In support of a bike/ped overpass at Forward Drive and improvements around Whitney Way, there is a recommendation in exactly the area you are describing Robbie. For a bicycle routing map see page 63 in the Midvale Heights / Westmorland neighborhood plan.
http://www.cityofmadison.com/planning/ndp/documents/MidvaleWestmorlandNeighb orhoodPlan1010s.pdf I am on the WNA board and we would like to further the goals in the plan. This would be a good one. George Perkins From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robbie Webber Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 11:46 AM To: Bikies Subject: [Bikies] Another bicyclist injured by hit-and-run driver on Whitney Way It's deja vu all over again. Last time it was just north of the Beltline, and the driver tried to drive off, dragging the bicyclist under her car. Fortunately, the driver of a Roto-Rooter truck blocked her so the injured woman could be helped. But the driver then sped off again. http://host.madison.com/article_d12b706e-8bac-11e0-a2eb-001cc4c002e0.html This time the hit-and-run was just south of the Beltline, but also on Whitney Way. http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_fc5ade74-98d5 -11e0-9774-001cc4c002e0.html Sounds to me like there is a need for some safety improvements, or maybe another route option in this area. The Beltline crossings in this area are pretty far apart for a bicyclist or pedestrian. It is roughly a mile to the Grand Canyon underpass to the west, and about 3/4 mile to the Hammersley overpass to the east (and that is as the crow flies, not as the bicyclist is able to use on-ground connections.) With two crashes within one month, is that enough to get hazard mitigation funding? There is a nice cul-de-sac at Forward Dr south of the Beltline, and another one on Schroeder Ct., just west of Whitney. Maybe we can get a crossing there? The Odana Golf Course makes it a bit tough to find a crossing between Whitney and Hammersley, but maybe we can find a way. And just by coincidence, when I went in to Google Maps streetview just north of the Beltline on northbound Whitney Way, THERE IS A BICYCLIST IN THE SHOT! http://bit.ly/jfnb2p Robbie Webber
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