Continuing the list of suggestions last week of needs I'd suggest if Madison is trully going to be a Platinum Cycling City we need to do a better job of maintaining our current bike routes. For example, the marked paths along University Avenue heading west to Middleton (Alder Clear's District) has had the same washout debris blocking half the path just east of Flambeau, and habitual problems with every rain on the rise towards Allen Boulevard just a few feet from a no sight line pull out from a residence, on a downhill, with tree limbs hanging down...a very dangerous situation that has been like that forever. Not only expanding bike paths and marked lanes, but maintaining what we already have, should be a priority. I looked at the full 64 page report on the Platinum Bike committee and would suggest an index for such a large document...some good stuff in it...but some of the timelines are way out...maintenance improvements for existing routes for example shouldn't be something that happens sometime next year...but should be in play now. Glass is half full, the report is a great start to working on filling the last half so ensuring that it doesn't get "filled" never to be seen/heard from again is needed. Ride safe, Troy Thiel
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