Everyone who rides Univ Ave, please stop pedaling and count to ten . . .
At least we have the eastbound bike lane there. Usually it's the reverse, the bike lane is closed and bicyclists have no where else to go so they ride on the sidewalk and I receive tons of complaints from pedestrians wanting to poke an umbrella in the bicyclists' spokes. No one is ever happy with other people's behavior and everyone wants the other person to change and no one wants to reflect on their own behavior and how that might impact other people's safety. Safety is the critical thing. We all, no matter our mode, need to operate in whatever environment we find ourselves in, in a way that ensures everyone's safety. Our own convenience needs to be held secondary to other people's safety. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox. Please, everyone, this is going to be a long project, 1.5 to 2 years. We have to expect delays in this area, we need to cooperate with everyone else who is out there. If this route is too much of a problem for anyone then I would be glad to suggest alternative routes. Just give me a call. Arthur Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225 Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Is it manslaughter... if I run over pedestrians in the counter flow lane on the 800 block of University Ave? Clearly posted "no pedestrians" and yet the witless students wander down, side by side, cell phones stuck to their heads. I have been enjoying getting right up to them and then screaming "HEY this is a BIKE LANE! Get a CLUE!" If nothing else I want to at least jog their feeble senses. In my dreams I have the bicycle equivalent of a Hummer <http://fotos.mtb-news.de/fotos/data/500/13527Gunnar3.jpg> and I roll right over their wailing broken bodies. Then I'd turn around and do it again. R. -- Blog-o-mat: www.robindavies.vox.com The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
