[SBC] FW: Official Request to DCR PED/BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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Steve, Alan-

Is there any way that at the November SBC meeting, we could have a short report from someone on path paving & lighting options, along with pros and cons?

-Greg

-----Original Message-----
>From: SWinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us
>Sent: Nov 3, 2006 12:25 PM
>To: Sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net
>Subject: [SBC] FW: Official Request to  DCR PED/BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
>
>Bike Committee Members...
>
>Perhaps the Bike Advisory Committee should chime on the type of surface...
>see Cambridge's comments below.. 
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Seiderman, Cara [mailto:cseiderman at CambridgeMA.GOV]
>Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:58 AM
>To: OBrien, Danny (DCR); Driscoll, Dan (DCR)
>Cc: Overton, Samantha (DCR); Orfant, Joe (DCR); Briere, Gary (DCR);
>wendy_landman at walkboston.org; dmink at massbike.org; Anders, Rosalie;
>Ken at kenfield.org; swinslow at ci.somerville.ma.us; swalker at mapc.org;
>cbucklewis at ctps.org; steve at hubonwheels.org; crc at thecharles.org; Singer,
>Patricia (DCR); Burrington, Stephen (DCR); Christopher Porter; Ken
>Kruckmeyer; Christopher Hart; david at massbike.org; Goff, Phil;
>rosenblum.jeff at gmail.com
>Subject: Official Request to DCR PED/BIKE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
>Importance: High
>
>
>Dear Dan and Danny:
>
>I would like to officially request that the DCR Bike and Ped Advisory Group
>review in detail and have substantive input into the designs for all
>upcoming DCR bikeways, including, most urgently, the design for the
>connection from the Minuteman Bikeway along the Mystic River, as well as the
>plans for the paths in the Alewife Reservation. The design and construction
>of these projects should not move forward until this happens.
>
>Multi-use paths in urban areas that are used year-round by people traveling
>for functional purposes must be lit and appropriately paved so they are in
>fact useable (e.g., after 4 p.m. for several months out of the year). Paths
>in urban areas need to be able to be plowed and cleared of ice in winter.
>They need to be easy to maintain and hold up over time.
>
>Since the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee has been asked to assist
>the DCR in its planning and implementation of bicycle and pedestrian
>facilities, it should be permitted to carry out that function.
>
>Thank you,
>Cara
>
>Cara Seiderman
>Transportation Program Manager
>Environmental & Transportation Planning
>Community Development Department
>344 Broadway
>Cambridge, MA 02139
>USA
>Telephone: (617) 349-4629
>Fax: (617) 349-4633
>cseiderman at cambridgema.gov <mailto:cseiderman at cambridgema.gov> 
> 
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