Wow, good counts, I'm surprised to learn that there are so many!
I live near North Sherman and am continually amazed by these brave souls
battling the speed demons in their behemoth gas guzzlers. Granted, I'm
disabled and am only a fair-weather rider, and do ride on the sidewalks
there when I'm able to get out, but would definitely trade a car trip to
Pierce's Market or the Lakeview Library if I felt safer riding on the road.
Even crossing North Sherman in designated walkways can be treacherous at
best during certain times of the day. My $0.02 worth...
~kel
Michael Rewey writes:
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
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