In the meantime, Ruskin Road is a decent alternative to North Sherman, depending on where you're coming from or going to. It's clearly not a solution since you have to go on N. Sherman for at least some length if your coming from/going to south of Aberg.
Kathryn Kingsbury Editor, writer, radio journalist 608-338-9222 www.kathrynkingsbury.com On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury --- On Thu, 10/22/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bike Counts on North Sherman To: "Michael Rewey" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 4:40 PM 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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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