Yup.. N. Henry was also in the Platinum Report along with the accompanying Bike Box. People like you were heard by the committee.
Mike Rewey ******************************** On 23 Jun 2011 at 14:35, Robert F. Nagel wrote: > > well, good job micheal and platinum people, but i just found this in > my archives, for what it's worth: > May 24, 2005 PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION Meeting > Minutes > - Final > ยท Robert Nagle (2121 Commonwealth Avenue). He appeared not > representing a specific neighborhood but bicycling interests in general. He > referred to the Capitol Square as being a problem area, particularly with the > recent changes. He suggested they needed to look at the one-way street > systems and > the impacts they had on bicycling, such as discouraging people from riding. > One proposal which he considered fairly simple was at Dayton and North Henry, > a bicyclists currently can't access State Street area without using a > circuitous route. He suggested there be a contra-flow bike feature included or > possibly convert the street to a two-way street. On the Capitol Square he > similarly > suggested a contra-flow lane for bicyclists. He cited other examples in the > downtown: East and West Main Streets, South and North Pinckney Streets, East > Mifflin and South Carroll. He suggested the change for HenryStreet seemed > quite > simple to accommodate and asked that the others be put on a list for > future consideration. > > Worth noting: > > We can check off the 200 block of n henry, too. > --- > Robert F. Nagel > [email protected] > www.nagel-law.com > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > Madison, WI 53703 > 608-255-1501 office > 608-255-1504 fax > 608-438-9501 cell > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Michael Rewey <[email protected]> > wrote: > The counter-flow in 100 Block of East Mifflin is part of the E > Mifflin Bike Blvd project that was > initiated by City Traffic. Both the Bike Blvd and the the > counter-flow are recommended in the > Platinum Bike Report (April 2008). > > The bike lanes on the outer-loop are something I asked if it > could be done on the reconstruction, since the Square and the 100 block of > State are > often shut down for special events. Engineer Chris Petykowski was receptive. > I was on the > BPW when I asked the question and since leaving the Board, I am pleased Chris > followed thru. > > A major challenge remains on providing accommodations for biking > on W/E Doty Street and the S Webster Street where there are peak hour parking > restrictions. Does anyone have > thoughts on how the city can reconstruct those blocks of the > outer loop for biking? > > Mike Rewey > > > ******************************************************************* > > On 23 Jun 2011 at 14:00, Robert F. Nagel wrote: > > > > > normally i see a post here lauding new bike-friendly city actions, > > but i haven't seen one yet about > > the new construction on the 100 block of e mifflin and the outer > > loop; especially notable is the > > counter-flow lane in the 100 block of e mifflin and looks like > > there'll be a bike lane in the outer loop > > who knows what caused that to happen? who knows what else we > might > > have to look forward to > > around the square or elsewhere? --- > > Robert F. Nagel _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
