George, Thank you for the support. I was just going to ask what we should do next. I'll see if anyone on this list who is perhaps more motivated, has more time on their hands, or who has experience getting the ball rolling comes up with suggestions by Monday- at which point I'll try to put some time into looking into moving forward on this.
-India ----- Original Message ----- From: George Perkins <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:19 pm Subject: Re: [Bikies] Southwest Path- is it too dark at night? To: Dane County Bicycle Transportation Alliance <[email protected]> > I agree. I am frequently startled when I meet or overtake pedestrians > and > joggers who carry no lights with them. I have two lights on my bike (double > the light but also in case a battery dies) and it isn't enough. There > aren't > enough clear nights with lots of moonlight to fill in the gaps. > > I know the path was built with conduit for future lighting and I also > know > the lighting was eliminated as a compromise to wary neighbors who feared > swarms of evil-doers travelling along a well-lit path as their means of > attack and escape. But now many in the neighborhood also use the path > at > night and would probably be in favor of lighting. > > Does anyone on this list know where this goes next? By the time a lighting > proposal passes through the city committees and gets on the project list, > the economy may well be on the mend and the budget support it. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
