closed #192850
Biking & Walking
7th & Washington
- Case Date:
- 8/13/2024
Hello again! The flexi-post on the 7-line at Washington street has been dislodged. Would you please put it back up?
Hello again! The flexi-post on the 7-line at Washington street has been dislodged. Would you please put it back up?
broken glass in bike lane
The North Washington Street bicycle lane from 12th to 10th street is significantly narrower than the 5 foot standard outlined in the City of Bloomington Bicycle Facility Design Guidelines document. In addition, vehicles parked along the west side of Washington street routinely occupy some portion of this bike lane, reducing the width even further. It seems to me that this stretch of road would be better suited for sharrow markings instead of the very narrow bike line that currently exists.
The Walnut Street bike lane (starting around the intersection with 11th street) has been all torn up for quite some time now. When will this be repaired?
I'm constantly having problems crossing 10th street in the unmarked crosswalk at Washington. This morning I was walking southbound on Washington street, and begin to cross 10th with no visible traffic. A motorist turned eastbound onto 10th from Walnut, accelerated hard even though I was in the intersection, and proceeded to honk and yell at me I have had similar experiences on North Walnut, crossing between 10th and 17th where there are no signalized intersections. Please look into making crossing at unmarked (and marked) crosswalks safer for pedestrians in our city, especially on roads that see higher speed traffic flow.
The crosswalk on the southeast corner of Woodlawn and 10th is not functioning properly. When you press to walk, the signal replies to "Wait," but when the crossing is safe to walk, the signal only makes an odd, mechanical noise with no indication that it is safe to cross.
Washington Street bike lane is filled with large pieces of broken glass. Just south of 10th street.
Debris from past storms, sticks, and gravel inside marked/lines bike lane on both sides of old 37. A street sweeper could remedy.
At the end of the very nice protected bike lane on 3rd Street, buses pull over into the unprotected lane to pick up passengers at this stop, forcing bikers either to stop and wait for the bus again, take their chances on going into traffic and around, or jumping up on the sidewalk. Please ask the buses to either stop in the car lane or extend the protected lane through this bus stop.
Hello, I wish to voice my concern in the nicest way possible. I am not asking for compensation or threatening to sue. I just want to bring light to a situation that is possibly hazardous and/or costly. As I was biking to a meeting at work last night, I ran over a large steel plate in the middle of College Ave. It is in front of the construction site where the Waffle House used to be. It nearly threw me off my bike, and I could have easily been run over by other cars. Luckily, it just popped both my tires and no further damage was taken. I would love to see a warning sign, or some sort of reflective material on these large steel plates in the future. Just something to thank about. I thank you in advance for your responsiveness. Sincerely, Caleb Fossee