I am not an "expert" other than I am a bicyclist. I agree the center island median is too narrow. It isn't wide enough to accommodate a single bicycle safely (stopping distance upon the island median is not allowed for). And certainly is not large enough to accommodate a trailer or multiple bicycles. Also, Odana's lanes should be narrowed (similar to what was done at Midvale Blvd.)
The accident report clearly shows the driver of the automobile "failed to yield right-of-way" is that not against the law? When I went to drivers' education in high school (in a prior epoch) I was taught that passing on the right is unsafe, and in the case of an absent lane, illegal. Seems like the automobile driver has two violations of law and a significant violation of karma (flattening a human being to the ground with a 2,000lb deathmobile). -----Original Message----- From: "Mitchell Nussbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The "accident" report is on-line at: > http://www.cityofmadison.com/police/accidents/mpddata/police_d/acrpt/nolava/pdf s/00020a21.pdf. > > But I think it might help to narrow the pavement at this crossing, to make > it physically impossible to pass on the right near the bike path, and to > shorten bikes' exposure. If possible, I'd like to see the median widened > to provide more space for bikes with trailers. > > Does idea this make sense to the experts on this list? Perhaps I should > propose it as a bike-ped project for next year. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
