Comments for “Boise Central Bench Neighborhood Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan”
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Roosesvelt is wide enough for a bike lane. It would be a nice, and easy, addition.
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The bike lane along Federal Way would be fantastic, but it is so covered in gravel that it is nearly unusable. I have more flats than attempts to ride along it. Without being swept occasionally it is nearly wasted.
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Prtest Hill would really benefit from a bike lane. Thre is a lot of traffic from both pedestrians and bikes, even with extra wide sidewalks there is often not room. The road is generally crowded with cars. Especially an issue on the uphill side where they try to pass on the right before the right lane ends.
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The hill on Curtis is very narrow, the shoulder is usually covered in gravel. Particularory an issue on the East side of the street where drivers cannot see ahead when cresting the hill.
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There are no side walks on either side of the road on Roosevelt from Gage to Wilson. I have a section of my property that could EASILY be leveled to make way for the sidewalk.
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connect the sidewalk from emerald in front of the irregation pond, west side of emerald, to allow a safe walking path. right now people have to walk in the street to get to emerald and on to the dog park
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There are high amounts of pedestrian and bicycle traffic on Irving St between Orchard and Houston Dr. There are no sidewalks or bike lanes and cars generally speed through here. Lots of people are forced to walk in the roadway creating an usafe situation. Sidewalks on Irving would help a lot and would improve the look of the neighborhood.
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Curtis Rd needs a sidewalk consistently on both sides of the road.
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Liberty St. between Emerald and Franklin needs a sidewalk and bike lane. Liberty park is on the corner of Denton and Liberty and the kids have to walk in the street to get there, there is also a gentleman who is wheelchair bound that has to use the street to get to the park. It is dangerous to not have a sidewalk, especially when there are school bus stops along the way.
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There are no sidewalks on Owyhee Street north of Cassia, yet there are two schools on Cassia resulting in a large number of children walking or biking on Owyhee. There are also a large number of senior citizens walking on Owyhee. I am concerned for their safety.
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We live at Garden and Freemont Street and frequently walk to the greenbelt down Garden. There are no bike lanes on the street and no sidewalks yet this is a main Greenbelt entrance for the bench. As one friend says, the connection at Garden is the Boise Bench Bicycle "Superhighway." It truly is a great way to commute into downtown and yet many people don't even know that it exists. When I see people biking up Americana to Emerald, I wonder if they realize that there is a great alternative route via the greenbelt. I would love to see sidewalks and bike lane on Garden north of Emerald and even from Alpine to the Greenbelt.
Alpine is a great east/west connector as an alternative to Emerald but west of Roosevelt it isn't as pedestrian friendly. It's such a major route to walk to Fred Meyer that it would be nice to have this more walking and biking friendly. Alpine has some improvements but could use further development.
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The sidewalk and bike path on the north side of Emerald stops at Marshall and people are forced to walk in the dirt or go to the other side. The sidewalk needs to continue down from Marshall all the way to Orchard on both sides so people can walk and/or bike. When events are held in the parks people park within the neighborhood and jaywalk across putting themselves in danger. More people would walk and bike if we had a consistent sidewalks down to Orchard.
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This intersection is very dangerous for walking and biking. It is residential without sidewalks and bike lanes. A lot of cars also speed through the area from Capitol heading to Latah.
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I use Alpine a lot to access the Fred Meyer on Franklin and Orchard both biking and walking. I always find it hard to cross Orchard. A crosswalk at this location would help out.
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I commute by bicycle to downtown Boise every day. The only place where there are not bike lanes are on the Americana hill. Lanes would keep bikes off the sidewalks in this busy biking and walking area.
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Bike lanes on Emerald between Latah and Orchard would really help connect destinations west with my neighborhood (Crescent Rim Sub). Currently I will either ride Alpine to Philippi or go North to Irving.