Inaccessible Parking
1200 W 12th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/28/2025
I am 62 years old, and this time last year I was just getting back to work after 3 1/2 months rest healing from a broken ankle.
When I moved in to 1200 W 12th St, I noticed the sign (photo #1). I even asked Bloomington Housing Authority about it. They said it would be okay to park in front of my apartment. I have been parking in front of my apartment since March 2024. No tickets, no problems.
It made it very easy to get to my apartment - load or unload my car - and I could keep an eye on it while in my apartment.
Today I get home from work (I work full time at IU as a custodian. Yes - I work FULL TIME and still need Section 8 to get a place to live) to see fresh paint denying me my usual parking spot. I had an ADA tag for a while, but it was temporary. It expired.
The problem is: I can’t see my car now unless I get up and look through the one window that lets me see my car. If I have to park farther away, I won’t be able to see it at all, and I will have to walk farther and across the street to access my car.
I am old, diabetic, autistic and cannot walk a far as I could before the broken ankle. After work, it is very common for my right ankle to be aching on top of the Diabetic Neuropthy I have in both feet in addition to my jangled nerves from interacting with people and handling emergencies.
This neighborhood can get a bit sketchy sometimes - it helped my normally high anxiety level to be able to see my car. My anxiety is already high from people walking so close to my apartment and cutting through my yard - can’t do anything about that so I live with that anxiety.
I don’t want to break the law, but this is so unfair! I already pay $828 a month for this tiny apartment - that is ONE WHOLE PAYCHECK. My rent is figured as 30% of my GROSS income. I pay quite a bit for my taxes and Insurance, and I have quite a few medical issues so I have to scramble sometimes to get bills paid and pay for all the drugs I have to take. I live paycheck to paycheck. I have to work so I have health Insurance. Even though I am 62, I can’t get Social Security if I want to live here because it would price me out of Section 8 and I would have to move (AGAIN - I just moved in here a year and a half ago). I can’t work less because i need Insurance from work until I reach 65 and can get Medicare (if it still exists by then).
If I have to park further away, then my ankle will be that much more achy when I get home. I’m going to see if maybe I can qualify for a permanent ADA Tag, but even then the 4 HOUR LIMIT would kick me in the butt. That doesn’t even take into account bad weather days or having to walk farther with loads.
Where I am currently parked in photo #7 would be a better ADA space. Usually no one parks there, and it is closer to the Boys and Girls Club.
Please help me.
Blocked Street
914 N Fairview ST
- Case Date:
- 7/28/2025
alley blocked with overgrowth. neighbors driving through other neighbor's yard, causing frustration
Biking & Walking
352 W 11th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/24/2025
on Rogers/Madison, where it changes name and crosses over the railroad tracks just north of 11th street, the bike lane is on the uphill side of the street. so at the apex, it switches from one side of the street to the other. at this switching point, we have lost our 'dashed line' merge zones. i am hoping that someone from Engineering will go look at the facts on the ground and validate its correctness. when it was conceptually designed back in 2011, i thought "gee they're gonna have to do a good job of signing that if it's not going to be a nightmare for cyclists to merge into traffic". and then when it was *finally* implemented around 2017-2019, it was just striped lines indicating that there is a merge. but when the bridge was re-decked in 2020-2021, they repainted it wrong. and subsequent generations of painting have each made it worse, to where the southbound merge zone is completely missing and cyclists are directed to stay in the abruptly-ending bike lane on the dangerous high speed downhill segment. and the northbound merge zone has been reduced to about 30 feet, again, at the wrong place for the merge.
Blocked Sidewalk
327 East Rusgan Dr
- Case Date:
- 7/23/2025
Sidewalk Requests
624 N Adams ST
- Case Date:
- 7/20/2025
Both curb ramps on each side of this intersection have bumps up that are not accessible height for wheelchair/rollator
Street & Traffic Signs
500 N Walnut ST
- Case Date:
- 7/14/2025
There was an accident on our corner (9th & Walnut) this weekend. I didn’t see it, but heard it and saw the immediate aftermath. Looking at the positions of the cars, I guessed that the car that was hit had been crossing Walnut via 9th and was t-boned. When I looked at the stop signs on 9th Street, I realized that there is no indication for the driver that this is NOT a 4-way stop. These big crosswalks could easily make people think that it’s a 4-way. These 9th Street stop signs need “cross traffic does not stop” signs added to them so that drivers new to Bloomington can be safer.
Blocked Sidewalk
325 E 10th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/9/2025
Retaining wall falling apart, some pieces are lying on the sidewalk. Regular occurence at this location.
Blocked Street
1317 N Washington ST
- Case Date:
- 7/7/2025
I live in a house on N Washington St where across the street everything is torn down and under construction for new apartments. If you're going from N Dunn st onto E 19th Street, my street is blocked off but if you go from N Walnut st onto E 19th st, there is access to my house. For the last few weeks I have not been receiving any mail and I may be missing out on bills, as well as a new security system. My home among other homes was robbed on my street, and it is important to my own safety that there is access to this road so I can receive this package. The Amazon truck can deliver to my house, but the last couple packages through USPS and DHL that were meant to come last Monday have shown unable to access delivery location twice now. I am really worried about this.
Blocked Street
1319 n Washington street
- Case Date:
- 7/7/2025
I haven’t gotten mail for two weeks. Please fix this. The Amazon delivery truck can make it so I’m not sure why no other delivery service can. This is an issue because me and multiple other houses have gotten robbed and I have a security system on the way.
Blocked Street
1319 n Washington street
- Case Date:
- 7/7/2025
I haven’t gotten mail for two weeks. Please fix this. The Amazon delivery truck can make it so I’m not sure why no other delivery service can. This is an issue because me and multiple other houses have gotten robbed and I have a security system on the way.