Mary Catherine Carmichael mentions the need to protect "Bloomington's brand" when referring to the long process to develop the Culver's restaurant. If the "Bloomington brand" is so important, how is it being protected with over 500 of those electric scooters trashing the community at nearly every corner? Get rid of those things now, before some idiot gets killed.
There is a pile of five overturned scooters right in the middle of the sidewalk. Grant street right outside the library. Are pedestrians expected to clean this up?
The "dismount zones" are not working. They never did work, and now the scooters are an even bigger hazard. I see people riding them on the sidewalks around the square every day. If riders can't be bothered to care on their own, maybe we need some enforcement personnel out there to make them care. If we can have parking meter patrols, then surely we can have sidewalk patrols with authority to issue citations.
Bird bicycle VUB1B lying by sidewalk south side of 8th halfway between Washington and Lincoln, west of alley.
Resolved
abandoned scooter
The scooter is still on the corner of 3rd Street and Meadowbrook, blocking the handicapped-accessible sidewalk ramp. This issue will eventually lead to an accident. Please immediately remove this nuisance from the sidewalk accessibility ramp. I went outside at 5:09 PM and took the picture uploaded here.
Blue, electric Bird bicycle has been sitting by the road (Grant) across from Grant Street Inn for at least a week.
Blue Bird bicycle sitting by road for at least a week.
Red/orange electric bicycle with basket ("Lime+Uber") lying by side of Dunn Street.