Speaking of the Platinum Bike Plan, does anyone know why the city has allowed it's ownership to be transferred to a subcommitte of a committee of a board of a private entity representing primarily downtown business interests?
Grant On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Michael Rewey <[email protected]> wrote: > I take exception. To the extent possible, resource needs were in the > Platinum Plan. Who... > who... who... (responsible parties) was all over the plan. The major > failure was failure to > implement by some of those responsible parties. > > Mike Rewey > > On 7 Aug 2015 at 15:54, Ross, Arthur wrote: > > From: "Ross, Arthur" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date sent: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 15:54:12 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Madison Dane Cnty MPO Bike Plan > > I am going to stick my neck out. I am not opposed to plans having set > goals and > expectations. BUT, if you are going to set goals, you also have to include > what the > costs of achieving those goals are and then work to make sure that the > budgets of > the agencies responsible for carrying out the goals are increased > accordingly. > These costs are varied. It can be added staff for planning and design. It > can be > capital construction costs. Any capital construction costs have to also > recognize > and account for ongoing maintenance costs. Improved maintenance is a > priority in > and of itself without adding anything new. There will be needs for more > equipment > (paint trucks, plows, etc.) as well as for crews / personnel to operate > them. What > does an effective education program look like? How much does it cost to > implement? Who should implement it? If you want an effective program it > will take > a lot more resources than one person at the city. Etc. Etc. Not including > resource > needs in the Platinum Plan was a major failure of that plan, in my > opinion. Now go > ahead and chop my head off. > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608/266-6225 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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