closed #170583
Blocked Sidewalk
400-498 W 7th St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47404
- Case Date:
- 10/1/2019
Overgrown
Overgrown
At the intersection of 6th and Rogers, cars regularly block the entrance/exit to the Near West Side neighborhood when they move from the 4-way stop at 7th and Rogers to the intersection of Kirkwood and Rogers. I would suggest marking the 6th and Rogers intersection with a "Don't Block the Box" pavement marking. Something needs to be done to stop vehicles in both directions from blocking the intersection of 6th and Rogers.
South-bound on Rogers at 2nd St, no cars in left-turn to east-bound lane but green arrow activated. (There were cars in northbound left turn to west-bound and they appropriately had green arrow.)
I noticed the recent guidelines for scooters don't specifically explain who has the right-of-way on the B-line trail. It's already unclear whether cars are supposed to yield to bike traffic. Some do, some don't, leading to confusion in the entire community. Now the same is applying to electric scooters. I was on a scooter on the B-Line this morning, slowed as I approached 2nd Street, and cars in each direction had also slowed as if they were yielding. I proceeded through the crossing but the westbound car did not in fact yield and nearly hit me (at a very low speed, granted--so I couldn't tell if they didn't see me or were being super aggressive). So when I approached the 4th Street crossing I came to a dead stop, as did the cars on 4th Street, waving me on. TL;DR the right-of-way rules on the B-Line were already unclear and are even more so now with a third major type of trail use. Please create clear signage at every major intersection on the trail that states who has the right-of-way so that both trail users and vehicular traffic understand the rules.
I live in Maple Heights next to the naturescape (approximately at the intersection of Rogers and 13th st). Crews were working here for weeks replacing an electricity pole and they left a bunch of trash and debris in the naturescape, including wooden pallets and a broken tent.
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I believe that the traffic light at Atwater and Jordan should be on a delayed greenlight heading south on Jordan should turn green before the light going north turns green to allow traffic to flow freely before light turns red
This evening a crashed off my bike while making a tight turn off of Atwater onto Swain. This was caused by gravel, mud, and leaves washed down Swain to the intersection with Atwater. Fortunately, I only scraped my knee, riuned my pants, and got muddy because I was traveling fairly slowly. Several times over the past couple of years I have reported debris (dirt, sand, gravel, mud, etc.) at this intersection. Each time the street sweeper or someone would eventually clean it up. However, if anyone were to give this situation the slightest thought, it would be apparent why this is a recurring problem. Gravel and dirt wash down to this this corner from the alleys off of Swain. Failure to install curbs, retention mechanisms, and proper drains and/or paving the alley is necessary to solve this problem. Failure to do so will result in further accidents and harm.
The street light at South Rogers Street and Smith Avenue was hit recently. The pole is leaning.
Pothole in Northbound lane on Patterson Street just past intersection with Adams.