The one area that I know many people will wonder about is the transition from the Campus Dr path to ??? going west.
The parking lot directly across U Bay Dr is private property, and the owner gets very nervous about liability when people ride through that lot. She has put up a sign saying "NO BIKES. Don't come through here!" [rough translation] Village of Shorewood Hills (VSH) knows this is a major problem, and has a long term plan to make the transition better and safer. At a campus meeting earlier this week, Karl Frantz said that there is a preliminary proposal to redevelop the area just north of that parking lot, but the parking lot is a separate parcel. VSH is committed to improving the situation, but it may be awhile. I'm really glad that Chuck is working with VSH, because, as a small municipality, they don't have a staff to do bicycle-specific planning. I have worked with them a bit, but Chuck is a much better person to fulfill this role. The other area that needs to be fixed - and VSH is aware of this - is the area around the pool. They are trying to get an agreement from the RR to be able to put a path between the pool and rail. Sometimes things move slowly, but they do move. And that's good. Robbie Webber On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM, STRAWSER, Charles <[email protected]>wrote: > Karl Frantz, and the rest of the Village of Shorewood Hills, should be > given > lots of credit for wanting to improve the connections in their > jurisdiction, > and encouraged to continue. They are thinking of some other significant > improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians that potential new developments > might just make possible sooner rather than later. > > UW Transportation Services' Commuter Solutions unit has been offering our > transportation planning skills to the Village of Shorewood Hills for about > a > year now. This helps to insure that connections to the campus are as safe > and > convenient as the bicycle facilities on campus (though there are still > several places on campus where significant improvements need to be made > that > we are (slowly) working on). > Working with other municipalities and government agencies to make better > connections to and throughout the campus is consistent with Campus Master > Plan adopted in 2005. > http://www.uc.wisc.edu/masterplan/ > > > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 9:10 AM > > Subject: [Bikies] Shorewood Hills path re-opened > > and better than ever. The 'singularity' that inverted directions has > been resolved. Two nice wide lanes, with 'sharrows', plus a sidewalk. > > thanks, VoSH! > > -darin > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [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 >
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