The east rail bike path is mostly OK. The path, one block west of Fair Oaks, at Ryan St., is still mostly snow-covered. Someone (city or neighbor?) chopped off half of the snow bank, so a bike can get through there. It's still not wide enough for a full-sized bike trailer. To the left (going west) is snow; to the right, a muddy downhill. In past years, the city would put stakes next to the path to guide the snow plowers, especially at places where the bike path curves, such as at Ryan St. That never happened, and now we see the wisdom of those stakes. The sidewalk, which is the official bike route, along Williamson next to Machinery Row, has been ice-covered and hazardous, and still is despite all these days in the 40s. Despite numerous complaints, nothing is done. The city is very generous with their $109 fines to citizens who don't remove snow and ice, but the city seems to thumb its nose at bicyclists and pedestrians who expect the same from the city.
"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 $501,352,598,039 >>> "BURCZYK, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/14/2008 9:14 AM >>> Because of the melting/freezing cycles, the Lakeshore Path is muddy during the day and icy at night and during the morning commute. Any other condition reports? Matthew Burczyk UW Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator 610 Walnut St. Room 124 Madison, WI 53726-2393 Phone: 608.263.2969 Fax: 608.265.3424 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.wisc.edu/trans _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
