When I lived near Woodmans west, 20 years ago, (and I would drive everywhere) I would often get caught in a situation where I would unexpectedly have to slam on the brakes of my death mobile. I would be heading south on Whitney Way towards the Beltline, the traffic lights near the Beltline would turn green, I would continue to clip along with the expectation that the cars waiting at the traffic lights would begin to move, my expectations would increase as I saw the brake lights on the cars turn off - THEN - I would realize that the cars were going at a snails pace and I would SLAM on the breaks. Today, for the second day in a row, while I was biking toward a similar type of intersection where Cottage Grove Road meets Hwy 51 (Stoughton Road), I heard the LOUD squeal of SUV death mobile tires. Both times, I snapped around to make sure that my life was not in danger. The SUV was two lanes away from the bike lane. I can't help but wonder if the situation that I would encounter in my self-absorbed 20's described above is the situation occurring at CBR/Hwy 51 with these SUV's. I have lived on the far east side for 12 years. It is sad to see it start to resemble the far west side. It sure would help if the Capital City Trail extended to Buckeye Road. How about it? The funding was approved and negotiations with property owners were made. So, what's holding things up? Is it Wisconsin Southern Railroad again? _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
