How could these extremely low traffic volumes justify a stop light there? I thought the city had criteria on these (triggers), and these traffic counts can't be even 10% of those triggers.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I heard during a presentation at a campus meeting that there will > be a traffic light at the SW Path/Spring/Charter intersection. The light > will default to green for the path, so any traffic on Charter or Spring > will have to wait to get a green. Charter is one-way northbound there, and > there really isn't much (motor vehicle) traffic until you get to the 2-way > part at Johnson St. Spring is similarly pretty quiet unless there is a > football game or other Camp Randall event, so the path carries more traffic > then either cross street. > > I'm pretty sure that's what I heard, but I'm sure Chuck or someone else > will let me know if I got it mixed up. Should be interesting when it's done. > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > 608-263-9984 (o) > 608-225-0002 (c) > [email protected] > All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of > my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:40 PM, tim wong <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is really crucial that Spring St. not have the right of way where the >> bike path crosses it (especially going westbound). The angle is about >> 315º, thus essentially requiring a stop rather than a yield. At the same >> time I think it would be a good idea to at least at one intersection >> (Orchard, I think) to post a ONE WAY sign, so we know which way to look for >> cars. I've suggested it before to no avail. >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:06 AM, STRAWSER, Charles < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Construction at the SW Path intersection with Spring St will require >>> detouring from the SW Path along Dayton St between Mills and Randall. >>> >>> See this from the city: >>> >>> https://www.cityofmadison.com/news/southwest-commuter-path-detour >>> >>> >>> >>> the good news is that this construction will result in the SW Path >>> having priority over the cross streets at its intersection with Spring and >>> Charter Streets, or at least that’s my understanding of it. I haven’t seen >>> plans. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck Strawser >>> >>> Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner >>> >>> Commuter Solutions >>> >>> UW-Madison Transportation Services >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: >>> http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx >>> >>> >>> >>> How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at >>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CommSol_CSSurvey >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bikies mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, >> then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their >> children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you >> and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these >> people?'" >> >> --Daniel Quinn >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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