Before I moved I rode that almost every day. I found the county to be very responsive on sending out sweepers, once I finally found out (with the help of SOS in WSJ) that the county was responsible and the Madison "Report a Problem"' on the street went nowhere.
Agree on the narrow bike lanes; maybe reducing the car lanes by a foot each would help slow traffic and make it safer to bike. But even as the bike lanes are I still prefer them to that path; I stopped using it after almost getting nailed a few times. But by far my biggest beefs were the potholes at the expansion joints in the bike lane in the stretch between the newspaper and Badger road that became speed bumps when they tried to patch them, and the fact the bike lanes were often unplowed. -Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry D. Nelson To: 'Robbie Webber' ; 'Bikies' Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] 2012 work on Fish Hatchery Rd - improvementsfor bicycling access? Some background may be helpful. Fish Hatchery Road is a county trunk highway to Wingra Creek. The road bed is maintained by the county, which may limit the amount of street sweeping resources. The road is constructed across wetlands and has experience differential settlement despite the inclusion of a permeable membrane beneath the bed. Hopefully it has stabilized over the last three decades that the current road has been in service but widening the roadway may exacerbate the problem. There is a "sidepath"/sidewalk along the east side of the road. With the completion of the Cannon Ball bike path along the rail corridor, I suspect that a number of users may opt for the sidepath vs. the street. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robbie Webber Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 1:27 PM To: Bikies Subject: Re: [Bikies] 2012 work on Fish Hatchery Rd - improvements for bicycling access? After a got a response from Tony Fernandez at the City - and I do appreciate his efforts to respond, although it didn't provide the type of information I was hoping for, which is no fault of his - I wrote another email that turned into more of rant. Since it ended up putting down in pixels many of the issues that routinely come up with rebuilding or repaving large urban roadways, I decided to stick my response in a blog post. You can read it here, if you want. http://bit.ly/e59dAP Robbie Webber On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: There was an article in today's Cap Times about the 2012 planned rebuilding of Fish Hatchery Rd from Wingra Dr south to West Badger Rd. http://bit.ly/gNw2Tl Most people on this list recognize that this stretch, although equipped with bike lanes, is an unpleasant ride, and often downright scary. Much of the problem stems from potholes and cracked pavement on the far right (the bike lane), but also the amount of trash, debris, sand, and general junk that lands in the bike lane. I also think that, given the amount and speed of traffic - normally far over the speed limit - the current width of the bike lanes is too narrow. Did anyone attend the meeting mentioned in the article? Will the current conditions be improved when the project is done? Obviously, new pavement will be a huge improvement, but are there any other changes planned? And while the project is ongoing, will there be some accommodations for those bicyclists that still need to use Fish Hatchery to get around? Due to the Arb on the west and the lack of north-south routes to the east between Fish Hatch and Park, Fish Hatchery Rd is often the only option in this area. I have cc'd a cross section of City of Madison, Dane County, and Bike Fed folks. The road is in the City (mostly, although there are sections in Town of Madison), but Dane County is doing the project, since it is a county highway. Thanks for any info. I'm sure many people on the list would be interested in any insights. Robbie Webber ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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