well, good job micheal and platinum people, but i just found this in my archives, for what it's worth:
May 24, 2005 PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION Meeting Minutes - > Final > ยท Robert Nagle (2121 Commonwealth Avenue). He appeared not representing a > specific neighborhood but bicycling interests in general. He referred to > the > Capitol Square as being a problem area, particularly with the recent > changes. He > suggested they needed to look at the one-way street systems and the impacts > they had on bicycling, such as discouraging people from riding. One > proposal > which he considered fairly simple was at Dayton and North Henry, a > bicyclists > currently can't access State Street area without using a circuitous route. > He > suggested there be a contra-flow bike feature included or possibly convert > the > street to a two-way street. On the Capitol Square he similarly suggested a > contra-flow lane for bicyclists. He cited other examples in the downtown: > East > and West Main Streets, South and North Pinckney Streets, East Mifflin and > South > Carroll. He suggested the change for Henry Street seemed quite simple to > accommodate and asked that the others be put on a list for future > consideration. Worth noting: We can check off the 200 block of n henry, too. --- 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 On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Michael Rewey <[email protected]> wrote: > The counter-flow in 100 Block of East Mifflin is part of the E Mifflin Bike > Blvd project that was > initiated by City Traffic. Both the Bike Blvd and the the counter-flow are > recommended in the > Platinum Bike Report (April 2008). > > The bike lanes on the outer-loop are something I asked if it could be done > on the > reconstruction, since the Square and the 100 block of State are often shut > down for special > events. Engineer Chris Petykowski was receptive. I was on the BPW when I > asked the > question and since leaving the Board, I am pleased Chris followed thru. > > A major challenge remains on providing accommodations for biking on W/E > Doty Street and > the S Webster Street where there are peak hour parking restrictions. Does > anyone have > thoughts on how the city can reconstruct those blocks of the outer loop for > biking? > > Mike Rewey > > ******************************************************************* > > On 23 Jun 2011 at 14:00, Robert F. Nagel wrote: > > > > > normally i see a post here lauding new bike-friendly city actions, > > but i haven't seen one yet about > > the new construction on the 100 block of e mifflin and the outer > > loop; especially notable is the > > counter-flow lane in the 100 block of e mifflin and looks like > > there'll be a bike lane in the outer loop > > who knows what caused that to happen? who knows what else we might > > have to look forward to > > around the square or elsewhere? --- > > 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 >
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