Comments for “Portsmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan”
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This bike lane is some sort of super rough pavement that is very tough to ride on...
The size of the shoulder is nice and works well.
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This is a major crossing point that does have a yellow light and a blinking light crosswalk, but cars still go too fast and it's challenging particularly when biking up from Richards. This was made the official school route but still isn't great. What can be done with the design of the street to improve it?
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The stretch of Court Street between Pleasant and Rodgers is very challenging to bike. Cars are very aggressive and try to pass to on the left, annoyed with bikes that have moved to the left to try to turn down Rodgers. I have almost been hit here on at least two occasions. Bike signage on the road would help so cars realize that bikes are permitted to share the lane.
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Obviously, as a 4 lane divided roadway with variable speed limits and a 1.5 mile stretch with no traffic lights, this is a VERY dangerous place to bike or walk.
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The new multi-use path along Borthwick connecting to the existing sidewalk is exremely useful and a greatroute for heading West and creating circuts in the West end.E
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Would be AWESOME to connect Juniper Commons to the trail, without having to bike/walk on Rt. 1 and Ocean Rd.
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Would love to see more sidewalk OR at least pedestrian friendly walking space on the side of Lafayette Rd. so that we can get safely to Ocean Rd. and take Ocean to the trail. Even better would be a connector through the woods from Juniper Commons to the trail!
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I use the Richards & Middle blinky light with my kids to get to the fields/library or commute to school on bike. There isn't enough room on the sidewalk near Austin & Middle to press the blinky light, it's very awkward and tight standing with the bike. If that sidewalk could be enlarged or if there were speed bumps like those on Maplewood that would slow traffic more it would be much safer.
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Osprey Landing/Spinnaker Point is a circular walk with low sloping rises on two of three circular walking routes. A walker can use one of four roads in the circular route to lengthen a walk. There is no through traffic. There are sidewalks on all roads except a section of Portsmouth Blvd which is closed so walking on the street pavement is available.
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Serious consideration should be taken to begin transitioning the heart of Market Square to a pedestrian zone. This would be a long process and begin with small changes such as removing on-street parking in this area to make it harder and less attractive to drive.
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Cater Park is popular to access on foot or by bike
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The city did a lot of work to make this intersection as safe as possible, and I understand that there are a lot of constrains in the area - the railroad bridge probably being the biggest - but this intersection is terrifying. Anyone driver not familiar with it has no idea what's going on, and they blow through the yellow pedestrian lights. Pedestrians CANNOT see cars coming from Islington Street when starting a cross from east to west.
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This is very hidden but should be promoted with more wayfinding -- this also needs to be repaved as there are big cracks over this bridge.
This is a great gem to bike without cars. Where else can this be done, are there more bridges or paved bike paths that can be placed through public properties to make connectors.
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Rock Street Park is popular to access on foot or bike by
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We ride our bikes along this unsanctioned trail because there is no safe bike lane to ride downtown from the West End. Islington is very busy and dangerous, and crossing all the way over top Middle Street is just as bad.
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Traffic speed can make this space unsafe for cyclists.
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Need crosswalk on same side as sidewalk from Chev Ave onto Cass St.
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The crosswalk on the same side as the sidewalk would be ideal. It's the worst corner! Cars go way too fast around that corner and and down Chevrolet Ave. Should also have speed bumps or at least a speed limit/sign.
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All Portsmouth needs to do a much better job of clearing the sidewalks in the winter. If we want to be a walkable city, and a winter city, we need to commit to it year-round.
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Absolutely need a sidewalk here. In the winter it is very dangerous for pedestrians and serves a neighborhood that needs it.
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Need to create a connector here so cyclists can bypass the worst parts of rt 33 when heading to CJ, Pease trade port or Greenland. Once through here, it's not a bad route via Harvard, Sherburn, Country Club rd, the 33 bike path and Portsmouth Ave.
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I ride the rail trail 3-4 time a week to work in Norh Hampton. This is a great addition.
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The construction zone from the Foundry Garage to Maplewood is dangerous to pedestrians and bicycles. On street parking should be removed to make way for people walking to their jobs.
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The sidewalk along Spinney to Islington ends at Sewall Rd. Could the sidewalk be extended the rest of the way to Islington? It's a very dangerous section with cars turning into Spinney from Islington and come down around a curve on Spinney
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I'm very confused why there is a 100 foot bike lane here - that doesn't seem to go anywhere - and it's not connected to anything. It's a nice bike lane - and separated from traffic - but it's not connected to anything