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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #181321

Biking & Walking:

Other: Be advised that bicyclist and scooterists are subjected to extremely dangerous riding conditions while using the 3rd street bike lane (traveling West between Eagleson Ave & Indiana Ave). Both the signage and the enforcement for this area are inadequate resulting in vehicles generally disregarding the bicycle right-of-way in the bike lane. Bicyclists must either come to a sudden and complete stop to avoid colliding with vehicles parked in the bike lane, or risk traveling into busy vehicle lane traffic to swerve around parked vehicles. I experience this problem happening almost every day while riding in this bike lane, and the individuals who are parking in the bike lane are generally resistant when I ask them to move out of the bike lane. A long term strategy that should be implemented as soon as possible would be to construct a raised curb and/or visibility bars along the shared edge of the bike lane/vehicular lane. This can easily be designed to accommodate the busses and university vehicles that need to pull to the bus stops or onto the sidewalk by including strategic gaps. This should ideally be done before a vehicle and bicycle immanently collide resulting in injury or worse. I have tried reaching out to various city and university departments, so I trust that you will consider this ticket or ensure that it is taken seriously and responded to by the relevant department.

Assigned to
Beth Rosenbarger

History

1/10/2024 09:52:00 Closed by Beth Rosenbarger

Hello Sam, I apologize for my delayed response. Thank you for sharing this concern, and I am sorry to hear that so many people are parking illegally along E. 3rd Street in the bike lane. The City has plans to make improvements to this section of bike lane, along E 3rd. The improvements are interim materials to add protection to the bike lane in the locations where people tend to illegally park most often. Similar to the curb you suggested, the improvements are like rubber curbs that will be bolted into the ground between the bike lane and car traffic. The improvements will be installed in the first half of 2024. We intend to develop a long-term design and improvements along E. 3rd Street and Atwater, but those are not yet planned. These changes are considered an interim improvement for the space. Here is the project website where you can see the plans and contact information for the project: https://bloomington.in.gov/engineering/projects/3rdstbike2023 If you have further questions, please contact Hank Duncan, Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, at hank.duncan@bloomington.in.gov or (812) 349-3529. Thank you, Beth Rosenbarger

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=181321 Closed by Beth Rosenbarger Hello Sam, I apologize for my delayed response. Thank you for sharing this concern, and I am sorry to hear that so many people are parking illegally along E. 3rd Street in the bike lane. The City has plans to make improvements to this section of bike lane, along E 3rd. The improvements are interim materials to add protection to the bike lane in the locations where people tend to illegally park most often. Similar to the curb you suggested, the improvements are like rubber curbs that will be bolted into the ground between the bike lane and car traffic. The improvements will be installed in the first half of 2024. We intend to develop a long-term design and improvements along E. 3rd Street and Atwater, but those are not yet planned. These changes are considered an interim improvement for the space. Here is the project website where you can see the plans and contact information for the project: https://bloomington.in.gov/engineering/projects/3rdstbike2023 If you have further questions, please contact Hank Duncan, Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, at hank.duncan@bloomington.in.gov or (812) 349-3529. Thank you, Beth Rosenbarger

9/1/2022 17:03:21 Anonymous assigned this case to Beth Rosenbarger

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9/1/2022 17:03:21 Opened by Anonymous

800 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.164249420166
Longitude-86.523742675781

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