In response to Robbie's post about the public hearing on the SW Path Lighting... how do you feel about widening the SW Path to 4 lanes? (2 lanes bike, 2 outer lanes ped) Bike Fed is considering recommending to the city that the path be widened before they install the new lights. It's a perfect time to widen the path considering that once the lights go in it would be harder to widen. We get numerous complaints about bike/ped, bike/dog, bike/bike... just about every sort of collision you can imagine! The path user volume has grown tremendously, which is fantastic; however, we're now experiencing some growing pains.
This recommendation would likely be met with some strong opposition from homeowners along the path. The lighting issue was very controversial, so this would be just adding to the controversy and complication of this project. However, in general, I feel now is exactly the time we should be widening the path given the high volume. The public hearing would be a great opportunity to encourage this. Thoughts? Amanda ________________________ Amanda White Associate Director Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin (608) 251-4456 [email protected] www.bfw.org *Join us in Madison on Dec. 6 from 5-7pm for a Holiday Party and tour of our new office. RSVP is appreciated at [email protected]. * On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Bikies mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Bikies digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Saved! W. Main Contraflow Lane (Amanda White) > 2. Re: Saved! W. Main Contraflow Lane (Matt Logan) > 3. Meeting on SW Path lighting - Dec 12, 6:30 pm at Edgewood > College (Robbie Webber) > 4. 2nd-to-Last Call for Models! (India Viola) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:58:07 -0600 > From: Amanda White <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Saved! W. Main Contraflow Lane > Message-ID: > <CAPNHZ==onaumd9tzwqcfmlnwzuvgms7+pgacxhz3zmcz8ks...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Friends, > > Wanted to make sure you knew that the W. Main contraflow Lane and ped/bike > signal in addition to a contraflow lane on W. Doty were approved at > Wednesday night's Public Works Commission. A big thank you to Jay Ferm, > Robbie Webber, Aaron Crandall, and Alder Mike Verveer for attending and > speaking in support. > > You can read about it in my blog post: > > http://www.bfw.org/2011/12/01/we-protected-the-w-main-contraflow-lane-in-madison/ > > Amanda > ________________________ > Amanda White > Associate Director > Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin > (608) 251-4456 > [email protected] > www.bfw.org > > *Join us in Madison on Dec. 6 from 5-7pm for a Holiday Party and tour of > our new office. RSVP is appreciated at [email protected].* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20111202/8fc64392/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:24:40 -0600 > From: "Matt Logan" <[email protected]> > To: "'Amanda White'" <[email protected]>, "Bikies" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Saved! W. Main Contraflow Lane > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > It is good to hear at least one project that was deemed more important than > providing a world-class parking experience for motorists. > > > > "A number of businesses, and one property owner on the 100 block of W. > Main, > signed a petition to stop plans for the contra flow because they felt their > patrons would not be comfortable parking on W. Main with bikes legally > riding down the one-way" > > > > So what can we do to educate these anti-bicyclist businesses about the > economics of catering more to the new two-wheeled traffic that will be > passing by their stores? > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amanda White > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Saved! W. Main Contraflow Lane > > > > Hello Friends, > > Wanted to make sure you knew that the W. Main contraflow Lane and ped/bike > signal in addition to a contraflow lane on W. Doty were approved at > Wednesday night's Public Works Commission. A big thank you to Jay Ferm, > Robbie Webber, Aaron Crandall, and Alder Mike Verveer for attending and > speaking in support. > > You can read about it in my blog post: > > http://www.bfw.org/2011/12/01/we-protected-the-w-main-contraflow-lane-in-mad > ison/ > > Amanda > ________________________ > Amanda White > Associate Director > Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin > (608) 251-4456 > [email protected] > www.bfw.org > > Join us in Madison on Dec. 6 from 5-7pm for a Holiday Party and tour of our > new office. RSVP is appreciated at [email protected]. > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20111202/ada49714/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:32:19 -0600 > From: Robbie Webber <[email protected]> > To: Bikies <[email protected]> > Subject: [Bikies] Meeting on SW Path lighting - Dec 12, 6:30 pm at > Edgewood College > Message-ID: > <caot7dyzgv6bwkj_de0x1_rcoym42nspdyxxoqennzuklwx5...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > FYI. This came across my neighborhood listserv, but some of you may not > have seen it. If you live in the area, or regularly use the SW Path at > night, you may want to attend the meeting and/or contact your alder and/or > the alders that adjoin the path: > > Shiva Bidar-Sielaff: [email protected] > Brian Solomon: [email protected] > Chris Schmidt: [email protected] > Sue Ellington: [email protected] > > > City of Madison Engineering and Traffic Engineering are jointly developing > a project to provide lighting on the Southwest Path from Beltline Highway > to Breese Terrace to increase safety for path users. New LED fixtures are > proposed, which provide a superior lighting pattern to distribute light > along the path and minimize undesirable light. > > The City has installed two test fixtures on the path near its intersection > with Council Crest. I encourage you to view the test installation and join > me at a neighborhood meeting to get additional information and provide > comments on the plan. > > Monday, December 12, 2011 - 6:30 p.m. > Edgewood College - Sonderegger Science Center, Room 108 > 1000 Edgewood College Drive > (Please sign in your car at the Reception Center in Predolin Hall first.) > > More information is available on the City?s web site at > www.cityofmadison.com/bikemadison/swpathlighting. > > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > State Smart Transportation Initiative > www.ssti.us > 608-263-9984 (o) > 608-225-0002 (c) > [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20111202/48e4cbf1/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:06:04 -0600 > From: India Viola <[email protected]> > To: Bikies ListServe <[email protected]> > Subject: [Bikies] 2nd-to-Last Call for Models! > Message-ID: > <CAM3191hhJM4cw3=1wUm1F=eqpdqp4krnkmdwvzqhc2wu6+i...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If any of you just remembered that you DO want to model for our Madison > Bike Winter Fashion Show at Machinery Row Bicycles on Sun Dec 11, from > 5-7pm, then let me know! > > -India > > -- > WeAreAllMechanics.com > [email protected] > > Stay connected- Follow WAAM on > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/We.Are.All.Mechanics> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20111202/a973b7fb/attachment-0001.htm > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > End of Bikies Digest, Vol 38, Issue 2 > ************************************* >
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