Comments for “Next Generation Connectivity & Mobility Plan”
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Bicycle/Pedestrian Priority
Traffic calming on University (Easterly to Foster) is desperately needed, especially at the crosswalks. Motorists travel at very high rates of speed, sometimes using the middle turning lane to pass slower cars. It is extremely common for cars to run red lights along University. School buses pick up children along University - I've witnessed on more than one occasion cars failing to stop for a school bus (opposite direction and passing.)
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I am always frustrated by the lack of a southbound bus station on this stretch: I think there is a gap of nearly a mile on a major corridor with multiple bus routes and right next to downtown.
There's nothing between Arbor Way and the stop at Schlow.For example if you want to take the bus from Park Forest to the Greyhound station, I don't think it can be done without walking more than half a mile at the end, even though you drive right past it!
(Disclaimer: I don't take the AC that often and am doing this from memory since CATA's site shows the current construction detoured routes. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
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ReplyThis is 100% true and needs to be changed, especially with more development on west campus.
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So many students live in Toftrees and surrounding apartments. Put more sidewalks and protected two way bike lanes with cement barriers or on other side of sidewalk. So many more students would bike safely to campus. Right now cars speed on Toftrees Ave and hugely speed on Fox Hollow on the way to campus.
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ReplyI also see people running, cycling, and riding scooters in the "bike lane" sharrow on Fox Hollow. With cars going 45 mph+, all of these activities are unsafe to share with dangerous cars.
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Painted bike lanes on Waddle are very dangerous. Cars never look before changing lanes/crossing over bike lanes and to have them near ramps to get on the highway makes no sense because cara are getting ready to speed up. Put sidewalks and bikes lanes behind tne guard rail not in front of it.
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Toftress Ave and Fox Hollow from Toftrees intersection to East Park Ave needs sidewalks AND protected bike lanes. Drivers go at leasr 45 mph on Fox Hollow amd I have seen people walking and riding scooters in the existing “bike lane” - lines of paint do not protect pedestrians and cyclists from cars. Don’t understand why there are only partial sidewalks on Toftress Ave and past the Toftress apartments office towards Waddle Road - there are 0 sidewalks and a dangerous bike lane. People should not have to walk in the bike lane/on the road to access bus stops and walk to places like Target on Collonade.
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Would love to see a bike lane continuing down Blue Course all the way to Clinton (to access the Toftrees trail). Riding on Blue Course is unsafe, and the intersection of Blue Course and Atherton is very risky, especially with people tuning right on red onto Atherton.
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if there were a short off-street connection here between sandpiper dr. and country club rd it would provide a safe connection between bike lanes/corridors coming down nimitz ave and the bike path by slab cabin and dalevue parks.
East branch road has become too busy to feel safe bicycling on it.
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Off-Road Bike/Ped Priority
Park Avenue is prime for an off-road bicycle path or a bicycle lane. It's a dangerous road to cycle on, and a main thoroughfare that provides much needed access without going down through campus further.
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ReplyPark Avenue should be lined with real, car-proof bollards. Enough is enough. If we can't make people slow down on this road, stop them before they can hurt people.
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This (entry to the north and south campuses of the high school from Westerly Parkway) is a frequent bottleneck for cars and is really unsafe for pedestrians. The pedestrians (primarily high school students) need to be the priority here. A pedestrian bridge or tunnel would be great here, of course, but a much lower cost alternative that would dramatically improve safety would be to change signaling and signage to turn this into a "four-way stop and scramble" intersection.
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ReplyA bridge or tunnel would not be used because either would be less convenient than crossing the street. Currently, traffic at drop off encourages more people to walk or bike to school (I know multiple people for which this is the case). If we prioritize cars here, more people will drive and traffic will remain. Instead, we should prioritize safe, convenient pedestrian crossings.
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Bicycle/Pedestrian Priority
Vehicles use Nimitz to travel Pugh to University. Motorists frequently run the stop signs at this intersection.
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Replymotorists using Nimitz as a cut-through also speed considerably -- please consider traffic calming measures here
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More visibility is needed. Cars frequently speed making this turn. We've had motorists crash into the telephone pole leaving glass and plastic on the ground, as well as losing control and crashing into trash bins. There are bushes that block the visibility of the bike path. The arrow signs that indicate that there is a turn, and entrance of a bike path, are not adequately visible.
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Easterly/Westerly, as it stands, is frequently narrow and winding with fairly high-speed traffic. It does not deserve the "bicycle route" designation that it currently inexplicably enjoys.
Assuming the multiuse path actually happens I have no real comment. If not, it should be stripped of the bike route designation and alternatives should be explored.
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Beaver & High is a pretty unpleasant place to be a pedestrian, like its twin across town at College & Buckhout.
Say you want to cross the quiet east side of Beaver, en route to Fairmount park or something.
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ReplyPlease slow cars down and allow crossing on all 4 sides of the intersection (as people already cross all 4 sides)
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I appreciate that this map shows the preferred connection from the Gill St Connector over to the IST building and thence to campus.
It would be nice to see more signage over there. It's all just on-sidewalk on west campus right now, and it's not totally clear which ones are the preferred bike routes.
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Curtin Road should be closed during the day and open to buses and bikes only. The major crossings are too dangerous, especially during class change. Yes, this would put more traffic onto Park Ave but convenience for cars needs shouldn't be the primary focus any longer.
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ReplyIt's been fine for decades as is. And the student population has not increased so any issues are from people not paying attention. Cars are the priority. It's a ROAD.
Like Liked 0 timesMuch of the traffic on Curtin is drop offs of people who otherwise would have walked, rolled, biked, or taken transit to class/work. Removing cars on Curtin would likely make most of this traffic disappear.
Additionally, the biggest job of a ROAD is to move people, and cars are one of the least efficient ways of doing that.
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Transit/Pedestrian Priority
The old shared use bike path with parallel sidewalk doesn't make sense. Combine both into one shared use path or else add bike lanes on the street. It's the high volume perimeter roads and high volume arterial roads that are the most unsafe.
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This cloverleaf style intersection is very unsafe for pedestrians and bikes, and it makes for a very unattractive gateway to our community. A project is needed to make this an on-grade intersection with signalized crossings with sidewalks and bike lanes.
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Transit/Pedestrian Priority
Accessibility and safety need to be improved with a complete redesign of this intersection which is the "center of our universe" so to speak. This should be one of the highest priorities and there have been studies done in the past that would help inform the design.
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ReplyTo add to what this person said, one problem is that there is only one spot where people on bikes or wheelchairs can access the crosswalk without getting out. Just make more access to the crosswalk and don't make us compete.
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Shortlidge is a nuisance to cycle in traffic. Approaching Pollock, the uphill bike lane disappears to make room for a flat concrete median. There's no downhill bike lane, which results in bikes sitting in the traffic snarl caused by waiting to turn right on College, or avoiding said snarl by going the wrong way down the uphill lane.
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ReplyThe corner of Shortlidge and Pollock is particularly nasty between classes when heavy pedestrian traffic basically gridlocks it. If only we could get tunnels or something at this intersection...
The problem has gotten worse since PSU seems to have basically re-opened Pollock to through traffic lately -- the booths are unmanned and the gate is usually open. Not sure what the long-term plan is.
Like Liked 2 timesI suspect this is another old-timer posting tongue-in-cheek, but there in fact were tunnels under both roads at that corner for many years. They closed maybe 25-30 years ago. I think one of them is still there but with no access.
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September 07 2023
Agree! Cars take this turn at very unsafe speeds before picking up additional speed to travel the rest of Bradley/Garner.
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