I heartily agree with Patrick's suggestion. I don't use the elevator, so my request wasn't fully thought out.
-India Co-Founder & Instructor, We Are All Mechanics <http://www.WeAreAllMechanics.com> *empowering people through education since 2003* WeAreAllMechanics.com [email protected] Follow WAAM on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/We.Are.All.Mechanics> Founding Member, Madison Bikes <http://www.madisonbikes.org/> *Creating a city where you'd choose to ride your bike from here to there.* MadisonBikes.org <http://www.MadisonBikes.org> [email protected] Follow Madison Bikes on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBIIC/> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Mitchell Nussbaum via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > Signs like this would be very helpful. I come from the west; if I saw an > "elevator not working" sign at Broom St., I'd get off the path at that > point and find a reasonably direct route to the Square. As it is, I go to > Monona Terrace, encounter the Out of Order sign, mutter something under my > breath, and continue to Blair St. -- adding several minutes to my trip. > > (It might also help to temporarily remove the "no bikes" rule on the > spiral ramps to give bikers a more direct route to Level 4.) > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"bikies" <[email protected]> > *To: *"bikies" <[email protected]>, "Arthur Ross" < > [email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, February 23, 2017 6:47:22 PM > *Subject: *Re: [Bikies] What's happening with the Monona Terrace bike > elevator > > Actually, what would be most helpful would be signs at Broom and Blair, > indicating the elevator down. Those are the points at which commuters can > actually use the information to select an alternate route. Imagine a road > being torn up in the middle of a several-mile stretch between two roads, > and a "Road Closed" sign only at the point the road is torn up, and no > signs at the intersections at either end of that stretch of road. That's > about how useful the sign on the door is. > > IOW, MT staff have to think of the elevator as a road. > > On 2017/02/23 12:06, India Viola via Bikies wrote: > > Arthur, > > Could you please instruct the management to post a temporary sign with an > abbreviated version of what you just summed up in your email along with a > more permanent sign with information of whom to contact in the future in > case someone finds the elevator out-of-order. > > Thank you. > > -India > > Co-Founder & Instructor, We Are All > Mechanics<http://www.WeAreAllMechanics.com> <http://www.WeAreAllMechanics.com> > *empowering people through education since 2003* > [email protected] > Follow WAAM on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/We.Are.All.Mechanics> > <http://www.facebook.com/We.Are.All.Mechanics> > > Founding Member, Madison Bikes <http://www.madisonbikes.org/> > <http://www.madisonbikes.org/> > *Creating a city where you'd choose to ride your bike from here to there.* > MadisonBikes.org <http://www.MadisonBikes.org> > <http://www.MadisonBikes.org>[email protected] > Follow Madison Bikes on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBIIC/> > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/MBIIC/> > > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:31 AM, Ross, Arthur via Bikies > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I contacted Monona Terrace. Other work there led to water getting into > the elevator shaft which destroyed a circuit board that operates the > elevator. The earliest a new circuit board can arrive is early next week. > Monona Terrace is working with the supplier to get this expedited. > > > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > > City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division > > > > **Please Note Our New Address** > > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 900 > > PO Box 2986 > > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608/266-6225 <(608)%20266-6225> <(608)%20266-6225> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bikies [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of > Mitchell Nussbaum via Bikies > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:46 AM > To: bikies > Subject: [Bikies] What's happening with the Monona Terrace bike elevator > > > > Does anybody know if the bike elevator is expected to be back in service > in the foreseeable future? I knew there was a planned outage for repairs on > Tuesday, and I planned my route accordingly. But yesterday and today I came > to the elevator and saw the Out of Order sign and had to take a detour to > get to work. > > > > I can survive without the elevator, but it would be helpful to know its > status before I get on my bike so I can choose my route. Are status reports > posted anywhere? > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing > [email protected]http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing > [email protected]http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > -- > Paul T. 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