All: I sent this on Friday, but then realized my new email address isn't registered with Bikies, so it didn't go through. Some of what I have below has since been mentioned by others...
Interesting discussion on closing some of the crossings on the Cap City. Lately I have been going out of my way to avoid the CC precisely because of the frequent crossings. I now generally ride Willy from Blair to the Yahara - the new pavement is awesome, but riding in the door zone makes me rather nervous; I also tend to avoid Willy when both traffic lanes are open in the direction I am going. I have a few general thoughts on the topic: - Usually, closing streets is a bad idea - they provide redundancy in the transportation network, even if they don't typically receive much use. In transportation planning circles, it is common to hear people lamenting street closures that happened years before that have now limited options. While biking around the Monroe neighborhood, I often wish there were more crossings of the path area because I find myself having to go out of my way to get from point A to point B. - That said, there are other options for these crossings. A great option for the Cap City would be raised crosswalks at many/all of the crossings with yield signs on the streets. Think something like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__AL7rDrZDaA/Szz8Cv50rEI/AAAAAAAABRg/Us-VomoqyUM/s400/Raised+Crosswalks+with+median.jpg . This is essentially a speed table for the street. This would maintain a level surface for the path, slow traffic on the streets, make clear who has the right-of-way, and still allow motor vehicle access to the neighborhood. - The street closure discussion between the city and the RR for Blount, Brearly & Livingston is a different than this discussion about Jackson, Ohio & Corry because of the presence of active rail. The RR's proposal is for a *full* closure of those streets, which would also eliminate bike and pedestrian crossings with fencing. It is my understanding that while the city opposes any closings, they particularly oppose ones that eliminate all access. Rightfully so. Kevin ------------------------------------ *Kevin Luecke* Head of Planning, Policy & Legislation Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin www.bfw.org | 608-251-4456 On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 3:31 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. Cap City (Thomas Bach) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 13:48:12 -0700 (PDT) > From: Thomas Bach <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Bikies] Cap City > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I would add to what Mindy Preston said that the proposed closures along > the multi-use path benefit (at least) two modes of transportation used by > fellow citizens while the RR closure benefited corporations while > inconveniencing all citizens using any mode of transportation. > Tom Bach > > ? > ?Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the > future of the human race.? > ?H. G. Wells, 1904 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.danenet.org/private.cgi/bikies-danenet.org/attachments/20120608/8c5d71c2/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > End of Bikies Digest, Vol 44, Issue 9 > ************************************* >
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