Are the Old Middleton Road people saying that it's up to the people on the street to determine its design, and it's nobody else's business? If they get the last word, would the same principle apply to collector streets in other neighborhoods?
If the people who live near Drake/Grant Streets or Mills St. or Spaight St. or Winnebago Ave. could dictate the design of those streets, they might look very different. Right now, they carry too more cars than the neighbors would like, generally going too fast. If "outsiders" were kept out of the discussion, those streets might not have a "rural feel" but they would probably be friendly to cars, and hopefully more friendly to bikes and pedestrians. But I wonder if the folks on Old Middleton Road would be happy with those changes? ----- Original Message ----- From: "burleigh chorus.net" <[email protected]> To: "Mark Clear" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:01:33 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Old Middleton Road letter - Really? Mark, I saw one article recently where someone suggested "why don't they just put in one bike lane". Gee thats a nice compromise. King Solomon would approve. This issue came up shortly after I moved back in 2000. When the alder at that time came to our neightborhood association meeting, he accused 'outside agitators' ( I think those were his exact words) of undermining the process. Which was pretty insulting, since our neighborhood borders on OM Road. And I was in the audience.. I understand your reasoning for not raising this issue more broadly. But the fact is this is a city road, and not a private resources for a few people. Its sad that this attitude has stalled progress for 10 years. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Mark Clear < [email protected] > wrote: Robbie and all, Thanks for posting this, Robbie. Does Trek even have lobbyists? Perhaps he meant Ken Golden. :) I made a very deliberate decision to keep this process in the neighborhood and not specifically alert bikies, Bike Fed, or any stealth Trek lobbyists. Not that I don't love you all, but I didn't want to create a perception of "outside bicyclists vs. neighbors," which some people claimed had contributed to the derailing of the project in the past. Sadly, Mr. Nikora perpetuates that myth, along with the myth that the process was undemocratic because the opponents who came to the council meeting didn't get their way. There is a lot of support for this project in the neighborhood and beyond, and I have plenty of e-mails to prove it. One person wrote to me, "You saved a life tonight." That helps make up for some of the very personal, hurtful things that were said to me last Tuesday. I'll feel even better when we can all enjoy a safe, smooth road that will still have plenty of rural charm and character. Mark C. On 1/22/2010 10:48 AM Robbie Webber wrote: The letter to the editor linked below is pretty humorous to me. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- .......... -darin _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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