I forgot to include one other project, since the traffic management plan wasn't finalized until just this week (so it doesn't yet show up on the construction map linked below).
The Babcock Hall project will be closing the driveway from Linden Dr between Babcock Hall and the Stock Pavilion (that normally provides access to parking Lot 40 for the duration of the project. So two other things are happening: Babcock Drive south of Linden is being repainted today to accommodate motor vehicles traveling southbound from Linden as far as the access to Lot 40 (beyond which the contraflow bike lane will continue, but it will become one-way northbound for cars). Expect to share that southbound lane with cars for the duration of this project. Also, on the west side of the Stock Pavilion, the wide sidewalk there is also being used for motor vehicle access to Lot 40. A temporary sidewalk connection from Linden Dr to the Alicia Ashman overpass of Campus Drive has been constructed, and Jersey barriers are being installed to separate peds from motor vehicles there. This is going to make bicycle connections from Linden Drive to the Alicia Ashman bridge tricky. I'm not crazy about the configuration, but the decision was made before I had an opportunity to provide any input. Please exercise caution in all these areas this summer and beyond. And thanks for coming to (or through) campus without a car. Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions UW-Madison Transportation Services Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at : https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9ueiD7rE9bS60Tz From: Bikies <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck Strawser via Bikies Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:10 AM To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: [Bikies] construction impacts to bikes and peds on campus As usual in the summer, there are a lot of construction projects impacting the transportation network. Here's what especially affects bikes and peds on campus: https://fpmts.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/Campus-Closures-Detours-Map.pdf The service drive that interests the eastern terminus of the Campus Dr bike path will be repaved around July 30. You'll need to exit the campus dr path west of Vet Med (just east of Willow Creek) and use Linden Dr from there. The pedestrian bridge over Willow Creek along the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path will be repaved about the same time (July 30), and will require path users to detour south along Willow Creek to the footbridge west of the Nat (about halfway between the Lakeshore path and Observatory Dr). Charter St travel lanes between University Ave and Johnson will be completely closed most of the day, and southbound only after 1pm. The sidewalk on the east side of that block of Charter will be closed as well. The sidewalk on the west side of that block of Charter will remain open. A decision was made to close the jersey barrier protected ped access along Dayton St next to the SERF whenever the contractor was working - for safety reasons. It's supposed to be open when the contractor is not working, but it appears the contractor is not removing the closed signs/barricades (and I can't get anyone to care enough about that to change it, so expect to have to walk on the sidewalk on the north side of Dayton St in the block where SERF is). According to the construction map linked above, both the contraflow (eastbound) bike lane and the south sidewalk on University Ave next to Chemistry will be closed for the Chemistry project beginning November 2018. That's news to me. It was my understanding that there would be some provision in the street to accommodate pedestrians and/or bicyclists. So I'll be following up on that, and hopefully reporting differently at a later date. (these are just some of the many things on the list I need to keep track of and/or try to influence, which I do while carrying around a big heavy lock on my bike all the time <- that's an inside joke for those of you who've read this far, and have read some of the unmoderated vitriol on this list lately). On an happier note, I'm glad to report that this summer UW-Madison installed it's 15,000 th bike parking stall on campus. We are currently at roughly 15,200 bike parking stalls campus wide (vs ~13,000 car parking stalls), and planning more yet (though many future installations will have to wait for site restoration of some of the major construction projects on campus, including SERF, Witte Hall, the Elm Dr Lift station, and Chemistry). Chuck Strawser Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner Commuter Solutions UW-Madison Transportation Services Visit our University Bicycle Resource Center at Helen C White: http://transportation.wisc.edu/transportation/bike_annex.aspx How are we doing? Take our customer satisfaction survey at : https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9ueiD7rE9bS60Tz
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