There's this . . . might help explain. http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/blog/index.cfm?Id=490
My understanding is he is looking to move it around the city, and starting next year would have one on the north side (too much construction this year), wasn't clear if there would be two next year (same location and north, or just north), but that was kind of my understanding. Might be time to start thinking about other areas that might be good for such an event. fwiw - It's hugely disruptive to those of us who live downtown and have to deal with many many downtown events. This one seems to be worse in that there was little planning to accommodate some of the needs of downtown residents, especially dealing with the one way streets and people having to back down the streets or drive the wrong way just to get off their block. Also, there needs to be better notices to those who are impacted and better detour signs. imho. Brenda On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Ross, Arthur <[email protected]>wrote: > There are several business associations downtown (Downtown Madison Inc., > Greater State Street Business Association, Business Improvement District). I > am not sure what formal positions any of them have taken on Ride The Drive. > I have heard from some small business owners that Ride the Drive is good > for some businesses but bad for others. Good for some of the outdoor café > restaurants and some retail near the booths where people are stopping and > walking around, but bad for higher end restaurants and more specialty / > destination retail, especially clothing stores, book stores, etc. The > businesses I have heard from seem okay with one event per year, but are not > happy about two. > > Arthur > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608/266-6225 > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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