I've only seen the one yield sign. I presumed it was to instruct
westbound bicycle traffic in front of the bike shop (not yet on the Cap
City path) to yield to bicycles crossing on the Cap City proper from the
Gateway corner to continue along the lakeshore. I had a bicyclist going
westbound from in front of the bike shop yell at me as he nearly hit me
as I crossed on the Cap City crossing from the Gateway, and had to
remind him that he blew through that yield sign. I doubt he knew it even
existed until I mentioned it.
On 2015/08/26 19:02, Harald Kliems wrote:
Always a fun topic... Today somebodyon Reddit posted about a yield
sign for cyclists at the intersection of the Machinery Row parking lot
exit and the Cap City Trail.
https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/3igzpy/cyclists_near_machinery_row_that_yield_sign_is/
A lot of people point out that they have never ever noticed that yield
sign, and it appears (someone posted a link to Google Street View)
that there is only one sign, for cyclists coming from Willy St. The
parking lot exit has a stop sign, and there are no signs whatsoever on
the trail for cyclists coming from Monona Terrace. I will readily
admit that I have never noticed that yield sign either and have often
been annoyed at drivers cutting me off when exiting the parking lot.
Maybe it has been discussed here previously, but this seems like a
horribly confusing and ambiguous intersection design that makes it
nigh impossible to tell who has the right of way. Can anyone confirm
that there is indeed only one yield sign? And any theories why it was
put there/why there isn't one in the other direction?
Harald.
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Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI USA
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