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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Can't Fix #181197

Blocked Street:

Other: Why do City vehicles park in the bike lane instead of the street? Many times while riding my bike on 7th street this year, I have had to ride around City vehicles parked in and blocking the 7Line because the driver was watering trees or something. Firstly, it's much easier for a car to drive around a truck than for a cyclist going up a steep hill and more vulnerable than drivers to have to ride into oncoming traffic or try to squeeze around an enormous truck. Secondly, this sends the signal that the City prioritizes drivers over cyclists. I should hope that's not actually the case, but it feels like it. Why not park in the car lane? Either side would be by the trees that are in the median between the 7Line and the car lanes, and it wouldn't impact the safety of the City workers. But it does impact the safety of people on bikes, who are already at more risk of injury from crashes.

Assigned to
Tim Street

History

8/25/2022 15:11:25 Closed by Tim Street

Paul - thanks for the note. This issue was discussed with City Engineering as we don't generally want to have any city vehicles in the bike lane but find it necessary to water some trees. The water truck is supposed to mount the curb and leave room for cyclists to see and get by -- it maybe somewhat in the bike lane, but it should not be stopping and blocking the entire lane (please report if so). There are limitations to where the water truck can stop in a lane of traffic -- e.g., it cannot stop just past a stop sign or stoplight. We are nearing the end of watering season so this will not be an issue much longer. We will need to water one more year to establish the trees and then should be complete.

Sent notification to Tim Street
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=181197 Closed by Tim Street Paul - thanks for the note. This issue was discussed with City Engineering as we don't generally want to have any city vehicles in the bike lane but find it necessary to water some trees. The water truck is supposed to mount the curb and leave room for cyclists to see and get by -- it maybe somewhat in the bike lane, but it should not be stopping and blocking the entire lane (please report if so). There are limitations to where the water truck can stop in a lane of traffic -- e.g., it cannot stop just past a stop sign or stoplight. We are nearing the end of watering season so this will not be an issue much longer. We will need to water one more year to establish the trees and then should be complete.

8/25/2022 13:03:08 Anonymous assigned this case to Tim Street

Tim, I'm not sure there is a solution, but I think they are referring to the water truck for the new trees.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=181197 Paul Kehrberg assigned this case to Tim Street You can use the link to follow progress on this case. Tim, I'm not sure there is a solution, but I think they are referring to the water truck for the new trees.

8/25/2022 12:45:24 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=181197 Anonymous assigned this case to Paul Kehrberg You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

8/25/2022 12:45:24 Opened by Anonymous

E 7th St & N Grant St, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.168521881104
Longitude-86.52978515625

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