Morgantown Municipal Bicycle Board
As a committee of the Traffic Commission, the purpose of the Bicycle Board is to work to make Morgantown a Bicycle Friendly Community as defined by the League of American Bicyclists so as to reduce traffic demands, afford better air quality, and improve public health. Also to make recommendations for improving signage, safety, capacity and facilities for bicycles on streets, trails or other land design or use which supports cycling; advocate for the provision of bicycle travel opportunities to and from locations such as residential, employment, commercial, education, recreation and transit centers; promote the development of safe bicycle routes to schools; and encourage use and enjoyment of bicycling and bicycle safety education in Morgantown.
MEETING
6:30 p.m.
1st Thursday of the month
Public Safety Building
300 Spruce St.
Morgantown, WV 26505
Vision
All Morgantown residents can enjoy bicycling safely and fearlessly anywhere, anytime for any reason. Morgantown residents choose to ride bicycles for transportation as well as recreation. Our state and our nation recognize Morgantown for the benefits of bicycling to our health, our environment, our economy and our quality of life.
Goal
Bicycle use in Morgantown will continuously increase and bicycle crashes will continuously decrease. By 2020, 5% of all trips in and through Morgantown will be made by bicycle; 1 in every 20 vehicles on Morgantown streets will be a bicycle.
Objectives
The City of Morgantown’s high-level objectives for achieving its goal are:
• Educate bicyclists to operate their bicycles as vehicles and educate motorists to treat bicyclists as drivers of vehicles.
• Enforce traffic laws whose violations endanger bicyclists and discourage bicycling.
• Remove roadway impediments to bicycle use and build appropriate improvements to make bicycling a safer and more attractive transportation mode than motor vehicle use.
• Provide amenities, rewards and support to citizens for riding their bicycles rather than driving their cars.
• Measure bicycle use and bicycling incidents and use the data to identify improvements in behavior and infrastructure.
• Treat bicyclists as equals to motorists in all City activities.
Join in the Board
Current vacant positions (consult the following map for ward boundaries)
-- 1st Ward
-- 3rd Ward
-- 4th Ward
-- 5th Ward
-- WVU Student Representative
-- K-12 Representative