[IndianaTrails] [Norton AntiSpam] Re: Fwd: [ICM] 38th St. Bridge over White River

[Richard Vonnegut]

All roads and streets inside of I-465 are in the domain of the CITY of
Indpls, therefore INDOT is not involved.  Also, the link between Federal
Funds and bicycle adaptability seems reasonable. So, someone in Indpls
needs to follow up...

...Richard Vonnegut  





 [Original Message]
> From: Nathan Bilger <nmbilger at yahoo.com>
> To: Indiana Trails <list at indianatrails.org>
> Date: 1/15/2007 1:42:05 PM
> Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [IndianaTrails] Fwd: [ICM] 38th St. Bridge
over White River
>
> I believe the Federal Highway Administration requires
> that the safe accomodation of bicycles be considered
> throughout the planning, design and construction of
> the project.  This does not necessarily mean bike
> lanes, etc, but would include bike-safe grates as a
> simple, safety measure.
>
> So if any Fed money was part of the project, it should
> have included bicycle consideration and design.
>
> I am not sure of INDOT's or Indianapolis' reg's at the
> moment, but I would guess they probably include
> mentions of bike consideration as well.
>       -Nathan
>
>
> --- "Robert J. Matter" <rjmatter at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> > INDOT *still* doesn't get it. -Bob Matter
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [ICM] 38th St. Bridge over White River
> > Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:28:17 -0500
> > From: joshua brewster <josbrews at comcast.net>
> > Reply-To: IndyCritMass at yahoogroups.com
> > To: indycritmass at yahoogroups.com
> > 
> > I recently posted about the lack of
> > pedestrian/bicycle crossing on the
> > brand new bridge over White River.  It gets worse. 
> > BEWARE!!!  The
> > drainage grates are parallel to the direction of
> > travel!!!  If you hit
> > them at speed, you will either end up in the river
> > or in front of a
> > vehicle moving 60 MPH.  Brilliant design. 
> > Obviously, no one was even
> > considering bicycle traffic.  All that would have
> > been required is to
> > turn the grates 90 degrees.  Simply ridiculous. 
> > Call the mayor and
> > complain!!!!!!!
> > 
> > Joshua Sol
>
>
>
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