At the S Highland / E 2nd St 4 way intersection I have within one week noticed four vehicles that have not obeyd the STOP signs on E 2nd street going east and west. Maybe the big tree in the north east corner needs to be trimmed a little? Or put up a pre warning sign of an upcoming four way STOP?
The amount of simultaneous construction across the entirety of Bloomington has reached a truly ridiculous point. Driving anywhere in town has become a tumultuous, stressful mess. This widespread tearing up of major roads started well before summer, and instead of wrapping up, the gridlock has only gotten increasingly horrid. To make matters worse, the city failed to finish these projects before a massive drove of college students returned to town. Flooding our already broken, bottlenecked streets with thousands of extra drivers at the exact same time is a complete failure of planning that has made Bloomington practically undrivable.
Near miss as traffic on Highland Ave almost failed to come to a stop before entering Hillside. I was driving eastbound on Hillside and was almost hit by the driver with a stop sign on Highland
Project school pickup traffic is out of control. Vehicles picking up students are supposed to proceed eastbound on 2nd street, then north on Lincoln. Not only do people end up lining up far too early, causing a logjam, but many vehicles are approaching from the east, causing the eastbound traffic to take even longer to be able to turn onto Lincoln. Consequently, nearly every day there is a near-miss with other vehicles (who are just trying to go east/west along 2nd street) end up going around waiting TPS parents. This is an extremely dangerous and untenable situation. Check out that intersection between 3:35 and 3:45 on any given schoolday.
There are frequently cars blowing through this intersection at 15-20mph. It’s true for most intersections in this area but this one seems particularly bad as well as dangerous given the high pedestrian traffic near the park. It would be great to see some targeted patrols here to send a message that you’re meant to stop at a stop sign.