I have forwarded this to Bike Fed, and I think they might be sending someone, but am not sure. Hope so, because this is the type of local project they should be involved in. Simple explanation of project from city here: https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/cottage-grove-road
To quote from a Facebook post two weeks ago: Wow, just saw this proposed road section <https://www.cityofmadison.com/sites/default/files/city-of-madison/engineering/documents/5992-09-26%20Preliminary%20Plan.pdf> for Cottage Grove Rd from Thompson to Sprecher. Expanding to 4+ lanes for cars with a 4' unbuffered bike lane (design speeds >40mph). What crud. Open house scheduled: October 8, 2015, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Madison East Police District Station - Community Room 809 S Thompson Drive, Madison WI Today, same FB page: Just a reminder that the public meeting for this project is on Thursday at 6:00. 4' unprotected bike lane is inappropriate for this reconstruct. Very few parents will let their children ride in these lanes with 40+ mph car traffic. Why does it matter? From the middle of McClellan neighborhood you can get to the following by bike (all via this stretch of Cottage Grove Road): Elvejem School-9 minutes, Kennedy School-11 min, LaFollette-23 min, Rolling Meadows Shopping Center-7 min, YMCA/Royster Clark dev.-13 min, Pinney Library-14 min, Lake Edge Shopping Center-16 miin, Olbrich Park and Gardens-19 min. Or everyone can just drive their cars instead. 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.
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