Never have I seen a more practical location for a bike/pedestrian
tunnel. Not just for the SWP bike traffic, but for game day foot
traffic. The neighborhood association is so well put together they
would keep it tidy and attractive.
On Oct 25, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Paul T. O'Leary wrote:
---- Ann Freiwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I suggested an all red phase for the lights at this intersection.
Thus
letting peds and bikes have the intersection to make there moves,
then
go back through the car signal phases. But I got no answer from the
city. I guess they did not like that idea. I realize it would hold up
traffic, but this is a big corner for pedestrian traffic, between the
schools, the UW and the athletic facilities located around it,
then add
in a regional bike/walk trail, and you gotta start to think about all
red signal phases.
Just my thought.
It really should have a green phase for the bike path. It is, in
effect, a six-way, three-thoroughfare intersection (Regent, Monroe,
Southwest). Imagine if a new street were created, and it crossed
right through the middle of an existing four-way, two-street, light-
controlled intersection. Would they just leave the light the way it
is, and let people on that new street fend for themselves? That's
essentially what they did with the SWP.
And whatever is done, by definition, it would not "hold up
traffic". People using the SWP and the crosswalks ARE traffic. The
light sequencing as it stands "holds up traffic" for those users.
(I know, I know, "save it for the meeting.")
---------------
Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI USA
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