there is a public hearing for people with bicycle projects they'd like to present to the city to do so: next tuesday, 6 p.m., on the 2nd floor of the post office building downtown (across from the city-county bldg.). Make your wishes/needs known. And I think you get to be on TV.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Mad City Biker <[email protected]>wrote: > Agreed David! > > The E Wilson Bike Blvd is, in my opinion nothing but an exercise in > self-congratulatory, feel-good slacktivism. To think that a sign proclaiming > "Bike Boulevard" can alleviate the hazards of the multiple blind and > uncontrolled crossings is delusional. > > We seem to have no problems making sure auto traffic has the opportunity to > travel across the city unfettered at high speed with an ever-expanding > Beltline and freeways, yet not a single route exists where bicycles get the > right-of-way for an extended distance before having to yield once again to > "the anointed ones" in their SOVs. The E Wilson Bike Blvd is a major league > FAIL. > > Sorry for the rant. -MCB > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* David Waugh <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, May 17, 2010 12:40:33 PM > *Subject:* [Bikies] bike paths/blvd.s are critical > > After watching the Netherlands bike path videos, it is clear to me more > than ever that the communities that have realized that bikes and cars don't > play well together, and have built separate infrastructure for the two, have > strong bicycling communities. It seems to me that the bike activists in > Madison fight a bit too hard insisting that bikes and cars DO mix well > together. > > I believe that bikes and pedestrians are actually a better fit. One of the > Netherlands videos in particular shows a clear mingling of pedestrians and > bikes: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlQYP4WN-5w&feature=related > > (If you watch long enough, there is a section that is in real time, and not > sped up.) > > When I fought to have the East Mifflin Bike Blvd. be a true blvd, with > through traffic blocked, I was told this is too much to ask. The Bicycle > Federation was at a neighborhood bike blvd meeting, and while they were > enthusiastic for a true bike blvd, they felt a sign was enough too. A sign > does not make a bike blvd. > > As one who is a very polite, yet defensive cyclist, and who was put in the > hospital by a car that ran a stop sign, it is NOT safe on our streets for > bikes. A portion of my route home in the Tenney Lapham neighborhood is > down East Johnson street, where I have 2 feet of operating space. Cars > sometimes buzz by within 2 feet of me. All I need is for one inattentive > driver on a cell phone to take me out. > > This is a plea for separate paths for bikes, like it would seem to me > exists in the videos from the Netherlands. For a true bike blvd on East > Mifflin so that my Tenney Lapham neighborhood has a safe route to send our > kids. > > Regards, > David Waugh > 1213 East Mifflin > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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