Interesting. He lives at the corner of Windom Way and North Sherman. Where the issue of bikes lanes on North Sherman is beginning to take shape.
Mike Rewey ***************************** On 14 May 2008 at 16:00, Mitchell Nussbaum wrote: That's pretty much the level of reasoning you can expect on the WSJ opinion page. Ann Freiwald wrote: > I don't even know where to begin with this comment! > > > > Consider sidewalks for city bike network > > Madison, which may be the biking capital of the world, needs dedicated > bike lanes along all our city streets to ensure the safety of our biking > population. > > Too expensive, you say -- there 's no way we could possibly hope to put > such a network together? Nonsense. They 're called sidewalks. You > finance them -- use them, curb cuts and everything. > > The chances of injuring pedestrians are less likely than getting hit by > a car or running into the opening door of a parked car. Still worried? > Buy a bell, call "passing left, " or ride in the opposite direction. > > The stress, anxiety and frustration you cause while risking life and > limb can 't possibly make for an enjoyable commute. Cars and bikes don > 't mix. > > Regarding biker complaints about nowhere to ride except near the gutter > where the pavement is broken and uneven, the solution is simple. Get off > our city streets and use the sidewalks. That 's what they 're designed > for. > > -- Mike Detamore, Madison > > > Ann Freiwald, ASLA > Project Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 608-441-3580 > > Please visit us at www.saa-madison.com <http://www.saa-madison.com/> > > Wisconsin's Safe Routes to School Program is in full swing! The grant > program offers 100% funding for approved projects. If you have bicycle > or pedestrian improvements waiting for funding, here is your chance. > Contact SAA's SRTS experts for more information. > > > *This message and all accompanying documents are covered by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2510-2521, and contain > information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This > information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, be > aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the content > of this information is prohibited. If you received this transmission in > error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the original > message. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies ------- End of forwarded message ------- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
