Case Date:

4/6/2026

Parking 3 to 5 feet in front of stop sign ,daily

Case Date:

9/17/2024

Excessive speed

Case Date:

8/16/2026

On Sundays and some week days cars attending events at Olcott Park are parking on the Stands Rd making visibility and issue at the corner of Canada Drive. Often both sides of the street have parked cars and it would make it difficult for first responders to access the field. There is ample parking available at Jackson Creek Middle School still giving access to the park. Signage may help this issue.

Case Date:

6/2/2025

Vehicles speed down Sare rd (50 mph+) to Canada drive. There needs to be another stop sign before Meadow Creek apartments or a speed bump. There are autistic children in the area, pets, children riding bikes, elderly people, students, and wildlife at risk. These same people are throwing beer cans out the window and many of them are texting and driving. It’s a matter of time before there will be an accident. Thanks

Case Date:

11/5/2012

I recently complained about the dangerous new roundabout at S. Sare Rd. and East Rogers Rd. I would like to once again point out how dangerous this intersection is. This morning at 8:30AM a vehicle was traveling in the wrong direction through the roundabout despite perfect weather conditions/ clear visibility. This is at a time of high traffic volume at that location. An innocent person is going to be seriously injured at this intersection due to poor engineering and a lack of proper traffic controls. I am keeping a record of these complaints in the event of an incident at this location.

Case Date:

11/3/2025

Speed bumps/rumble strips. Pedestrian crossing light. I’ve been almost run over numerous times here in the crosswalk people are going 40 or 50 miles an hour—-very dangerous for pedestrians crossing.

Case Date:

1/14/2026

Speed limit on Patterson Drive is still 40, from the old truck route to RCA. Should be 30.

Case Date:

4/14/2025

At 7th and Morton, on 7th in both directions for the lanes of motor vehicle traffic, there are no painted white stop lines perpendicular to the lanes for the new stop signs. It would be helpful to have the thick white stop lines to help signal to traffic that they must stop at this intersection. This is for both east and west bound traffic lanes.

Case Date:

8/15/2026

**To: Bloomington City Government and City Council** **Subject: Concern Regarding Predatory Parking Ticket Practices** Dear Mayor, City Council Members, and City Officials, I am writing to express my serious concern regarding what I believe are increasingly predatory practices surrounding parking enforcement in Bloomington, Indiana\. Parking regulations serve an important purpose\. They help maintain traffic flow, ensure turnover of limited parking spaces, and provide fair access to public parking\. However, enforcement should be designed primarily to encourage compliance, not to create an environment where residents and visitors feel that the city is intentionally using parking citations as a revenue\-generating mechanism\. I am particularly concerned about situations in which parking violations result in disproportionately high fines, aggressive enforcement, confusing or inadequate signage, short payment deadlines, or circumstances where a reasonable person could easily misunderstand the applicable parking restrictions\. When enforcement becomes excessively punitive or difficult to navigate, it undermines public trust in local government\. I respectfully ask the City of Bloomington to review its parking enforcement policies and practices, including: 1. **The amount of parking fines and associated fees** and whether they are proportionate to the underlying violation\. 2. **The clarity and visibility of parking signs**, particularly in areas where restrictions change by time, day, or location\. 3. **The use of warnings**, especially for first\-time or minor violations\. 4. **The appeals process**, including whether citizens have a meaningful opportunity to contest citations\. 5. **The financial incentives surrounding parking enforcement**, including how much revenue the city receives from parking citations and how that revenue is used\. 6. **Enforcement practices**, including whether citations are being issued primarily to improve compliance or whether enforcement activity is effectively being driven by revenue considerations\. 7. **Transparency**, including publicly available data showing the number of citations issued, the revenue generated, and the costs associated with parking enforcement\. A municipal government should not give residents the impression that parking enforcement is a financial trap\. People should be able to park in Bloomington without feeling that a minor mistake, an unclear sign, or an honest misunderstanding could result in an excessive financial penalty\. I am not advocating for the elimination of reasonable parking enforcement\. I am asking for **fairness, transparency, proportionality, and accountability**\. I respectfully request that the City Council and appropriate city departments review these practices and consider reforms that prioritize voluntary compliance and public trust over punitive enforcement and revenue generation\. I would also appreciate a response explaining what percentage of the city’s parking citation revenue is generated annually, where that revenue goes, and whether the city has evaluated whether its current enforcement practices are appropriate and equitable\. Thank you for taking this concern seriously\. I hope the City of Bloomington will work toward a parking enforcement system that residents and visitors view as fair and reasonable rather than predatory\. Sincerely, Concerned Citizen

Case Date:

1/9/2026

High traffic corner; extremely difficult to turn onto hillside for normal traffic and school traffic especially with all the trucks pulling into Carlisle