Back in 1993, when the bike path was built, Arthur Ross acknowledged that the button to trigger a red light for Atwood (the ped button) was on the wrong side of the bike path (I'm talking about the intersection of Dunning and Atwood) if a bicyclist going westbound tried to trigger it. So if they were to go to press the ped button to get a green for Dunning, they would potentially be risking a head-on collision with a bike riding eastbound. Arthur also promised to put installing automatic triggers in the bike path to get a green for Dunning on the city's work plan, as the city had done farther west where the bike path crosses Winnebago (at Riverside). I don't know whether it ever got on the work plan, but 15 years later, nothing has been done.
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."--Voltaire (1694-1778) Direct Cost of U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq $490,171,701,658 >>> "Michael D. Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/6/2008 2:56 PM >>> This is a problem city wide. Rectifying it is a priority in our neighborhood plan (Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather). The plan is now 8 years old and nothing has been done about it. In fact, they just installed brand new walk light push buttons, just as inaccessible as ever, and just as inconveniently activated. In fact, if you are able to mount the snowbank and push the light button, the walk light will not activate for the next light cycle. You must wait for the 2nd light cycle. And now you understand why pedestrians habitually ignore walk lights. I have had conversations with individuals in Traffic Engineering about this. The engineers believe that pedestrians are 2nd class citizens, undeserving of convenient access. (Let's watch the TE folks dance around this one!) -Mike >Hello all...if you're riding in this...well, my hat is off to you! > >A question...does anyone know why at lighted intersections the >"walk" lights don't automatically cycle...but only cycle if >pressed....example, Highland and Old University...it's a dangerous >precedent...right on red turners see the don't walk, pedestrians are >rightly wary and seems to increase the potential for a pedestrian >getting hit...it's also a good indicator, if the light doesn't have >the timer count down types, for drivers to see how long until the >yellow kicks in...meaning they hopefully won't gun it (remember the >movie Starman?) at the yellow and then blow through while red.. > >Be safe out there, Troy Thiel > > >_______________________________________________ >Bikies mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
