Speaking of Pheasant Branch road, I was at the NMPAC (a.k.a 'Not (really) the North Beltline') meeting last week. (see: the rather out-of-date: http://www.danenet.org/bcp/northbelt.html). Lots of stuff to mention (more later), but PBR came up. Because I specifically asked about it. What are the chances that PBR will remain a decent bicycle escape route? Here is what they said:
* All the other 2-lanes have been 'improved' to 4-lanes, so its probably inevitable here, too. * Perhaps it can be forestalled, but that would require planning, and a grid system (see below). * If the recommendations of the NMPAC are adopted, all of the growth along PBR will be pretty much limited to the city of Middleton. So, its possible all the traffic, and hence the need for expansion, will be concentrated on the southern portion (e.g. south of Balzer road). Again, this would take planning and agitation, to keep the highwaymen from destroying THE LAST ESCAPE ROUTE. p.s. Grids: is there anyone out there in bikies land who isn't up to speed yet? if not, repeat until memorized: A rectangular grid of streets is good! Cul-de-sacs suck! -darin _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
