that long hill up Cottage Grove Rd. is a deterrent to many, especially the non-Spandex commandos.
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Robbie Webber via Bikies < bikies@lists.danenet.org> wrote: > Got this from Grant Foster (below). With few driveways and a complete > reconstruction of the roadway, this is a perfect opportunity to build > protected bike lanes. Even if they were only protected with plastic > bollards, that would give a visual cue to motorists and would likely also > visually narrow the driving area and slow traffic. > > With a signed speed limit of 40 MPH and a wide-open feel likely meaning a > much higher actual average speed, Cottage Grove Rd as proposed is hardly > bike friendly. Yet it is a significant "escape route" to eastern Dane > County and a growing area with new urbanist neighborhoods being built. > > When we have the chance to build a much safer and more bike-friendly road > -- which will also be safer for pedestrians and transit users -- it is a > crime not to do so. > > [start forwarded message] > > There will be an update provided to PBMVC on Tuesday, 10/27, on the future > Cottage Grove Rd. project. Would be a good time to register any feedback > with the commission regarding the expansion to a 4-lane section and the > unbuffered/unprotected bike lanes proposed (note: they have grown from 4' > to 5' in width). Always great to show up and share your thoughts verbally > or you can also send in written comments ahead of the meeting. > > Details of project here: > > https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2501564&GUID=C351E991-D620-49CD-B60E-FE794FFCD38B > > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > 608-263-9984 (o) > 608-225-0002 (c) > rob...@robbiewebber.org > All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of > my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated. > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > Bikies@lists.danenet.org > 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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