I told Alderman Gruber when I made this request that on Midvale Blvd., it might be worth considering routing the bike traffic up onto the sidewalk in those stretches of Midvale heavily used for parking - those stretches that are devoid of having driveways crossing the sidewalks, and where there is less of safety problem with cars backing out onto the sidewalk. That would help in some areas. There are also side streets where people can park for free 24 hours/day on one side or the other. Priority should be for the non-driving public regardless though. Who knows, the nondrivers may eventually outnumber the driving public in this area and hopefully other areas of the city.
I received another comment off-list from someone asking how they can help support Alderman Gruber's recommendations. Calling your alder would be the best I would think. I forwarded Tim's comments to the whole Common Council, which includes all the alders, so you could just mention to your local representative (alder) that you support the recommendations of the District 11 alder. Mike On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:33:41 -0500 Darin Burleigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks for posting this. Item 3 below is one I've privately been > dreaming of for a long time. There are very few direct North-South > routes in this area. Midvale connects two critical East-West routes, > the Blackhawk path and the Southwest path, as well as the Whenona > Way > bridge over the beltline. > > Removing on-street parking would be an inconvenience for the > residences > along Midvale. Many of the homes are rather modest, and they don't > have > space for a larger driveway. I know, they shouldn't have those extra > cars, > blah blah blah, but there is no point in making that argument with > someone > who isn't 'enlightened' to the car-free Way. > > In truth, the number of cars parked on the street is not very many. > I know > because I bike this route several times a week. > If the City could compensate the home-owners in some way, I think > this > would be a great idea. Expanded bus routes along this road should be > part of the deal. > > >From: "Timothy Gruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >BIKE > ... > > >3. Remove parking on Midvale Blvd from the Beltline to University > Ave and > >create bike lanes there. > > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
