This example on Dayton is a great treatment and one I had not seen before. Thanks for sharing.
I can certainly relate to hitting the tracks wrong and ending up on the ground. Happened to me earlier this year following a morning rain. I was heading east on Campus Dr. from Breese Terrace just before you enter the University cycletrack. Not a great place to fall in traffic and a tricky place to implement this kind of solution. Any ideas? jason On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > Although there probably are no longer records of it, those who biked down > Seminole Hwy in the late-1980s and early-1990s probably remember a similar > cut-out where the RR tracks - now the Badger Trail (!) - crossed at an odd > angle. Before I started biking regularly out that way I also remember a lot > of people talking about falling on the tracks before that cut was put in > place. > > Is there any regular bike commuter out there that has NOT fallen the RR > tracks somewhere in the city or metro area? Not just getting your wheel > caught, but also slipping on the tracks or not quite crossing correctly > seem to get a lot of people. > > Mine was falling on Campus Dr (W. Johnson St) in front of Engineering in > the rain. I was continuing east down the road because of construction where > I normally cut though the Engineering campus. Thought I had made it across > the tracks, but my back wheel was still on the tracks and I went down. > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > State Smart Transportation Initiative > www.ssti.us > 608-263-9984 (o) > 608-225-0002 (c) > [email protected] > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, STRAWSER, Charles <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Mr. Krueger,**** >> >> I want to thank you for the time you spent with Donna Magdalina recently >> regarding the RR crossing of N Sherman Ave in the Village of Maple Bluff, >> and to point to an excellent example of how to accommodate bicyclists >> crossing RR tracks at such an acute angle across a bike lane.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The city of Madison built an excellent example in the westbound bike lane >> on Dayton Street across from the Charter St Heating plant’s new boilers >> just east of N Mills St. see Google maps street view: >> http://goo.gl/maps/4prHq**** >> >> You can see just past the RR crossing barricades that the curb line cuts >> into the terrace almost all the way to the sidewalk, providing a way for >> cyclists to veer to the right and “square up” to the RR tracks in advance >> of crossing them much closer to a right angle than they would without this >> design.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I’d be happy to show you the facility in person at your convenience, but >> since it’s in the city of Madison ROW, I’ve cc’d Tony Fernandez, who was >> probably the engineer who designed it for city of Madison Engineering, and >> Arthur Ross, the City of Madison Traffic Engineering’s bicycle & pedestrian >> coordinator.**** >> >> Thanks,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Chuck Strawser >> Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner >> Commuter Solutions >> Transportation Services >> UW-Madison >> Room 124 WARF >> 610 Walnut St >> Madison WI 53726 >> 608-263-2969 >> www.wisc.edu/trans **** >> >> *From:* Donna Magdalina >> *Sent:* Friday, August 09, 2013 6:38 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [Bikies] Good news regarding N Sherman RR crossing**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I stopped at the Maple Bluff Town Hall and spoke to Police Chief/Village >> Administrator Tim Krueger to thank him for implementing the bike lanes on >> North Sherman and to ask if he would do something to make it easier for >> bikes to cross the RR at a right angle in the bike lanes. Riding >> southbound, I have to actually stop and walk my bike over those tracks with >> my skinny tires when there is a car in the lane next to me.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> He was incredibly kind and gracious and wanted to walk out and look at it >> with me to fully understand the problem and necessary solution. I >> demonstrated the issue and he asked how much asphalt extension I thought >> was needed to make a safe crossing. He said he would add asphalt the next >> time there was asphalt used in the village, which would be awhile. Since >> the sidewalk was due to being replaced soon, he thought they might put >> sidewalk there.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Tim wasn't sure if the east side of the road was his jurisdiction but was >> happy to contact Madison and figure that out. He was very receptive and >> considered it an important safety issue to take action on. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Donna**** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- *-------- ------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - -- --- ---- ----- ------ ------- --------* *Jason Vargo* Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment<http://www.sage.wisc.edu/people/vargo/vargo.html> University of Wisconsin-Madison 1710 University Ave, Room 287 Madison, WI 53726 USA *[email protected] * * *
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