Scott Kerr 4 Mayor
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Scott has worked for the City of Madison for more than 42 years, giving him an understanding of how city government works. Scott continues to live on Madison’s east side with his wife Judy. During his 18 years in Parking Utility, Scott served as an EAP (Employee Assistant Program) facilitator. In this role he listened to employee concerns and problem solved solutions. He has always offered input f
Bus Rapid Transit - Sounds like a great idea. I mean mass transit that efficiently delivers us from home to our destination is certainly something that should be available in Madison.
Unfortunately the BRT system being implemented does not achieve that goal, it does however manage to create some serious unintended issues.
Consider E Washington Ave. Bus stops will be moved out to the median, the left lane in both directions will become the bus only lane, there will still be three lanes of traffic in addition to the bus lane but there will no longer be a parking lane.
This forces all bus passengers to cross 4 lanes of traffic to get to or from the bus.
Now think about how many times you have witnessed an individual running to catch their bus... with the BRT that run will no longer be along the sidewalk but crossing active traffic lanes.
This does not sound like an improvement to our bus system.
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