This is a straightaway that people go too fast on. I was hoping to suggest 2 speedbumps to calm traffic as there are quite a few kids in area and school let out puts even more on the street. I have attached an ideal thought but appreciate and welcome engineer input.
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.
**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
This street is often used as a cut through for drivers who want to avoid the intersection of Rogers and Patterson, is it possible to get speed bumps on this street to prevent the excess of vehicles that speed through our neighborhood to beat traffic?
Hi - is there any chance of getting ramps and crosswalk to join these two multiuse paths? I bike these two paths all the time (coming and going from northwest of this point) and would really like to cross here rather than other places.
Yet another U-Haul truck was torn open this evening at the Adams Street railroad crossing. This happens so often that it's become a running joke in town. What we need is an overhead crash bar that provides immediate, physical feedback to drivers before they collide with the bridge. See, for example, this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXCUEFzKFA. It would need to be installed far enough ahead that we wouldn't need to worry about railroad property lines. But even if we did, I'm sure this is one thing they'd be happy to cooperate with us on.
Ever since the turn lanes on 3rd were changed, people have been trying to turn from the opposite direction's turn lane (ie, they are trying to turn into Burger King area while stopped in and blocking the left turn lane to Curry Pike). They not only block traffic for people trying to use their correct turn lane, but I have also witnessed multiple near misses for head on collisions at this spot. It would be nice to get a set of barrier poles like the ones in front of the Arby's.
Please paint the new speedbump on rogers bright yellow or with stripes. I do not think that the signs are visible enough, especially at night.
Since Rogers St. is closed between 3rd and 2nd St. please consider closing the left turn lane approaching the intersection the 3rd and Rogers St. from the east. Drivers of vehicles are uncertain how to safely proceed when cars are in all three lanes since they are unable to make a left turn. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Feedback for the pedestrian push button in front of the Bloomington Transit Center building: I think it would be helpful to have a button to cross W 3rd St facing the larger portion of the sidewalk. As a pedestrian, I am particularly aware of not getting too close to corners of sidewalks until my time to cross is ready, especially corners with low curbs that busses and trucks need to take tightly against the sidewalk in order to make the turn.