NEXT MEETING
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Monday, June
17 - 12:00 noon
Cellar Restaurant at Union Square
Topic: The Chattanooga Urban Area Bicycle Facilities Master
Plan
Why should the Chattanooga Urban Area include bicycling as part of the
comprehensive transportation plan? Because Chattanooga, like many other
cities across the country is facing increased healthcare cost, air pollution,
traffic congestion, and economic competition. Bicycling deserves a second
look because it is a convenient pollution-free mode of transportation that
addresses these issues.
Bill Allen, Director of Transportation of Chattanooga and Hamilton County
Regional Planning Agency, will tell us about the Chattanooga Urban Area Bicycle
Facilities Master Plan. It is a plan, he says, that builds upon the 140 miles of
existing and previously planned greenways within the planning area. The plan
identifies 382 miles of additional facilities that are comprised of the
following:
* 40 miles of Class I - Multi-use
Paths
* 154 miles of Class II- Bike Lanes (separated lane
4-6 ft. wide immediately adjacent to vehicular travel
lane)
* 188 miles of Class III - Bike Routes (a wide
outside lane to accommodate both vehicles and bicycles)
The planning horizon for this plan is twenty years. The plan addresses
engineering, education, encouragement of education, and enforcement. These
aspects of bike plans, often referred to as the "Four Es," are essential to the
successful implementation of the plan.
Invocation: Richard Smith
Fellowship: Bernard Cheatham
Entrée du
jour: Beef Pot Roast
OUR PREVIOUS MEETING June 10
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Our own Greg Sedrick presented us with a very
interesting biographical sketch of a unique inventor, R.G. LeTourneau.
LeTourneau was an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, evangelist, and someone who
provided advice on the role and responsibility of engineers that is quite
befitting the post 9/11 era. He is the third largest holder of patents
registered to an individual following Thomas Edison and Edwin Land. His
inventions include the bulldozer and the portable off shore oil drilling
platform. His company designed and built some of the world's most massive
machinery - earthmovers, transporters, missile launchers, bridge builders and
offshore drilling rigs. Perhaps his greatest contribution was his donated work,
designing and building living structures and utility infrastructure in third
world countries. Greg related LeTourneau's life and philosophy as a good model
for engineers, especially in response in today's post 9/11 world.
Greg kindly consented to serve as pinch hitter when our originally scheduled
speaker ran into a scheduling conflict. Greg is currently the Dean of the School
of Engineering and Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University in Longview,
Texas. He is visiting Chattanooga for the summer.
FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS
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June 24 Topic: Automated Power Distribution Technology - Gilbert Davis,
TVA
July 8 Topic: Methane Hydrate - Green House Gas
or New Fuel? Dr. Roddy Judkins
July 15 Topic: Playground
Equipment - Innovative Technologies for Playground at Siskin, Jerry
Sterling
July 29 Topic: Global Warming - How Real the Threat?
Marilyn Brown, ORNL
WHERE WE MEET
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Unless we note otherwise, all of our
presentation meetings are held at the Cellar Restaurant of the Tallan building,
Union Square Downtown Chattanooga from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Our meeting room and
luncheon service are open by 11:30 a.m. Lunch buffet is $10.00 per person
(inclusive). No reservation is required. Free parking is available in the Days
Inn Motel (on Carter St. and MLK Blvd,) courtesy of the Days Inn management.
When you park there, be sure to place a note on your dashboard indicating you
are attending the Engineers Club meeting.
QUESTIONS ?
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If you have any questions about
program items please call Steve McGuire at 756- 4430 or e-mail him at
stevemcguire@comcast.net
(Replying to this e-mail will not work since the e-mail comes to you via a list
server). You can find references to other Chattanooga Engineers Club members at
our web site:
www.chattanooga.net/engineer/CEC