seems like 1 ped lane ought to be enough, that's all there is by monona terrace, there's even room for people to fish from the ped lane ---
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 Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Amanda White <[email protected]> wrote: > 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== >> [email protected]> >> 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/<http://www.bfw.org/2011/12/01/we-protected-the-w-main-contraflow-lane-in-mad%0Aison/> >> >> 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= >> [email protected]> >> 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 >> ************************************* >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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