Paul, That's Observatory Dr - a UW street (and crosswalk), not City of Madison jurisdiction.
I've already emailed Ms. KamalRossa off-list to ask her if she recalls anything more about the van that could identify it. We (UW Transportation Services) think that it was a shuttle van operated by the Hospital (to take employees to the medical school) over which we (UW Transportation Services) have no control. We have, however, had an opportunity to provide bicycle and pedestrian training to the Hospital staff in the past, and it sounds like it's time to revisit that. But of course it doesn't hurt to remind people about the report-a-problem website for problems that are actually in the city of Madison. Thanks, chuck Chuck Strawser University of Wisconsin-Madison UW Commuter Solutions 124 WARF bldg 610 Walnut Street Madison WI 53726 608-263-2969 www.wisc.edu/trans -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:33 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Officer hit by SUV http://www.cityofmadison.com/reportaproblem . ------------------ Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA Original Message: ----------------- From: Monica KamalRossa [email protected] Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:47:29 -0500 To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Officer hit by SUV I am in a wheelchair and today a UW transport van wasn't going stop while I was crossing in a crosswalk by the Nat and on Friday last week a metro bus didn't stop while I was attempting to cross. I had to stop in the middle of the crosswalk and wait for the bus. The driver didn't even slow down. I backed up in my wheelchair and was worried that traffic from the other side would start going... I am not sure of a baseball bat but I would love video or phone camera that could be uploaded quickly to the police dept. On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Eric Westhagen wrote: > Not so fast. Neither you nor I were at the pedestrian stings. I > would expect that a "cross-walk" person must be totally out of the > crosswalk--not just out of the line of traffic. And the sting might > have been conducted on that basis.--------So, wait for the sting > about bicycles stopping on empty streets with stop signs---empty of > anything--but a hiding police person. Would you then claim there > should be baseball bats for hitting bicycles? > > EW > > burleigh chorus.net wrote: >> >> FTA: >> "As a pedestrian decoy for the Madison Police Department, Officer >> Derrick Jones has had close encounters with many vehicles whose >> drivers failed to stop for him as he crossed busy city streets >> during targeted enforcement operations. >> >> But Jones had just gotten off duty on Sept. 11 and was walking to >> his vehicle when he was hit in the middle of a crosswalk". >> >> http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_17588ca8-a85 0-11de-8a34-001cc4c002e0.html >> >> "So far this year, the TEST unit has issued 95 citations to drivers >> for failing to yield to a pedestrian, most resulting from >> enforcement operations, Tripke said." >> >> Just 95 this year? I bet they could get 95 in a single day! >> >> At the risk of sounding extremist, I will reiterate my suggestion >> that we replace those 'red flags' at intersections with baseball >> bats. >> >> -- >> .......... >> -darin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(r) Windows(r) and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
