I've lived in the Atwood neighborhood since 1985. On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Dorothy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Since you are on northside discuss does that meant you have moved to the > East or North Side now? If so, Welcome! > If you are using N. Sherman you certainly have noticed the man can let > his kids cross the street now ... since the traffic has moved to Packers. > The only time there is a problem is if you are trying to get on during peak > hours. Time will tell if it will kill our business corridor. > That is why it is so important that you bikers start patronizing ALL of > our businesses. Don’t pick and choose ones that you only agree with on > issues. Go by the service they deliver and how they treat you. > > I hope you agree it is important to know if the diverted traffic has > caused a problem on Packers/ E. Johnson & 1st. Street corridor. db > > *From:* tim wong <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 22, 2015 2:57 AM > *To:* Grant Foster <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Matthew Logan <[email protected]> ; Dorothy > <[email protected]> ; Dan Melton <[email protected]> ; Bikies > <[email protected]> ; Northside Group > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Bikies] [northsidediscuss] Tuesday March 24 | N Sherman > > Here's a story familiar to most of us on bikies, but one that continues > to escape many of the business owners who fought these bike lanes for two > decades. I remember when the Ped-Bike Subcommittee of the > then-Transportation Commission (precursor to the PBMVC) held hearings on > the proposal to build the TWLTLs and bike lanes on Sherman back in the > mid-1990s, one resident after the other testified about how dangerous it > would be for everyone if the four lanes of car traffic were converted to > two and a TWLTL and bike lane. I remember one person testifying that he > would NEVER let his son cross the street there if they removed two of the > lanes and allowed bicycles. That was followed by an older woman who said > she took the bus that used to run up Sherman Avenue all the way to Central > Center and then back down Sherman merely because it was the only way she > could cross the street. > > It's great that sanity prevailed and we finally have these lanes 20 years > later. I am more likely to visit businesses now that Sherman has been > converted, especially restaurants (Northside, Delitalia, but not Esquire > that opposed the bike lanes, not to mention the smoking ban), and also > various businesses in Northgate and Sherman Plaza. > >> *From:* mailto:[email protected] >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2015 1:15 PM >>> >>> *To:* Northside Group <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Subject:* [northsidediscuss] Tuesday March 24 | N Sherman >>> >>> Tuesday March 24 Pedestrian-Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Commission 5:00 PM >>> Agenda item E.4. >>> >>> City staff recommends N Sherman Avenue remain as it is now -- w/ a >>> two-way left-turn lane >>> >>> >>> >>> City of Madison - File #: 37655 >>> <https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2241487&GUID=074529DC-5869-41B0-97C0-B6BDC34D72AD#.VQxiqduSouo.yahoomail> >>> >>> [image: image] >>> <https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2241487&GUID=074529DC-5869-41B0-97C0-B6BDC34D72AD#.VQxiqduSouo.yahoomail> >>> >>> City of Madison - File #: 37655 >>> <https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2241487&GUID=074529DC-5869-41B0-97C0-B6BDC34D72AD#.VQxiqduSouo.yahoomail> >>> >>> Title: Accepting the final report of the City Traffic Engineer and the >>> post two-way left turn lane conversion analysis of N. 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