This must be why the students like mountain bikes so much. I guess everyone needs to make their own trail. Over the curb, through the flower gardens, through the hall of Bascom, down the stairs, through the red gym and the big barn ...
Torrey -------Original Message------- > From: Michael D. Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Fwd: [Bikies] Campus Bike/Ped Detour > Sent: 07 May 2004 11:38:43 > > Not everyone is cheery happy about the simultaneous closure of 2 very > important parallel bike routes through campus.... > > -Mike Barrett > > >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-Received: 7 May 2004 04:53:10 GMT > >From: Pam Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Fwd: [Bikies] Campus Bike/Ped Detour > >Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:52:22 -0500 > > > >Thanks for the advanced warning. I knew something was up when > >it became necessary to hop irrigation troughs and other demolition > >material on my Tuesday afternoon commute. At this rate I'll be > >commuting through Fitchburg to get from the East isthmus to the > >VA Hospital. Thank God those Fitchburg Police Officers are so > >nice. > > > >It's bad enough that the lake shore bike path is closed for nearly a > >year (so that it can serve primarily as storage space for the Co-Gen > >construction)!! In addition, closing that crappily constructed detour > >path and then suggesting use of a sidewalk as a legitimate second > >detour demonstrates just how dedicated the University is to finding > >solutions to their "car parking problem." One by one, you continue > >to eliminate options to the automobile until the University becomes > >strangled in a sea of parking with not one stall close enough to the > >"front door" for anyone's satisfaction. > > > >Please give better advance warning when you shut down > >Observatory so that I have time to plan my route through Fitchburg. > >Oh hell, I should just give up and drive! > > > >Sincerely, > >Pamela Barrett > > > >PS - Renee, don't take this personally. I know it must be difficult to > >work for bosses that have their heads up their asses! > > > >The temporary bike path along the Co-Gen Plant on west > campus will > > >be closed starting today for approximately 3 weeks until the > > >demolition of the Greenhouses is complete. Westbound bicycle > and > > >pedestrians will be directed to detour after crossing the Willow > > >Creek Bridge north on the Willow Creek Path and then go west > on the > > >sidewalk adjacent to Lot 59/Observatory Drive. Eastbound > bicycle > > >and pedestrians will be directed to detour from Walnut Street to > the > > >sidewalk adjacent to the Lot 59/Observatory Drive and then go > south > > >on the Willow Creek Path. > > > > > > > > >Renee Callaway > > >UW TDM Program Manager > > >610 Walnut St, Rm 142 > > >Madison, WI 53705 > > >608-263-1034 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ><>www.fpm.wisc.edu/tdm > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies -------Original Message------- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
