ped and bike infrastructure inprovements http://katana.hsrc.unc.edu/cms/downloads/Countermeasure_Costs_Report_Oct2013.pdf You can see a summary table at the end.  This might be useful information except that the surveyed costs range by orders of magnitude.  For instance: Bike lane: median cost $89K per mile average cost $133K per mile Min cost $5K per mile Max cost $536K per mile (somebody paid half a million for a mile of bike lane!) I'm guessing the max ...Continue Reading

Good point. It's a jungle out there. A 3rd District Court Judge was hit and killed in the road 10 days ago. Danged if you do, danged if you don't! H Sent from my iPad On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:16 PM, "Paul Rogers" <p.rogers@PROTECTED> wrote: Re: Re: Fwd: Logan City Parks, Paths & Trails map Thanks Herm, for your feedback.  As it turns out, the sidewalk is often more dangerous than the road.  It really depends on the number of entry points and hidden driveways, but many/most drivers are not l ...Continue Reading

Thanks Herm, for your feedback.  As it turns out, the sidewalk is often more dangerous than the road.  It really depends on the number of entry points and hidden driveways, but many/most drivers are not looking for cyclists (relatively fast moving sidewalk vehicles) to cross their exit path.  Most peds. are slow enough that there are not conflicts.  Having said that, I too sometimes ride on the wider sidewalks downtown - there are fewer driveways, particularly along Main st., and I ride very slow a ...Continue Reading

Obviously I'm no professional or purist. But if a road is heavily used by heavy cars and heavier trucks, and a sidewalk is empty, I bump over to the sidewalk many times. I guess I'd rather be sidewalk-wrong than dead-right in the road. H Sent from my iPad On Nov 5, 2013, at 6:23 PM, "Bob Bayn" <bob.bayn@PROTECTED> wrote: Thanks Russ.  I chafe at the notion of implementing a facility design that invites a bicycle rider to do something that our education efforts have to convince them is unsafe.&nbs ...Continue Reading

Thanks Russ.  I chafe at the notion of implementing a facility design that invites a bicycle rider to do something that our education efforts have to convince them is unsafe.  Of course, I have no problem with the Boulevard SUP because it crosses no driveways or intersections.  Well, except for the problem I have with safety and intuitiveness of the endpoint designs. Bob // *From:* Russ Holley [russ.holley@PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 05, 2013 8:31 AM *To:* Bob Bayn *Cc:* BPAC ListServ *Su ...Continue Reading

Here is a corrected link to the USU bike friendly campus survey: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e872wqbghlo2m9gp/start  The previous link had difficulties.  -paul-- Paul C. RogersDirector, Western Aspen AllianceDepartment of Wildland ResourcesUtah State University 5230 Old Main HillLogan, Utah 84322PH: (435)797-0194WAA link: http://www.western-aspen-alliance.org/ ...Continue Reading

Bob, In areas where a Shared-Use Pathway (10' wide path) terminates into a normal width sidewalk (~5' wide) a curb cut and proper signage will need to be provided telling cyclist to exit the pathway to the adjacent street. In cases where the Shared-Use Pathway (10' wide path) doesn't narrow down to a standard sidewalk, cyclist will be allowed to stay on the Shared-Use Pathway, even if it is directly adjacent to a street (similar to the Boulevard pathway section right now). We haven't nailed down exactly what ...Continue Reading