---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Richard Schifreen* <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Subject: Re: [Bikies] green crosswalk To: Peter Gray <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Hi Andy, I spent a fair amount of time with Tony Fernandez talking about this project. I bike commute and use this intersection, at least when there isn't ice or snow on the road. I agree, its a nightmare. The project offers some improvement for bicyclists heading east or west on Old Middleton between Eau Claire and Whitney Way. It also offers an improvement for bicyclists heading east on Old Middleton and turning left onto the Blackhawk Bike Trail or bicyclists crossing south from the Blackhawk Trail to Eau Claire. It does very little for bicyclists crossing north from Eau Claire to the Blackhawk Trail. There will be some improvement due to restrictions on parking on the south side of Old Middleton west of Eau Claire and a green bike box designating a waiting area for bikes and pedestrians trying to cross from Eau Claire north to the bike trail. No much, but something. It won't help the traffic and you'll still need to wait. Tony wouldn't consider any kind of traffic control due to the cost. This project (#6794) has now been bid twice with no takers within the City's price range. I haven't talked to Tony since the summer, but right now it doesn't look good at least according to the information on the City website. I'm afraid that leaves us with nothing. I thought Tony was doing his best. We spent a lot of time on the phone. He shared diagrams and plans with me and was responsive to my questions and suggestions. Wish there was something else we could do. Best, Rich Schifreen [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> Sent from my iPad On Nov 26, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Peter Gray <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: Rich, Your favorite intersection is trending on one of the Madison cycling email lists. Could you share an update? Hope you and Lynne are well! Cheers, Peter ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Bach <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> Date: Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] green crosswalk To: Michael Rewey <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> Cc: BikiesSubmissions <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Michael Rewey <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > The city and Tony Fernandez have drawn up plans to put in a left turn lane > for bikes. Not sure how you could help it but riding that route most every day, I'd guess more than half the west bound bikes leaving the path want to cross Old Middleton to go up Eau Claire. The "rush hours" means a long wait until, if you're lucky, somebody lets you through or you get in the wake of a left turning vehicle. I go straight down Old M. through the stop light - not much fun in the winter w/ solid traffic on the left and the snow clutter bike lane either. Going east, I just pull into Eau Claire and wait at the stop sign. I guess they could run the path down to the corner of Whitney and Old M. but that's probably railroad R.o.Way or something. 1 million for a tunnel [1]? ;-> -- a [1] reported/purported cost of the the tunnel under Univ. at Spring Harbor. Nice tunnel though. Andy Bach, [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- a Andy Bach, [email protected] 608 658-1890 cell 608 261-5738 wk
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