Thanks for the information Michael. Can we assume that scenario 1 was preferred since people are familiar with it and scenario 5 would be easy to discount since it would go against "the American way of life"? I would love to see scenario 5 and if done correctly it would be a good example for the region on how to have a high standard of life, amenities that we are used to, and options in transportation.
Does anyone have any suggestions on where we go now to promote scenario 5, if that is what you are interested in, and get it approved? Cheers, --- Michael Forster Rothbart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I did not get to the last North Mendota meeting, but > I spoke with > Dane Co. Planner Todd Violante. In brief, at the > last meeting, the > Advisory Committee picked two land use/growth > scenarios for further > modeling: scenarios 1 and 5. > > For those who didn't follow this: all scenarios > predict land use in > the North Mendota (Middleton-Waunakee-DeForest) area > for a 50,000 > population increase, prediced to occur about 2050. > Scenario 1 shows > the "no change" option: what will happen if current > land use and > zoning practices continue for 50 years. About 15 > square miles of > current greenspace/ag land will get developed in a > sprawling pattern. > Scenario 5 shows devlopment with a high density > corridor such as a > commuter rail line, consuming 2/3 the amount of > greenspace. > > Strand Associates will now develop more > comprehensive models of these > two scenarios, and will recommend transportation > alternatives basd on > them. Options include limited access expressway, > widening existing > local highways, commuter bus and rail. > > For more details, check out the website > http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp/northbelt.html > > > best, > Michael > > > > >Did anyone go to the North Mendota Study meeting at > >Saint Benedict Center on Wednesday? If anyone has > any > >information on how the meeting went please share > with > >the list. > > > >Cheers, > > > >===== > >Steve F. Tudisco III > >http://www.geocities.com/sftudisco/ > > > >"We abuse the land because we regard it as a > commodity > >belonging to us. When we see land as a community > to which > >we belong, we may begin to use it with love and > respect." > > - Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > >_______________________________________________ > >Bikies mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > > -- > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > Michael Forster Rothbart, photographer Phone: (608) > 262-7411 > University Communications > University of Wisconsin-Madison Fax: (608) 262-2331 > 3 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive > Madison, WI 53706-1380 Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > UW-Madison photo library: > http://photos.news.wisc.edu > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies ===== Steve F. Tudisco III http://www.geocities.com/sftudisco/ "We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." - Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
