closed #185238
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
- Case Date:
- 8/26/2023
Scooter blocking sidewalk
Scooter blocking sidewalk
Scooter parked blocking sidewalk
Scooters completely blocking the sidewalk, not a regulated parking area, rater a residential area, with parking obstructed. They have been here for over 12 hours
lime and bird scooters, blocking the sidewalk restricting access, beyond legal limits
Scooter parked in the middle of sidewalk accessible ramp
We need to get rid of those electric public scooters. I am a big advocate for public transportation, but it is clear that the infrastructure of Bloomington is not meant to handle anything other than cars, foot traffic, or occasionally bicycles. The use of public electric scooters constantly poses a risk to pedestrians walking, or vehicles in motion. As a walker I have nearly been hit by one of these multiple times, and as a driver these things are such a liability due to their speed and the fact that most people who use them do not follow the rules, they just zip around. Last year a young man died on one of those scooters. This year another is injured. This is becoming a public safety emergency, so please for the sake of the bodily health of the citizens, ban these scooters.
Following up on case# #185581: The people who ride those scooters are typically rude dismissive of common decency. They ride fast on sidewalks even when there are people present, they ride them in the dark in groups, sometimes 2-3 on a single scooter, they *often* ride the wrong way on one-way streets, and if you make a comment to them about hazards they are creating they curse and/or gesture obscenely. Please please please ban them from the city. Yesterday there was another accident - 10th/Woodlawn this time. Does the City really want to be known as a place that encourages people to risk their lives, and turn a blind eye when people are injured or killed? How many more accidents is it going to take for you to wake up and stop the insanity.
Lime scooters completely blocking the crosswalk directly in front of my daughter’s school. (My daughter uses a power wheelchair.)
2 lime scooters are parked in our driveway
Lime 3038 parked on north side of 4th Street sidewalk. No problem for most of us, but for someone in a wheelchair, using a walker or white cane it could be.