closed #166650
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
501-599 S High St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47401
- Case Date:
- 11/28/2018
7 scooters blocking sidewalk at 2nd street and High street. Man tripped and hurt himself on them
7 scooters blocking sidewalk at 2nd street and High street. Man tripped and hurt himself on them
Much has been written in the paper about the scooters. I feel we are in an impotent city if we cannot stop such an invasion which results in emergency room visits and the trashing up of our-what used to be -quaint town. Please just round them all up and then figure out how to proceed. They dumped them here without permission.
I believe I addressed this issue with letter to Mayor Hamilton but believe all the scooters should be rounded up until some regulations can be put together and enforced. There is a difference between entrepreneurship and negligence.
Bird scooters are being left on the property of IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians at 1302 S Rogers. A representative for Bird was unloading them earlier and I asked that they not be left on our property due to liability concerns. She said she has to leave them where she is instructed.
(Sorry if you got this already---no indication that I was done and steps 4-6 are yours) In Walnut, just south of the PO. Pedestrian had stopped, looking at them. Curious? Annoyed?
This morning around 8:30 the SW corner of Maxwell Lane and Woodlawn. Four scooters were set up out of the way. The other two blocked the sidewalk. I moved those two in between the other four. I did---so could a "juicer." Thanks.
Sunday around 1 PM 3 girls on scooters turned from Dunn Street sidewalk on to Kirkwood sidewalk. Ignored being told not to ride on sidewalk. Of course. Please hurry up with those signs and patrolling. Also please---I assume we are supposed to use the map to locate the event for you, but how?
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Monday morning, Wylie just east of Woodlawn. Probably started out parked fine and then one fell over. Maybe the kickstands need improvement. I give location here rather on your map. I can find and set the location on the map but not figure out what to do to include it with this report which I assume you would like done. More instructions please.
Maybe I already reported but there was a point when reCAPTCHA took too long and I gave up. This was the Saturday after Thanksgiving on Fess just south of 2nd Street. When scooters are parked or staged like this it's pretty clear someone thinks scooters have priority over pedestrians. Not surprising, given the Mayor's failure to lead in this issue