I sent a reply email to Steve G. and meant to hit "Reply All". I have pasted that email below (with a few edits for clarification):
Steve, Good point. It doesn't change what I think about the previous email I sent- even though it is clearly less relevant to this thread than I had planned. I also would add that something needs to be done for all roads that are designated bike routes but are not at all well marked, and not just for the intersection in question- although Cottage Grove and Dempsey would be a reasonable place to start. -india ----- Original Message ----- From: Troy Thiel <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 2, 2009 1:06 pm Subject: Re: [Bikies] Something needs to change at this intersection! To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] > India, Good points...plus many of the major bike path crossings at > lights do not have "walk" signage...the one I notice most is the > hotel/east side of the rimrock/nolan intersection.... > > > > Troy Thiel > First Weber's Capitol and West Towne Offices > Over 300 Properties and $60 Million Sold! > 429 Gammon Place, Madison, WI 53719 > cell: 347-9670 > email: [email protected] or [email protected] > website: TroyThiel.firstweber.com > > --- On Fri, 10/2/09, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: India Rose Viola <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Something needs to change at this intersection! > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 1:03 PM > > > When I am in a car I notice that many Madison bike paths are somewhat > obscured from view, look identical to sidewalks, or just go under the > radar of most drivers. > > As a cyclist, I've noticed a lack of signage and street markings on > streets that intersect the bike paths all around Madison. Even if > there is already a stop sign or yield sign aimed at cyclists on the > path, there should also be VERY VISIBLE signage that alerts both > directions of auto traffic that they are approaching a bike path > crossing- that cyclists may be present, crossing, and/or turning onto > the street to merge with traffic. I also think that there should be > robust marked crosswalks at each path/road intersection, since as far > as I can tell all of the city "bike" paths are actually mixed-use and > therefore the crossings are ped crossings as well. > > This goes for intersections that occur on property that falls under UW > jurisdiction as well, but I'm not certain who to CC from UW about this. > > I think this could be one component of an effort to convince folks > that sharing the road necessitates being aware of who else is on the road. > > -india > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karl K <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 2, 2009 12:33 pm > Subject: [Bikies] Something needs to change at this intersection! > To: [email protected] > > > > Last time, it was a fatal accident! This one involves children. > The > > Dempsey/Cottage Grove Road intersection is on the Lake Monona bike loop. > > > > http://www.cityofmadison.com/incidentReports/incidentDetail.cfm?id=10428 > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
