Thanks, Robbie, I was about to post something similar. You are dead on.
-Mike
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At 1:00 PM -0600 11/7/08, Robbie Webber wrote:
Larry (Nelson) - Thank you for including the full summary of
comments. It helps to see the full back and forth discussion between
all parties.
To the general Bikies audience:
Two things about the discussion disturb me.
1. That someone from WisDOT suggests that the comment, "We don't
know what the bike lane width was prior to reconstruction." be
deleted. I think that is a very telling comment. I'm willing to bet
that all the other prior lane widths were well documented and
carefully considered when the roadway markings were considered.
2. That there was a public hearing/meeting (Jan 10, 2008) on this
important intersection, and nothing was posted on this important
contact mechanism for Madison-area bicyclists. I just checked my
calendar, and the Bikies archive, and there was no post on this
meeting. Now, possibly I should have known about it, being a city
official, but I did not.
Several Bike Fed board members and employees are on this list, and
yet they chose not to post this important meeting. Maybe the rest of
the staff or board didn't know either, but at least one person
obviously knew. Too bad, because the problems might have been
averted had more Bikies known about the meeting.
Draw your own conclusions.
I'm sorry, I've tried to let Bike Fed get its feet back on the
ground, and reach out to the Madison transportation biking
community. However, it seems that the refusal to post even FYI items
on this list has turned from clumsy ignorance of the grass roots
power of this community to dangerously willful disregard for the
importance of communication with the front line troops.
To Bike Fed staff and board:
When there is a meeting, people need to know about it. It doesn't
matter how much ones feelings have been hurt in the past by a few
people on a list. I deal with that daily with this list, my own
neighborhood listserv, and others I'm on. Suck it up and realize
that this is where the activists reside. You need to use the tools
you have.
Robbie
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