If this is the case, can we please make sure that in order to trigger the light, people driving have to get out of their car, walk to an inconveniently placed beg button, and have to wait for at least a minute before they can proceed? :-)
Harald (no, not resentful, not at all) 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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