NECI Bicycle Stakeholders Group Representative Needed
Ed Moyers
the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure (NECI) Program. This is a study
to determine what kind of multi-modal infrastructure improvements
should be made within the areas around the proposed Lynx Blue Line
extension through the UNCC campus. Included in this study are options
for bicycle facilities along the corridor.
The City of Charlotte is looking for local cyclists who are interested
in serving as members of a stakeholders group in this study. They
have contacted our organization to see if we would like to have a
representative on the stakeholders group. I am opening this up this
invitation to all members of our group, but think it would be most
appropriate if someone who commutes in that part of Charlotte (e.g.,
to UNCC) were willing to serve.
If you are willing to serve as a representative for the Bike Mentor
group, please let me know by responding to this post. Please let me
know if I can contact you through the e-mail address you used to
register for access to this site.
For more information about the NECI program, the timeframe and level
of commitment required to participate in the stakeholders group,
please see the memo from the City of Charlotte at the link below.
Thanks!!
Ed Moyers
http://bikementor.googlegroups.com/web/Stakeholder%20Contact%20Memo_NECI%20Bike_2010-06-23.pdf?gsc=8bZlXAsAAADSKIgh9oun_6KGcVNLGGWV
_ MARK ORTIZ AUTOMOTIVE
Hello Ed and others,
I’m willing, and I work at UNCC, and I commute to UNCC by bicycle. I do this from Kannapolis, but I am intimately familiar with routes into Charlotte from UNCC (both of them).
My relevant opinions:
1. Old Concord is fit for cycling. It would be more bike-friendly with another foot of lane width. It would be more bike-friendly during peak traffic periods if passing stationary vehicles on the right were legalized, but that’s a state law matter.
2. Tryon would be fit for cycling if the weave were eliminated – or just the ramp to I-85.
3. Neither Old Concord nor Tryon would be improved by striped bike lanes. On the contrary, any effort to add these would endanger cyclists.
4. Any bike-ped path along the BLE should segregate pedestrian traffic from bike traffic. A path where bikes have to dodge pedestrians is no improvement over riding on Old Concord; on the contrary, it’s worse. If bikes are then required to use it, that’s really bad.
5. Putting intermittent bike/ped path along the rail line, and then bridging these stretches using circuitous routes on surface streets with striped bike lanes is useless or worse. Existing streets are better than that.
Fair warning: if y’all decide I’m not enough of an infrastructurist to represent the rest of you, I am likely to try to insinuate myself into the process on my own. Co-opt me while you have the chance.
Mark Ortiz
Ed Moyers
Thanks for your generous offer. We would like for the representative
to be someone who resides and commutes within the Charlotte/
Mecklenburg area, so I'm going to hold out for an offer from someone
who meets those qualifications.
Thanks for offering!
Ed
On Jul 2, 11:49 pm, "_ MARK ORTIZ AUTOMOTIVE"
> Hello Ed and others,
>
> I'm willing, and I work at UNCC, and I commute to UNCC by bicycle. I do
> this from Kannapolis, but I am intimately familiar with routes into
> Charlotte from UNCC (both of them).
>
> My relevant opinions:
>
> 1. Old Concord is fit for cycling. It would be more bike-friendly with
> another foot of lane width. It would be more bike-friendly during peak
> traffic periods if passing stationary vehicles on the right were legalized,
> but that's a state law matter.
>
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James Good
and work with MLK Middle youth (Tryon and Eastway) on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. We ride from Orr Rd out east beyond 485 and sometimes downtown,
depending on my mood.
James Good, CPA, CISA
Tryon Plaza
112 South Tryon Street Suite 1765
Charlotte, NC 28284
T) 704.900.7012
F) 704.900.7637
C) 704.577.4748
jg...@jamesegoodcpa.com