I know I've thrown this out there before as have others, but I don't recall if you weighed-in or not. What about bollards? ---
Robert F. Nagel, Attorney Law Offices of Robert 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 7, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Ross, Arthur <[email protected]>wrote: > It's difficult to get a feel for what the path will look and feel like > from a single, or two, lights. To get a better idea of what the lighting > will be like ride or walk the Cannonball path whee the same fixture has > been installed. The easiest access to the Cannonball Path is at Post Road > between Todd Drive and Leopold Elementary School. > > Please provide constructive critique. Using a term like "awful" does not > tell us anything. What do like or dislike about the lighting? What would > you prefer? Remember the path is not just for bicyclists who are required > to use lights at night to be seen by others, but also by pedestrians, > runners, and other non-motorized users. > > 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 > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] > On Behalf Of David Long [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 9:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Second thoughts on SW Path Lighting > > This issue is not simply bike advocates VS NIMBY homeowners, nor is it > Lights VS No-Lights folks. The folks who have actually seen the proposed > lighting at Council Bluff will likely understand my meaning. Whatever you > feel about whether bike paths should be lit by riders or by an external > source, I think most bikers who experiences the test light adjacent Council > Bluff will agree that it is awful. > > As a long time BFW member and commuter on the SW Path since '03, I really > hope bike advocacy groups don't rally members to blindly support this > poorly conceived lighting plan. Until a vastly better design is proposed, I > much prefer to keep on using my LED bike light for my evening commute. The > handful of neighborhood bikers I've talked to agree. > > If you haven't already, please take some time to check out the test lights > and pass along your suggestions to [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]> before the Dec 11 hearing > > Dave Long > > ...and no, I'm not an adjacent homeowner > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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