Cycling enthusiasts will not have to re-route their paths around Picnic Point, thanks to Monday’s vote by the UW-Madison Campus Natural Areas Committee not to ban bicycles from the west-campus natural area.
According to UW-Madison Professor Bill Cronon, who serves as chair of the committee, the members voted four to three against the ban and six to one in favor of more visible efforts to encourage those biking on Picnic Point’s main gravel path to exercise more responsibility.