With dipesh on this one, especially with bike payh crossings...all walk lights should be automatic educating drivers to pay attention for pedestrians...
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Dipesh Navsaria <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with the comments here about the bike lanes on Fish Hatchery Road. I > commute to work some days via the Arboretum and emerge at Carver/Fish > Hatchery Road -- difficult to cross Fish Hatchery over onto Catalpa. The > pedestrian crosswalks (which i dismount and walk over) are actually > dangerous, because every so often someone tries to obey the law and stop to > let you cross -- dangerous because others don't expect them to stop, and > collisions have occurred right in front of me. Going north to Wingra Creek > or south to Badger Road is a modest diversion. > > Would be great to see if any work to extend the new Cannonball Path included > better crossings in this stretch. > > As an aside, what's the deal with intersections where there isn't a walk > light unless you press the button? I'm thinking specifically of Fish > Hatchery and Wingra Creek. I usually press buttons (not always the easiest > when on a bike), but if someone hasn't, we "lose" the walk signal in that > cycle. Not seeing a big difference between that intersection and other > intersections where you always get a walk light, irrespective of whether the > button is pressed. > > Peace and Prosperity, > Dipesh > _______________________________________________ > 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
