My understanding is that these are the main opponents: 1. The merchants on Sherman - especially the ones in the strip mall where Vic Pierce is located who fear that one less lane in each direction will hurt their business because (a) people will find another route because Sherman will be congested and (b) people won't understand how to turn left to get to their business.
2. Older people (50+) in the area, who are unfamiliar with those weird new ideas - like pedestrian and bicycle safety and traffic engineering. 3. Dorothy Borchardt supporters (she was the former alder for the area) and other conservatives that think any accommodations for bicyclists benefits those pesky liberals. 4. General naysayers who don't believe that one through lane in each dierection + a TWTL + bike lanes can handles the same volume of traffic as four through lanes. Since this is a neighborhood plan, the suburbanites weren't generally part of the writing of the plan, although they may have influenced the thinking of the people that did show up to write and testify about the plan. Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:36 AM, rick <[email protected]> wrote: > Another thought - and forgive me if it's already been addressed - but > perhaps the northside alders should be pressed a little as to WHO is so > vociferous in their disdain for bike lanes on Sherman. My hunch - based on > 25 years of listening to Norhtside transportation discussion, is that MOST > of the noise is likely to be coming from those who live outside of Madison > and use Sherman Ave. as commuter thoroughfare. Food for thought ..... > > Rick > > > 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
