closed #168019
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
1620 S Pickwick PL
- Case Date:
- 4/8/2019
Pick-up Scooter from neighborhood
Pick-up Scooter from neighborhood
Pace bike #105040 has been parked here in Bryan Park for a long time. Is someone actually using it?
I reported a scooter parked here on S Park Ave---714, I think--two days ago. Here is another this morning.
714 (?) S Park Ave a bit before 9 am on Wednesday 3 April
Berniece Snyder in the Fire Department came to me on 4/1 to report a scooter in a tree. It was off Lincoln Street between 6th & 7th street.
There are 12 scooters in the library courtyard around the bear statues. Please have these removed. We don’t want them here.
Three scooters at the curb on 6th Street across from Poplars Garage. Tuesday 8:10 am. Could be the car parked after the Limes were staged. Could be there was no passenger whom the scooters would have blocked from getting out. But scooters curbside always potentially block passengers from getting out.
When scooters are parked against the curb, motorists cannot exit their vehicles. The vehicle door opens into the scooters.
They fly across the street, at night, through the crosswalk, no lights, no warning, wearing black. This has happened in front of me three times in the last 6 weeks. I am an extremely safe driver--I actually go the speed limit. I stop feet before the stop line. I look both ways multiple times, even with a green light, yet I almost hit three of them. I hate them, they make the city look cheap. I am from Seattle and have seen how bad that city and the cities surrounding it about 30 miles have gone down in the last 6 years. Bloomington is well on its way to being like those cities, somewhere people will not want to send their kids to college. Scooters is just one more reason to avoid Bloomington. I have a teenage son, 9th grade, and are making college plans, but I don't really want him at IU due to the downtown problems with the homeless and panhandlers, etc.--it's not safe. We are looking at other colleges.
To: Office of the Mayor These scooters (see image) are parked in spaces where my residents need to park for several days now. I already moved them closer to the street several times. This location does not have a walkway (307 19th Street), they should not be parked in private property. I called the police, but they have suggested to open a complaint in your office. Is there something that can be done about this? Thank you in advanced for your help. Almendra Minnaar Property Manager Distinct Management 812-339-0951