Comments for “Boise Central Bench Neighborhood Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan”
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There is really no good way to walk and push a stroller from Columbus to Vista. So dangerous!
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Since the school boundaries have changed i feel very unsafe with the route my kids have to take Vista and Overland VERY bust streets with NO bike or walking lanes. Kids have to cross both to get to school 1 rides a bike 1 walks
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We need sidewalks so the kids can walk to Grace Jordan from Randolph/Holiday. Too many cars are zooming down these roads, and it's not safe. What happened to Safe Routes to School? Also, the bumps on Randolph didn't slow cars at all. Please reinstall and make them real bumps.
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I bike and walk up and down Alpine to Fred Meyer all the time, this particular corner S. E. side of intersection would be nice to have sidewalks. Sidewalks or bike lanes on Alpine would be nice too.
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Traveling Kooenai by bike or on foot is dangerous. This is a very busy street especially during rush hours, or when the stadium lets out. If you are trying to turn onto Columbus, you have to cross the line of traffic flowing west, then cross the traffic flowing east. Since this intersection is at the top of a hill and a turn, I always pray that traffic can see me, or better yet, are nice enough to let me cross. Federal Way is very bike & walker friendly, but you have to take your life in your hands to get there.
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Currently I walk along Vista, but when I ride my bike, I move over to Robert Street because riding on Vista is too dangerous, but the sidewalk has way too many breaks to ride along Vista. I try to walk to the stores when I can, but I have to cut through Neighborhoods because until recently, Overland did not have sidewalks. Thanks for the sidewalks!
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There are no sidewalks anywhere around here. It makes being a pedestrian very dangerous. I don't let my kids play in the front yard and they don't walk around the neighborhood. You are not only an agency for cars but for transportation and you need to do a better job encouraging other forms of transportation. It is a significant disinvestment in neighborhoods to not have sidewalks. I walk and run a lot and have no way of staying safe, feeling safe for my kids or getting easily from one bench area to the next.
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A bicycle bridge would be great here!
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There is a stop sign here, but many drivers just ignore it and go right on through. Anyway to enforce that or make the stop more obvious? This is a safety issue for kids on bikes and foot, as well as cars.
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Sidewalks are desperately needed to accomodate children walking to Grace Jordan Elementary. The new school has twice as many students as McKinley did, which means twice as many walkers and drivers along the roads leading to it. We need sidewalks along Albright, and along Robertson from Curtis Rd to Albright (if not all the way through to Fairfield). Installing sidewalks would probably allow for even more students to walk to school and cut down some of the vehicle traffic on these streets. I worry about the kids when I see how many cars are on the road right next to them.
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To access the rest of Boise means being able to cross to freeway. This crossing (Emerald over 184) is one of the quietest, however the bike lane gets squeezed out on the narrow bridge. I'd use it more if there were a dedicated bike lane in both directions.
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This is a very difficult intersection to pass on bike. I have tried Vista by bike and it is so dangerous, I will bike miles out of the way to avoid any moment on Vista. Please consider even a small bike lane for the main route for the Bench to enter downtown.
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I bike this road each working day and it is difficult to know how to bike safely. In the mini lane there are cars parked but there is no room to veer towards traffic either. Many times I have felt like I am putting myself in serious danger biking to work or the store. I would also allow my 12 year old to bike to school/ programs if this path were safe.
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Please don't turn Orchard into a One-lane each way street. Bikers already use the bike lane on Roosevelt to get to and from downtown or the parks. A bike lane on Orchard would be hazardous and not used, it would go nowhere except Garden City, which isn't where bikers want to go.
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The North side of Emerald is way too busy for a bike lane, someone will be killed, I think better signage on the greenbelt, maybe a neighborhood map of the local greenbelt would be good, as well as markings on Garden street. If you did not know the greenbelt connected at the bottom of Garden, you'd never find it. Drainage is the biggest issue on North Emerald. The street is basically flat, curbs and gutter will be crazy without a complete rework of the lay of Emerald.
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Sidewalks are desperately needed on Fairfield Ave across from Grace Jordan Elementary School.
Young pedestrians now have to walk in the street among the car and school bus traffic.
I believe these students need a safe place to walk to and from their school. -
Particularly dangerous stretch of road for pedestrian traffic heading to the university between Vista and Federal Way. There is virtually no room for foot traffic and pedestrians are pushed out into bike lanes or the street. The long stretch beween traffic lights means traffic is often going fast when it passes.
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The stretch of Kootenai between Roosevelt and Federal Way is a glaring gap in sidewalk coverage. It's one of the main foot and bike approaches from the Bench to Boise State University. Additionally, lots of families and school kids use this and are forced into the street or bike lanes by parked cars. And there are already setbacks for a sidewalk in front of many of these houses from what appears to be a former sidewalk. This is dangerous at night. To avoid taking down valued trees, asphalt walking paths might work just as well along this stretch.
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I wish our neighborhood had sidewalks. Also, people driver very fast on Gage Street even though it is a quiet neighborhood with lots of children, pedestrians, and pets. I would be happy if the city found a way to slow people down.
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There is a barricade on Harding at this location. Is there some way we could have a more attractive closure on this road?
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I would like to see sidewalks on the north side of Emerald between Latah and Roosevelt. This area is used constantly by runners and walkers. Sidewalks are a must.
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No sidewalks in the central rim neighborhood!!
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bike lane please! Garden from emerald to greenbelt.
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I agree; a bike / walking path parallel with the train tracks that went beneath the elevated portion of Broadway would definitely change the method of transportation for my work commute, and could make the shops and restaurants at Federal Way and Findley more accessible to locals as well.
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Sidewalks would be great on both sides of Kootenai from Federal Way to Vista, which I certainly hope becomes reality before the park goes in at Kootenai and Columbus. As an aside, I would not be disappointed if that intersection was signaled like Vista and Columbus is.