Hi Al. That is interesting news on the lack of pedestrian accommodations on that stretch of University - I had not heard that.
The bicycle access that is proposed is problematic to me. As I understand it, there will not be bike lanes on University from Whitney Way to Segoe (or thereabouts), which is the section with the bridge over the rail corridor. Bicyclists will be expected to exit at Whitney or Old Middleton Road (depending on their direction of travel, take the path along the rail and Old Middleton, and then connect back onto University. The rational is that the bridge does not have enough room for bike lanes. This seems ridiculous to me. If I am riding to Middleton, I will have to exit the most direct route, cut under University, go to Whitney, then cross back across University to get back to the lane. The better solution to me is to provide the lanes up to the bridge and then have sharrows across the bridge in the outer lane along with signs that bicyclists may use the full lane. When the bridge is eventually rebuilt, full lanes can be added at that time. The convoluted route they are planning can also be marked for less confident cyclists who may not want to cross the bridge in the lane, but I doubt if those people will be on University in the first place. Kevin -- Kevin Luecke Lead Planner, Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin www.bfw.org 608-251-4456 <http://www.bfw.org/> <http://bikefed.blogspot.com/> <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/bike.fed.wi?ref=ts> <http://twitter.com/search?q=BikeFed> <http://delicious.com/network/BikeFed>
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