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Capitol Bicycling Club Advocates:
We have a one-time opportunity to get the DANGEROUS trail crossings on the Lacey Woodland Trail fixed. Please come to an "open House" format design review meeting and provide WRITTEN COMMENTS.
Who: You and a friend!
When: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:30-7:00 PM.
What: An open house design review. Come and go at will. No fixed program.
Where: Lacey City Hall, on College Street next to I-5 Bike Path, in the Community Room
Why: To correct unsafe trail conditions
The Lacey Woodland Trail will be completed this Summer, extending from the Chehalis Western Trail East to Woodland Creek Park, on the other side of Carpenter Road.
The trail currently Extends from Sleater-Kinney Eastward through both roundabouts, running Paralell to Pacific Avenue. It will cross nine streets.
Most of these crossings are just pedestrian crosswalks with four-foot curb cuts. The danger is that cyclists will become stranded in the crosswalk if access to this four-foot slot is blocked by another cyclist or pedestrian. The crosswalks need to be widened to the width of the trail, which is ten feet.
Also, cyclists are routed onto narrow sidewalks with sharp corners; the push buttons for crossing lights are not in reach of the cyclists; and refuge islands are often too narrow to accomodate a bicycle towing a child trailer.
City staff contend that you should walk your bike across the street, so pedestrian facilities are adequate for cyclists. THERE IS NO PLAN TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS.
Please ride the trail yourself, then come to the open house to request that these inconvenient and unsafe conditions be corrected this summer as part of the project to complete the trail.
Thank you for being active in making Thurston County a better place to ride!
Jack Horton
President, Woodland Trail Greenway Assn.
http://www.woodlandtrail.org
info@...
cell 360.789.0944
home 360.956.1743
We have a one-time opportunity to get the DANGEROUS trail crossings on the Lacey Woodland Trail fixed. Please come to an "open House" format design review meeting and provide WRITTEN COMMENTS.
Who: You and a friend!
When: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:30-7:00 PM.
What: An open house design review. Come and go at will. No fixed program.
Where: Lacey City Hall, on College Street next to I-5 Bike Path, in the Community Room
Why: To correct unsafe trail conditions
The Lacey Woodland Trail will be completed this Summer, extending from the Chehalis Western Trail East to Woodland Creek Park, on the other side of Carpenter Road.
The trail currently Extends from Sleater-Kinney Eastward through both roundabouts, running Paralell to Pacific Avenue. It will cross nine streets.
Most of these crossings are just pedestrian crosswalks with four-foot curb cuts. The danger is that cyclists will become stranded in the crosswalk if access to this four-foot slot is blocked by another cyclist or pedestrian. The crosswalks need to be widened to the width of the trail, which is ten feet.
Also, cyclists are routed onto narrow sidewalks with sharp corners; the push buttons for crossing lights are not in reach of the cyclists; and refuge islands are often too narrow to accomodate a bicycle towing a child trailer.
City staff contend that you should walk your bike across the street, so pedestrian facilities are adequate for cyclists. THERE IS NO PLAN TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS.
Please ride the trail yourself, then come to the open house to request that these inconvenient and unsafe conditions be corrected this summer as part of the project to complete the trail.
Thank you for being active in making Thurston County a better place to ride!
Jack Horton
President, Woodland Trail Greenway Assn.
http://www.woodlandtrail.org
info@...
cell 360.789.0944
home 360.956.1743
The mission of the Woodland Trail Greenway Association is to advocate for and partner in the development of a publicly-owned multiuse trail and greenway from Pioneer Park to McAlister Springs, linking the cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater in Washington State.
We further advocate the development of other non-motorized connections, recognizing that it will be part of an interconnected system of trails, sidewalks, bike lanes, low volume streets, and transit in Thurston County, WA.
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