Steve is right on. And, not to hijack this link, but if it happens, it happens, because I think plenty has been said about this problem. Meanwhile, what could be part of a solution to this problem seems to have fallen on deaf ears. Recently, I posted about the cluster-f-whatever between Henry and Bedford streets on West Washington. I do not recall a single response to that post. It seems that some lane lines could be painted pretty fast that could help create a safe alternative to the John Nolen path closure. I'll reprint my old post here:
Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> Apr 22 Reply to bikies Does anyone have any insight into what the plans are for three blocks of west washington between bedford and henry? There's a broken yellow line down the middle of the street. The street is wide enough for a car lane, a bike lane, and a parking lane, but because there are no lines painted, cars seem to think that it's wide enough for two car lanes and a parking lane. It's really the wild west. It's not safe for bikes, peds, or even cars. It seems like a little paint would go a long way here. Not sure why it hasn't happened yet. It's been like this for years. I've been meaning to complain about it here for at least that long, too. --- 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, May 8, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Steve Goldstein <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/8/15 12:13 AM, Melanie Foxcroft wrote: > > I think this is another demonstration of why Madison doesn't receive a > "platinum" award for bicycling. This disaster is simply not acceptable. > The double standard of cars vs. bikes is too much. Hopefully city > transportation people will learn from this disaster and do better next time. > > > The "city transportation people" are the traffic engineers who, after > considering the alternatives, have been forced into this decision because > nothing else meets minimum engineering standards. We all see the logic of > Tony's deliberations and conclusions. > > The problem is that an engineering-only approach doesn't solve this > problem and that was the end of the discussion. If there were enough > political pressure, the discussion could have started out with the > *requirement* that the most heavily traveled bike route in the city > remain passable during one of the peak months of biking. If that were the > case, other alternatives might have been on the table --- for example, > staging the project to enable access or closing lanes on John Nolen. > > Many on this list will recall the activism opposing of the closing of the > Law Park path during construction of the convention center achieved partial > success. Tony's sensitivity to the issues shows some things have improved > over the past twenty years, but this disaster shows we need more effective > activism. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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