Plans to make a segment of Madison’s Regent Street near Camp Randall Stadium more pedestrian-friendly are nearing completion.
City staff and consultants are set to recommend the street become a three-lane road with expanded 8-foot sidewalks between Randall and Park streets following a presentation at a Jan. 26 public meeting. The new traffic configuration would see one lane going in each direction with a central left turn lane.
Parking and loading zones would also change along the five-block section. In Regent Street’s current four-lane layout, the two outside lanes are reserved for parking during non-peak times, with parking and loading in the approximately 48 on-street vehicle spaces prohibited during morning and evening rush hours…