Source: VABiker.Net

The website for the Virginia Biker Network is currently hosting a news release by the Motorcycle Rider Foundation about a recent meeting of the Federal Highway Administration’s Motorcycle Advisory Council, a congressionally-mandated council that meets twice a year to discuss infrastructure issues that relate to motorcycles. Because many people are not aware of the Council’s existence and its original mandate is no longer active, the Motorcycle Rider Foundation is calling for cyclists to re-engage with the government on issues that concern them.

The meeting covered a number of important topics that concern motorcyclists, including the following:

• Results of an online survey that asked motorcycle riders their thoughts on road conditions and other safety issues.
• Presentation by the leading expert of intersection design at Federal Highway Association (FHWA) about future directions in intersection design.
• Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) – PPPs are common in many industries, but have recently become more common in transportation. The participants discussed the pros and cons of such partnerships and used the lease of the Chicago Skyway to a Spanish company as a jumping up off point to further discussion.
• What the State of Texas is doing to reduce pavement slab spreading.

To learn more about the discussion of these issues, we encourage anyone with an interest in motorcycles to read the Motorcycle Rider Foundation news release on the Virgina Biker Network's website.

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