I realize I selected the wrong category when reporting this issue earlier today (street light request). This intersection has frequent accidents. This morning, there were two accidents within less than an hour. The second accident resulted in a flipped car. Hillside could benefit from slower traffic in general with more stop lights, stop signs, or speed bumps. Vehicles travel too fast on Hillside.
Looks like a cut portion of the sidewalk that needs to be filled in. This is on the sidewalk close to the Warehouse and to Switchyard Park
After work and school lets out (after 3:30pm) this intersection is impossible to turn left while heading north to go west. There are no good functions in this town for a west/east (and vice versa) so this should be looked at with this pending study. The on street parking on Madison is underused and limited and there should be an increased length of turn lane and signal length so the increasing number of folks at new and old developments can head west. Please address this and don’t make it even more impossible to navigate in this area when the study is to be implemented. Thanks!
Traffic is absolutely insane now in the mornings with IU students back and local schools in session. 17th street is backed up with insane amounts of people trying to head east. One cannot get through the light to turn onto Madison to head south. This area is a part of a study that needs help! Everyone who interacts with these conditions don’t have time to try and come out to a work session about bike lanes, we also need to get to and from work in a timely manner in our vehicles that are also carpool! How is this going to be fixed when more and more density continues to be built with lots of parking for increased vehicles on 17th street when the street facilities and light patterns are not adequate? The fact that there are two additional tiny intersections for the crowd to get to IU’s campus across the downtown college and walnut corridor is atrocious. Please work on this traffic in the morning!
Only traffic on Ridgeview Drive has a stop sign at this T-intersection. There is greenery blocking their view of both east and westbound traffic on Sunny Slopes Drive; it is worse to the east (for cars coming west) but this spot really should be an all way stop.
Frequent accidents
Very poor sight lines at the intersection of S Highland Ave and E Winslow Rd. Perhaps that should be a 3-way stop?
Please do more to control the speed of traffic on Hillside Drive. It's a straight shot between High Street and Henderson, and drivers routinely go 40 miles an hour, including past Templeton school. It is difficult to turn left from Woodlawn onto Hillside going east, and from Highland onto Hillside going west. Visibility isn't great at either intersection -- at Woodlawn because cars pulling into the right turn lane in front of Carlisle block the view to the east, and at Highland because there is not a great sightline to see cars speeding from west to east. This morning, there was an accident with injuries that shut down Hillside at Woodlawn. It was just a matter of time before this happened. The flashing speed signs might be making a small difference, but not enough.
The intersection of E Hillside Drive and Woodlawn Ave (leading to Bryan Park) is dangerous. Many cars back up at this intersection, coming from the university or the park, to turn on E Hillside Drive. With E Hillside Drive funneling so much traffic in both directions, people tend to take whatever openings they can get, often not following standard traffic laws (such as yielding to whoever was there first). This intersection would highly benefit from a stop sign. There was a dangerous accident there this morning (see attached photo), where a car flipped upside down from the impact.
The signs at the B-Line Trail cross on N. Rogers just south of 10th Street create confusion and dangerous situations. Rogers traffic headed south to the crossing are told there is a speed hump, slow down to 20mph. The Rogers traffic headed north are told there is a bicycle and pedestrian crossing. Eastbound trail traffic is told to stop, as cross traffic does not stop. It seems in experience crossing here on foot and bike that northbound traffic stops for trail users more often than southbound traffic, mainly because southbound traffic is not told there is a reason to stop or yield to trail users. Is there any consideration for a crossing signal with yellow flashing lights or better and more consistent signage that put everyone on the same page here? is this just a speed hump for the City, or is it a safe trail crossing point? With some businesses, like Friendly Beasts, moving into an area west of this crossing, there might be more trail users in the future. Maybe the City can review this proactively to prepare. Thanks.