A little something besides F-35s, and of course, F-35s! Road closures, parent and student rights, transportation news, sandbags, Law Park planning and more.
NEWS
Salvation Army expansion met with public concerns of increased crime – Daily Cardinal
County Board members propose name change for Squaw Bay on Lake Monona – State Journal
Madison City Council debating ordinance to limit plastic straws – Badger Herald
Mayor: Fire alarm at City County Building Caused by sensor – Channel 3000
Madison mayor: U.S. Air Force Should ‘reevaluate’ Truax Field for F35s if concerns not answered – Channel 3000
Madison School Board: Operating referendum likely next year – Cap Times
Congressman Mark Pocan calls for more noise testing – State Journal
Madison School District, teachers union reach tentative agreement on 2.44% base wage hike – Cap Times
Madison council gives green light for arts nonprofit to lease building on Near East Side – State Journal
Madison City Council asks Air Force to reconsider option to bring F-35s to Madison – State Journal
Madison Common Council asks Air Force to reconsider F-35 jets – Channel 3000
UPDATE: Madison Common council to ask Air Force to reconsider brining F-35s to Truax Field – Channel 27
1300 Block North Sherman Ave Closed Thursday
On Thursday, September 19 and on Friday, September 20 at 9:00 a.m., the 1300 block of North Sherman Avenue will be closed to through-traffic between Aberg Avenue and Boyd Avenue. The roadway will be re-opened to through-traffic by 3:00 p.m. each day. Access to all driveways on this block will be maintained at all times.
The closure is for the crane removal of a hazard tree at 1329 North Sherman Avenue.
Metro Bus Service will be re-routed to Aberg Avenue, Ruskin Street and Boyd Avenue to maintain service during the closure.
Direct any questions to the contacts listed.
Contacts
Michael Duhr, City Traffic Engineering (608) 267-8755 mduhr@cityofmadison.com
Reon Rounds, Reon’s Monster Tree Service(608) 658-0098
Madison Schools – Parent and Student Rights
The Madison Public Library is collaborating with the Madison Metropolitan School District to create community spaces for information sharing with parents of MMSD students regarding their rights as parents and their children’s rights as well.
Please share within your networks and encourage your members, clients and participants to attend. There will also be sessions held in October and November at Lakeview and Meadowridge neighborhood libraries respectively.
Please contact Cesar Sanchez at MMSD Youth Family and Community Engagement for more details at casanchez@madison.k12.wi.us.
Here’s the flyer with more info – PAC Sessions 9.19.pptx (002)
Law Park Planning
A Madison Lakefront For All
We need your vision. Your voice to imagine a new Law Park.
Imagine fishing, biking, water sports and outdoor play along with arts, entertainment, and food while people and families gather and have fun in and around this downtown waterfront park! Come share and learn more about what Law Park can be. Share your ideas, community goals, and priorities for this lakeshore greenspace. Everyone is welcome!
Project Description
The City of Madison Parks Division is developing a preliminary report for Law Park that will serve as a reference and guide for future master plan development. The current project includes a robust community engagement effort and a technical analysis of the existing park. The community engagement will focus on gathering input from a diverse range of Madison residents to identify desired park improvements, outline goals for the future master plan process, and generate ideas to connect the waterfront park to the greater downtown area. The technical inquiry will include site investigations and analysis of the current site conditions to identify potential improvement opportunities.
Law Park is a 4.7-acre park situated along the shore of Lake Monona. Current amenities in the park include a public boat launch, bench seating, public art, floating piers and a parking lot. The park is three blocks from the State Capitol and offers over 2,500 linear feet of shoreline access. Although the park provides a linear connection along the south edge of the Isthmus, the available green space is isolated from the greater downtown area and Capitol Square. Numerous plans to improve Law Park and connect it to downtown Madison and the surrounding area have been proposed over the city’s history. None have been implemented to date.
Get Involved!
The City of Madison invites the community to participate in either of these workshops in order to share community needs, explore potential opportunities, and help determine what this downtown waterfront park can mean for the Greater Madison Community. Your input is key to this project’s success!
Visit the project website to subscribe to the email list for updates, take the online survey, view a map of park and neighborhood context and learn more about the project.
BRT – Meeting 4
Meeting Details
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Planning Study Public Meeting #4
Presentation and Open House
Thursday, September 26, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Madison College – Truax
1701 Wright St.
More info here.
Sandbag Collection Ends September 22nd
Residents have until September 22 to place sandbags to the curb for pickup.
The final opportunity for curbside sandbag collection ends soon. Residents have until Sunday, September 22, 2019 to place sandbags at the curb for pickup. Sandbags placed to the curb after September 22 will not be picked up.
In order for residents to have their sandbags collected efficiently, residents must first visit the City of Madison Flooding website to find out if they live in the “Flood Zone” or “Request Pickup” areas.
Steps for Curbside Collection for Residents in the Flood Zone
Residents with homes that fall within the Flood Zone should place their sandbags on the terrace or road edge.
Residents in the Flood Zone areas must get their bags to the curb or terrace prior to Sunday, September 22 to ensure collection.
When placing sandbags out for collection, do not put them in the street or gutter. Also, do not cover sandbags with brush, leaves, or yard waste. Please note that sandbag collection crews will not go on private property to remove bags.
Steps for Curbside Collection for Residents in the Request Pickup Areas
Residents with homes that fall within the Request Pickup areas should place their sandbags on the terrace or road edge.
After residents in the Request Pickup areas place their sandbags to the curb, they must submit a request for sandbag collection. Upon receipt of the request, the City will send a crew to collect the bags as soon as possible.
Residents in the Request Pickup area have until September 22 to get their sandbags to the road edge and submit their collection request. Sandbags placed out to the curb after September 22 will not be picked up.
Residents can request sandbag collection in two ways:
- Submit the Request Sandbag Collection form online.
- Call the sandbag collection hotline at (608) 242-6001 and follow the recorded directions.
When placing sandbags out for collection, do not put them in the street or gutter. Also, do not cover sandbags with brush, or yard waste (like leaves) while awaiting collection. Sandbag collection crews will not go on private property to remove bags.
Haul Sandbags to a Drop-off Site
Madison residents can also haul their sandbags themselves to the sandbag drop-off site at 4602 Sycamore Ave.
Sandbags that are hauled to this site should be placed in the public sandbag drop-off area.
Sandbag drop-off will be available at 4602 Sycamore Ave until December 1, 2019.
What Happens to the Sandbags
After crews collect sandbags, they will be hauled to 4602 Sycamore Ave.
A loader with a special attachment will scoop the sandbags into a hopper . Once in the hopper, a series of blades will rip the bags open and the sand will filter out.
The empty sandbag husks will be hauled to the landfill.
The remaining sand will be stored for future use as fill material in various city projects.
Additional Information
Additional information about the flooding in Madison can be found on the City of Madison flooding website, www.cityofmadison.com/flooding.
Madison Area Transportation Planning Board Newsletter – Common the the TIP!
DRAFT 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program Released for Public Review and Comment
The Draft 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Madison Metropolitan Area & Dane County is available for review and comment. The TIP lists major transportation improvements and studies with approved or committed funding during the next five-year period. MATPB must approve all projects with federal funding and/or that are regionally significant, including those selected or programmed by other agencies such as WisDOT and Metro Transit. [Read more…]
Intersection Safety Analysis Completed
MATPB recently completed an intersection safety analysis for all arterial and collector roadway intersections in the Madison MPO Planning area – more than 4,000 intersections in total. Completed with the assistance of the University of Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Lab, the purpose of the analysis was to conduct a network wide screening to serve as a starting point to identify intersections with a need for more detailed study for potential safety improvements and/or targeted enforcement. [Read more…]
Area Communities Apply for Bicycle Friendly Communities Awards
The Madison area is renowned for its bicycle facilities, and the League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly Community award program showcases the hard work and investments that have made the region such a marvelous place to bike, whether for commuting, recreation, or fitness…
The Cities of Fitchburg and Madison, and the UW-Madison, recently re-applied for certification. The Cities of Sun Prairie and Verona applied for certification for the first time this year. Dane County and the Cities of Middleton and Monona were unable to re-apply in this round, but plan to do so in spring 2020. The Village of Oregon plans to apply for the first time in 2020. The League requests that bicyclists familiar with any of the communities that applied complete a survey for each community they ride in to assist in evaluating the local cycling environment. The survey is open through September 22, 2019. [Read more…]
MATPB staff completed work on the 2019 – 2023 Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan for Dane County, which was approved by MATPB and the Dane County Specialized Transportation Commission in June. This plan updates and replaces the 2013-2017 plan, and accounts for many changes in how transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities is managed, funded, and coordinated in Wisconsin. The 2018 implementation of Family Care in Dane County played an outsized role in changing how members of these populations travel to receive services, with Metro Paratransit seeing a 48% reduction in the number of rides requested from 2017. [Read more…]
Zia Brucaya, AICP, joined MATPB as the transportation options program manager/transportation planner in July 2019. She will provide support for transportation demand management (TDM) initiatives in the Madison MPO Planning Area, including managing the Rideshare Etc. program and working with partners to expand the availability and use of transportation options. [Read more…]
To learn more about Rideshare Etc., Guaranteed Ride Home, and other resources, call Zia at 608-266-7433 or email rideshare@cityofmadison.
Madison Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Study Underway
After about one year of public input and technical analysis, the Madison East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor Planning Study is nearing completion in late fall 2019. Led by the City of Madison, the study follows the BRT feasibility analysis led by MATPB five years ago.
More information is available at www.MadisonBRT.com. [Read more…]
Rideshare Etc. & TDM Resources
MATPB manages the Rideshare Etc. program in Dane County, which provides services for employers and individuals seeking assistance with transportation options.
Services available at www.RideshareEtc.org include:
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- Online ridematching for carpool partners, vanpools, transit routes, park-n-ride lots and bike buddies.
- Personl Commute Calendar to track daily commutes and receive instant feedback on calories burned, cost savings, pollution reduction, and more.
- Platform for Workplace Commuter Challenges that allow employees to compete for rewards as individuals or teams.
- Access to the Dane County Guaranteed Ride Home program, which provides participants with up to six $75 taxi vouchers per year for use in the event of an emergency at work.
In addition, MATPB staff provide support for employers interested in developing Commute Solutions programs, as well as municipal staff interested in transportation demand management (TDM) planning and policy resources.
Low-Stress Bike Route Finder
MATPB staff has developed the Low-Stress Bike Route Finder, an online GIS application that provides users with directions between points tailored to riders’ comfort level in riding on streets with higher exposure to traffic stress—low stress routes only, moderate, or any route regardless of stress. When directions are provided on moderate and high stress allowed settings, low-stress routes are still preferred. [Read more…]
MATPB and our consultant team have been processing 2017 regional travel survey data for use in updating our regional travel model. The data was gleaned from questionnaires and detailed daily travel logs completed by about 2,000 households in Dane County, and offers valuable insight into how, why, and when people travel, as well as household demographic information. Look for summary statistics from the survey in the next newsletter.
