India I second your recommendation! I sent exactly the same recommendation (move the entrance for machinery row to further down JN) to Traffic Engineering the last time they were evaluating how to improve that intersection. I am sure the businesses at machinery row will object to the move, but someone needs to ask them how many bicyclists need to be injured so their customers can have platinum-level automobile access.
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 14:50 -0500, India Rose Viola wrote: > Yesterday (Wed. May 19, 2010), a bit after 12pm I was biking westbound on the > Cap City Trail and saw the very fresh aftermath of YET ANOTHER auto/bike > collision at the entryway/exit to Machinery Row. > > A cyclist was hit by a red pick-up truck that was entering into the parking > lot. Because I did not see the crash happen, I don't know which direction > either the bike or truck were traveling from, or what specifically > precipitated the crash, but what I DO know is that there will continue to be > cyclists injured at that driveway entry/exit. > > When I passed by, the EMT's hadn't shown up yet, but there was a small crowd > of folks who had gathered and were using a cell phone to call for help. The > truck and bike were still positioned in the middle of the path/driveway > intersection where they had collided. The cyclist was sitting down, holding > his head, which was bleeding quite profusely. > > How many "accidents" need to happen in one location before a major design > change is initiated?? > > The Willy/Blair/Wilson/Cap City Trail intersection is already amazingly > congested and complex. There should NOT be an auto entry/exit to businesses > at Machinery Row on that corner. We need to block off that driveway and make > the entry/exit further down on John Nolen. The issue of creating a U-turn > and/or signal for westbound auto traffic to turn left off of John Nolen into > the lot will need to be worked out. > > C'mon Madison, let's not wait until there is a death. The blood is already > on our hands. > > -India Viola > Cyclist, Pedestrian, Auto Driver, Citizen > > cc: Mayor Dave Cieslewicz via > <http://www.cityofmadison.com/mayor/contactMayor.cfm> > > "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" > -Anonymous > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
