closed #172341
Scooters, Bike-share and Related Issues
1237 E Allendale DR
- Case Date:
- 5/3/2020
Scooter parked on sidewalk limiting sidewalk accessibility
Scooter parked on sidewalk limiting sidewalk accessibility
Two Lime scooters, one laying on the ground, currently blocking the sidewalk near 2219 E. 7th St. on 10/28 around 9pm.
There are a pile of scooters blocking the 6th st. sidewalk in front of the public library. When will the city start removing this debris?
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.
You want green transportation but don't enforce homeowner sidewalk repair or overgrowth AT ALL. Check the reports and be proactive beyond.
4 scooters are reported as blocking the sidewalk on the Southwest corner of College and 2nd Street.
Scooter parked in middle of sidewalk
Broken glass by the stone blocks on the north side of the tot playground at Bryan Park. Large pieces were picked up, but there are still small shards on the sidewalk between the large stones (just northeast of the bee riding toy, right in front of the stone block the farthest to the west).
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?