closed #179940
Blocked Sidewalk
High & Arden, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
- Case Date:
- 5/18/2022
There is a Veo Ride bike abandoned on the High Street Sidepath at the intersection with Arden.
There is a Veo Ride bike abandoned on the High Street Sidepath at the intersection with Arden.
A significant amount of loose gravel has washed onto the bike path right before it meets the road at the southeast corner of Arden and High. I witnessed a cyclist, attempting to turn onto Arden, crash as a result. The cyclist was OK and had only a minor abrasion but the situation is hazardous.
See issue 181123; there is still gravel at this location. To be specific, it's the southeast corner of the intersection (High/Arden), on the bike side path, not the road.
At approximately 7:50am 3/6/203 a B-ton transit bus driver, traveling SB through High St and Arden Dr intersection, failed to come to a complete stop. There were cars, pedestrians, cyclists in and around the intersection. Mostly, it's the elementary school kids on their way to school that are at greatest risk from poor driving habits.
There has been significant erosion around the storm drain on the south side of Arden Dr., at the southwest corner of the intersection of Arden and High. There is a hole in the ground just above the curb that is open down into the sewer and presents a hazard.
Street light is out across from entrance to Spring Ridge Villas
A Dog Waste Station has tipped over onto a bicycle sidepath west of the Winslow Plaza parking lot.
Leaving Winslow Farms today at about 7:10 am and traveling toward Winslow Road, we saw a City pickup truck on the new multi-use path heading toward the high school. There was a jogger who obviously had to get off the path to allow him to pass. The truck was going at a relatively high rate of speed--probably as fast as the street speed limit. The street was not crowded, though it is being ground down and is bumpy. That sidewalk is often very busy--trucks have no business on that path at any time.
During the school drop-off and pickup this intersection has a large amount of traffic. This is also the main corridor that people biking and walking use to get to to school and unfortunately is was not design to be compatible with both large amounts of student driver traffic, and walkers and bikers. This whole intersection as well as the path going into the school needs to be redone to promote more biking among the youth(including me). A well done biking friendly intersection and route into school would improve the safety for walkers and bikers as well as encourage more young students to walk and bike to school which would decrease the amount of traffic as well as the carbon emissions.
Please implement a 4-way stop at the intersection of S Henderson St. & E Graham Pl. / Graham Dr. because there are multiple neighborhoods which people come in and out of along these roads. It can be stressful to turn left from either of the Graham roads onto S Henderson St. Moreover, it can be a struggle to walk across the intersection without adequate protection in order to access the trail along Henderson or the Sports Complex nearby.