Comments for “AMATS Bicycle Plan Implementation”
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More skid marks here on the sidewalk on June 30th. Cars frequently lose control and spin up on the sidewalk. A standard curb doesn't seem like it's enough to guarantee separation.
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Sidewalk and trail along Benson is dangerously potholed.
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Sidewalk/trail has some truly dangerous potholes, including one that extends across the whole path.
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Wisconsin Street Bike Lane
On the west side of the road, between 30th and 31st, there are two large round access covers and two smaller round water shut off caps which can be slick when wet or icy. To get around them the south bound cyclist is forced towards the curb/gutter or into the road.
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Latouche-15th-Sitka-20th makes for an excellent low-traffic route from downtown to many neighborhoods. The trail through Sitka Park is the bottleneck, with many turns, bollards and the parking lot. There needs to be a bypass on the south edge which could tie into the dirt trail on the west side of the N.Fork Chester Creek and eventually Maplewood spur.
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9th Avenue has a mostly non-functional center turn lane in this stretch. This road is actually preferable to 10th for cycling as it has controlled intersections at the high-speed arterial crossings. Bike lanes adjacent to a standard width sidewalk would work very well on 9th.
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Overhanging trees here push cyclists closer to the 40+MPH traffic negotiating a corner.
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A tunnel here would be ideal. The parkinglot across the street is recesssed, and there seems to be a needless climb to the intersection. would allow you to go from the trail to northern lights without a bad crossing
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A bike path here would be incredible. The industrial neighborhoods have lower speed traffic or professional drivers that are easier to deal with as a cyclist. Any link between them and the trails is a great help. Thanks.
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Raise the grade of Tudor here, make Defiance St. a cul-du-sac and put in a bike/pedestrian tunnel under Tudor. Link a path from North Campbell Creek Science Center area to Reflection Lake along the streams to the South Fork of Chester Creek (also place a tunnel under Boniface).
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A cut-through this snow dump area would make for an excellent bypass to avoid having to cross Mountain View Drive coming from the Pine Street Route. Looking for a safe route from downtown to Tikhatnu Commons, Eagle River and beyond, this might be the start of something great.
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There should be a bike box here for bikes wanting to cross from Pine Street to the bike trail. There should also be a curb cutout to complete the transition. Often there will be long wait times for a gap to cross Mountain View Drive, and turning traffic presents a right-hook hazard. A bike box in the middle of the two turn lanes would remove this hazard.
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There is a gap in the pavement here which impedes a safe transition for a road bike transitioning from the bike trail to Bartlett High School.
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There are no less than five dirt footpaths which have been worn down by people trying to get from the bike trail to Tikhatnu Commons. While these paths may work for foot traffic and bikes with stout tires, they are completely unsuitable for commuter or road bicycles. Transitions to existing bike infrastructure must be designed into these large projects from the beginning. They should be part of the design review and municipal codes.
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Several deep lateral cracks are hard on high-pressure road bike tires.
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There is a massive longitudinal crack here.
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Crossed Gambell and Ingra on this route for years and didn't find it to be unusually difficult. Tedious, yes, but decent gaps do appear.
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C Street Shoulder Striping
Seems like a low-investment and low-return project, with competing adjacent corridors. Most cyclists will choose E/Arctic (better traffic) or A St path (certainly not ideal, but separated and established).
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C Street Bike Lane
Yes, if you're going to create bike lanes, they need to pass through the intersections. Otherwise, what's the point? It's at intersections that the otherwise pretty good multi-user paths are problematic for cyclists and turning motorists.
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Tudor Road Shoulder Striping
As all these comments say, striping Tudor seems like using money that could better be used elsewhere. You're not going to get much of a return in ridership growth here.
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A proper path along the Sitka St. alignment, plus a bridge over Chester Creek to the Maplewood access, would create a great route to downtown from Chester Creek trail and points south.
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Yes, a crossing signal is vitally needed to connect an otherwise good north-south route. There is presently a small island in the middle of Tudor slightly west of the intersection that attracts cyclists and pedestrians as a halfway-across refuge. It is dangerous.
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Currently there are not pedestrian cross walks between Lake Otis and Elmore on Abbott Rd. The proposed expansion does not include any.
I propose that when Abbott is expanded at least 2 cross walks with flashers are added as well as a multi use path along the south side of Abbott Rd.
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Prior to the construction of the Service Stadium, there was a good link between the asphalt pathway that leads to Birch Road and the asphalt pathway that leads to Zenith Drive (on the north side of Trailside Elementary School). This direct link has now been closed off. Consider developing a pathway south of the Service High School tennis courts and north of the pool.
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The bollards at the southeast end of Zenith Street are a hazard, especially for bicyclists heading northwest down the hill. Can the bollards be removed? The lighted bollards along the south side of the trail between Zenith Street and Sahalee Drive (that were installed a few years ago) now also serve as a barrier to prevent vehicle traffic. Or consider re-spacing the bollards at the southeast end of Zenith to prevent vehicle traffic but allow more space for bicyclists.