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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #166446

Trails:

Web Form: I noticed the recent guidelines for scooters don't specifically explain who has the right-of-way on the B-line trail. It's already unclear whether cars are supposed to yield to bike traffic. Some do, some don't, leading to confusion in the entire community. Now the same is applying to electric scooters. I was on a scooter on the B-Line this morning, slowed as I approached 2nd Street, and cars in each direction had also slowed as if they were yielding. I proceeded through the crossing but the westbound car did not in fact yield and nearly hit me (at a very low speed, granted--so I couldn't tell if they didn't see me or were being super aggressive). So when I approached the 4th Street crossing I came to a dead stop, as did the cars on 4th Street, waving me on. TL;DR the right-of-way rules on the B-Line were already unclear and are even more so now with a third major type of trail use. Please create clear signage at every major intersection on the trail that states who has the right-of-way so that both trail users and vehicular traffic understand the rules.

History

8/1/2019 11:39:32 Closed by Anonymous

Scooter policies and contracts are arranged with those companies and policies are formed on a city level. However, pertaining to signage, areas throughout the B-line that intersect with streets for pedestrian/biker crossing have cross-walk indications or yielding signage to indicate to drivers to yield to pedestrians.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=166446 Closed by Jennifer Grubbs Scooter policies and contracts are arranged with those companies and policies are formed on a city level. However, pertaining to signage, areas throughout the B-line that intersect with streets for pedestrian/biker crossing have cross-walk indications or yielding signage to indicate to drivers to yield to pedestrians.

11/8/2018 11:39:46 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=166446 Anonymous assigned this case to Paula McDevitt You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

11/8/2018 11:39:46 Opened by Anonymous

400-498 W 2nd St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47403

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.161415100098
Longitude-86.538185119629

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