Jack: Sorry a few days after the fact, but here is my response to the poll:
As a bus rider, bicycle commuter, auto driver, and pedestrian and living within ½ block of a bus stop (Route #6 near west side): 1. Get rid of the annoying beeping with the turn signal is on. 2. Turn off the annoying beeping whenever the bus hydraulic height adjustment is in progress. 3. If practical, eliminate or mute the air brake automatic pressure relief valve bang. I find the actual loudness of the above noises to cause Ear PAIN when Im next to a bus. A study of crash avoidance effectiveness and environmental consequences of these noise sources should have been done (must be done) to inform decision makers. George Perkins Sent from my iCurmudgeon TM From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jack Kear Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 4:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Bikies] poll on Madison Metro turn signals Hello: I am a boardmember with the Marquette Neighborhood Association and we have been approached by area residents with a request to ask Madison Metro to curb the usage of the turn signals on most, if not all, city buses. In the very initial start up of that conversation a cyclist wrote to our neighborhood listserv asking that we not do this because of the added safety benefits of that system. This caught my attention and I'd like to know what other cyclists think before I have the opportunity to vote on approaching Metro. If you could only choose 'yes' to keeping the turn signal sound or 'no' to eliminating it which would you choose and why? Also, if you argue that it is not a concern either way I would also like to hear from you. Thank You- Jack Kear
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