uReport

City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #170293

Biking & Walking:

Web Form: Treacherous bike riding jn "bike lanes" along Smith Rd. from E 3rd street up to 10th St. There are large sticks, large pieces of trash, grates that could cause tires to cause an accident. Bike lanes are no where near wide enough. You cannot count the 'gutter' area as a bike lane as its unevenness can catch tires and cause wrecks. Also, there must be several inches for a biker to be able to move over when a car comes around him/her dangerously close. You are asking for serious injury and even deaths if bikes are knocked out of the lane into the path of oncoming cars from either direction. I'd like to challenge anyone to try to stay in those dangerous, narrow lanes day in and day out on the commutes to work. If it is the law to allow bikers 3 feet for safety, cars need to see the definite boundaries of that 3 feet. Too many cars have passed me where I could reach out easily and touch the cars. They also pass me dangerously close to returning to their lane as oncoming cars approach.

Which of the Following are you Reporting
Debris in Bike Lane

History

10/15/2019 12:48:13 Closed by Anonymous

Have included these issues on my spreadsheet of ongoing issues experienced by local cyclists. Will follow up with constituent in the instance she would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities for involvement.

Sent notification to Anonymous, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=170293 Closed by Mallory Rickbeil Have included these issues on my spreadsheet of ongoing issues experienced by local cyclists. Will follow up with constituent in the instance she would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities for involvement.

10/15/2019 12:47:22 Closed by Anonymous

Have included these issues on my spreadsheet of ongoing issues experienced by local cyclists. Will follow up with constituent in the instance she would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities for involvement.

Sent notification to Anonymous, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=170293 Closed by Mallory Rickbeil Have included these issues on my spreadsheet of ongoing issues experienced by local cyclists. Will follow up with constituent in the instance she would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities for involvement.

10/15/2019 12:46:12 Anonymous contacted Anonymous

Hi Cathy! Thank you so much for reaching out. I apologize it has taken me so long to respond to your UReport. I agree, there is much more that we can and should be doing to support a safe and comfortable experience for a bicyclists and pedestrians. At the moment, we are in the process of updating our Neighborhood Traffic Safety Calming Program (NTSP) to allow for neighborhoods easier access to installations which have been shown to remediate excessive speeding. I'm also working with the MCPL, and BBC on a message campaign for drivers on best practices for sharing the road. Including the new, 3 foot passing law. This is all to say, that I am working on it- and I apologize that these solutions are not immediately evident. If you would like to join my mailing list for bike interested advocates- let me know and I will notify you of opportunities to have an impact on local policy as it relates to the planning, installing, and maintenance of our bike network system.

Sent notification to Anonymous, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=170293 Mallory Rickbeil contacted Cathryn Kirkman Hi Cathy! Thank you so much for reaching out. I apologize it has taken me so long to respond to your UReport. I agree, there is much more that we can and should be doing to support a safe and comfortable experience for a bicyclists and pedestrians. At the moment, we are in the process of updating our Neighborhood Traffic Safety Calming Program (NTSP) to allow for neighborhoods easier access to installations which have been shown to remediate excessive speeding. I'm also working with the MCPL, and BBC on a message campaign for drivers on best practices for sharing the road. Including the new, 3 foot passing law. This is all to say, that I am working on it- and I apologize that these solutions are not immediately evident. If you would like to join my mailing list for bike interested advocates- let me know and I will notify you of opportunities to have an impact on local policy as it relates to the planning, installing, and maintenance of our bike network system.

9/10/2019 16:56:15 Elizabeth Carter assigned this case to Anonymous

Sent notification to Anonymous, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=170293 Elizabeth Carter assigned this case to Mallory Rickbeil You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

9/10/2019 14:28:24 Anonymous assigned this case to Elizabeth Carter

Sent notification to Elizabeth Carter, Anonymous
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=170293 Anonymous assigned this case to Elizabeth Carter You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

9/10/2019 14:28:24 Opened by Anonymous

210 N Smith RD

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47408
Latitude39.167625427246
Longitude-86.481201171875
Neighborhood AssociationPark Ridge East
TownshipBloomington

Other cases for this location

StatusCase DateCategory
closed2/23/2015Sidewalk Snow Removal
closed12/12/2012Recycling
closed11/6/2008Recycling
closed7/22/2003Water Utility Billing Problems
closed8/22/2001Recycling
closed3/26/1998Sewer Problems (Sanitary Sewers)