Maybe someone could phone in a report before the Bike Traffic Report on WORT tomorrow. Getting more info and more pressure to put bike lanes on Sherman would be a good thing.
=>> Shameless plug for the Bike Traffic Report: 8:30 AM every Friday on WORT. The only bike traffic report in the city! And it's pledge week... hint, hint. <<= Go Rick and Scram! Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:05 PM, rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a good stretch for a critical mass ..... > > Michael Rewey wrote: > > Here are some interesting counts I did. > Two weekday September bicycle counts: > N. Sherman at Fordem > Afternoon - only 4 hours: 71 bicycles > N. Sherman at Aberg > Morning - only 4 hours: 64 bicycles > So there are already almost 140 bikes in 8 hours on a street corridor with > no bike accommodation. Even WisDOT in their design guidelines states that > if a street or road has or can reasonably expect 25 bikes per day, bike > accommodations should be provided. > This information was provided to the Plan Commission. > Mike Rewey > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
