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Subject: Board of Public Works: In support of a bicycle contra flow lane on Mifflin Street Hello Board of Public Works members, I would like to voice my support for a bicycle contra flow lane on Mifflin Street, on Capitol Square. This facility is clearly needed. With busy bicycle corridors flanking the Square on State Street and East Mifflin, we see significant numbers of people bicycling across the Square west to east on the Mifflin Street sidewalks. We can say people should dismount or bike around the Square. But we all know that transportation behavior is like water flowing downhill. Good design follows usage. In general, bicycling downtown is something we want to encourage due to motor vehicle congestion and parking capacity issues. We just need facilities that enable all users to share the street safely and harmoniously all around. Cities all over the US are expanding <http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/boston-columbus-detroit-indy-minneapolis-houston-denver-seattle-all-unveil> their networks of protected bike lanes to enhance their downtowns. Madison should too! Thank you, Peter Gray [address] On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Peter Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Grant, thank you for pushing on this! I agree that we need to, and I'm > going to write the Board of Public Works members today to say so. > > By the way, for anyone who wants to email the Board of Public Works > members in support of a Mifflin Street Contraflow lane on the Square, > please do today. Here are the Board of Public Works members: > > [email protected] - Claudia Haack > [email protected] - David Branson > [email protected] - Harold Dahl > [email protected] - Jaclyn Lawton (chair, I think) > [email protected] - Larry Palm > [email protected] - Paul Skidmore > > If we can get a north side contraflow lane, great. If we can't, I think a > south side contraflow lane will be worth advocating for next - if it's > curbside, not adjacent to oncoming traffic. Yes that would require state > approval, but it would be worth advocating for. I got the sense that DOA's > opposition was more of a shrug than an adamant no. And we had no > understanding of SCERB's involvement until it was too late to make a case > to them. > > Peter > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Grant Foster via Bikies < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Board of Public Works >> <https://madison.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=414031&GUID=3F97DBBD-08C7-4289-9CCA-1BB3A2312912> >> meets today at 4:30 pm to consider an updated plan for Mifflin Street >> reconstruction around the square that does not include a bike contraflow >> lane. >> >> >> The plan as currently proposed moves forward with a concept based on an >> earlier plan that included a contraflow bike lane sandwiched in between the >> unrestricted travel lane and the curbside parking lane. This plan was >> rejected by the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board. The updated >> plan stops short of putting in the contraflow paint markings, but aligns >> the joints for this to happen at some hoped for point in the future. >> >> I don't think that this was a strong concept to begin with and don't >> believe it wise to tie the destiny of a contraflow lane on Mifflin to the >> State's reconsideration of the rejection at some point down the road. >> >> Instead, I believe we should be pursuing a north side contraflow concept >> and take control of our own destiny. I believe a north side concept is very >> viable and that it was removed prematurely from consideration. If you >> really think there needs to be a contraflow lane on Mifflin, a north side >> option is the only option we can install without the State's approval. If >> we don't install a contraflow lane with this reconstruction, there is a >> good chance that we will not have one for another 20-30 years. >> >> If you have opinions or ideas on the matter you should consider attending >> today's meeting or sending your comments to the members >> <https://madison.legistar.com/DepartmentDetail.aspx?ID=17457&GUID=66803853-9E90-4E3E-8BE6-2B726B8F77F5&Search=>of >> the Board of Public Works. >> >> Here >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4RtNErivWC-YUtRSjJZVjNCTUE/view?usp=sharing>'s >> what I shared. >> >> Grant >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> >
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