BIKE: Pfluger extension project

[Eric Anderson]

Bike folks:

Not much discussion recently re: Pfluger extension project underway. Soon,
first steps to be made to transform our "almost useless (to cyclists)"
Pfluger Bridge into something that brings us closer to a facility that
serves "multiple destinations on both sides of the river".

This month, the city appointed Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be
meeting our second time, to discuss the 7-8 alternatives under
consideration.

A number of the alternatives can be seen at the COA Seaholm web-page:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/planning/seaholmdraft.htm

At least by our next CAG meeting?, HDR/Roma has promised the updated
versions would be online.

Thanks to Jackie Goodman, architect Girard Kinney will assist HDR/ROMA
this next meeting. Girard has steadfastly worked (+ volunteered!) on this
project for now 13 years, and facilitated the 1997 -IDEA WORKSHOP- where
the community came up with the double-helix design of the Pfluger Bridge.

I would like to say that of the 20 plus member CAG, 6-8 bicyclists and 3-4
south austin residents are going to do everything we can to insist on an
extension that serves transportation cyclists (as well as...).

The -Flyunder Arm- is not my choice for a number of reasons. It should NOT
be the extension considered for this phase for one reason alone: It is
viewed as unacceptable by the handi-capped community given its excess
length, and excessive grade changes (+/- 28 feet!!!).

I will make sure to post the upcoming meeting to this list..., there may
be light at the end of the tunnel?

Eric Anderson <bikeeric>
(512)476-7304
 
--- Thorne <jeffrey.thorne> wrote:

> Here's an interesting bit from Velonews.com which reminds me of the
> almost
> useless (to cyclists) bike-ped bridge by Lamar and the "emergency only"
> designation of the older bridge's sidewalk (not that the cyclist
> should've
> been using that sidewalk anyway):
> 



		
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