Riding the SW Path, I've noticed a footpath that seems to come out of the SE corner of the Cemetery. I've never investigated to see where it actually goes, but a paved path through that corner would be a nice shortcut for bikes heading east on the Path.
Of course, a short-cut through the cemetery might be incompatible with its principal use, but it might be nice to look into the possibility. Dipesh Navsaria wrote: > 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 > > -<*>---------------------------------------<*>- > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
