Your input is needed! You can help make Madison a better place for you to bicycle. Give the Mayor's Platinum Bicycling Committee's citizen members and City staff feedback on their draft report.

In the fall of 2006, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz formed the Platinum Biking City Planning Committee with the overall goals of
1) achieving the Platinum designation level through the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Communities program, and
2) putting forward a roadmap - or bike path - for Madison to become the best city in the country for bicycling.

The Committee has completed a draft report and is now seeking public comment on this draft. The draft report, an executive summary, and a feedback form are now available on-line at http://www.cityofmadison.com/trafficEngineering/bicyclingPlatinum.cfm. Additional information about the Committee is also available on the site.

"It is important for the Committee to hear from both people who are currently bicycling in Madison and those who do not. They need to know what will encourage people to start bicycling as well as what will improve conditions for people who are already bicycling at some level," says Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator and staff to the Committee.

The Committee is seeking feedback on the following three questions in particular:
1. Do you think the recommendations in the Platinum Bicycling report will make Madison a better place to bicycle?
2. What recommendations do you think are missing?
3. What would make you want to bicycle more in Madison?

Comments on the draft report should be sent to Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator at 215 MLK, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100, Madison Municipal Bldg., Madison, WI 53703
608-266-6225, aross@cityofmadison.com

The public comment period ends November 1, 2007.

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David C. Dryer, P.E., City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager