Speaking of valve covers, if you happen upon any damaged or dangerously
sunken covers ( more than 1" below the road surface), please call the
water utility and they will send someone out to make a repair. I've come
across a few and they have always responded quickly and done a good job
effecting the repair.
rick
On 7/10/2012 2:07 PM, Robbie Webber wrote:
Although this isn't my area of expertise, I believe the painted valve
covers generally mean that the city is planning on doing something -
some work or repair - on that valve or location. It's not for the road
users, I think, but for the city or other work crews who will be
arriving.
Or I could be talking out of something other than my mouth (or fingers.)
Robbie Webber
Transportation Policy Analyst
State Smart Transportation Initiative
www.ssti.us <http://www.ssti.us>
608-263-9984 (o)
608-225-0002 (c)
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, mstuartev tds.net <http://tds.net>
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I revisited the marked valve covers on my ride in today. I noted that
one that was marked with yellow paint actually is IN the driving lane
NOT in the bike lane. So the city crews were nice enough to mark the
valve for motorists so they wouldn't be alarmed with they bump over
it. Really, I'm not being too sarcastic here... really.
Anyway, I'll be curious to hear what any city people have to say about
this. A little yellow paint might save a few bent rims over time.
Mark E
On 7/10/12, Michael Chronister <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> My favorite valve cover is on the Mifflin Bike Boulevard heading
toward
> downtown just before Blair St. If you ride over the sharrow you get
> directed right into a nice water valve cover that gives you a good
> rattling. You think when they were placing the sharrows on the
road they
> would not put them so they directed you right into obstacles.
Also the
> cover is not painted.
> -Michael
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Mark Evans <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> I reckon this is a question for Arthur Ross or a road engineer.
>> Due to my new job, I now bike commute west on o ike lanes (Old
Middleton
>> and Old Sauk between Eau Claire and Excelsior Dr.)
>> Actually, it's quite nice with some very WIDE lanes at places
(you could
>> drive a car through them!)
>> But what is most noticeable is the high numbers of water valve
covers and
>> manhole covers in the bike lanes.
>> The biggest issue for me is that they ARE NOT marked and can be
difficult
>> to see in the dappled shadows during the day
>> and the dimming light of morning or evening. Hitting them
(especially on
>> the thrilling downhill plunge to Old Middleton at Owen
Conservation park
>> and Crestwood school) can be quite jarring.
>>
>> One or two of the hundred or so are marked with yellow paint.
>>
>> Couldn't the city mark all of the valve/Manhole covers in bike
lanes with
>> yellow paint?
>> If a vehicle were to hit an hole in the road and get jarred
like this,
>> I'm
>> guessing road crews would be out in a New York minute to
>> alert drivers of this (as in the 'Bump' signs you see on the
highway.)
>>
>> thanks for listening
>> Mark Evans
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