Sidewalk regularly blocked as vehicles do not fit within the driveway. Walkers need to walk in the grass or street to get around vehicles blocking the sidewalk. Additionally, vehicles parked in the grass to the west of the paved parking area.
220 W 14th St. This is a repeat of #212155. I need you to understand the methodology behind this photograph. I held my phone pointing directly ahead of me, with both of my feet squarely on the sidewalk (at the edge of the sidewalk). My phone was directly in front of my face. The branch directly in the center of the photo is exactly where my eyes would be if i had continued to walk forwards. Practically, this is a genuine problem because I really do walk along the edge of the sidewalk so that i can walk 2- or 3-abreast with my family. It's a safety problem because if I do not see the branch then it will hit my eye, as has already happened at this location! It's an inconvenience because it is a point where the sidewalk narrows from 5ft to effectively 4ft. Pedestrians are forced to reconfigure their groups at these narrowings. It costs us time and energy and makes conversing difficult. I'm not sure what enforcement authority you're acting under but it's a legal problem as well, for example BMC 12.24.040 requires a clear distance of 8ft above sidewalks. FWIW, I'm asking for 6ft. The transportation plan also weighs in on this, Table 5 Pedestrian Zone Design Parameters "Clear space for all pedestrian travel, should be clear of any and all fixed obstacles." I didn't think it was necessary to be so explicit but they were -- "any and all" definitely includes branches that extend 6 inches into your eye sockets. The specific undesirability of having fixed obstacles extending over the sidewalk exactly at eye height *for any distance* has been explicitly acknowledged and i can't believe i'm trying to point this out today. Anyways i really do appreciate that this has seen already more enforcement action than the whole city put together before about 2022 but if this is what compliance looks like then we have a problem.
SUVs blocking sidewalk.
Snedegar has unprotected open trenches on both the east and west sides of the sidewalks. No signs or barricades
Snedegar has unprotected open trenches on both the east and west sides of the sidewalks. No signs or barricades
Sidewalk blocked. People sleeping. Should I just call the police?
Continued issue with cars parked across sidewalk in front of BHA office. Car currently parked there 9:45pm with an entire car length ability to pull forward and off the sidewalk.
There's a path that connects The Park On Morton apartment complex (W Georgia Ave) to N College Ave. It runs between the train tracks and private property. I have no idea whose responsibility it is but it's in poor shape now. Mud has washed across a lot of it (some from construction, and some from an unstabilized hillside), and weeds have grown almost entirely across it. Thanks!
Construction site on N College Ave just south of the train tracks has a truck and mini-lift parked on the sidewalk. I witnessed it at 11:30am this morning July 6. Sorry i didn't have my camera on me. Thanks!
Near the property line between 1001 N Woodburn and 304 W 14th st (about a block west of ureport 212156), the sidewalk is nearly completely blocked by vegetation. The vegetation includes thorns and poison ivy. This is a chronic / annual condition. Last fall, I cleared it myself. Thanks for your attention!