Not going that route all that much, maybe I've just never seen the sign. But if it's new, it might be a temporary sign because of construction. Maybe they don't want tons of frustrated bike commuters racing through the park while the street is torn up.
Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 2:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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