These are good tips to remember whenever riding on sidewalks or bike paths.
It's actually pretty easy to see the entire path when approaching and if
there's pedestrian traffic, I go around the park instead. While it doesn't
take a lot longer to go around the park, neither corner is a particularly
great alternative. Due to parked cars, visibility is poor a biker is much
more exposed to inattentive drivers. Also, at Ingersoll/Rutledge the road
is banked the wrong way and has to be taken quite slow in case of
gravel/sand/ice.
Orton Park is also simply a magical little spot and it's a great feeling to
ride along the curve of the path and through the old oak trees. I'm not
interested in running over little children or knocking down pedestrians,
but I wanted to know why my bike and I weren't allowed.
I still haven't received anything from the city, but I believe the sign was
changed when I rode by this morning. Maybe that's my answer.
Grant
On May 25, 2012 2:20pm, "Ross, Arthur" <[email protected]> wrote:
Grant asked Does anyone understand the "no biking" sign
at the east end of Orton Park? I looked at the Municipal Code and it
seems to
me that bikes are allowed on paved paths. I wrote the park department, but
didn't receive any response yet...>
I
cannot speak as to why this sign is installed with respect to the city
ordinance Grant posted, but I can say that the city has received
complaints
from residents near the park and park users about poor behavior of
bicyclists vis-à-vis
pedestrians on the path, children playing nearby, etc. If you use this
path,
or any other path or sidewalk in the city, please be courteous towards
pedestrians, slow down, give an audible warning and wait for a reaction
before
passing. In Orton Park in particular, watch for what is going on
alongside the
path, especially kids playing and running around who could run onto or
across
the path. It doesn't take that much more time to ride around the park
instead of through it, or to walk your bike if going to the pavilion or
another
destination in the park.
Arthur
Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator
City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100
PO Box 2986
Madison, WI 53701-2986
608/266-6225
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