Agreed, it's a smart design at a fraction of the cost and disruption of some of
the grander schemes. I've been meaning to send a note of thanks to Engineering.
And now I will.
Last year they came up with a similarly frugal and practical improvement for
the John Nolan path by moving some of the bridge railings to the edge of the
deck, freeing up another foot or so of space and making the bridges nearly as
wide as a "normal" path section.
It's great that the city cares enough to think about these things, and that its
engineers have the creativity to come up with good cost-effective solutions.
Eric
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From: Tom Hanrahan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 3:58 PM
Subject: [Bikies] Monroe and Regent Crossing
I, for one, am very pleased with the way that the bike crossing at Monroe and
Regent Streets turned out.
I remember reading about all the various more complicated, and presumable
expensive proposals (bridge? Tunnel underpass?).
Now, how can we promote the new layout and direct other bicyclists from
crossing Monroe over to Hotel Red?
When they do that, there’s a potential dangerous conflict with all the inbound
cars that want to turn onto eastbound Monroe.
It would be good to get our fellow cyclists using the new crossing(s) before
the next semester move-in.
I saw that our former mayor wrote about this project as “a good example of
things we need to do all over our city.”
http://www.thedailypage.com/citizendave/article.php?article=34115#
By the way, does the upcoming effort by the city to manage street vendors near
Camp Randall involve keeping the path open on football Saturdays?
Tom
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