If five feet for biking feels a little cramped during this demolition project, detour a mere 200 meters south to the new Kendall Avenue Bike Boulevard, which has now been granted permanent status!
The Bike Boulevard is spacious, tree-lined, and shared with cyclists by only the most courteous motorists. Protect your skin and bike paint from damage by the merciless summer sun on the Campus Drive path by cruising along a residential boulevard shaded by lovingly-tended adolescent ash and Norway maple (the silver maples are pretty much history...)! A very recent notice in the neighborhood states that the permanent traffic excluder at Franklin will be placed sometime in August, replacing the temporary barrels. Other features should follow. Most comments on the experiment were reported to be supportive, and diverted east-bound traffic has not appeared to create serious problems on other, parallel streets. A stop sign will be placed on Franklin (which has for a long time been the domain of somewhat excessive-speed commute traffic) to help improve safe passage for not only bikes and pedestrians, but also west-bound motorists. A project of this sort was initially proposed in the Regent Neighborhood Association traffic plan (by me and others) nearly 20 years ago, and it is wonderful to see it finally becoming a reality. I certainly want to thank everyone who has worked for and advocated for this bike, pedestrian and neighborhood-friendly project over that time - members of the RNA transportation committee and its current chair, past and present alders Robbie Webber and Shiva Bidar-Silaf (sp?), the city TE supervisors and staff who were courageous enough to give this a try, and everyone who sent positive or other constructive comments. We hope this route will continue to be enjoyed by thousands of cyclists in safety and health for many, many decades, and that it will gradually be extended westward! Jeff Schimpff Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Madison, WI 608-267-7853 "Bus, Bike, Carpool to Work for Clean Air for Kids" "Pedestrians and cyclists are the indicator species of a healthier community" ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of STRAWSER, Charles Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] Campus Dr. Path Impact [but Univ Ave contraflow lane now open] Sorry for posting twice, but you can see all the closures around campus here: http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/trans/files/StreetClosuresDetours.pdf The good news - I saw the city's contractor opening up the eastbound contraflow lane on University Ave yesterday, I believe the length of it from Bassett westward. chuck ________________________________ From: STRAWSER, Charles Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Campus Dr. Path Impact Forest Products Laboratory will be demolishing a building adjacent to the Campus Dr path near Highland Ave starting the middle of next week. About half of the width of the path will be fenced off for approx 100' since the building is right up against the shoulder, but the half (or more) of the path is expected to be open to travel. Please exercise caution when traveling through the area. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bike Coordinator Commuter Solutions Transportation Services UW-Madison Room 124 WARF 610 Walnut St Madison WI 53726 608-263-2969 www.wisc.edu/trans
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