I don't spend a lot of time in that area, but my impression is that the development that is already in that area consists of warehouses and industrial uses that need cheap land, and aren't really good neighbors to residential neighborhoods. I don't think there's much hope of getting businesses like that to site on the Isthmus, and I don't think we want them there. If the area develops with more businesses like that, it might attract housing for people who work in those businesses, so they can avoid that 20-mile commute, and they will need bicycle infrastructure. I think we would also need safe commuting routes for people who live on the North Side or the East Side and work at businesses in that area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tim wong" <[email protected]> To: "Robbie Webber" <[email protected]> Cc: "Amanda White" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:36:57 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Comments on Hoepker Bridge over I-39 Hopefully Robbie is wrong that this area of the city will be fully built out in well less than 50 years. Despite the land for sale signs, nothing has been built along Portage Road. Every day more and more people begin to understand the unsustainability of building in the exurbs, the reality of global warming, and the reality of peak oil. At some point the people who get it will outnumber the people who don't, and they will gradually occupy decision-making positions in government and real estate. Who's going to want to make a 20-mile commute each day when gasoline is $10/gallon or more? On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Robbie Webber < [email protected] > wrote: In well less than 50 years, this area of the city will be fully built out. Six foot bike lanes on each side and an extra wide sidewalk on BOTH SIDES should be the expectation. It is unreasonable to expect pedestrians to twice cross what will be a major arterial if they are starting and ending their trip on the same side of Hoepker. -- "The system filters out the thoughtful and replaces them with the faithful." --quoted in John Dower, Cultures of War _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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