A few minutes of your day could make a big difference for many people! West Wilson St. poses a major gap in east/west cross-town transport for people traveling by bike. Rather than fix the gap by providing safe on-street accommodations for people on bicycles, our city engineers have proposed to widen the sidewalk on the two blocks of W. Wilson Street that are one-way from 6 feet to 8 feet so that people walking or using mobility devices and people who are biking have a little more room to SHARE the sidewalk, rather than having separate accommodations for people who are biking west to east on W. Wilson Street.
A widened sidewalk is not safe or efficient and is sure to promote conflicts between people on bikes and people on foot, and for those who use any sort of mobility device. Sidewalks need to be safe and comfortable for the slower foot and mobility-device traffic and free of cars and bicycles. If you are willing to take a moment to send a pre-composed email (see link below) to support safe and efficient accommodations for people traveling by all modes on these two blocks of W. Wilson St., please do! Feel free to ask me any clarifying questions you may have. http://www.madisonbikes.org/five_minute_action_alert_wilson_street Thanks everyone and a friendly reminder to PLEASE VOTE today in our statewide elections! The future of our k-12 public education is at stake. Those are the cyclists of today and tomorrow. -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/>
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