Between the two, I'd say the open westbound bike lane on U Ave is not as big a problem as the counterflow lane. On the westbound side, pedestrians don't stooge around in it, cars (mostly) stay out of it, delivery vehicles don't abandon vehicles in it, the City doesn't violate its own ordinance dumping snow in it like they do the eastbound lane.
As for this gizmo, why should we each have to shell out our own money to carry a carinogen (it's a LASER) around, and hope to remember to transfer it from vehicle to vehicle, to contend with problems with infrastructure we've already paid for with our property taxes? How does it help with infrastructural whack-jobs like the "chicane" on Winnequah Rd or the U Ave counterflow lane that gets clogged with delivery vehicles, horse carriages and City-dumped snow? Maybe we can use it to tase people who threaten us when we politely remind them to have a headlight.... (sorry, Colin....) That site depicts "$5000 to $50,000 a mile" as a high cost for a bikeway. That's sofa change compared to what the "Pave Dane Coalition" spends per mile for cars. ---- Troy Thiel <[email protected]> wrote: > This is amazing... > http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/01/16/stay-outta-my-lane/ > > I like others who have posted before think that open lane on University > avenue is a tragedy waiting to happen...something like the above might help > avert that. > > > > Troy Thiel -- --------------- Paul T. O'Leary Chronic Nuisance Madison, WI USA _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
