> From: "Matt Logan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It turns out that most of the enhancement funds were obtained by > terminating a much needed ped/bike overpass project over the beltline at > Perry St. There are reports that people are currently cutting the chain > link fence across the beltline in order to cross by foot. One of the > reasons cited as to why the Perry st. overpass was terminated is that > "nobody wants this overpass". At a recent neighborhood meeting where > the topic of the Perry overpass project was discusses, only business > people supporting the Todd Drive project showed up. > > Unfortunately, there is little chance at this point that the Perry St. > project will be reinstated, even if the Todd Drive project is rejected
So.... the overpass is built, but won't be finished / opened / used? How much will it cost to keep it closed? How much will it ultimately cost to tear it down? At this point, won't it be cheaper just to get it done with? > The bottom line here is: We bikies missed a golden opportunity to > lock-in a much needed improvement, and the "highwaymen" have jumped in > and snatched the funding from us. I hope this underscores to everybody > the importance of engaging the system. If we snooze, we lose. > > Now I would like open the discussion up to others on this list: What > are we going to do to make sure this doesn't happen again? Announcements about decisions like this _before_ the meeting (and more than a day or two before) would help. On a personal note, I've all but given up on PBMVC meetings. They most often meet on a Tuesday that I have another commitment. Last night was an exception, but having seen no notice of anything consequential being decided upon, and having gotten used to being unable to attend, I didn't think to research it myself. Unfortunately, much of what drives bad things like this happening is circumstance, conspiring with an overwhelming number of concerns/causes/actions that we're all trying to keep on top of. Woody Allen once said that 80% of success in life is in showing up. Believe me, alt-trans is not the only social / political realm in which opportunities like this are squandered because people (well, the right people) didn't show up. --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Desktop Insurgent Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
