BIKE: SCB Update -- News

[Fred Meredith]

On Apr 1, 2005, at 4:25 PM, Lane Wimberley wrote:

> AUSTIN, Texas (April 1, 2005) =96 The bike lanes on Shoal Creek
> Boulevard will be modified to accommodate Monorail. Upon further
> analysis and consultation with neighborhood groups and city traffic
> engineers it was determined that the addition of Monorail was the best
> use of the transit corridor paralleling MoPAC. When asked why add
> Monorail to the dedicated bike lanes also serving as resident parking,
> passing lanes and landscape planter boxes, the project engineers
> said "why not? =85the addition of monorail just makes sense." Beside 
> the
> engineers continued, "we had consultation from Capital Metro to ensure
> that rider capacity would never be a problem. So if you don't want to
> ride your bike you can ride the Monorail." Construction on the Shoal
> Creek Monorail line will begin after re-striping of the existing bike
> lanes. Monorail is part of the CAMPO 2250 transit plan for central
> Austin.
>
> [Seen on another list; snark! -Lane]

That's a good one. See below
>
> -- 
> "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
> human race."
> - HG Wells

Generally, I'd agree with HG, but that might depend on the particular 
adult.

Fred Meredith
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