A warning sign would definitely be in order and perhaps should be an agenda item at the next Bike-Ped commission meeting. Probably others have seen them in a few cities in Europe - a bike outline with a curved arrow showing cyclists to swing out a little to cross tracks at close to a 90 degree angle, without swinging out into an adjacent traffic lane -- or a similar warning painted on the pavement (but subject to coverage by snow). But was the crossing angle the problem, or the light snow cover??
The RR crossings of Dayton at the coal plant and at Mills St. is another candidate for a warning, among others. P Jeff Schimpff Bureau of Science Services Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources "Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" (*) phone: (608) 267- 7853 (*) fax: (608) 267-5231 (*) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Drake Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:08 AM To: john wagnitz; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] railroad tracks I watched a rider go down at that spot this morning, too. Luckily both rider and bike were in working order after a couple of minutes. I've gone down myself in that spot. I am going to drop a note to the traffic dept. and see what it would take to get one of those sand barrels placed at the intersection. Steve _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
