Thanks for doing this, Steve!
Robbie Webber Bike Walk Madison Steering Committee www.bikewalkmadison.org Join our group on Facebook! On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Steve Arnold <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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