I can't make the meeting tonight because of a conflict with WAAM's Mondays Around Monona rides. Sounds like it would be important to attend to address the Ruskin issue and frame it in the context that Mr. Paolino describes- that a meaningful ongoing issue at hand for cyclists traveling via the North Side is having to contend with Sherman Ave. Nothing new, I know, but maybe if we keep singing it from the rooftops...
-India On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM, India Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what I was guessing. > In my opinion, we should save the Ruskin-as-Bike Boulevard-in-name dollars > and put them toward a project that has teeth. > > -india > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:14 PM, [email protected] <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> India Viola [email protected] wrote on Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:26:34 -0500: >> >> [snip] >> > What is it like to bike on now (i.e. what do we gain by designating it >> bike >> > boulevard)? I'm sincerely asking because I don't know. >> >> I'm not sure what is to be gained by it either other than some >> nice-looking >> signs; it's a quiet, low-traffic street. Years ago, when the district was >> represented by another city council member, opponents to reconfiguring >> North Sherman to improve safety asserted that we didn't need bike lanes on >> North Sherman because bicyclists could use Huxley. (Huxley is parallel to >> Ruskin and is slightly longer a street than Ruskin--Ruskin ends across >> from >> the side of the Northgate strip mall, and Huxley continues one more block >> south past the North Transfer Point (there's also a little discontinuous >> stub of Ruskin that runs between Hartmeyer and the Hartmeyer parking >> lot)).) >> >> The problem, however, is that you can't go any farther south on either of >> those streets, so you still eventually need to back onto North Sherman. >> So, sure, if you want to make the detour off North Sherman, either of >> those >> streets gives you several blocks of relief from traffic, but you still >> need >> to go back onto North Sherman if you want to go from the Northside to >> somewhere else... and you can already do that now. >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on >> Microsoft® >> Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail >> >> >> > > > -- > -India Viola, We Are All Mechanics > <http://www.weareallmechanics.com>WeAreAllMechanics.com > [email protected] > > -- -India Viola, We Are All Mechanics <http://www.weareallmechanics.com>WeAreAllMechanics.com [email protected]
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