Fwd: Re: Winter & Chipman Trail Safety

[sean <o2design@wsu.edu>]

Thanks, Joan.  I realized as I sent that that the gender addressed 
might be mistaken.  I was writing to Larry, Alan and Roger, and 
cc'ing others.  I didn't mean to suggest only fellas ride.  Actually, 
it's funny that you mention your daughter, as it was Sandi with whom 
I had the conversation!  Small world/trail.  I related to her that I 
fell 3x last winter, with two wrecks on bridges.  Anyway, here's to 
improving a great recreational resource!  Please forward the email to 
anyone who would be interested.

s

>
>
>Just a friendly reminder--because my daughter is one who bikes the
>Chipman trail to work from Moscow to Pullman daily--readers and those who
>submit to Vision2020 are also female. I'm sure my daugher would appreciate
>the suggestion since she took a nasty fall on a slippery bridge last winter
>while commuting.
>
>Date sent:     	Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:01:28 -0700
>From:          	sean <o2design@wsu.edu>
>To:            	larry.fetter@ci.pullman.wa.us, 
>Alan.Davis@ci.pullman.wa.us,
>       	parksmgr@moscow.com
>Copies to:     	stevenh@uidaho.edu, raisinbikes@hotmail.com, 
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>       	naoyaoh@mail.wsu.edu, Meclimbin@aol.com, bct50@hotmail.com,
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>       	tchauvin@wsunix.wsu.edu, adumz@yahoo.com, Eric <echoyle@gte.net>,
>       	Meclimbin@aol.com, vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject:       	Winter & Chipman Trail Safety
>
>Good morning gentlemen,
>As I was enjoying my daily trip from Moscow this morning I chatted w/
>a fellow 12month bike commuter.  We were lamenting the danger of the
>trails bridges once things get chilly and frost/snow/ice forms.  We
>struck up the idea that painting the Trail's bridges w/ a black paint
>with sand mixed in (as is used on climbing walls to provide grip)
>would be an excellent means to add user safety through enhanced
>traction.  This method would both be a catalyst for sun melt and for
>grip from sand grains cutting through light ice and frost.
>
>I am sure in these tight budget times it may take some creative fund
>raising, but I believe this or a similar solution is possible.
>Further, we need not paint all of a bridge's surface.  A simple 3'
>wide center strip would be highly effective.  Similarly, having a
>strip would facilitate those of us who have discussed shoveling off a
>path on the bridges the first morning after a snow.  As you both
>know, we actually have few snows, and lots of sun in between storms.
>By shoveling off snow quickly and having a dark surface user
>safety--of cyclists as well as runners and walkers--would be greatly
>enhanced on these most dangerous segments of the Trail.
>
>Thanks for your thoughts and interest,
>s
>--
>
>
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>          Sean Michael, Ph.D.
>          Assistant Professor
>          Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
>          Washington State University
>
>
>          149 Johnson/ Pullman 99164-6414
>          509.335.1470  /  .8690 F
>
>          http://hortla.wsu.edu
>
>
>Note: this email is intended solely for the recipient(s) to whom it
>is sent.  The contents may not be distributed, in part or in whole,
>without the author's consent.
>
>Joan Klingler
>joank@moscow.com

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Thanks,
s


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         Sean Michael