closed #185663
Biking & Walking
250 S Washington ST
- Case Date:
- 9/19/2023
Hello- There was a car blocking the bike lane on washington between 4th and 3rd sts on 9/19/2023 at 6:09pm IN plate: ZXM224 Thanks!
Hello- There was a car blocking the bike lane on washington between 4th and 3rd sts on 9/19/2023 at 6:09pm IN plate: ZXM224 Thanks!
This is a continuation of #185394, which was never resolved - because their is still a significant amount of construction debris in the bicycle lane. That ticket and this ticket have the same address at the top.
There are sudden piles of gravel in the bike lane and debris in the drains. This is very dangerous for bike users
I just submitted another ticket for this location but made a mistake. The shrubs are blocking the sidewalk on the west side of the street south of smith
There are shrubs blocking the sidewalk on the east side of Rogers south of Smith
There are branches and shrubs blocking the way through the sidewalk on the west side of Madison between 2nd and Smith.
There is loose gravel and sand in curb area, some of which is in the pedestrian path area.
The sidewalk has a severe depression that collects rain (and ice in the winter), often to a depth of 3 or 4 inches. The problem started last year immediately after the area was reconstructed with new grass on either side. Someone did not think about the consequences of building grass higher than the level of a sidewalk that is not level.
Intersection of E 10th St. and E. Discovery Parkway has no crosswalk or pedestrian signaling. I have noted numerous people sprinting across from the bus stops adjacent to the USPS building and Fountain Park Apartments. It appears to be a busy enough pedestrian area, whether it be to access the College Mall area, get to the post office, or otherwise make it back to one's home.
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.