Web Form: I live on the corner of S Clifton and Hillside Drive, each day I feel I take my life in my own hands as I walk east on Hillside Drive. There is no shoulder between the sidewalk and the street. Cars are speeding by well over the speed limit, liter a few feet from me and potential disaster. I would ask that you look at 1. Lowering the speed limit 2. Mandate a soft shoulder between the sidewalk and street. 3. Place a speed indicator. Anything you can do I feel could reduce the potential for the next accident.
Followed up with an email to discuss ideas. Happy to help however I can moving forward.
Hi Mark, Thank you for reaching out. I will speak to the City Engineer about your concerns and let you know what comes of it. Just to give you some context: adding a tree plot to remove the monolithic sidewalk on Hillside would be pretty tricky to do. It would require purchasing Right of Way, which is a both time and resource intensive initiative. Additionally, I should note that I am relatively new in the Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator role, and so my understanding based on what I have heard from leadership in my department is that putting a speed monitor is more of temporary fix- once people driving cars get used to it -- the effect it has becomes more diminutive over time. Which, is not ideal. I'm sad to say it, but it seems that some enforcement (which, my department [planning and transportation] is unable to do) would be the most efficacious way forward on this. I can't promise if, and to what extent you would be able to attain the outcome you seek if you, or your neighbors were to call the police to report unsafe driving behaviors as I don't have much interface with police operations. That being said, I will talk to Neil in our office to learn of any potential next steps. I will let you what I am able to find out, but in the meantime please feel free to reach out to me directly on my office line (812.349.3529) if you can think of other tactics you would like to try. I'm happy to help however I can. Kind regards, Mallory Rickbeil
| City | Bloomington |
|---|---|
| State | IN |
| Zip | 47401 |
| Latitude | 39.150463104248 |
| Longitude | -86.509651184082 |
| Township | Perry |
| Status | Case Date | Category | |
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| closed | 4/7/2016 | Yard Waste | |
| closed | 12/29/2009 | Recycling |