I too have had problems trying to use the counter-flow bike lane; it is full of pedestrians blithely ignoring the sidewalk closed signs.
The 10-year project to resurface East Washington from the Capitol all the way to I-94 has managed to accept the fact that 2 car lanes (down from 3) is adequate, after all. University Avenue just a couple blocks further east is only 2 lanes wide just when its name changes from Gorham to University. Why can't that 2 lanes be extended all the way to Park St.? I say the City of Madison should re-think this decision. One of the car lanes has got to go! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul T. O'Leary Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 4:43 PM To: Ross, Arthur; Robin; [email protected] Subject: Re: RE: [Bikies] Is it manslaughter... Given how long a project this is, perhaps it should have been set up to better accomodate pedestrians and bike traffic. It occurs to me that they could have easily kept every right-of-way intact -- sidewalks on both sides, a westbound bus lane, a westbound bike lane (now shared), and an eastbound counterflow bike lane, if they had just done one thing -- close one of the THREE car lanes. It's interesting that bus, bike AND pedestrian traffic all had to make adjustments for this project, but dare we sacrifice one of THREE car lanes? Heavens, no! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
