Eric, the Bike Fed had a blog post about the issue a while ago: http://wisconsinbikefed.org/2014/08/12/crosswalk-question-what-do-bicycles-do/ It clears up some questions, but my take-away is that there are lot of scenarios where the rules and/or signage create unclear situations. And then of course there is the gap between what the rules say and what people in cars, on bike, and on foot, actually do...
Harald. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:04 AM Eric White <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of stop signs, can someone point me to an official explanation of > the desired behavior when I, on my bike, encounter a stop sign on the > Southwest (or any other) path? That stop sign is in front of the sidewalk > (not on the terrace / devil strip). Is the sign asking me to stop for > sidewalk traffic or street traffic? Or maybe more to the point, should auto > traffic on the street yield to me on my bike, as I wait to cross the > street, or am I stopped by the stop sign on the path, waiting for a safe > time to cross the street, and auto traffic can proceed without yielding in > the same way it would if I was stopped by a stop sign on a cross-street? > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Steve Arnold < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> From Fitchburg's City Engineer, in response to my query about the >> universally-ignored stop signs where the Capital City State Trail crosses >> the rail line along McCoy Road: >> >> "The OCR [Office of the Commissioner of Railroads] specified yield signs >> at the Cap City Trail. The OCR assigned Wisconsin southern the >> responsibility to install and maintain the cap city trail signs. I'll let >> Wisconsin Southern know to have these changed out." >> >> We're continuing to become a more Bicycle Friendly Community! >> -- >> Steve Arnold, Mayor >> 2530 Targhee Street, Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711-5491 >> Telephone +1 608 278 7700 · Facsimile +1 608 278 7701 >> [email protected] · http://Arnold.US >> Become a supporter: like http://facebook.com/SteveArnoldforMayor. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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