Comments for “Portsmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan”
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The angle of the tracks is dangerous to cyclists, especially to those with narrow tires or smaller wheels. This crossing sees a lot of traffic so there is a lot of space between the rails and the asphalt, adding to the risk of a fall. The problem is only on the outbound lane; inbound the angle is less severe.
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There is an access to the high school at the end of Rand Court and this is used by students, and walkers on a daily basis. It is also access to cross the South from Rand for the six residences on South and Rand. There is no crosswalk and adding this should be a priority for safety.
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In addition to extreme danger for cyclists and pedestrians due to lack of protected or designated travel lanes to any nearby facilities, traffic is hugely disrupted at St Patrick school on Banfield throughout the school year. Most parents pickup and drop off students over two two-hour periods, morning and afternoon — coinciding with rush hours. There can be backups each way for a quarter mile or more with no direction or controls on Banfield. A rise next to the school obscures the entrance and stopped cars for traffic headed north, increasing crash potential.
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Sometimes cars park on Middle Street just south of Aldrich, making the sight line difficult when turning left onto Middle from Aldrich. Can the parking start further south from the corner?
This is much better now that the cars aren't parking in the middle of the road. That was very dangerous for bicyclists, residents, pedestrians, and motorists. Those sightlines blocked everyone's view.Liked 1 time
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ReplyAgree. The original 2018 parked car protected bike lanes was an unmitigated disaster for all users...cars, cyclists and pedestrians
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Greenleaf is a shaded, low traffic bike route out of town (and far better than Lafayette). When the Peverly Hill side path is built Greenleaf will see more bike traffic between the Lafayette bike lanes and skate park, greenway, Elwyn Park, Y, and Community Campus fields (especially if access is allowed behind DPW).
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Surprised there aren’t any bike lockup /bike parking areas along Islington like we have around the historic district center. Would be really helpful for visiting local business like the dentist, cafe kilim, etc. People just usually lockup to street signs and trees but I don’t think that is really the intended method by the city.
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The city just proposed removing a lane here at PTS. The project also proposed increasing the lane widths from 10' to 13' to aid turning truck traffic. How is it that 10' and 11' wide lanes work in every other city but not here?
13' lanes are a critical width that encourage bad behavior from drivers to pass bicycles when they don't have enough space to do so safely.
If the goal is safety and preventing trucks from jumping the curb, bollards near crosswalks are cheap and effective...
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ReplyA political grandstanding stunt. Just another example of City Hall helping out their Chamber of Commerce friends with an area for outdoor dining at the Goat and Jumping Jays. Timing for implementation? I heard at least 2 to 3 years out
Like Liked 1 timeI think removing the dedicated turn lane is a positive change for the area, but I just don't understand why they want to make the lanes so wide.
Like Liked 0 timesI applaud the proposed changes to Congress street for widening the sidewalk and removing a traffic lane. Reduce the traffic lanes from 13' wide to 10-11' wide and add additional buffer for dedicated bike lane. Narrower vehicle lanes has shown to slow traffic down, and is certainly needed in this popular area of pedestrians, bicyclists and cars sharing the area.
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This is a dangerous crossing. If you are heading to town on the new trail along Borthwick there is limited visibility to the left and cars coming from 95 will come flying around the corner hugging the curb. Need a bump out to slow turning traffic. Crossing is not properly marked with hatched lines. Pedestrian island would be good as well.
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ReplyThe new multi use path along Hodgeton Way is fantastic, but it is poorly marked. Does the average citizen have any idea that this is a shared path? Do they know that this was built with the intent to provide a safe route to the rail trail?
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Could we get a crosswalk here?
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ReplyCommon sense and basic pedestrian accommodation engineering dictates crosswalks are to connect one sidewalk to another.
Like Liked 1 timeThen could we also get at least a short sidewalk on Wentworth Rd along with a crosswalk?
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