My coworker's wife saw this happen...no further details however. -A Join me in my efforts to support AIDS Network by making a donation to my ACT 9 bicycle ride in August, the Wisconsin AIDS Ride! Click HEREfor my donation page. For more information on the ACT 9 ride, see www.actride.org. Thank you.
________________________________ From: "STRAWSER, Charles" <[email protected]> To: bikies <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 10:56:26 AM Subject: [Bikies] pedestrian struck by Metro Bus From Madison.com: "Authorities with the aid of hydraulic emergency equipment removed an injured female pedestrian from beneath a Madison Metro Transit bus at University Avenue and Lake Street at about 9 a.m., Madison Fire Department officials confirmed. The injured woman was taken to the UW Hospital and traffic was snarled Downtown while the rescue operation was underway. The Madison Police Department reported at 8:54 a.m., a woman was walking northbound on University Avenue, in the crosswalk and with the walk light, when she was struck by the bus which was turning left onto University Avenue from Lake Street. No further information was available." http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_af7db33c-9cdc -11e0-8558-001cc4c002e0.html similar report here: http://www.channel3000.com/news/28320088/detail.html The police report is of course not available yet, but I passed by the area doing some field work this morning, after emergency service had responded but before the police had cordoned off the area. And I thought from the looks of things that it looked like what is being reported - namely that a bus turning westbound onto University from Northbound Lake St hit a pedestrian crossing University at Lake St. It made me sick - both the sight of the crash itself, and also the thought that if we as a society (and transportation planners and engineers) can't prevent a pedestrian crossing a street in a crosswalk with a crossing signal from being stuck by a professional driver, then I may as well give up on my profession now. Anyone need a competent (if relatively slow and out of practice) mechanic? 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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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