closed #199153
Biking & Walking
206 W Kirkwood AVE
- Case Date:
- 11/1/2024
Pavers on sidewalk are sinking right next to some concrete. Down about 2 1/2”. Almost face planted. Right outside entrance to the Alley Bar
Pavers on sidewalk are sinking right next to some concrete. Down about 2 1/2”. Almost face planted. Right outside entrance to the Alley Bar
Debris/rocks in the bike lane
shattered remains of a cabinet or something are completely blocking the westbound bike lane.
Sidewalk of Bloomington Vetrany Hospital has been unshoveled & unsalted since the first snow storm of this year, forcing me a disabled man, forced to walk in streets.
The bike lanes on North Smith Road are crumbling and are more dangerous to use than the car lanes. It would be really nice to see an extension of the sidewalk to incorporate and combine the existing bike lanes, so the sidewalks are wider, and the vehicle lanes feel narrower, which might help reduce traffic speeds through the winding/hilly residential area and make the path feel safer to bikers and pedestrians.
There is a set of two squares of sidewalk that need fixed outside of the atlas at 3rd and college. I fell there and shattered my knee two years ago. I filed with the safety office. It still isn’t fixed. Please do something with it so no one else gets hurt there.
Broken bike rack in front of Atlas bar.
Treacherous bike riding jn "bike lanes" along Smith Rd. from E 3rd street up to 10th St. There are large sticks, large pieces of trash, grates that could cause tires to cause an accident. Bike lanes are no where near wide enough. You cannot count the 'gutter' area as a bike lane as its unevenness can catch tires and cause wrecks. Also, there must be several inches for a biker to be able to move over when a car comes around him/her dangerously close. You are asking for serious injury and even deaths if bikes are knocked out of the lane into the path of oncoming cars from either direction. I'd like to challenge anyone to try to stay in those dangerous, narrow lanes day in and day out on the commutes to work. If it is the law to allow bikers 3 feet for safety, cars need to see the definite boundaries of that 3 feet. Too many cars have passed me where I could reach out easily and touch the cars. They also pass me dangerously close to returning to their lane as oncoming cars approach.
Bike lane has a lot of grass clippings and tree debris from Morningside to 10th on the southbound side of street.