I don't expect unanimous opinion on what's needed for the Glenway St./Multi-use Path intersection, but thought I'd share some details on a meeting I attended last week.
The City of Madison held a planning meeting on traffic calming structures to reduce the speed of motor vehicle traffic on Glenway St. between Monroe Street and Mineral Point Road. The meeting was held Tuesday, June 14. I attended mainly to give my opinion on the path/street intersection. I advocated for a 4-way stop at the intersection. The City's engineer replied that Madison drivers do not pay attention to stop signs and that makes them a poor choice for slowing traffic on Glenway St.. I asked for his statistics since I told him I didn't think Madison car drivers regularly blew through stop signs without slowing way down or coming to a complete stop. I told him I thought a four-way stop would reduce the potential for collisions between bicyclists using the path and automobiles on Glenway St.. It would also be less costly than a concrete structure. The next stage is that the immediate neighborhood blocks get to vote on what type of structures should be designed for the project. I asked if they intended to survey bicycle path users, but was told they did not plan to do that. I said they should do that for this project. I don't believe they will though. I thought the person who was running the meeting (Dave McCormick) was very biased in favor of building cement structures. The street is quite narrow at the location of the Muli-use Path, so I doubt cement traffic calming structures can be constructed at that location without having to also widen Glenway Street at its intersection with the Path. Mike _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
