BIKE: Navigating between RR620 and the Balcones Neighborhoods -pictures fixed

[Bob Farr]

Good work Joel!

This is just the sort of thing that, if in the city limits, 
the Austin bike program could get involved in -- and 
probably wants to be involved in. Even if this barrier does 
turn out to really be private property, getting a 
transportation easment for bicycles/pedestrians to pass 
through to create a secondary street connection thru the 
Burbs is much cheaper and more effective than trying to put 
bike lanes on a high volume road.

BTW: Travis county plats are available on-line at 
http://www.traviscad.org/

Now, wouldn't it be nice if each of us could all go out and 
identify one similar candidate for bike-friendly connections 
across residental cul-de-sacs and dead ends? Sure it would.
--
Bob Farr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GlockDoc" <glockdoc>
To: "Austin Bikes" <forum>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: BIKE: Navigating between RR620 and the Balcones 
Neighborhoods -pictures fixed


> It might be worthwhile to go down to the courthouse, 
> records div, and pull up the subdivision plats to see 
> exactly who you're dealing with as far as who actually 
> owns the dirt and if there are any easements or public 
> right-of-ways going across it. i believe Canyon Creek is 
> within the city limits, not sure about the Anderson Mill 
> one possibly still operating under a MUD (aka crooks who 
> are above the law). Since Anderson Mill was already there 
> when canyon Creek was laid out, it's possible the CC 
> developer had built in the option of the roads being 
> eventually connected with easements and right-of-ways. The 
> plats should tell you all that.  I would be interested in 
> hearing what you find out. Good luck
>
> Joel Sumner <joelsumner> wrote:Sorry... Bad 
> HTML... The pictures have been fixed.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/jsumnertx/Misc/CCLetter/index.html
>
>
> Joel Sumner wrote:
>
>> Periodically, someone looks at mapquest and notices that 
>> there just
>> HAS to be a way from the Balcones area to RR620, posts to 
>> this list
>> and unfortunately gets the answer "it just looks that 
>> way". Some sort
>> of neighbor dispute has blocked the path.
>>
>> Anyway, I finally got off my butt and took some pictures 
>> of the
>> situation. The following link shows the pictures in a 
>> letter to
>> Commissioner Sonleitner, who, for whatever else may have 
>> been said
>> about her in the Chron, did stand up for us on bike lanes 
>> on Anderson
>> Mill Road. If anyone else is interested in adding their 
>> voice to this
>> or has suggestions on how to proceed, please let me 
>> know....
>>
>> http://homepage.mac.com/jsumnertx/Misc/CCLetter/index.html
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Joel
>>
>>
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