Comments for “FMATS Non-Motorized Transportation Plan”
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Access to the bike path at the end of Wood River Drive needs to be blocked to motorcycle/atv use. Several kids get onto the bike path here to cross over the Chena River using the bridge. There's going to be a bad accident one day because of this.
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I have encountered dirt bikes and ATVs riding on the bike path and using the bike path on the bridge to cross over the river. I have repeatably asked DOTPF to block access to the bike path at the end of Wood River Drive with barriers to prevent this. So far, nothing has been done to mitigate this hazard. And these kids ride with no regard to bicyclists or pedestrians.
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an M&O project in the past few years seemed to destroy the heavily used bike lane along here. I'd like to see the lane/wide shoulders return, as well as a mechanism to retain wide shoulders/bike lanes when areas are undergoing maintenance work.
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This crossing point is very dangerous for bikers and pedestrians, due to the offset distance to the intersection. This crossing is un-signalized and when vehicles going southbound do stop for pedestrians traffic has a tendency to back up into the Airport Way intersection. I have walked and biked most of the roads in Fairbanks and I feel this is one of the most dangerous intersections in the City.
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I dread crossing this intersection because it is so dysfunctional!! There is only one crossing with no sidewalk on the other end. you have to nagivate through six traffic patterns to get over to the sidewalk. My children have expressed their anxiety about this crossing more times than I can count. It's just a matter of time before there is a terrible accident!!! Please fix it.
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This sidewalk is very narrow, but still heavily used by cyclists and pedestrians alike. A wider sidewalk would make it much easier to avoid conflicts between the users. There is simply just grass on each side of the sidewalk and often bikers are forced onto the grass to accommodate pedestrians.
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In definite need of a wider pedestrian shoulder or walking path to connect to the Chena Pump sidewalk system because the speed limit is 40mph and with the river access at the end of the road it is a high traffic area and currently unsafe for pedestrian use.
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Heavy gravel on much of the Sheep Creek shoulders prevents riding on the shoulders for a good part of the summer. This frustrates drivers who don't understand that we can not ride in the gravel.
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Heavy gravel on much of the Ballaine shoulders prevents riding on the shoulders for a good part of the summer. This frustrates drivers who don't understand that we can not ride in the gravel.
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There is a merge lane for traffic coming off of Auburn here with almost a blind corner. Cars can't see the bike lane and bikes can't see the street until they are much too close.
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Heavy gravel on much of the Goldstream shoulders prevents riding on the shoulders for a good part of the summer. This frustrates drivers who don't understand that we can not ride in the gravel.
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Yankovich and Miller Hill both need wider shoulders (agree that this is safer than a separate path).
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It would be really nice if the bike paths along 1st and the one that coninues along the Chena connected. You apparently are not supposed to bike through the park that is down-town, but the side walk along 1st. Ave between Cushman and Lacey, is way too narrow for both pedestrians and bikers!
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There is nice sections of bike path between Marfin, Strand, and Bartlet Ave, but what do they connect to? These paths were obviously not built for bike commuters, it would be great to have bike lanes along the Airport Way frontage road, and also along Bartlett Ave. and to straiten the connector bike paths so you don't have to slam on your breaks and cross the roads.
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I always take a left on Market St. to meet up with the bike path that goes under Peger on my way to work. This intersection is aweful for bikers. Establishing bike lanes along Bartlett Ave. and putting flashing bike crossing signs at the Market St- Bartlett Ave. intersection would be really helpful. Also for other bike commuters it would be helpful to put bike route signs down Ivy, and Riverview Dr, to connect with the bike trail under Peger.
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Don't know the legal status of this land, but a bike route connecting Miller Hill Ext and Miller Hill would drastically cut bike travel times from the valley to the university.
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This intersection is needless complicated, which makes driver behavior totally unpredictable. It should be a simple 4-way stop, not two stops, a yield sign, and a no-sign.
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This stretch of Farmers Loop is highly residential but has a dangerously high speed limit, for no good reason. There is no safe way to cross from the neighborhoods on the east side over to the path and/or lake.
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There is a really bad bump going between the bridge and bike path. I usually avoid this section of the bike path all-together.
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I would like to see the big retailers in the box stores and malls kick in some funding to improve bicycle access to their areas and stores.
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I would like to see the big retailers in the box stores and malls kick in some funding to improve bicycle access to their areas and stores.
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I would like to see the big retailers, especially the grocery stores kick in some funds for better bicycle access to their areas and stores.
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Dangerous for cyclists. The sidewalk/bike path is too narrow and combining the uses is not wise to begin with.
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The combination of a narrow sidewalk and bike route along College Road is dangerous. Much of the College Road corridor is a mess with little room for improvement. Perhaps three lanes with a wide shoulder would be better. Two lanes for through traffic, the middle lane for turns and the shoulders for bike traffic.
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Gold Hill Road should be widened to provide shoulders for running, walking, biking.