I agree with the question of funding priorities. I ride the CCT loop a
couple times per week all spring-fall, and while the wait for the lights
to cycle while hundreds of near-empty cars stream through is annoying,
I've never felt that crossing is hazardous
The only benefit I can see is for our high school cross-country skiers,
who roller ski that loop on occasion, and crossing the highway on roller
skis is far more tricky than being on a bike.
P Jeff Schimpff
Bureau of Science Services
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
"Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids"
(*) phone: (608) 267- 7853
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Adler
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] Re: Bikies Digest, Vol 47, Issue 30
The article intro makes it sound like it's being built to help
bikes/peds. The reality is it's primarily being built to move more cars
by avoiding those pesky walk signals. The bad part is it's sucking
funds off that could be used for other bike/ped stuff . $1M can add at
least 10 miles of off street paths or make a LOT of other improvements.
Now I'm not saying it's not a nice thing for Cap city trail
users. I'm just saying it's not where I would spend that kind of cash.
On the Post road/Bowman circle thing, I keep hearing rumors that
eventually Post road will go through. If not that connection would be a
good add, especially if the Perry St. overpass is ever built. Steve
Arnold is a Fitchburg alder that could probably shed some light on it.
His email is on this webpage:
http://www.city.fitchburg.wi.us/common_council/index.php
Doug Adler
Subject:
[Bikies] WSJ: Bridge over Fish Hatchery to offer relief for cyclists,
pedestrians
From:
"Matt Logan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:09:01 -0600
To:
<[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
To:
<[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
Looks like the Cap City Trail in Fitchburg is going to
get an overpass near McKee/Fish Hatch
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/272133
Map of location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=43.01550500504762,%20-8
9.42437648773193&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&om=0
I would like to suggest another project for Fitchburg:
A connection between bowman circle and Post road:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1183580797990992
78650.00043dc8655109e32dbe9&ll=43.026094,-89.40691&spn=0.013569,0.016844
&z=16
This could help a lot of bicyclists who would otherwise
have to circumnavigate the area using the cap city trail. Is there
anyone from the area near post road that is interested in perusing this?
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