Does anyone know if the BTA comments to the committee on snow removal were incorporated into the final report? They specifically addressed the problem of windrows which, true to form, confronted anyone trying to use the bike path (east rail one, at least) today. We should have included an additional suggestion to have the person in charge of plowing the paths to talk to a bicyclist to see how a bicyclist uses the path--for instance, most bicyclists cross at the sidewalk crossing at Atwood and Dunning, not via the street.
"One day of the war costs $720 million, or the equivalent of 34,904 four-year college scholarships, 12,478 teachers' salaries, 95,364 Head Start placements, or 6,482 new homes," according to the American Friends Service Committee, quoted in 10/15/07 Nation. Cost of U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq $473,366,810,069 >>> "Ross, Arthur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/3/2007 1:05 PM >>> The agenda for the December 4, 2007 meeting of the Platinum Biking City Planning Committee has been published on Legistar at http://legistar.cityofmadison.com/meetings/2007/12/5952_A_PLATINUM_BIKIN G_CITY_PLANNING_COMMITTEE_07-12-04_Agenda.pdf The November 29, 2007 report draft has also been posted on the Platinum Committee's webpage at http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/PlatinumFullRe visedReportNov29.pdf City of Madison Agenda - Approved PLATINUM BIKING CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE Room 100 (Transportation Dept. conference room) Madison Municipal Building 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (After 6 pm, use the Doty Street entrance) CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL A. PUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public are allowed three minutes to make a presentation on an item which they would like the PBCPC to consider at a future meeting. B. NEW BUSINESS B.1. Presentation of Launch Initiative Proposal of Platinum Committee report in the spring of 2008 by Irving Chung from Waldbillig and Besteman (CEOs from TREK, Saris, Pacific & Planet Bike invited to attend as guests) B.2. Expenditure of Committee funds -- Report on funding available, and process for approving expenditures -- Permission to authorize the expenditure of Committee funds to possibly include the following projects: * Mini grants * Ad & marketing campaign * Public service announcements ($2,500) * Other projects as recommended by the Committee B.3. Process for Common Council approval of the Plan B.4. Future meeting dates C. REPORTS OF CHAIRS, MEMBERS AND/OR STAFF FOR INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION D. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS/ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT 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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
