That's what I was guessing. In my opinion, we should save the Ruskin-as-Bike Boulevard-in-name dollars and put them toward a project that has teeth.
-india On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:14 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > India Viola [email protected] wrote on Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:26:34 -0500: > > [snip] > > What is it like to bike on now (i.e. what do we gain by designating it > bike > > boulevard)? I'm sincerely asking because I don't know. > > I'm not sure what is to be gained by it either other than some nice-looking > signs; it's a quiet, low-traffic street. Years ago, when the district was > represented by another city council member, opponents to reconfiguring > North Sherman to improve safety asserted that we didn't need bike lanes on > North Sherman because bicyclists could use Huxley. (Huxley is parallel to > Ruskin and is slightly longer a street than Ruskin--Ruskin ends across from > the side of the Northgate strip mall, and Huxley continues one more block > south past the North Transfer Point (there's also a little discontinuous > stub of Ruskin that runs between Hartmeyer and the Hartmeyer parking > lot)).) > > The problem, however, is that you can't go any farther south on either of > those streets, so you still eventually need to back onto North Sherman. > So, sure, if you want to make the detour off North Sherman, either of those > streets gives you several blocks of relief from traffic, but you still need > to go back onto North Sherman if you want to go from the Northside to > somewhere else... and you can already do that now. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on > Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail > > > -- -India Viola, We Are All Mechanics <http://www.weareallmechanics.com>WeAreAllMechanics.com [email protected]
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