[Bikies] Prescribed Burn along Howard Temin Lakeshore Path Wednesday

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Depending on timing and weather conditions, the Lakeshore Nature Preserve may 
undertake a prescribed burn along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path  tomorrow 
(Wednesday April 13), specifically in the Willow Creek Savanna (north of the 
Natatorium), and possibly parts of Picnic Point (well off the Lakeshore Path), 
but focusing on Eagle Heights Woods.
Please use caution when using the path near the prescribed burns.
Thanks,

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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[Bikies] UW-Madison is hiring a coordinator for flex parking, campus bus service, employee bus pass, emergency ride home program, car-pooling, van-pooling, and park & ride

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services is hiring:

The Commuter Solutions Unit of the University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Transportation Services department is seeking a Commuter Solutions Coordinator 
[ADMIN PROGRAM SPEC(R07DN) or ASSOC ADMIN PRGM SPEC(R07FN)]. The position 
covers research, analysis, planning, development, implementation, 
administration and continuous improvement of Commuter Solutions programs. This 
position also assists with the day-to-day operation of Commuter Solutions 
programs such as flex parking, campus bus service, employee bus pass, emergency 
ride home program, car-pooling, van-pooling, and park and ride. The deadline to 
apply is May 13, 2016.


See 
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummaryApply.aspx?pvl_num=86142

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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[Bikies] Upcoming closures of Campus Dr Path, Babcock Dr, and moreon campus

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

There are several construction projects on or near campus in the near future 
that will affect bicyclists:

Babcock Drive (from Linden to Observatory) will be closed for a week beginning 
Monday May 16, for "complete removal" (of asphalt, I think).

Campus Drive Path (east of Walnut St) will be closed TO ALL TRAFFIC - bikes and 
peds!-beginning Wed May 18, potentially until June 1. This is a city project 
that is apparently trying to create a weir to better manage sediments that 
Willow Creek would otherwise disgorge into Lake Mendota. (Hopefully this will 
be just a part of a much bigger project of better managing stormwater in most 
of west-central Madison 
http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/landscape/watershed.htm , but I digress). The 
contractor has apparently been told it must be done by June 1. If this is part 
of your route, you should plan on going from Linden Dr across its intersection 
with Easterday Lane and over the Willow Creek footbridge to Linden Dr 
connecting to Walnut St. the Campus Drive Path will be closed (completely 
fenced or barricaded off) from the "offramp" at Walnut St to the access points 
behind the Vet School and the Wisconsin Vet Diagnostic Lab.

Walnut St (from Observatory Dr to Marsh Ln) will be closed for 3 days beginning 
May 31 for milling and overlay.

Charter St (between Linden and Observatory) will be closed for 3 days beginning 
June 2 for milling and overlay.

Babcock Drive (from University Ave to Linden) will be closed for a week 
beginning June 6 for milling and overlay.
Along with the closure of Campus Dr Path above, this one will probably 
negatively affect cyclists more than the others.

This information came to me from the division of the Physical Plant responsible 
for maintaining asphalt, concrete, and roofing, and consequently when they talk 
about road closures they typically mean closures for vehicles in the street 
(when access is still maintained for peds along at least one sidewalk), but I 
have not been able to confirm this for any of these closures above, nor have I 
seen any of the traffic control (and signed detour) plans contractors are 
required to provide for construction projects on campus.



Chuck Strawser
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Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap City Trail

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Some of you may recall that this scenario was also very problematic at the 
corner of Fish Hatchery road and County Highway PD, which also intersected the 
Capital City State Trail. So many car drivers there failed to even stop before 
turning right off of Southbound Fish Hatchery onto Westbound PD that a grade 
separated bridge over the intersection was built (at a cost of $1.5-2million) 
because apparently that was easier than enforcing the existing laws that would 
have made that intersection safe for all users if everyone complied with them.

When some bicyclists break the law, some car drivers advocate banning the whole 
user group from the public thoroughfares.
But when some (arguably, most) car drivers break the law (at that location at 
that time), we build infrastructure to accommodate the previously illegal and 
unsafe behavior.


Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx

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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Grant 
Foster via Bikies
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:46 AM
To: ptole...@chorus.net; bikies@lists.danenet.org
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap 
City Trail


They might work better than standard signs, but they don't work well. I rode 
through this morning as a driver was stopped there looking left. I told my boys 
to be very careful crossing, because I had a hunch. Right after they passed 
her, she started to turn right on red (without ever turning her head to the 
right) and very nearly ran over a woman on a bike that was riding right behind 
my boys. I yelled loud enough that the driver slammed on her brakes before 
running the woman over.

This is so incredibly common at this corner (Division onto Eastwood). Right 
turn on red should be banned in urban environments where people are walking and 
biking through crosswalks (just like many civilized countries do).

I have asked TE to consider adding the green material to this crossing as it 
might help some, but these are terrible spots for people on bikes and people on 
foot.

On Tue, May 31, 2016, 21:09 Paul T. O'Leary via Bikies 
mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> wrote:
On 2016/05/30 21:51, Mark Clear via Bikies wrote:
> Hello Bikies,
>
> I got a tweet last week complaining that motorists don't obey the "no
> turn on red" on westbound Rimrock at John Nolen, putting cyclists on
> the trail at risk. Anyone else with this experience? Thanks.
>
> Mark Clear

I wonder if any studies have been done on the effectiveness of the
"light-up" NTOR signs that light up based on the traffic signal status.
E.g. Atwood Ave at the Harmony Bar corner. As a motor vehicle driver, I
find them eye-catching. If I had my druthers, every NTOR in the state
would be so rigged. Either that, or the statute language / signage would
be "flipped", so that the corners that _allow_ turn on red would have a
"Right Allowed on Red After Stop (xxx time range)" sign, and the law
would explicitly forbid the turn unless the sign is present (and in
effect). I'm, er, not holding my breath. Meanwhile, this intersection
would be an ideal candidate for a light-up sign, if indeed they're as
effective as they appear (to me) to be.

--
Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI  USA

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Re: [Bikies] NYTimes/Gretchen Reynolds: The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Brian Mink said: "I've noticed that most west coast cities that allow electric 
bikes do have rules that include behaving in regard to maximum speed, passing, 
remaining non aggressive and the like. Should Madison have such rules and post 
them? Probably."

Madison already has rules, and does post them. They are on all the wayfinding 
signs along bike paths all around town, and among those rules is this one:
"Faster {path] users yield to slower users"

Which gets to the crux of the issue - how someone operates their vehicle is 
often as important (or more important) to the safety of others than exactly 
what kind of vehicle it is.



Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx

How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at 
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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Mink 
via Bikies
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 9:59 AM
To: rpaol...@execpc.com
Cc: Scott Morris Rose; Bikies
Subject: Re: [Bikies] NYTimes/Gretchen Reynolds: The Surprising Health Benefits 
of an Electric Bike

I happen to know folks who due to one arthritic malady or less than optimal 
joint replacement surgery have opted for electric assist bikes or wheels with 
hub motors.

I also have taken note of many more cyclists of larger habitus using electric 
assist bikes. Then there are a whole bunch or cargo/kid hauler electric assist 
bikes on trails around town.

I think they are a good thing. Most of us able bodied, hard core enthusiasts 
will put off or scorn the thought of using electric assist. Let's assume that 
most folks who use electric assist do so based on some need that we probably 
don't know about. Many work places don't have showers. Electric assist one 
could image, can keep one below the gushing sweat threshold on the morning 
commute.

I've noticed that most west coast cities that allow electric bikes do have 
rules that include behaving in regard to maximum speed, passing, remaining non 
aggressive and the like. Should Madison have such rules and post them? Probably.

Bottom line is: even the heartiest of urban cyclists might age into the need 
for an electric assist bicycle at some point and then we'll look back on our 
years of scorn and finally come to the conclusion that we were not being 
understanding, nice or fair.

Brian Mink
Monona


via Bikies
July 8, 2016 at 9:45 AM

If that what it takes to get these sedentary brutes onto a bike, then let

them ride their electric bikes on roads and not on bike paths.



Admittedly, my n is pretty small, but I resent these lazy assholes being

on the bike paths.  And it's bogus to say these are for sedentary folks.

 > By far, the most people who use them will be former bicyclists.



I personally could not see myself wanting one. (Years ago I tried one when

someone from MGE was demo-ing one at some event and I wasn't impressed.)

But I also don't get all the hostility about them. I don't see how

discourteous/unsafe passing is any more or less obnoxious by someone on an

electric-assist bike than it is by someone on a traditional bike who

thinks he's doing Tour de France.  A moron on an electric-assist bike is

not inherently worse or more dangerous than a moron in Spandex.



As for the opinion that most people using them will be former bicyclists,

so what?  If it helps keep on a bike someone who has diminished physical

capability, what's wrong with that?



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[Bikies] FW: NYTimes/Gretchen Reynolds: The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Brian and I exhanged emails off-list, and then he agreed that it was worth 
sharing that exchange to the list. It’s copied below.
chuck


From: Chuck Strawser
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:35 AM
To: 'Brian Mink'
Subject: RE: [Bikies] NYTimes/Gretchen Reynolds: The Surprising Health Benefits 
of an Electric Bike

Brian,

There are also already state rules in place that define “motor bicycles” as 
those going less than 20mph, and even those are not allowed to be used on bike 
paths *under power* (you can pedal them unassisted on paths). See state statute 
below, and also the useful page from the city’s website.

So the trike that passed you at 35mph was already in violation of the rules, 
and does not meet the state definition of a “motor bicycle” (and is therefore 
not legal on streets, either).

But like every other law, it’s meaningless unless it’s enforced.
Look at the posted speed limits (for motor vehicles). How many people are 
ticketed for driving 40mph on the sections of University Ave that are signed 
25mph?

Since you replied to me only, I won’t post this on the list-serv without asking 
you. I think it’s relevant to the discussion, so you might consider posting it 
(and my response) yourself.

State Statute 340.01(30) defines a “motor bicycle”:
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/340.pdf
340.01(30) "Motor bicycle" means any of the following:
(a) A bicycle to which a power unit not an integral part of the vehicle has 
been added to permit the vehicle to travel at a speed of not more than 30 miles 
per hour with a 150-pound rider on a dry, level, hard surface with no wind and 
having a seat for the operator.
(b) A 2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicle that has fully operative pedals for 
propulsion by human power and an electric motor of less than 750 watts and that 
is capable, when powered solely by the motor, of a maximum speed of less than 
20 miles per hour with a 170-pound rider on a dry, level, hard surface with no 
wind.

Here’s a useful page from the city’s website. Although this page makes no 
mention of bikes with something other than an electric motor, all the 
prohibitions on using an electric bicycle also apply to motor bicycles with gas 
engines.
http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/documents/ElecBikeLawsWeb20130520v.pdf

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu>

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From: Brian Mink [mailto:bcm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:22 AM
To: Chuck Strawser
Subject: Re: [Bikies] NYTimes/Gretchen Reynolds: The Surprising Health Benefits 
of an Electric Bike

Thanks Chuck. Many jurisdictions go beyond the simple rule that Madison has 
posted on bike trails by restricting maximum speed. Some of the electric hub 
motors are quite capable of reaching 35 miles per hour. I was passed by a high 
end trike last week that was probably doing 30 mph outfitted with the most 
powerful BionX hub motor. Madison's common courtesy and common sense "Yield to 
slower users" is a nice start but I think Madison will likely have to deal with 
an overall speed limit on bike trails, eventually.

Brian Mink

Chuck Strawser via Bikies<mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>
July 8, 2016 at 10:14 AM
Brian Mink said: "I've noticed that most west coast cities that allow electric 
bikes do have rules that include behaving in regard to maximum speed, passing, 
remaining non aggressive and the like. Should Madison have such rules and post 
them? Probably."

Madison already has rules, and does post them. They are on all the wayfinding 
signs along bike paths all around town, and among those rules is this one:
"Faster {path] users yield to slower users"

Which gets to the crux of the issue - how someone operates their vehicle is 
often as important (or more important) to the safety of others than exactly 
what kind of vehicle it is.



Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu><mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu><mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu>

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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Mink 
via Bikies
Sent: Friday, July 

[Bikies] access from Breese Terrace to north of Camp Randall closed 7/25 thru 8/26

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

The gate that separates the sidewalk on the east side of Breese Terrace from 
the UW property north of Camp Randall (and south of the football practice 
field) is being replaced. Work will take place from 7/25/16 through 8/26/16.
There will be no access from Breese Terrace to Fetzer, McClain, Engineering, 
etc. through those gates during the work (work hours are 7am -3:30pm but the 
construction fence will be up at all times.

If you are accustomed to using that cut through, you'll need to find an 
alternate route from Breese Terrace (presumably north to old University Ave, or 
south to Monroe/Regent St) during that work.

And, as always, construction timelines are what we plan and hope for, but are 
subject to change, especially when contractors find 100 year old utilities that 
aren't on anyone's map (yes, that happens all the time).

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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[Bikies] WisDOT hiring Pedestrian/Bicycle Grant Specialist - Deadline 08/06/2016

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

I don't think I've seen this job opening listed to Bikies yet. Apologies if 
I've duplicated another post.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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From: Mrotek Glenzinski, Jill - DOT [mailto:jill.mrotekglenzin...@dot.wi.gov]
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 3:45 PM
Cc: Corsi, Larry - DOT
Subject: Please share - FW: Job Opening

If you could please share as appropriate, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your assistance. - Jill

Jill Mrotek Glenzinski
WisDOT State Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator
Bureau of Planning and Economic Development
4802 Sheboygan Ave Rm 901
Madison, WI 53707
jill.mrotekglenzin...@dot.wi.gov
608.267.7757
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From: Corsi, Larry - DOT
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 9:45 AM
To: Mrotek Glenzinski, Jill - DOT 
mailto:jill.mrotekglenzin...@dot.wi.gov>>
Subject: Job Opening


Jill-

We are currently in the process of hiring a Pedestrian/Bicycle Grant 
Specialist.  The position is responsible for managing the pedestrian and 
bicycle grants, setting up pedestrian and bicycle trainings, revising, updating 
and providing training flyers and information related to pedestrian and bicycle 
safety.  The position also works with a section of the state on other NHTSA 
related grants, alcohol, speed and seat belt enforcement.  The position has a 
wide variety of duties which keeps it interesting and challenging.  I have 
attached the job announcement, the deadline for application is  August 6th, 
2016.  Please feel free to pass this along.  Thanks


https://wisc.jobs/public/job_view.asp?annoid=88973&jobid=88487&org=395&class=04271&index=true

Larry Corsi
Grant Program Supervisor
Bureau of Transportation Safety
608-709-0081
[cid:image001.png@01D1D850.74A4DD80][cid:F7460FEC9520924081C31C07FA2C58DB@wisconsin.gov]
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Re: [Bikies] Bike security fail: tree

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

You should not be locking your bike to any trees in the public right of way.
The city of Madison allows locking to most anything EXCEPT trees, so long as 
the bike is not blocking pedestrian or vehicle access.
The University System rules do not allow locking to anything but a bike rack.

Both the city and the UW system prohibit locking to trees for the same reason – 
you can easily damage the tree and severely shorten it’s life span. Pedals can 
gouge, locks can scrape bark, etc. And even if you think you’re not doing any 
damage because you’re being very careful, the very fact that you’re locking to 
a tree tells someone else that that’s ok, and chances are they’re not going to 
be as careful.

I know as well as anyone that there’s not enough places to park bikes in the 
city and on campus to meet demand. Providing that parking on campus is part of 
my job (and we are making huge improvements on campus, though we are not yet at 
the point where our capacity meets demand everywhere).
But that’s a reason to continue pushing the city (and landlords) for more bike 
parking, not a reason to lock to a tree.
Imagine a city and a UW without any street trees. If we keep locking bikes to 
trees (especially the trees that are immature enough to easily lock to), then 
it won’t be that long before you don’t have to imagine that scenario.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Scott 
Maurer via Bikies
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:11 PM
To: Bikies ListServe
Subject: [Bikies] Bike security fail: tree

Hey All,


I've locked to a tree many times and thought of this possibility depending on 
size of tree. This dude makes me sad...



http://adventure-journal.com/2016/08/thief-cuts-down-tree-in-order-to-steal-bike/

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Re: [Bikies] Bicycle helmets reduce risk of serious head injury by nearly 70%, study finds

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

 must we continue to argue about helmets?


1)  I wear a helmet all the time (while riding my bike)*. Never while 
driving a car*. Why is that I wonder? (I personally know two different people 
with traumatic brain injuries sustained while riding in a car – both injuries 
changed the personalities and lives of those people, quite negatively).

2)  I don’t think we need peer reviewed studies to agree that wearing a 
helmet can reduce the chance/severity of head injury of a person involved in a 
crash.

3)  It should be obvious (even without a peer reviewed study) that 
preventing crashes in the first place is better than mitigating their 
consequences.

4)  Another peer reviewed study undertaken in Australia showed that a 
helmet designed for motorists would reduce head injuries by 67% 
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/08/head-protection-for-motorists.html

Therefore, if we really wanted to reduce the severity and frequency of head 
injuries, we should first try to prevent the crashes that cause them (and it is 
becoming clearer that separating modes is one of the best ways to do that 
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/06/protected-bike-lanes-arent-just-safer-they-can-also-increase-cycling/371958/),
 and THEN mitigate the consequences of the crash. For everyone. That is, if 
we’re going to require (or even encourage) helmet use, why aren’t we requiring 
it for both motor vehicle drivers and cyclists?

Perhaps it’s because many of us continue to view cycling as dangerous, and 
don’t think of driving the same way.
(yes, this is all overly simplified. Isn’t everything that you can fit on one 
page?)

-end rant-

*ok, once in the last year I rode 5 blocks to the co-op on my cargo bike 
without a helmet, and 25 years ago I occasionally raced cars and wore a helmet 
when driving on the track, but generally the above is true of me.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Harald 
Kliems via Bikies
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:05 PM
To: Scott Morris Rose; Bikies
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Bicycle helmets reduce risk of serious head injury by 
nearly 70%, study finds

It should be noted that this is not a new study per se, but a meta-analysis, 
that is, the author analyzed a lot of other studies and summarized their 
findings. Rune Elvik did the same thing a couple years back and came to very 
different conclusions: http://www.cycle-helmets.com/elvik.pdf
It'll require some careful reading to see how they each reached their different 
conclusions.

 Harald.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:58 PM Scott Morris Rose via Bikies 
mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> wrote:
The Guardian reports on a paper given at the Safety 2016 conference which 
reports on results of a large-scale study of bicycle helmet use in the 
Australian state of New South Wales (which is where Sidney is).

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/sep/22/bicycle-helmets-reduce-risk-of-serious-head-injury-by-nearly-70-study-finds

I suppose the money quote is "... reduce the risks of a serious head injury by 
nearly 70%."
NSW has long had a mandatory helmet law, which has been unpopular with some in 
the past and more in the present - the fine for not wearing a helmet has 
recently risen from $71 to $319 ($240US). Not having a bell? $106. Not stopping 
at a ped crossing? $425. Coming out of a jusrisdiction that is evidently 
hell-bent of criminalizing cycling is sure to bring the legitimacy of the study 
into question, rightfully or wrongfully.
More grist for the mill...
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Re: [Bikies] Eastbound Lakeshore Path detour?

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Andy,
My understanding is that the ped/bike detour signs near the Lakeshore Path were 
part of the Lakeshore II utility project’s traffic control plan.

That project is winding down, so I don’t think there is any planned closure of 
the Lakeshore Path in the foreseeable future, though I’ve asked the Campus 
Transportation Planner to check on it.
Getting contractors to remove signs before they vacate the job site is quite 
challenging, however, so we’re likely to see those confusing signs for a while 
yet.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Andy Bach 
via Bikies
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:42 PM
To: Bikies
Subject: [Bikies] Eastbound Lakeshore Path detour?

Hey,
I've seen the signs there, right as the gravel starts directing us around the 
dorms but, so far, no detour. Anybody know when it'll be an active detour? 
Doesn't seem to be anything when coming from the other direction.
Thanks.

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[Bikies] Campus Drive Path at Willow Creek - City Project Begins next week

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Next week a city project will begin along Willow Creek near the Campus Drive 
bike path. Everything I know about it is included in the email below, but all 
you really need to know about it is that:

1)  The Campus Drive Bike Path itself will remain OPEN.

2)  The path connection between the Campus Drive Path and Easterday Lane 
(between Willow Creek and Veterinary Medicine) will be closed by a staging area 
for this project. So if you use the Campus Drive Path in an eastbound 
direction, and usually get off there (to connect, e.g. to the Lakeshore Path or 
the Natatorium or the Bcycle station there), you're going to need to continue 
east past Veterinary Medicine to the eastern terminus of the Campus Drive Path 
and connect from there.

3)  Also note that Linden Drive north of the US Dairy Forage Research 
Center is closed, though you can circumvent that closure on a bicycle by using 
the service drive south of US Dairy Forage Research and north of the Dairy Barn 
and  Dairy Cattle Center. The closure of Linden Drive north of US Dairy Forage 
is a federal project that I know nothing else about, including how long it will 
continue.

Thanks for coming to (or through) campus without a car.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 3:26 PM
Subject: Willow Creek - City Project Begins

Hello All

FYI   - Next week the City of Madison is starting construction of a stormwater 
sediment basin within Willow Creek on UW property just north of Campus Drive.  
The City has negotiated a construction easement with UW for the project.   The 
City's contractor is RG Huston who is the same contractor at our Near West 
Playfield project.   The project will continue through the winter and be 
finished in early spring.

The work will require a crane for removing soil, setting sheet pile, and 
placing concrete.  The contractor will be accessing the construction site thru 
Herrick Drive which will require considerable coordination between UW Grounds 
and the contractor for vehicle access, staging, and storage.   The contractor 
will also have a small staging and storage area east of the creek which will 
close a section of the bike path that leads to Easterday Drive.  The Campus 
Drive bike path will remain open during the entire duration of the project.

The project will involve no utility construction except for extending a 6'x10' 
box culvert owned by the City.   There is a UW utility bridge over the existing 
creek that is to remain undisturbed and is to be protected with shoring/ sheet 
piles during excavating operations.

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Re: [Bikies] SkunkLock

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Or a campus where all the racks are full of abandoned bikes….

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Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Mitchell 
Nussbaum via Bikies
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 5:48 PM
To: Scott Rose
Cc: bikies
Subject: Re: [Bikies] SkunkLock

Charming idea, but there may be unintended consequences.

What if you need to cut the lock on your own bike? I have done that 
occasionally when the locking mechanism is hopelessly jammed or frozen? My 
locks are cables -- my bike isn't expensive enough to require a full-fledged 
U-lock, but I could imagine being in the same predicament with a U-lock.

What if some idiot locks his bike to your bike and never returns?

What would the city do when they need to remove abandoned bikes from public 
racks? We could end up with a bunch of smelly, nauseated Streets employees.


From: "bikies" mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>>
To: "bikies" mailto:bik...@danenet.org>>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 11:19:22 PM
Subject: [Bikies] SkunkLock

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/21/bike-lock-developed-that-makes-thieves-immediately-vomit

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Re: [Bikies] SkunkLock

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Probably not deliberately. But you’d be shocked by the number of calls I get 
from students who have lost their key, or left the bike/lock out in the weather 
so long that the key broke off in the lock when they finally went to use it. 
and those are just the people who bother to call us…
chuck

From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Robbie 
Webber via Bikies
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:59 AM
To: Chuck Strawser
Cc: bikies (bik...@danenet.org)
Subject: Re: [Bikies] SkunkLock

I just have a feeling that someone who spends this much effort, thought and 
money on their bike lock won't abandon their bike. But maybe I'm wrong.

Robbie Webber
Transportation geek
All opinions are my own, and not necessarily those of any group or organization 
with which I am affiliated.

Founding member, Madison Bikes<http://www.madisonbikes.org/>
...where anyone can ride a bicycle conveniently and comfortably to any place 
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Chuck Strawser via Bikies 
mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> wrote:
Or a campus where all the racks are full of abandoned bikes….

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu>

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From: Bikies 
[mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org<mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org>]
 On Behalf Of Mitchell Nussbaum via Bikies
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 5:48 PM
To: Scott Rose
Cc: bikies
Subject: Re: [Bikies] SkunkLock

Charming idea, but there may be unintended consequences.

What if you need to cut the lock on your own bike? I have done that 
occasionally when the locking mechanism is hopelessly jammed or frozen? My 
locks are cables -- my bike isn't expensive enough to require a full-fledged 
U-lock, but I could imagine being in the same predicament with a U-lock.

What if some idiot locks his bike to your bike and never returns?

What would the city do when they need to remove abandoned bikes from public 
racks? We could end up with a bunch of smelly, nauseated Streets employees.


From: "bikies" mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>>
To: "bikies" mailto:bik...@danenet.org>>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 11:19:22 PM
Subject: [Bikies] SkunkLock

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/21/bike-lock-developed-that-makes-thieves-immediately-vomit

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[Bikies] Langdon Closure 10/31 to 11/07

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Langdon Street will be closed to all vehicles beginning Monday morning 10/31/16 
for repaving, and will not reopen until Monday 11/07.
I'm told that pedestrian access will be maintained, at least on the sidewalk on 
the south side of the street, and, hopefully, the north sidewalk will be open 
as well. Langdon is a city (not a UW) street, and this is all the info I have.

Please exercise caution and courtesy in the area.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:25 AM
Subject: Langdon Closure


October 27, 2016


Beginning Monday, October 31, at 9:00 a.m., the Memorial Union project will 
close Langdon Street in both directions between Park Street and Lake Street for 
repaving. The road will reopen on Monday, November 7, at 6:00 a.m.


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Re: [Bikies] Mercedes-Benz has a algorithmic solution to the "trolley problem" in the age of self-driving cars

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

The problem I have with this analogy – between self-driving cars’ behavior and 
decision-making capability (or human drivers’ for that matter) – and the 
trolley problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem), is that the 
trolley problem presumes a “runaway trolley” – i.e., one that is not in control.

Cars, whether driven by humans or artificial intelligence, should not be going 
too fast for conditions in the first place, and, if they are not, then there 
should not be a decision that has to be made between the safety of the 
occupants and the safety of other road users outside the car.

Speed limits are a maximum legal limit, not a minimum, and there are any number 
of conditions that warrant going less than that maximum legal limit.

But until we stop designing roads to feel safe when driven at twice the speed 
limit that will be posted (or more), this will continue to be a widespread 
problem.
The only time I ever see all the cars on University Ave through campus going 
25mph or less is when congestion there severely limits the free flow of motor 
vehicles. Yet removing the congestion there (the only condition that actually 
seems to decrease vehicle speeds to what is considered legal and safe) and 
restoring free flow of motor vehicles is approached as a problem to be solved.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Hank Weiss 
via Bikies
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2016 11:45 AM
To: 'Bikies'
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Mercedes-Benz has a algorithmic solution to the "trolley 
problem" in the age of self-driving cars

Scott:

Just to muddy the waters a little, it is noted the CEO of Mercedes clarified 
his comments later:

Fortune later reported, that Mercedes-Benz said that their CEO, von Hugo, was 
misquoted. They later sidestepped the question saying the automaker’s official 
position is that “neither programmers nor automated systems are entitled to 
weigh the value of human lives,” and that the company is not legally allowed to 
favor one life over another in Germany and other nations.

Interestingly, an earlier study by Bonnefon et al. in 
Science magazine reported 
that the majority of the people surveyed thought it would be ethically better 
for autonomous cars to put their occupants at risk rather than crash into 
pedestrians. I would imagine this to be the view of most pedestrians, cyclists 
and among ethicists who would point out that the hazard itself is created by 
the large heavy vehicle traveling at speed (with better occupant protection) 
and so should bare responsibility. Yet the majority also said they wouldn’t buy 
autonomous cars if the car prioritized pedestrian safety over their own so it’s 
a good indication how the industry might want to handle the issue given the 
freedom to do so.

Others have pointed out that the variants to the so-called Trolley 
Problem will become less vital 
if overall relative safety advantages to other road users from autonomous cars 
are clearly established despite our ethical and legal discomfort with a small 
fraction of unusual circumstances.

I would point out fully autonomous systems are still quite a ways off. They 
cannot yet drive in snow (though micromapping and positioning makes that 
theoretically possible), have trouble with detours and unmapped changes, can’t 
tell a large pothole from a puddle, a dog from a child, and can have problems 
with shadows and rain. And whether they will find success in the market remains 
to be seen. People may be emotionally reluctant to hand over control of their 
vehicles when transport interactions are algorithmically driven. Case in point, 
assuming cars will be programmed according to each states laws (a nightmare in 
and of itself) how will motorists feel when their car robots actually do stop 
at all crossings where a cyclist or pedestrian is waiting to cross (as opposed 
to current widespread obliviousness to this obligation)? And what about actions 
where people walk or bike or put objects in front of autonomous traffic just to 
trigger the avoidance strategies for fun?

Personally I think different parts of the smart driving universe will come in 
piece-meal (like vehicle-to-vehicle communication), or in very specific places 
like freeways long before we see them allowed without driver oversight on local 
streets.


Cheers,

Hank Weiss



From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf O

Re: [Bikies] Mercedes-Benz has a algorithmic solution to the "trolley problem" in the age of self-driving cars

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/346/IX/57

346.57  Speed restrictions.
[snip] (2) Reasonable and prudent limit. No person shall drive a vehicle at a 
speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having 
regard for the actual and potential hazards then existing. The speed of a 
vehicle shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any 
object, person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway in 
compliance with legal requirements and using due care.
(3) Conditions requiring reduced speed. The operator of every vehicle shall, 
consistent with the requirements of sub. 
(2)<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/346.57%282%29>, drive at 
an appropriate reduced speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or 
railway grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when 
approaching a hillcrest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, 
when passing school children, highway construction or maintenance workers, 
sanitation workers, or other pedestrians, and when special hazard exists with 
regard to other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.


From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Chuck 
Strawser via Bikies
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 9:21 AM
To: 'Bikies'
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Mercedes-Benz has a algorithmic solution to the "trolley 
problem" in the age of self-driving cars

The problem I have with this analogy – between self-driving cars’ behavior and 
decision-making capability (or human drivers’ for that matter) – and the 
trolley problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem), is that the 
trolley problem presumes a “runaway trolley” – i.e., one that is not in control.

Cars, whether driven by humans or artificial intelligence, should not be going 
too fast for conditions in the first place, and, if they are not, then there 
should not be a decision that has to be made between the safety of the 
occupants and the safety of other road users outside the car.

Speed limits are a maximum legal limit, not a minimum, and there are any number 
of conditions that warrant going less than that maximum legal limit.

But until we stop designing roads to feel safe when driven at twice the speed 
limit that will be posted (or more), this will continue to be a widespread 
problem.
The only time I ever see all the cars on University Ave through campus going 
25mph or less is when congestion there severely limits the free flow of motor 
vehicles. Yet removing the congestion there (the only condition that actually 
seems to decrease vehicle speeds to what is considered legal and safe) and 
restoring free flow of motor vehicles is approached as a problem to be solved.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu>

Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: 
http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx

How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at 
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From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Hank Weiss 
via Bikies
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2016 11:45 AM
To: 'Bikies'
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Mercedes-Benz has a algorithmic solution to the "trolley 
problem" in the age of self-driving cars

Scott:

Just to muddy the waters a little, it is noted the CEO of Mercedes clarified 
his comments later:

Fortune later reported, that Mercedes-Benz said that their CEO, von Hugo, was 
misquoted. They later sidestepped the question saying the automaker’s official 
position is that “neither programmers nor automated systems are entitled to 
weigh the value of human lives,” and that the company is not legally allowed to 
favor one life over another in Germany and other nations.

Interestingly, an earlier study by Bonnefon et al. in 
Science<http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6293/1514> magazine reported 
that the majority of the people surveyed thought it would be ethically better 
for autonomous cars to put their occupants at risk rather than crash into 
pedestrians. I would imagine this to be the view of most pedestrians, cyclists 
and among ethicists who would point out that the hazard itself is created by 
the large heavy vehicle traveling at speed (with better occupant protection) 
and so should bare responsibility. Yet the majority also said they wouldn’t buy 
autonomous cars if the car prioritized pedestrian safety over their own so it’s 
a good indication how the industry might want to handle the issue given the 
freedom to do so.

Others have pointed out that the variants to the so-called Trolley 
Problem<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem> will become less v

[Bikies] public involvement meeting for I-39/90/94 Nov 15 @ 2101 Wright St

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

I have to admit I haven't been following WisDOT's I-39/90/94 study very much. 
It's probably been over a year since I attended one of their public involvement 
meetings. The last one I attended was held by very nice people who I think are 
honestly trying to do the best job they can.

But I was frankly disgusted to see at the last meeting I attended projections 
for traffic growth presented that are obviously outdated. Seriously, my 9 year 
old can draw a better regression line. So the only conclusion I can come to is 
that the whole of the last decade is being ignored so that the data (without 
the last data) justifies the planned expansions of our limited access highways 
(despite the fact that there's no way to pay for them without borrowing money, 
something the true fiscal conservatives in our state have thankfully finally 
balked at). And no, it's not all about the recession. The decline actually 
started over a year before the markets crashed. The recession merely 
accelerated the decline, and afterwards the VMT curve is more flatline rather 
than upward increase similar to the boom of the last half of the previous 
century.

So I think it's important for people to show up and say we'd rather not plan to 
build things we don't need with money we don't have.

https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/i39-90-94-wisdot-study

Public Involvement Meetings scheduled for I-39/90/94 Study

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is studying potential 
corridor improvements for I-39/90/94, from US 12/18 in Madison to I-39/WIS 78 
near Portage.
Initially, 25 corridor improvement concepts were developed. These 25 were 
evaluated in a traffic screening analysis. The analysis screened the concepts 
to see whether they had the potential to reduce future congestion on I-39/90/94 
and improve safety. Following the screening, six corridor improvement 
alternatives are recommended for further evaluation.
As part of this process, WisDOT is hosting two Public Involvement Meetings to 
receive feedback and input on six corridor improvement alternatives. The 
meetings take place

November 15, 2016
5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Presentation at 5:15 p.m.
WisDOT Southwest Region Office
2101 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704


Excellent graphic From the State Smart Transportation Institute (thanks, Eric, 
Robbie, Mary, and everyone else there):
http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Screen-Shot-2016-08-11-at-11.35.41-AM.png

Reported here: 
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/08/11/court-dont-spend-billions-on-outdated-travel-forecasts/


Chuck Strawser

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Re: [Bikies] public involvement meeting for I-39/90/94 Nov 15 @ 2101 Wright St

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Agreed. Let’s throw out a whole decade as an anomaly. But one year is very 
significant, despite all sorts of other indicators that the flatline decade is 
the new normal, and a very slight, very recent increase is the anomaly.

Younger people are driving less, and fewer are getting cars (or even drivers’ 
licenses) than in the past. The opposite is true of the older generation, but, 
like all of us, they will have to stop driving eventually.

http://time.com/money/4185441/millennials-drivers-licenses-gen-x/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/01/19/drivers-licenses-uber-lyft/78994526/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/the-decline-of-the-drivers-license/425169/

and for those of you writing all of the above off as some sort of skewed media, 
here’s the Wall Street Journal, that bastion of liberal bias:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/driving-losing-its-allure-for-more-americans-1453285801

Oh, and the US PIRG, which I think is admirably neutral, but if it has a bias, 
surely leans more conservative than not:
http://www.uspirg.org/reports/usp/millennials-motion

or maybe not all of the older generation is actually driving more, perhaps it’s 
just that there’s more boomers becoming elderly than there are people in the 
younger cohorts. 
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/11/466178523/like-millennials-more-older-americans-steering-away-from-driving


From: Harald Kliems [mailto:kli...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 10:08 AM
To: Chuck Strawser; bikies (bik...@danenet.org)
Subject: Re: [Bikies] public involvement meeting for I-39/90/94 Nov 15 @ 2101 
Wright St

Also interesting: One of the key findings they highlight from the survey they 
did earlier this year is 54% of participants pointing to improved public 
transport as part of the improvement strategy. But all the options they're 
putting on the table don't seem to contain anything about PT and instead are 
almost exclusively about building a new freeway or widening the existing one. 
http://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/projects/by-region/sw/399094/nl-201610.pdf

Regarding traffic projections: You can bet that they're going to emphasize the 
recent uptick in VMT and use that as "evidence" that the flatlining between 
2007 and 2015 were an anomaly and we're back to linear growth. Ugh.

 Harald.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 10:02 AM Chuck Strawser via Bikies 
mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> wrote:
I have to admit I haven’t been following WisDOT’s I-39/90/94 study very much. 
It’s probably been over a year since I attended one of their public involvement 
meetings. The last one I attended was held by very nice people who I think are 
honestly trying to do the best job they can.

But I was frankly disgusted to see at the last meeting I attended projections 
for traffic growth presented that are obviously outdated. Seriously, my 9 year 
old can draw a better regression line. So the only conclusion I can come to is 
that the whole of the last decade is being ignored so that the data (without 
the last data) justifies the planned expansions of our limited access highways 
(despite the fact that there’s no way to pay for them without borrowing money, 
something the true fiscal conservatives in our state have thankfully finally 
balked at). And no, it’s not all about the recession. The decline actually 
started over a year before the markets crashed. The recession merely 
accelerated the decline, and afterwards the VMT curve is more flatline rather 
than upward increase similar to the boom of the last half of the previous 
century.

So I think it’s important for people to show up and say we’d rather not plan to 
build things we don’t need with money we don’t have.

https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/i39-90-94-wisdot-study

Public Involvement Meetings scheduled for I-39/90/94 Study

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is studying potential 
corridor improvements for I-39/90/94, from US 12/18 in Madison to I-39/WIS 78 
near Portage.
Initially, 25 corridor improvement concepts were developed. These 25 were 
evaluated in a traffic screening analysis. The analysis screened the concepts 
to see whether they had the potential to reduce future congestion on I-39/90/94 
and improve safety. Following the screening, six corridor improvement 
alternatives are recommended for further evaluation.
As part of this process, WisDOT is hosting two Public Involvement Meetings to 
receive feedback and input on six corridor improvement alternatives. The 
meetings take place

November 15, 2016
5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Presentation at 5:15 p.m.
WisDOT Southwest Region Office
2101 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704


Excellent graphic From the State Smart Transportation Institute (thanks, Eric, 
Robbie, Mary, and everyone else there):
http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Screen-Shot-2016-08-11-at-11.35.41-AM.png

Reported here: 
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/08/11/court-do

Re: [Bikies] Uber admits to self-driving car 'problem' in bike lanes as safety concerns mount (The Guardian)

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

See also 
https://www.sfbike.org/news/a-warning-to-people-who-bike-self-driving-ubers-and-right-hook-turns/


-  Hat tip to Michael Lemberger for that link


From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Scott 
Morris Rose via Bikies
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 12:49 PM
To: Bikies
Subject: [Bikies] Uber admits to self-driving car 'problem' in bike lanes as 
safety concerns mount (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/19/uber-self-driving-cars-bike-lanes-safety-san-francisco
The rush to market for self-driving vehicles seems poised to lead to a rush to 
the morgue for other road users, in particular for any cyclist who stumble into 
the path of an Uber making a right turn across a bicycle lane.
Here's a story about a $38 million award won by a Seattle bicyclist injured 
when a parking valet took a common but illegal shortcut across the roadway 
where he was cycling.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/bicyclist-severely-injured-by-valet-in-crash-awarded-38m/
The point being that injuring bicyclists for the sake of expediency can lead to 
hefty civil penalties. Presume this logic will be applied to outfits like Uber.

--
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[Bikies] Biking, walking, soar along Oakland’s protected bike lanes, collisions (and car speeds) plummet:

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Biking up 78 percent on nine blocks of Oakland’s Telegraph Ave where protected 
bike lanes were installed (and through travel lanes for MVs reduced to one in 
each direction, plus parking and turn lanes).  Walking up 100%. Crashes DOWN 
40%, median speed of MV traffic is now (drumroll) the speed limit.

http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/biking-walking-soar-collisions-plummet-along-oaklands-protected-bike-lanes

retail sales increased as well, thanks to new businesses opening along a more 
attractive commercial corridor (that sees more traffic, when people are counted 
as traffic, and not just cars).

“Telegraph’s new design has flaws, many of which the city is trying to address.”

Perhaps instead of spending so much effort arguing why protected lanes on our 
commercial thoroughfares (like Monroe St) won’t work, or how our situation 
differs from retrofits elsewhere, we should spend more effort figuring out how 
to make it work. And then reap some of those benefits while we improve those 
parts of the retrofit that aren’t ideal.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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[Bikies] Prescribed Burns Planned Saturday April 8 along Lakeshore Path

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The current forecast is favorable to conduct prescribed burns in the Lakeshore 
Nature Preserve this Saturday April 8.  Potential burn units are located in 
Eagle Heights Woods, Biocore Prairie, Picnic Point, and Willow Creek Savanna 
(north of UW Natatorium).
The latter two locations are adjacent to the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path.

Fire crews will begin preparations In Eagle Heights Woods at 9am, with ignition 
beginning after 10am. Fire operations will likely continue into late afternoon.

For more information regarding prescribed fire, see email and hyperlinks below 
(which is the extent of my knowledge about this event).

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 10:13 AM
Subject: Prescribed Burns Planned Saturday April 8 in Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Importance: High

Greetings,
The current forecast is favorable to conduct prescribed burns in the Lakeshore 
Nature Preserve this Saturday April 8.
Potential burn units are located in Eagle Heights 
Woods, Biocore 
Prairie, Picnic 
Point, and Willow Creek 
Savanna (north of UW Natatorium).

Fire crews will begin preparations In Eagle Heights Woods at 9am, with ignition 
beginning after 10am. Fire operations will likely continue into late afternoon.

For more information regarding prescribed fire, see the recent press 
release
 put out by UW Communications.

Regards,
Lakeshore Nature Preserve
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Division of Facilities Planning & Management

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[Bikies] Observatory Dr Westbound only from Education Hall to Saturday April 15

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"On Saturday, April 15, utility work will stop eastbound traffic on Observatory 
Drive from Lot 10 (at the Education Building) to N Park Street. "
i.e., only westbound traffic allowed on Observatory Dr. between N Park St and 
the uphill side of the hairpin turn.
Regular traffic flow will resume on Sunday, April 16.

Most bicyclists probably are using the Lakeshore Path instead of Observatory 
Dr. anyway, unless the point is to ride hills.
But if that's your thing, make sure you're riding westbound on Observatory Dr. 
this Saturday, and please exercise caution in the area.
I have no further information on this topic.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
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[Bikies] Campus Dr Bike Path detour beginning Monday May 15

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A federal project at Forest Products Lab demolishing the building immediately 
adjacent to Campus Dr Bike Path will be closing the section of that path 
between Highland Ave and Walnut St, and detouring all traffic through the 
parking lot of that building and around the job site. There will be a 
connection for peds and bikes to get from Highland to Walnut, but it will 
require a bit of meandering along the signed detour. Please do not attempt to 
breach barriers closing the section of path at the demolition site.

The project is scheduled to begin Monday May 15, and expected to last 3-4 weeks.
This is all the information I have about this project.


Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu

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Re: [Bikies] Campus Dr Bike Path detour beginning Monday May 15

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We just learned a moment ago from the project manager that this project has 
been delayed.
We do not have a timeline.
chuck

From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Chuck 
Strawser via Bikies
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 9:53 AM
To: bikies (bik...@danenet.org) 
Subject: [Bikies] Campus Dr Bike Path detour beginning Monday May 15

A federal project at Forest Products Lab demolishing the building immediately 
adjacent to Campus Dr Bike Path will be closing the section of that path 
between Highland Ave and Walnut St, and detouring all traffic through the 
parking lot of that building and around the job site. There will be a 
connection for peds and bikes to get from Highland to Walnut, but it will 
require a bit of meandering along the signed detour. Please do not attempt to 
breach barriers closing the section of path at the demolition site.

The project is scheduled to begin Monday May 15, and expected to last 3-4 weeks.
This is all the information I have about this project.


Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

Please note that my email address has changed. My new email is 
charles.straw...@wisc.edu<mailto:charles.straw...@wisc.edu>

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[Bikies] Campus Dr Path at Walnut St and Blackhawk Path/Locust/Burbank in Shorewood

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

I just learned today of two things of note to bicyclists on/near campus:

The "offramp" of the Campus Dr Path at Walnut St is closed for the demolition 
of a building that used to belong to the state or feds (and is being demolished 
by them rather than UW, I think).
There is a detour sign on Walnut St pointed north towards old University Ave, 
but I did not see any other detour signs between the Path and Old Univ Ave 
(though I was in an MV, so might have missed them). I doubt there is a signed 
detour that's any better than anyone on this list can figure out anyway.
I suspect that your options to are to take the stairs down to the west side of 
Walnut, or exit the path at the next opportunity to the east (spur behind Vet 
Med and Wisconsin Vet Diagnostic Lab to Easterday Lane along Willow Creek) or 
the west (Highland Ave).


>From the Village of Shorewood Hills Administrator regarding Blackhawk 
>Path/Locust/Burbank:
"The Village of Shorewood Hills will be commencing a project to construct 
sidewalk , reconstruct
and realign Locust Drive and sections of the bike path from Rose Place on the 
east to its terminus
at the Lodge Apartments property on the west. The project will begin near the 
end of August 2017
with completion expected in early October 2017. A four-way stop will be 
installed at the
Blackhawk Path / Locust / Burbank intersection.
Bike, pedestrian and vehicular traffic will be maintained throughout 
construction, but delays will
occur. Bikers and pedestrians may have localized and changing detours off of 
the current path on
Locust. Patience , caution and an awareness for changing conditions will be 
needed through this
time period."

That's all I know, folks. Be careful out there.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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[Bikies] Limnology/Lot 8 service drive flaggers this Saturday

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I just learned that Hoofers will be using Lot 8 next to Limnology to load boats 
into the water using semi-trucks.
The lot will be closed to cars, but Hoofers is supposed to maintain access 
through the Lot for bikes and pedestrians to get to/from the Lakeshore Path and 
Park St.  If you find that this is not the case, please let me know.

Here's part of the notice that went out today to people with permits to park 
(cars) in Lot 8:
On Saturday, Sept. 2, Lot 8 will be closed to accommodate semi-trucks that will 
be moving boats into the water.  Lot 8 permit holders may park in Lot 9, 10 or 
34 on Saturday.  The lot entrance will close at 9 p.m. on Friday, but cars will 
still be able to exit the lot. Lot 8 will reopen on Sunday, Sept. 3.

Chuck Strawser
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Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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[Bikies] SW Path closure/detour between S Prospect Ave and Breese Terrace 10/9-10/11

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Apologies if this is a duplicate posting, but I haven't seen it. I received a 
memo from the city, the body of which is copied below.


CONTACTS:  Chris Dawson Tom Mohr
608-261-5537
  608-267-8725

cdaw...@cityofmadison.com 
  tm...@cityofmadison.com


CLOSURE-SOUTHWEST COMMUTER PATH

Starting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 9th, the Southwest Commuter Path will 
be closed between South Prospect Avenue and Breese Terrace for pavement 
resurfacing.  The path will remain closed until approximately 5:00 p.m. on 
Wednesday, October 11th.

There will be separate, signed detour routes for eastbound and westbound bike 
path traffic.  See the attached map for the detour routes.

Direct any questions to the contact person listed.


There was also a map of the detour attached as a pdf, but I don't want to 
attach it, and if the city's put the map online already I haven't seen the url.

Chuck Strawser
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[Bikies] mobile pedestrian and bike counter

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The excuses for not counting bikes and pedestrians, and incorporating that 
information into long range transportation planning, are dwindling. Eco Counter 
now makes and sells mobile counters that can distinguish between bikes and 
peds. I’m sure they’re not free, but until we’re counting everyone, then basing 
transportation infrastructure decisions, especially in the long term, on data 
that we have in abundance for motor vehicles, but for virtually no one else 
moving about the city, is unfair. If I were a lawyer, I’d wonder if it’s even 
constitutional. After all, police and fire and sewer and water and other 
delivery of services and utilities are not based on one’s transportation mode.
chuck

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[Bikies] Hoofers Boats Out Sat (10.28) - Lot 8/Limnology

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Hoofers will be using a crane to remove keelboats from Lake Mendota Saturday 
10/28 (or Sun 10/29 if the weather on 10/28 doesn't cooperate).
Their traffic management plan (which was written for them by my supervisor) 
calls for them to maintain access for bikes and peds along the service drive 
that connects Park St with Lot 8/Limnology, and the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path 
beyond.
They may have to use flaggers to temporarily stop traffic for a few minutes 
while boats are actually being brought overhead, but in general the connection 
to the path should remain open.
Please let me know if you find that is not the case, and please exercise 
caution in the area over the weekend.
An excerpt from a notice that went out to (car parking) permit holders today is 
below.
Thanks,
chuck



Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, Lot 8 will be blocked off to accommodate a 
crane that will remove boats from the water on Saturday, Oct. 28. Lot 8 permit 
holders may park in Lots 9, 10 or 34 on Saturday.

Be advised several stalls on the west side of Lot 34 will also be closed for 
this event; they will be closed all day Friday and Saturday. No Lot 34 permit 
holders will be displaced.

The project should be finished on Saturday, but if weather conditions prohibit 
completion, it will be rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 29.

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Chuck Strawser
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[Bikies] Prescribed Burn Planned Today along Lakeshore Path

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A prescribed burn is planned for TODAY about noon in the Lakeshore Nature 
Preserve along the Lakeshore Path near the Natatorium. All the details I have 
are below.
chuck

From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 4:31 PM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed Burn Planned Tomorrow - Willow Creek Savanna
Importance: High

Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned tomorrow November 29 
in the Willow Creek 
Savanna 
unit located immediately north of the UW 
Natatorium and west of Dejope Residence Hall. 
Fire personnel will be onsite at 12:30pm to assess conditions and make a final 
determination on whether to proceed. Fire operations will be completed by 3pm. 
Smoke may impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for a short period between 
1-3pm.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see the UW 
Communications press 
release
 issued this past spring. Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Regards,
Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Division of Facilities Planning & Management

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[Bikies] FW: Prescribed burn planned today - Lakeshore Path

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Prescribed burns are planned this afternoon for parts of Biocore prairie on 
campus adjacent to the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path.
More details below.
chuck

From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 9:57 AM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed burn planned today - Biocore prairie
Importance: High

Burns planned last Friday were postponed due to unfavorable conditions.

Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned today for Biocore 
prairie. Fire crew personnel will be onsite 
early-afternoon to assess conditions and make a final determination on whether 
to proceed.

Depending on timing and weather conditions, burns may also be conducted in 
following units:

1)  Lot 60 Swale (prairie planting north of parking lot, east of Goodman 
Softball Complex)

2)  University Bay Dr. Swale (prairie planting from Picnic Point entrance 
west to Lake Mendota Dr.)

3)  Eagle Heights Woods mounds-west slope

Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
of the Lot 60 and University Bay Drive swales.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW 
Communications press 
release.
 Please be in touch if you have any questions.

Regards,
Adam Gundlach

"Did American Indians really burn the land? Of course they did. All peoples do, 
even those committed to industrial combustion, who disguise their fires in 
machines." ~ Stephen J. Pyne
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[Bikies] FW: Prescribed Fire Planned Today - Lot 60 Prairie/Stormwater Basin

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There may be a prescribed burn along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path this 
afternoon.
"Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
between 12:30-3pm."
Details below. Please exercise caution in the area.


Chuck Strawser

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UW-Madison Transportation Services



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From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:45 AM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed Fire Planned Today - Lot 60 Prairie/Stormwater Basin
Importance: High

Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned today for the prairie 
planting at the Lot 60 stormwater basin. Fire crew personnel will be onsite at 
12pm to assess conditions, prep equipment, and make a final determination on 
whether to proceed.

Given continuing favorable conditions, an additional prairie burn unit along 
the University Bay Dr swale may also be burned near the intersection of Lake 
Mendota Drive.

Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
between 12:30-3pm.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW 
Communications press 
release.
Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Division of Facilities Planning & Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison


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[Bikies] Prescribed Burn Postponed

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The planned burn has been postponed until a later date. Winds of sufficient 
strength and direction were not observed onsite to meet smoke dispersal 
requirements.

Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve

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Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:55 AM
To: bikies (bik...@danenet.org) 
Subject: [Bikies] FW: Prescribed Fire Planned Today - Lot 60 Prairie/Stormwater 
Basin
Importance: High

There may be a prescribed burn along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path this 
afternoon.
"Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
between 12:30-3pm."
Details below. Please exercise caution in the area.


Chuck Strawser

Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner

Commuter Solutions

UW-Madison Transportation Services



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From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:45 AM
To: 
preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu<mailto:preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu>
Subject: Prescribed Fire Planned Today - Lot 60 Prairie/Stormwater Basin
Importance: High

Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned today for the prairie 
planting at the Lot 60 stormwater basin. Fire crew personnel will be onsite at 
12pm to assess conditions, prep equipment, and make a final determination on 
whether to proceed.

Given continuing favorable conditions, an additional prairie burn unit along 
the University Bay Dr swale may also be burned near the intersection of Lake 
Mendota Drive.

Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
between 12:30-3pm.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW 
Communications press 
release<https://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/2018/03/23/spring-is-prescribed-fire-season/>.
Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve<http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/>
Division of Facilities Planning & Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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[Bikies] FW: Prescribed Burns Planned Tomorrow - Lakeshore Nature Preserve

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Prescribed burns planned for sections of Lakeshore Nature Preserve on campus 
near Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. Expect some smoke, and use caution.
Thanks, chuck

From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:17 AM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed Burns Planned Tomorrow - Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Given the current forecast, prescribed burns are planned tomorrow for multiple 
units in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Fire crew personnel will be onsite 
mid-morning to assess conditions and make a final determination on whether to 
proceed.

1) Lot 60 Swale (prairie planting north of 
parking lot, east of Goodman Softball Complex)
2) University Bay Dr. Swale (prairie 
planting from Picnic Point entrance west to Lake Mendota Dr.)
3) Eagle Heights Woods west slope/mounds
4) Raymer's Cove prairie

Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition 
of the Lot 60 and University Bay Drive swales. Please be in touch if you have 
any questions.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW 
Communications press 
release.

Regards,
Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Division of Facilities Planning & Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison


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[Bikies] Prescribed Burn Planned - Saturday May 5 along Lakeshore Path near Lot 60

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Details below.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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From: ADAM M GUNDLACH
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 5:17 PM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed Burn Planned - Saturday May 5 - Lot 60
Importance: High

Given the current forecast, a prescribed burn is planned for Saturday May 5 in 
the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Fire crew personnel will be onsite early 
afternoon to assess conditions and make a final determination on whether to 
proceed.

Lot 60 Swale (prairie planting north of parking 
lot, east of Goodman Softball Complex)
P
Smoke will impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during ignition. 
Please be in touch if you have any questions.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, see this UW 
Communications press 
release.

Adam Gundlach
Field Projects Coordinator
Lakeshore Nature Preserve
Division of Facilities Planning & Management

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Re: [Bikies] Block 89 abandoned bikes/locks

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Maybe cyclists are trying to "reserve" a bike parking space with their lock.
Or maybe they just don't want to carry a heavy lock back and forth every day 
when they always park in the same place. If block 89 provided a place to leave 
U locks (that doesn't take up a bike parking space), that might alleviate the 
latter, if not the former. Like this:
https://www.dero.com/product/lock-dock/

Chuck Strawser
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Commuter Solutions 
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-Original Message-
From: Bikies  On Behalf Of Mendota Hills via 
Bikies
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2018 9:24 AM
To: Bikies 
Subject: [Bikies] Block 89 abandoned bikes/locks

Heads up for anyone who parks his/her bike in Block 89 but might not always 
bike out at the end of the day. (As for the mention of locks without bikes, 
there might be a special place in Hell reserved for the self-entitled morons 
who presume to "reserve" a prime spot by placing a lock on it.):


- - - - -

Hello Block 89 Tenants –

Many folks enjoy biking to work! ULI is pleased to provided bike racks and a 
maintenance station on level P1 of the parking ramp.  

Several bike commuters have provided feedback to our office about the presence 
of several abandoned bicycles and locks on the racks.  We will be tagging these 
bicycles and locks tonight asking for them to be removed.  If we do not hear 
from the owners of the abandoned items we will remove them to make more room 
for our active bikers.

- - - - -



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[Bikies] construction impacts to bikes and peds on campus

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

As usual in the summer, there are a lot of construction projects impacting the 
transportation network.
Here's what especially affects bikes and peds on campus:

https://fpmts.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/Campus-Closures-Detours-Map.pdf

The service drive that interests the eastern terminus of the Campus Dr bike 
path will be repaved around July 30. You'll need to exit the campus dr path 
west of Vet Med (just east of Willow Creek) and use Linden Dr from there.

The pedestrian bridge over Willow Creek along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path 
will be repaved about the same time (July 30), and will require path users to 
detour south along Willow Creek to the footbridge west of the Nat (about 
halfway between the Lakeshore path and Observatory Dr).

Charter St travel lanes between University Ave and Johnson will be completely 
closed most of the day, and southbound only after 1pm. The sidewalk on the east 
side of that block of Charter will be closed as well. The sidewalk on the west 
side of that block of Charter will remain open.

A decision was made to close the jersey barrier protected ped access along 
Dayton St next to the SERF whenever the contractor was working - for safety 
reasons. It's supposed to be open when the contractor is not working, but it 
appears the contractor is not removing the closed signs/barricades (and I can't 
get anyone to care enough about that to change it, so expect to have to walk on 
the sidewalk on the north side of Dayton St in the block where SERF is).

According to the construction map linked above, both the contraflow (eastbound) 
bike lane and the south sidewalk on University Ave next to Chemistry will be 
closed for the Chemistry project beginning November 2018. That's news to me. It 
was my understanding that there would be some provision in the street to 
accommodate pedestrians and/or bicyclists. So I'll be following up on that, and 
hopefully reporting differently at a later date.
(these are just some of the many things on the list I need to keep track of 
and/or try to influence, which I do while carrying around a big heavy lock on 
my bike all the time <- that's an inside joke for those of you who've read this 
far, and have read some of the unmoderated vitriol on this list lately).

On an happier note, I'm glad to report that this summer UW-Madison installed 
it's 15,000 th bike parking stall on campus. We are currently at roughly 15,200 
bike parking stalls campus wide (vs ~13,000 car parking stalls), and planning 
more yet (though many future installations will have to wait for site 
restoration of some of the major construction projects on campus, including 
SERF, Witte Hall, the Elm Dr Lift station, and Chemistry).

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx

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Re: [Bikies] construction impacts to bikes and peds on campus

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I forgot to include one other project, since the traffic management plan wasn't 
finalized until just this week (so it doesn't yet show up on the construction 
map linked below).

The Babcock Hall project will be closing the driveway from Linden Dr between 
Babcock Hall and the Stock Pavilion (that normally provides access to parking 
Lot 40 for the duration of the project. So two other things are happening: 
Babcock Drive south of Linden is being repainted today to accommodate motor 
vehicles traveling southbound from Linden as far as the access to Lot 40 
(beyond which the contraflow bike lane will continue, but it will become 
one-way northbound for cars). Expect to share that southbound lane with cars 
for the duration of this project. Also, on the west side of the Stock Pavilion, 
the wide sidewalk there is also being used for motor vehicle access to Lot 40. 
A temporary sidewalk connection from Linden Dr to the Alicia Ashman overpass of 
Campus Drive has been constructed, and Jersey barriers are being installed to 
separate peds from motor vehicles there.
This is going to make bicycle connections from Linden Drive to the Alicia 
Ashman bridge tricky. I'm not crazy about the configuration, but the decision 
was made before I had an opportunity to provide any input.

Please exercise caution in all these areas this summer and beyond.
And thanks for coming to (or through) campus without a car.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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From: Bikies  On Behalf Of Chuck Strawser via 
Bikies
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:10 AM
To: 'bikies@lists.danenet.org' 
Subject: [Bikies] construction impacts to bikes and peds on campus

As usual in the summer, there are a lot of construction projects impacting the 
transportation network.
Here's what especially affects bikes and peds on campus:

https://fpmts.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/Campus-Closures-Detours-Map.pdf

The service drive that interests the eastern terminus of the Campus Dr bike 
path will be repaved around July 30. You'll need to exit the campus dr path 
west of Vet Med (just east of Willow Creek) and use Linden Dr from there.

The pedestrian bridge over Willow Creek along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path 
will be repaved about the same time (July 30), and will require path users to 
detour south along Willow Creek to the footbridge west of the Nat (about 
halfway between the Lakeshore path and Observatory Dr).

Charter St travel lanes between University Ave and Johnson will be completely 
closed most of the day, and southbound only after 1pm. The sidewalk on the east 
side of that block of Charter will be closed as well. The sidewalk on the west 
side of that block of Charter will remain open.

A decision was made to close the jersey barrier protected ped access along 
Dayton St next to the SERF whenever the contractor was working - for safety 
reasons. It's supposed to be open when the contractor is not working, but it 
appears the contractor is not removing the closed signs/barricades (and I can't 
get anyone to care enough about that to change it, so expect to have to walk on 
the sidewalk on the north side of Dayton St in the block where SERF is).

According to the construction map linked above, both the contraflow (eastbound) 
bike lane and the south sidewalk on University Ave next to Chemistry will be 
closed for the Chemistry project beginning November 2018. That's news to me. It 
was my understanding that there would be some provision in the street to 
accommodate pedestrians and/or bicyclists. So I'll be following up on that, and 
hopefully reporting differently at a later date.
(these are just some of the many things on the list I need to keep track of 
and/or try to influence, which I do while carrying around a big heavy lock on 
my bike all the time <- that's an inside joke for those of you who've read this 
far, and have read some of the unmoderated vitriol on this list lately).

On an happier note, I'm glad to report that this summer UW-Madison installed 
it's 15,000 th bike parking stall on campus. We are currently at roughly 15,200 
bike parking stalls campus wide (vs ~13,000 car parking stalls), and planning 
more yet (though many future installations will have to wait for site 
restoration of some of the major construction projects on campus, including 
SERF, Witte Hall, the Elm Dr Lift station, and Chemistry).

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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[Bikies] heat patching asphalt in Lot 8/Limnology

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Contractors will be heat patching asphalt in Parking Lot 8 (the one between 
Limnology and the Water Science Engineering Lab) sometime before the end of the 
summer. There will be signs directing cyclists to slow down as they enter the 
lot so as to avoid the construction, but my understanding is that it will 
continue to be open to cyclists using the Lakeshore Path (and cars trying to 
park in the lot). Please use caution.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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[Bikies] Campus Dr Path access to Walnut St closed October 1-3

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The connection to the Campus Dr shared use Path from Walnut St will be closed 
approximately October 1-3 so that the asphalt surface can be milled and 
repaved. The Campus Dr Path itself is expected to remain open for through 
traffic, but be cautious of machinery in the area.
Unfortunately, if you normally get to/from the Campus Dr Path from Walnut St, 
you'll need to go all the way west to Highland Ave, or as far east as Easterday 
Lane to get access (unless you're willing to carry your bike up the steps to 
the Campus Dr Path from the west side of Walnut St) for the short duration of 
this project.

Chuck Strawser
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[Bikies] FW: Campus Dr Path access to Walnut St closed October 1-3

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

Since yesterday I've learned that Walnut St itself, north of Campus Dr path, 
will also be closed for repaving.
See 
https://transportation.wisc.edu/2018/09/24/milling-and-paving-projects-october/ 
for more information about this project and other repaving projects on campus 
next week.
Thanks,

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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From: Chuck Strawser
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:36 PM
To: 'bikies@lists.danenet.org' 
Subject: Campus Dr Path access to Walnut St closed October 1-3

The connection to the Campus Dr shared use Path from Walnut St will be closed 
approximately October 1-3 so that the asphalt surface can be milled and 
repaved. The Campus Dr Path itself is expected to remain open for through 
traffic, but be cautious of machinery in the area.
Unfortunately, if you normally get to/from the Campus Dr Path from Walnut St, 
you'll need to go all the way west to Highland Ave, or as far east as Easterday 
Lane to get access (unless you're willing to carry your bike up the steps to 
the Campus Dr Path from the west side of Walnut St) for the short duration of 
this project.

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
Commuter Solutions
UW-Madison Transportation Services

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[Bikies] Observatory Drive/Willow Creek Bridge paving to cause delays beginning Monday October 8

[Chuck Strawser via Bikies]

I do not know how far east and west of the bridge over Willow Creek along 
Observatory Dr the project is going to repave, but I suspect that the 
connections from the Lakeshore Path to Observatory Dr (that are often used to 
connect as far south as the Campus Dr Path) will also be affected (i.e. flagged 
at the intersection). See the email below for all the info I have.
Please exercise caution in the area .
Thanks,

Chuck Strawser
Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner
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October 4, 2018

A paving project will take place on the Willow Creek bridge section of 
Observatory Drive early next week. The project will start Monday, Oct. 8 and 
will last 2-3 days depending on weather conditions.

Two-way traffic will be allowed, although traffic flow will be down to one lane 
between 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. A flagger will direct traffic through the area. You 
may wish to seek alternate travel routes to avoid delays during the lane 
closure time. Both lanes will be open at all other times.

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For your reference, campus parking maps and a construction/detour map are 
available on the Transportation Services website: 
transportation.wisc.edu/campus-maps/


Thank you,
UW Transportation Services

cc:   Unit Transportation Coordinators
UW Transportation Services Staff
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[Bikies] Prescribed Burns Planned near Lakeshore Path Thursday November 15

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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:09 PM
To: preserve_prescribed_f...@lists.wisc.edu
Subject: Prescribed Burns Planned Thursday November 15
Importance: High

Given the current forecast, prescribed burns are planned for Thursday November 
15 in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. The fire crew will be onsite mid-morning 
to assess conditions and make a final determination on whether to proceed.

Potential Burn Units:
Lot 60 Swale (prairie planting north of parking 
lot, east of Goodman Softball Complex, bordered by Howard Temin lakeshore path)
Eagle Heights 
Woods
Raymer's Cove prairie
P
Expect for smoke to impact the Howard Temin Lakeshore path for periods during 
ignition of the Lot 60 Swale unit. Please be in touch if you have any questions.

For more information regarding the use of prescribed fire, check out this press 
release.


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[Bikies] League Cycling Instructor and Smart Cycling/Traffic 101 Courses upcoming

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 Hello bicycling friend. We wanted to make you aware that this spring and 
summer UW Transportation Services will be hosting two special bicycle safety 
courses, the League Cycling Instructor seminar, and its pre-requisite, Smart 
Cycling Traffic 101. These are classes taught by a certified League of American 
Bicyclists instructor and both require pre-registration and class fees.  This 
email provides information on both classes, as well as on other non-UW local 
opportunities to take the pre-requisite class this spring. Please pass this 
information along to anyone you think might be interested.



3 Day League Cycling Instructor (LCI) Seminar
June 10, 2022; 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
June 11, 2022; 8:00 am – 9:30 pm
June 12, 2022; 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: 132 WARF Office Building, 610 Walnut St, UW Madison campus
Cost: $500 (late registration beginning May 14th; $575) Registration closes May 
20th.
Instructor: John Rider, 608-225-5520, jri...@tds.net
Registration at 
https://bikeleague.secure.force.com//MN4__PublicEventRegistration?id=a0k8Y0ZWXlXQAX

League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) are ambassadors for better biking through 
education. After earning certification through a 3-day, League Coach-led 
seminar, LCIs teach bicycle safety classes to children and adults. Smart 
Cycling: Traffic 101 is a pre-req for this course. Registration is required. 
General information on LCI at https://bikeleague.org/content/become-instructor

Smart Cycling: Traffic Skills 101 (Pre-req for LCI Seminar)
This course is a fast-paced class that provides cyclists with the confidence to 
ride safely and legally in traffic or on the trail. It covers the basics of 
bike maintenance, rules of the road, on-bike skills, and crash avoidance 
techniques. There is a classroom discussion about safe riding techniques, then 
on-bike parking lot skills practice and a ride on local roads. This class 
serves as a pre-req for the LCI. Registration is required. General information 
on Smart Cycling at https://learn.bikeleague.org/smart-cycling-3

Option 1: Apr 7, 2022 to Apr 28, 2022; Each Thu 1pm to 3pm (4 sessions)
Location: MSCR East, 4620 Cottage Grove Road, Madison, WI, 53716
Cost: $25.00 (Resident) or $38.00 (Non-resident)
Instructor: Ann Sarnecki, ranger...@yahoo.com
Registration at
https://apm.activecommunities.com/mscractivenet/Activity_Search/gr-outdoor-smart-cycling/26322

Option 2: Apr 7, 2022 to Apr 28, 2022; Each Thu 5:30pm to 7:30pm (4 sessions)
Location: MSCR East, 4620 Cottage Grove Road, Madison, WI, 53716
Cost: $25.00 (Resident) or $38.00 (Non-resident)
Instructor: Ann Sarnecki, ranger...@yahoo.com
Registration at
https://apm.activecommunities.com/mscractivenet/Activity_Search/gr-outdoor-smart-cycling/26323

Option 3: May 21, 2022; 8:00 am – 5:30 pm (1 session)
Location: 132 WARF Office Building, 610 Walnut St, UW Madison campus
Cost: $50
Instructor: John Rider, 608-225-5520, jri...@tds.net
Registration at
https://bikeleague.secure.force.com/LAB_Events?id=a0k8Y0ZWYCOQA5


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[Bikies] campus survey on Bicycle Friendly University status for UW

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UW-Madison has applied to renew its Bicycle Friendly University status. Now 
that the Fall 2023 school year has begun for most campuses, the League of 
American Bicyclists (LAB) is reaching out about the Bicycle Friendly University 
(BFU) Campus Survey, which is an important part of the BFU evaluation 
process.
Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BFU2023
The survey will close on Tuesday, October 10th at 11:59pm PT.
The input received through this survey will help inform their final award 
decision, and will also be included (anonymously) in the Feedback Report that 
the university will receive from LAB following the award announcement. Thank 
you for your feedback.


Chuck Strawser
Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator
Commuter Solutions
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