9/3/2021 10:57:12 Closed by Anonymous
I have this location mapped for further review from staff. If you have any questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to contact me at rickbeilm@bloomington.in.gov or 812.349.3529. Thank you.
Other: Our family frequently walks from Park Ridge Park to Park Ridge East Park, crossing at Morningside and Smith. It NEVER feels safe to do so there. Cars on N Smith zoom through at times without slowing and rush you even if they do temporarily pause. We had another close call today. Please enhance this intersection for both pedestrian and bicycle (our family does both here) safety. For an intended crossing, the Smith cars assume they have a bigger more important road and don't pay attention to the signs. Maybe a flasher, more prominent crosswalk sign planted or painted, just something please. It's like this every time and has been for years.
I have this location mapped for further review from staff. If you have any questions in the meantime please don't hesitate to contact me at rickbeilm@bloomington.in.gov or 812.349.3529. Thank you.
First, my apologies for the inexcusable delay. We have been tracking this intersection for some time- and its still not clear what the most time-efficient and beneficial treatment would be. Let alone determining how we can pay for the improvements. For what it's worth, our team is going to be increasing our tracking procedures to continually monitor projects such as this one in order to provide a more complete account of these data and include a summary of trends as part of our presentation to the transportation related commissions and/or include in our Traffic Calming Greenways Program report. I will include this intersection in the new system and cross-reference with this UReport so that we can provide any updates as we make progress towards improving this intersection. Please contact me if you would like to discuss more in the meantime.