Re: "B-cycle isn't really geared toward the diehard Madisonian bikers"
I disagree with Kathy. Certainly there are several other demographics who are expected to use the system, perhaps more frequently. But I count "diehard Madisonian bikers" among them. Assuming there are locations convenient to me, I can envision several scenarios in which I use bcycle. For example, I don't much care for leaving the house to go to work in a downpour (snow doesn't much bother me; I think cycling in the rrain is much more dangerous since some car drivers exercise extra caution in the snow, but many or most seem to drive more recklessly in the rain than on dry pavement, and, guess what? It rarely ever rains in winter). When there's a deluge in the morning I will usually take the bus. But by the afternoon the weather is often much nicer, and I wish that I had toughed it out and ridden my bike. And since I ride all year round, in (almost) any weather, I think most people would consider me a diehard cyclist. Re: "Are they asking, or telling" Bcycle has been asking for the better part of the last two months, which has prompted a regular discussion between bcycle staff, City TE staff (Tony Fernandez, who is himself a cyclist), staff of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin's Madison office (who I think probably qualify as members of the local bicycling community too), and occasionally others, including Robbie Webber, the citizen chair of the PBMVC, and myself, who, in addition to my day job representing the interests of UW-Madison's cyclists and pedestrians, am also part of the Madison bicycling community. So although not every proposed location (and many of the locations discussed were originally proposed by members of the bicycling community) has been vetted by everyone who has been involved (there is still discussion about some on UW's campus, e.g.) it's probably fair to say at this point that bcycle is telling the community what has been approved by city staff, folks at UW, Bike Fed of Wisconsin, and those other members of the bicycling community who have been involved. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions Transportation Services UW-Madison Room 124 WARF 610 Walnut St Madison WI 53726 608-263-2969 www.wisc.edu/trans ________________________________ From: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:02 AM Cc: Bikies Subject: Re: [Bikies] B Cycle locations presentation at PBMVC tonight Well, B-cycle isn't really geared toward the diehard Madisonian bikers, so I'm not sure how helpful our input would have been. Just a thought. Kathryn Kingsbury www.kathrynkingsbury.com <http://kathrynkingsbury.wordpress.com> LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynkingsbury Skype: kathryn.kingsbury ________________________________ From: Brenda Konkel <[email protected]> To: Robbie Webber <[email protected]> Cc: Bikies <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 9:55:38 AM Subject: Re: [Bikies] B Cycle locations presentation at PBMVC tonight Are they asking, or telling? Who approved the first sites that are already in place? I'm not sure I disagree with the sites, but I think input from the biking community would have been really helpful. On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: In addition to the public hearing about needed infrastructure, the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission will also have a presentation from B Cycle on the planned locations for the kiosks. Perhaps we can ask about when the system will be fully functional. 5:00 PM in Room 260 of the Municipal Bldg. Robbie Webber PBMVC Chair _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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