I just sent this email. Thank you Grant Foster for finding the SCERB purpose in WI state statutes.
Feel free to borrow from this in writing your own email. Peter ================================== To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Disappointed by SCERB veto of contra-flow lane on Mifflin St. Just want to express disappointment in SCERB's vote against a bicycle contra-flow lane on Mifflin St. alongside the Capitol building in Madison. I understand that Madison city planners were discouraged from attending SCERB's recent meeting, and thus were not able to explain the contra-flow lane and why it is needed. This traffic engineering decision seems outside SCERB's expertise and purpose "to direct the continuing and consistent maintenance of the property, decorative furniture and furnishings of the capitol and executive residence." Currently, people ride bicycles on the Mifflin Street sidewalk on Capitol Square because there isn't a safer and more convenient way for them to cross the Square eastbound between State Street and East Mifflin, two heavily used bicycle corridors. A contra-flow lane would have addressed this issue. I hope SCERB will reconsider this wrong call. Thank you, Peter Gray [street address, city] On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Paul T. O'Leary via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2016/02/09 07:43, Robbie Webber via Bikies wrote: > >> >> It should be noted that City of Madison staff were not allowed to testify >> or even attend the meeting where the vote was taken, so no "convincing" was >> possible. >> >> And Fred is not a transportaron bicyclist. He only rides recreationally. >> >> >> Second point is underscored by the Senator's reference, multiple times, > to "against traffic". Um, NO, Senator, use of a counterflow lane is not > "against" traffic; it IS traffic. If the "against traffic" argument were > valid, there wouldn't be so many counterflow lanes in use today, including > several around the Square. The unfortunate thing is, Sen. Risser is > probably seen as "the bike guy" on this committee, making this an even > harder ship to turn around. > > Re. testifying/attending the meeting, isn't that at the very least a > violation of the open meetings law? Shouldn't any citizen have been allowed > to testify, or at least attend? > > -- > Paul T. O'Leary > Chronic Nuisance > Madison, WI USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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