Where do we go from here?
How is the Regional Bike Plan being implemented?
What is the status of our Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC)?
Representatives from State College, Ferguson, Patton, College, Halfmoon, Penn State, and COG will be there to present and to listen. Come let your voice be heard!
Tuesday, May 17, 5:30 pm at the State College Borough Building in the Community Room.
Contact CentreBike with questions: https://centrebike.org/contact-us-2/
May 9, 2016
Meeting held at the State College Borough Building
Present: Anna Nelson, President, Paul Rito, Vice President, Joan Potter, Secretary, Jean Bemis, Brian Dempsey, Mark Davison, Melissa Bopp, Austin Keene, Peter Koby, Cecily Zhu
The meeting was called to order by Anna Nelson at 5:35 pm.
Centre Gives Campaign
A total of $1,225 was generously donated to CentreBike during the Centre Gives campaign. Thank you notes were sent to individual contributors, and a complimentary one-year membership given to those who donated $50 or more.
Centre Region COG Bike Map
COG would like to update and post a new biking map online by August. Anna Nelson reviewed the current map key and presented two options to improve the key. Peter Koby offered to provide input, and Anna encouraged anyone else with ideas to email her.
Bike Safety Concerns
Thanks to PA State Senator Jake Corman for sharing this in his recent newsletter:
Pedestrians, along with bicyclists and motorists, whether on two, three, four, or more wheels, are increasingly taking to the roadways as spring unfolds, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its “Just Drive PA” campaign.
Sharing the Road requires responsible observance of all PA traffic safety laws. Just Drive PA offers resources for all types of motorists and driving conditions.
Among the more pronounced changes is requiring motorists to allow at least four feet between their vehicle and a bicycle, permitting the vehicle to safely pass the bicycle. Motorists may pass at a careful and practical reduced speed. Motorists may cross the center double yellow line, if safe and necessary, to provide the required four feet when passing a bicycle. No turn by the driver of a motor vehicle may interfere with a bicyclist proceeding straight on a roadway or shoulder.
