closed #186071
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
701 S Park AVE
- Case Date:
- 10/22/2023
Scooter blocking sidewalk. Also broken office chair, blocking sidewalk.
Scooter blocking sidewalk. Also broken office chair, blocking sidewalk.
Parked in middle of sidewalk.
Scooter blocking ramp /sidewalk
Two birds, scooters, blocking the sidewalk in each direction
Scooter lying in the middle of the sidewalk
scooter blocking sidewalk
A broken scooter (handle bars have been removed) has been lying at the corner of Wylie and Lincoln for weeks and is blocking the sidewalk. I reported this one before, but nothing has been done.
This specific incident involved a Lime scooter, but I urge you to please ban ALL motorized scooters from Bloomington. My family and I were just coming back from the airport yesterday when we saw a young woman collide head-first into a car in cross-traffic (without a helmet because of course, none of these scooters come with helmets) because her brake stopped working. This was no one's fault but the manufacturers'. But given how much they make, I'm doubtful much will come out of it if she were to take legal action. There have been so many accidents (some fatal, as you know) in so many cities, including ours, due to these companies dumping scooter after scooter onto seemingly every busy sidewalk, and it is completely within your control to ban them here--after all, Indianapolis did. I would like to know your reasons for allowing them to continue to be used in Bloomington when we know how dangerous they have and will continue to be, as long as they are on the streets.. Just how many more accidents must we see and hear about until something concrete is done?
Scooters parked restricting the sidewalk to less than 36 inches in front of Kilroy’s. Both Veo and lime.
Theo scooter parked in the middle of the sidewalk on the south west corner of the intersection