Troy; As you and many others on this list may know, the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin's Bike Summit is next week. This is a chance for cyclists to meet their state representatives to express to them the importance of cycling in Wisconsin whether it's recreational or utilitarian. But as the saying goes, "all politics is local." Given how agitated people are on the state level, I have suggested on inviting local officials out for a bike ride around the local municipality to demonstrate where the strengths of cycling are and where they can be stronger. Maybe the heads of several bike groups in town can take some of our local officials new and veteran for a series of rides of show and tell of local transportation and resulting land use infrastructure. I'm more concerned that we discuss the costs to the city and its tax payers for handling moving traffic and also parked traffic. My 2.5¢. Darryl
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Troy Thiel <[email protected]> wrote: From: Troy Thiel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Remember This? To: "Robert F. Nagel" <[email protected]>, "Mitchell Nussbaum" <[email protected]>, "bikies" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 9:46 AM here's an idea...how about we call a "State of Cycling in Madison, Spring 2011" event and make sure the new Mayor can be there....utilizing info on what the new zoning code has in the works, city staff updates on directions being taken, updates on Platinum Bike committee pursuits with the hopes of creating a logical structural process going forward for communications, goal setting and periodic reviews....??? We're all creative and committed bike advocates...its time we stop flaming others and each other on list serves and get to the "getting things done" phase....thanks for caring. Troy Thiel From: Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> To: Mitchell Nussbaum <[email protected]>; bikies <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, April 11, 2011 10:52:06 PM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Remember This? That should settle this issue. Anybody who disses hizzoner again should have their head examined or pehaps be shot. (Joke) On 4/11/11, Mitchell Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bikies who are convinced that Soglin is planning to declare war on winter > bicyclists are overreacting, I think, to one (admittedly impolitic) blog > post from more than three years ago. If you go to Paul's website and search > for posts containing "bicycles" you'll find another, much more nuanced post, > a little later: http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/12/the-tempest-bic.html. > > I think the bicycle community needs to develop a constructive relationship > with our new mayor. Paul is a bicyclist (though not currently a > transportation bicyclist) and he is not our enemy. He probably won't put > bikes at the center of his program, they way Mayor Dave did, but he has a > record in his past terms of supporting bikes and bicycle infrastructure (I > may be wrong about this, but I think the practice of plowing bike paths > started while he was mayor). > > No matter who is mayor in the coming years, things are going to be tight, > due to our economic situation and Walker's budget cuts. We're not going to > get everything we want -- we might not even get what we need -- but if we > work with the Mayor's office to minimize the damage, we might survive the > Walker administration. But we'll need to keep calm, and not panic. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rick <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:20:18 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Remember This? > > > > Beep, beep, beep ..... > > > Back it on up there Mike - or is that the sound of a city plow truck > backing out of the bike path after forgetting the new mayor's > directive that bicycle facilities not be maintained for 6 months of > the year? > > > Chuck's comment succinctly hit the issue squarely on the head, but > I'll rehash it for you : if the mayor doesn't believe bikes should > be used in the winter, how likely is he to direct city resources > towards them during that period? > > > > On 4/11/2011 6:19 PM, Mike Bachhuber wrote: > Let's > all get over it. I rode my bike all Winter. I > regularly have my head examined, too. A lot of us could > probably benefit from some head examination but that is > inconsequential to support for biking. > > > As several members of this list have pointed out, Soglin > has supported biking initiatives over the years. Those > urging dialog rather than criticizing the > shoot-from-the-hip rhetoric will help us move forward. > > > Mike > > Soglin - anagram for logins > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device --- Robert F. Nagel [email protected] www.nagel-law.com Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 Madison, WI 53703 608-255-1501 office 608-255-1504 fax 608-438-9501 cell _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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