On 8/11/2010 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I just spoke to Adam Kopp of the DOT, who is managing this project. We > reviewed that the nearest ways to cross the E-Way and Beltline on bike > are Cap City Trail to Southtown Dr (east) Since that stretch of the Cap City Trail is a toll road, will those fined by the DNR for failing to pay the toll have any recourse with DOT? Or would it take an act of...er... the legislature to get the DOT to contact DNR and request that they not charge a toll on this stretch? I wonder what the protocol is when a car road closure creates a detour to a car toll road (oh, yeah, that's right, there aren't any....).
Good points. I buy a pass each December by mail and tie-wrap it to the bars of my only bike, so I never think about state trail permits the rest of the year.
I have an important update from Adam Kopp: At my request he evaluated the passability of the construction site for bicyclists. He says that the work is exclusively between the curbs, and so cyclist can get through the area by walking bikes through the construction zone outside the curb. It's not ideal, but beats a three-mile detour.
Politely asking the appropriate officials to minimize disruption of bicycle traffic when executing their projects goes a long way toward getting cycling equal mind share with driving. Simple things like keeping temporary constructions signs out of the bike lanes (unless they are intended to close those lanes) are a huge help. It's usually easy to find out who's running a project (DOT, county, or local) by calling the transportation engineer for the locality. So be an activist!
Regards, Steve Arnold, Fitchburg Alder, District 4, Seat 7 2530 Targhee Street, Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711-5491 Telephone +1 608 278 7700 · Facsimile +1 608 278 7701 [email protected] · http://www.Arnold.US
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