I am very happy for Madison, but some of us remain quite disappointed that this agreement does not include Middleton, which for 2011 had budgeted $20,000 as a cost-share to locate a few stations. Given the interest in RTA, it's unfortunate that bicycle sharing hasn't been considered from the perspective of the metro area. Middleton remains interested in participating in a bicycle sharing program.
Mark Opitz From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robbie Webber Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:47 PM To: Robert F. Nagel Cc: Amanda White; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] B-Cycle Moving Forward in Madison I was on the committee that helped pick out site. We started with a list of over 200 suggested sites (I think I submitted at least 75 myself), and then narrowed it down using various criteria: * public vs. private property * visibility * trying to not remove existing bike racks or other street/sidewalk uses * distance from other kiosks - not too close or too far * access to either solar or electrical conduit * proximity to obvious destinations: shopping, parks, employers, dense neighborhoods, etc. * where they can physically fit the kiosks, which have a minimum footprint * etc. At the last meeting of the committee, I think they had it narrowed down to about 50 sites, including a half dozen on the UW campus. We were shooting for 35, and so some of the "final" sites may be scratched or may not work for various reasons. The sites range geographically from approximately the UW Hospital to Olbrich Gardens to Wingra Creek (as west, east, and southern points.) The City and Trek folks were making sure that the sites were actually going to physically work. There will certainly be a map when all the decisions are made and infrastructure questions have been answered. But my guess is that they don't have a final map simply because they are still tweaking the locations and station numbers. Robbie Webber On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: that's really fast; at all locations? there must be a map out there of the proposed locations; anybody have the link to it or can somebody attach it to a reply here? --- Robert F. Nagel [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.nagel-law.com<http://www.nagel-law.com> Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 Madison, WI 53703 608-255-1501<tel:608-255-1501> office 608-255-1504<tel:608-255-1504> fax 608-438-9501<tel:608-438-9501> cell On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Tom Held <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Plan is to have the bikes in place on May 22. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Robert F. Nagel Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:09 PM To: Amanda White Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] B-Cycle Moving Forward in Madison Great news! Despite my being an apologist for Soglin here on this list-serve for his winter-cycling statement, I was quietly seething over the b-cycle demise. Looks like he knows how to drive a hard bargain and deliver, though. --- Robert F. Nagel [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.nagel-law.com<http://www.nagel-law.com> Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 Madison, WI 53703 608-255-1501<tel:608-255-1501> office 608-255-1504<tel:608-255-1504> fax 608-438-9501<tel:608-438-9501> cell On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Amanda White <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: NEWS RELEASE Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Contact: Eric Bjorling, Trek Bicycle Corporation, (920) 478-2191<tel:%28920%29%20478-2191>, x12526 / [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Mayor, Trek Bicycle Announce Agreement on B-cycle Bicycle Sharing Program Trek and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin are pleased to announce that they have reached a modified agreement that will allow the installation of B-cycle, a citywide bicycle sharing program, in the next month. The capital costs of the new system will be donated by Trek Bicycle. Trek, sensitive to the City's current financial difficulties, has agreed to modify the contract so that the cost to the City will be $1 per year rather than the original $100,000. In return, the City, recognizing the significant capital contribution by Trek, will agree to extend the contract from the originally proposed three years to five. In addition, the City will not share in any profits generated during this contract period. The parties, by mutual agreement, can renew the contract in 2016. "We are very excited to bring bike sharing to Madison," said Trek President John Burke. "Madison is our home town and we are thrilled to be able to give back to this great city." In order to meet critical time deadlines, the original three year contract for $100,000 will be executed with the understanding that the terms will be brought before the City Council for approval. To wait for adoption of the new terms would delay the installation of the program by two months. Mayor Soglin said, "I am confident that as we team up to make this program work, getting the second contract approved can be done expeditiously. This is going to be a great program for the people of Madison, our visitors and B-cycle." The parties agreed to work closely throughout the contract period to make sure that issues regarding signage and use of the public right-of-way are minimized. The Mayor indicated that much needs to be done in the coming weeks to get the system installed and reporting to critical city committees as to the details of the plan. ### ________________________ Amanda White Associate Director Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin (608) 251-4456<tel:%28608%29%20251-4456> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.bfw.org<http://www.bfw.org/> -- ________________________ Amanda White Associate Director Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin (608) 251-4456<tel:%28608%29%20251-4456> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.bfw.org<http://www.bfw.org> _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
_______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
