WOULD A HOAN BRIDGE BIKE PATH BE SAFE?
Yes. In fact it will be safer than biking on city streets. This bike path is probably the most well-planned bike path in our state’s history. All aspects of safety were explored by a Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Serious consideration was also given to each concern expressed by citizens in a public hearing in September 1997. The concrete barrier between the bike path and motor traffic will make bicycle commuting and recreation many times safer than the busy lanes on First and Second Streets. Bay View to Downtown bicyclists – now using 1st or 2nd Streets – point to (1) constrictions caused by the railroad overpasses at Florida near First Street, and on Kinnickinnic north of the Kinnickinnic River, (2) the narrow First and Mitchell intersection is an especially tense moment of a downtown bicycle ride; (3) First and Second Streets are primarily industrial corridors for large trucks and auto volume – with no special protection given to bicycles. The
