Getting out to MATC or La Follette HS on a bike or a bus at these hours is not going to be easy, but I will try. Does anyone have information regarding other ways of viewing the three "alternatives" (website, for example) and submitting comments (e-mail, for example)?
In the WSJ article, I see that alternative "two" includes "additional bike and pedestrian crossings." I shudder to imagine what DOT is including in alternatives "one" and "three" if only the alternative "two" contains these essential and basic characteristics. Why does the city of Madison have to pay the price for the effects of poor choices (sprawl style development) by outlaying townships? Most of the people I work with commute from far-flung places like Monroe, Oregon, DeForest, and beyond; every one of them partakes in the vibrant urban cultural and service-filled city center. Yet none of them pays Madison property taxes and all of them disproportionately contribute to the environmental problems committed through the over-use of automobiles. Our city leaders truly need to stand up to the narrow-perspectives of the state traffic engineering types who can't look beyond more lanes as solutions to car crashes and so-called congestion. There are much larger concerns here than whether or not my co-worker from Monroe can commute to Madison in under 40 minutes. Congestion on Stoughton Road is a Good Thing. It makes those people who might be considering living 30 miles away think twice. P.S. Thank you to the other posters on this subject; Mike Neuman in particular. Excerpt from the WSJ article: "The first of three alternatives to be presented at the informational meetings is to keep existing at-grade intersections but relocate some "problem" frontage roads and add capacity at ramps where there are freeway- style interchanges. The second is to add interchanges and retain some at- grade intersections, and provide additional bike and pedestrian crossings. The third alternative is to eliminate all at- grade intersections "and make it a freeway," Feeney said. The informational meetings will be held March 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson St.; and March 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. at La Follette High School, 702 Pflaum Road." ----------- Original Message ------------- From: Robbie Webber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:04:01 -0600 Subject: [Bikies] comment on future of Stoughton Rd http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=76583&ntpid=3 [snip] The informational meetings will be held March 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, 3550 Anderson St.; and March 30 from 5 to 8 p.m. at La Follette High School, 702 Pflaum Road. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
