It seems the major purpose of this project is to double the width of the car part of this road, despite the 15% reduction in driving over the past five years. Throw in bike lanes on each side just to try to mollify bicyclists who don't see the big picture. I support making that part of town more bike-friendly, but doubling the width of a road is not the way to do it.
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > Got the following message, and thought folks might be interested. I know a > bit about this proposal, and the route would open up quite a few options > for people that work, shop, or live in a rather bike-unfriendly area of the > city: West Towne, High Point Rd, Watts Rd, etc. Basically, the proposal is > to extend to the west the existing path that runs along the Beltline from > Whitney Way to Grand Canyon. I can't remember the exact route or > configuration, but I know that it involved going under (or over?) a couple > of nasty intersections, thereby making it much easier for pedestrians and > bicyclists to get through. > > > Robbie Webber > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Fernandez, Anthony <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:33 PM > Subject: Public Meeting on Major Bike Path Initiative > > Friends, > > ** > > We are exploring the possibility of a major bike path project along the > Beltline near West Towne and continuing west to CTH M. We are holding a > public information meeting this coming *Tuesday at 4:30 PM* *Community > Room at West District Police Station,1710 McKenna Blvd. * > > Attached notice has more info. Feel free to attend and to pass this on to > anyone else who might be interested. And to get back to me with any > questions, of course. > > ** > > Thanks. **** > > Tony Fernandez**** > > [email protected]**** > > voice: 608-266-9219**** > > fax: 608-264-9275**** > > To: Bicyclists and Interested Citizens > > RE: Public Information Meeting for High Point Road over USH 12 Bridge > Replacement and West Towne Bike Path Projects > > You are invited to attend a public information meeting for the upcoming > construction of two interrelated projects; the replacement of the High > Point Road Bridge over USH 12 (the Beltline) by the Wisconsin Department of > Transportation, and construction of a proposed bike path along the Beltline > by the City of Madison. These projects are described in more detail below, > along with contact information. > > Tuesday September 24, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm, Community Room at City of Madison > West District Police Station, 1710 McKenna Blvd, Madison > > *WisDOT High Point Road over USH 12 Bridge Replacement Project* > > The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is developing plans for the > proposed replacement of the High Point Road bridge over the Beltline. The > existing bridge has a deteriorated, two-lane deck and substandard clearance > over the highway. The project will consist of replacing the existing bridge > and approaches to accommodate four lanes of traffic plus bike lanes, wide > sidewalk on the east side and a separate, multi-use path on the west side. > > *West Towne Bike Path Project* > > The City of Madison is developing plans for a bike and pedestrian path > along the north side of the Beltline from the existing path at Grand Canyon > Drive (Struck Street underpass) to west of High Point Road. At High Point > Road the path would connect to the proposed bridge over the Beltline, cross > to the south over the Beltline, and ultimately continue west to CTH M. > > For additional information please contact: > > City of Madison Engineering Division > > Anthony Fernandez, P.E. > > 608-266-9219 > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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