tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post5535590624877108083..comments2023-04-17T09:38:19.704-05:00Comments on North by Northside: The Penn ConnectionJeff Skreneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post-15798094505654692892012-05-30T22:47:05.683-05:002012-05-30T22:47:05.683-05:00Well, there's a few places to go with this. I...Well, there's a few places to go with this. If the sign is on Penn Avenue, that's a county road. So you'd contact Commissioner...? Stenglein's resignation is now history and the seat is vacant. Bike amenities along Penn could be made into an election issue, I suppose.<br /><br />In Hawthorne, our environment committee paid for a lot of the bike signage you see around our neighborhood. You could contact the Bryn Mawr neighborhood group, but they get significantly less city funding because they don't need as much. So they might not be of much help.<br /><br />Then there's the Park Board Commissioner, Jon Olson. The MPRB handles bike paths, so if the sign is on bike trail land, you'd want to start there.<br /><br />If you're looking for one person as a general contact about biking issues within city boundaries though, I'd start with our very own Biking Coordinator, shaun.murphy@minneapolismn.govJeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post-46733095923962735222012-05-30T08:16:47.134-05:002012-05-30T08:16:47.134-05:00Who, specifically, would somebody lobby to get the...Who, specifically, would somebody lobby to get the "Awesome Cedar Lake Regional Trial Up Ahead" sign?Johnny Northside!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18182711866120550770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post-10561326476187779722012-05-29T08:16:14.569-05:002012-05-29T08:16:14.569-05:00Good post! Keep in mind that the spiral ramp in y...Good post! Keep in mind that the spiral ramp in your second photo actually drops you off across the railroad tracks from the Cedar Lake/Kenilworth trail (it connects to Bryn Mawr Meadows trails). To get to the Cedar Lake Trail without going cyclocross you need cross fully to Kenwood Parkway then U-turn to the trail entrance path from there.<br /><br />To get to Lake of the Isles, the shortest route (with a big hill) is to climb Kenwood Parkway, angle left onto Morgan Ave. at the top, then left onto Douglas, and right onto Logan ave. down to the northern tip of Isles. <br /><br />Cyclopath shows all this stuff, but you have to zoom way in to see how it all connects. I'll bet they built that spiral ramp well before the Cedar Lake Trail even existed.<br /><br />Hopefully bike lanes and signage are in the future. If the SW LRT goes forward, visibility to these connections should increase considerably (and a more direct connection from Penn down to the LRT Station & Cedar Lake Trail is planned).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post-45493914168355304312012-05-28T18:43:41.030-05:002012-05-28T18:43:41.030-05:00Right on all accounts. If I'm out exercising ...Right on all accounts. If I'm out exercising or taking a leisurely ride I'm definitely using the Grand Rounds/Theo Wirth/Chain of Lakes bike paths. But if I have time-sensitive business and I'm biking to and from places when I have a deadline, I'd want as direct of a route from place to place as possible.<br /><br />Plus, I think the more we set up our bike path system like a grid, the easier it will be for people to both get places more quickly and conceptualize how they could do so on two wheels.<br /><br />And no, there are no signs pointing one to the Awesome Cedar Lake Regional Trail. Combined with a lack of bike lanes on Penn and a difficulty to even see the connection on a map, it's no wonder people haven't realized this segment even exists.Jeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382985764534737174.post-25566003037573316522012-05-28T16:34:33.095-05:002012-05-28T16:34:33.095-05:00Why would you ride on Penn when the Grand Rounds i...Why would you ride on Penn when the Grand Rounds is only a few blocks west? That takes you directly to the Chain of Lakes via Theodore worth.<br />.oh I guess I see what you are saying from that exact location youd have to bike back to Glenwood to get through Wirth Parkway. Is there not even a single sign saying "Awesome Cedar Lake Regional Trail up ahead"?Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956356053427943308noreply@blogger.com