Diane, bike improvements need to be made incrementally. Sometimes they have poor access in the beginning. Bridges are very problematic, if they are not done correctly we have to live with the poor result for 50 years.
Improving this bridge is part of the big picture for improving biking in the Madison area. Mike Rewey p.s. The first Interstate had bad connections. ***************************************** On 14 Jun 2011 at 13:22, Diane wrote: > I am very familiar with biking around that area as I live in > Waunakee > and work on S. Biltmore (by the Alliance HQ). I bike to work > several > times a week in the summer and occassionally in the winter. > > I have a difficult time heading east from Hwy CV onto Hoepker Road > because the hill is too steep immediately after you turn off on CV. > I > have tried it a few times and given up. The other problem is Hwy > CV. I > know many bikers who will not bike down this road as they are a bit > fearful for their safety. Unless some of the other issues on this > route > are addressed, I believe building a better bridge on Hopeker over > the > Interstate would do little to attract bikers. A beautiful bridge > was > built over Hanson Road a few years back and I still see few bikers > utilizing this route which connects to a bike path at the end of > Portage > Road by Hwy 151. > > Diane Skokan > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Amanda White wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > The DOT is looking to replace the Hoepker Road Bridge over I-39 > and > > asked > > the Bike Fed for bike improvement recommendations. > > > > Hoepker is the logical connection from the NE side of Madison and > Sun > > Prairie to the airport, Cherokee Marsh, and areas north of the > city. > > The > > interstate is a major barrier on that side of town and we believe > all > > new > > bridges should include good facilities. The current bridge has > been > > there > > for 50 years, and this will be what we have for the next 50 > years. > > > > Our current recommendation is that the reconstructed bridge should > > include > > 6' bike lanes on both sides and a sidewalk on at least one side, > but > > preferably both. > > > > Anyone bike in the area and have comments or feedback? It's a > quick > > turnaround time. Please direct your comments to me before end of > the > > day on > > Thursday. > > > > Thank you! > > Amanda > > ________________________ > > Amanda White > > Associate Director > > Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin > > (608) 251-4456 > > [email protected] > > www.bfw.org > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Michael W. Rewey 5522 Comanche Way Madison, WI 53704-1026 home: 608.249.6673 cell: 608.698.6673 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
