The contractor has been given directions about a detour with signs. This should be in place soon.
We’ve recently met with City Traffic Engineering and Strand about this crossing long term. We will be trying to pilot a bike signal there soon and will be working on what it called “interim approval” with UW’s traffic engineering department. I will update folks when we know something more. Rob Rob Kennedy, Ph.D. Senior Transportation Planner University of Wisconsin-Madison 610 Walnut St., 120 C WARF Madison, WI 53726 608/263-1034 608/395-7925 (cell) Fax 608/265-3424 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Mayer Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 11:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Lakeshore path closure Univ/Farley is not really an intersection I'd feel excited about trying to cross. With all the left-turn traffic there, I've always felt it was a pedestrian/cyclist fatality waiting to happen. The Highland/Campus Dr intersection has always been a disaster. I have ridden through there for 5 years now and still don't know who has the right-of-way and when. I've written everyone I could think of at some time or another and nothing has changed there. There really ought to be a bridge just as there it at Walnut. I'd argue that if only one bridge was financially feasible it should have gone at Highland due to its higher traffic volume, though there would need to be some grading done there. But short of that, there ought to be a walk signal or maybe one of those fancy bike signals to let the ramp traffic know there is a bike crossing there. Instead we get cars slamming on their brakes and constant glares. As for Kendall vs Old Univ, I've taken both on occasion and prefer Old U due to the lack of stop signs and speed tables and the off-kilter intersection of Kendall at Highland. ________________________________ From: "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" <[email protected]> To: Josh Mayer <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [Bikies] Lakeshore path closure Hmmm – While crossing University Avenue at Farley can be a bit of a pain, I wonder if some riders might prefer doing that and riding Kendall to avoid the Highland mess. It’s been markedly more peaceful since the closure to east-bound cut-through car traffic and the bike boulevard markings were added. People heading for campus can cross back on the Ashman bridge, taking Princeton down to Old U. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Mayer Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Lakeshore path closure Where the Campus Dr bike path crosses Highland is a huge mess too with no signs warning approaching cyclists or any detour. The SB lanes of Highland are closed meaning there is 2-way traffic in the original NB lanes. Cyclists cannot proceed directly through the traffic island as we used to. Most have been proceeding around the north side of the island, squeezing between the island and the stopped cars, then across some gravel (fun for a road bike!) to the other side. Cars ought to have to stop further back to allow freer movement of bikes through there. Plus a little warning/detour would be nice BEFORE you get to the problem area. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [Bikies] Lakeshore path closure A section of the SW path was closed this morning. No warning. No detour. No problem! Obviously bikes are a superior form of transportation that are immune to such minor details. Quoting Mary Ebeling <[email protected]>: > I probably missed an email about this, but this morning there was a huge > job box and a big honking crane - not a winged version - and a > construction crew blocking the entrance to the lakeshore path. Right as you > go down the hill towards Limnology. Did not get any information on how long > it will be there. > > There was no advance warning. No sign. Just some caution tape at the > entrance. > > Anybody know anything about this? > > > Mary > -- darin burleigh _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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