You know, I'll have to re-examine that path, but the one time I took
it, it wasn't very helpful -- I found it more direct to go down
Speedway, and I still had to deal with the Regent/Highland/Speedway
issue. I guess part of it is that I loath riding on the sidewalk
unless I have to. (It is a pretty ride, I agree with that.)
The route I was hoping for would go straight west through the cemetery
or northern edge of the golf course, connecting right about where the
Virginia Terrace entrance onto the SW path is. I know, I know, it's
not a huge diversion to hook north to Regent or hook south to the
Glenway entrance -- just that when you're doing it regularly for a
commute you look for ways to cut off a few minutes. :-)
Peace and Prosperity,
Dipesh
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Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MS(LIS), MD
Resident Physician, Pediatrics
Occasional Children's Librarian
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web/blog: http://www.navsaria.com
Quoting "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Dipesh,
There is just such a bike route marked on the 1997 city bike route map,
along the golf course from the Glenway/Speedway corner, northeast for a
couple hundred feet, then hooking due east (across from Waverly) another
couple hundred feet away from Speedway, then continuing northeast
parallel to Speedway within the cemetery (this may be a cemetery road),
then turning north a couple hundred feet, to the sidewalk at the
cemetery entrance. You can then either get into the right lane on
Speedway-Regent or stay on the sidewalk, to turn onto Virginia Terrace
to head north to the SW path.
Jeff Schimpff
Environmental Analysis and Review Specialist
Bureau of Science Services, Office of Energy and Environmental Analysis;
and
Ecosystem Management Team
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
"Bus, Bike, Walk or Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids"
(*) phone: (608) 267- 7853
(*) fax: (608) 267-5231
(*) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Dipesh Navsaria
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] Speedway to SW Path
Question for those who have been biking around Madison for more years
than I have...
Was there ever any consideration given to building a bike path somewhere
around the Mineral Point Road/Speedway transition connecting to the SW
path? I live in the Sunset Village neighbourhood, and my options going
east are either to do a diversion south to Glenway to pick up the SW
path, or go north to the busy intersection of Speedway, Highland and
Regent. I've always thought a bike path along the northern edge of the
golf course connecting to the SW path would be great.
I like the greenspace created by Forest Hill Cemetery and the golf
course, but it ends up acting like yet another lake in terms of how it
bottlenecks routes heading east.
Even a connector going through the cemetery and coming out onto Virginia
Terrace so one can easily take the side streets but avoid the West HS
bottleneck would be great...but clearly that would require obtaining
land between existing homes, which wouldn't be easy.
Thanks!
Peace and Prosperity,
Dipesh
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