This reply to Paul's comments was sent to bikies, where it bounced to me, and is now making its way to bikies.
FYI: Shawn is the City of Middleton staff person doing the planning for Pheasant Branch Road. >Paul, > >Not being familiar with the geography will make this question a little >difficult >to address. While Mark Opitz offered some excellent input to me, I'd like to >show you the design constraints we're looking at, and explain it at the public >informational meeting next Monday. Part of what we need to consider is the >rapidly growing use by motor vehicles, part of what we need to consider is the >country-wide trend toward an increase in speeding, part of what we need to >consider is that the current pavement width doesn't allow for motorists to >pass >bicycles without entering the oncoming traffic lane, and part of what we >need to >consider is the possibility of adding an intersection with a new road to a >subdivision (currently at a blind spot just over the crest of a hill). > >The current posted speed limit for this collector street is 30 mph. If we >wanted to adjust the speed limit to match the physical conditions, we >would need >a posted speed limit of 15 mph. The Public Works Committee may want to >consider >if they believe that to be a more reasonable option, but I won't be the one >recommending it. > >Thanks for your interest in this project. We hope to design a road that >can be >used by several different modes of transportation. > >Shawn Stauske >City of Middleton > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >> Of Paul T. O'Leary >> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:41 PM >> To: Mark Opitz; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [Bikies] Pheasant Branch >> >> I'm not familiar with the geography, but I presume the safety concerns are >> about visibility and reaction time to traffic events based on existing speed >> limits. Rather than re-shaping, in very small part, the planet's surface in >> order to accomodate a speed limit, wouldn't a more reasonable option be to >> adjust the speed limit to match the physical conditions? >> >> > From: "Mark Opitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > From my discussions over the past few months with the project engineer, I >> > know that some mature oak trees will be lost if there is ANY widening or >> > "lowering" of the road. By "lowering" I'm referring to the plan to >> improve >> > sight distance by cutting down the top of the hill located near the >> parking >> > area overlooking Pheasant Branch Conservancy. I'm told that the specific >> > reason for this proposal is to accommodate more safely a future street >> > connection with the Middleton Hills neighborhood. >> >> --------------- >> Paul T. O'Leary >> Desktop Insurgent >> Madison, WI USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- darin burleigh <> [EMAIL PROTECTED] bikies list administrator, http://www.danenet.org/bcp/bikies.html Bicycling Community Page http://www.danenet.org/bcp/ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
