Comments for “Portsmouth Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan”
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Most walkable street in Portsmouth, replicate this wherever possible
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Bring back the bus stop here! It's incredible the PTS approved changing this into additional parking for cars!
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This slip lane is dangerous and encourages speeding. It should be removed during the upcoming reconstruction project
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This intersection could use a level sidewalk (exit construction/Uitritconstructie) to delineate change from arterial to local road.
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This intersection is not bikable (crossing Rt1). The light doesn't detect bikes and you can only get a signal to cross by walking to the pedestrian beg button off the road.
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There is not a safe way for cyclists to get from Dover to Portsmouth. The Newington part is acceptable, but the next step of the path is Woodbury Avenue which has fast unobservant drivers, many lanes, and no separate bicycle infrastructure.
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Congress street should be totally pedestrianised. It's a nuisance to drive though, and on weekends (especially in the summer) the sidewalks are overflowing with tourists and people leisurely enjoying their day. Blocking off congress street (at least!) to cars will give pedestrians more space to exist.
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Traffic on Miller is regularly 10-20 MLH above the speed limit making it unsafe for crossings at Lincoln and Rockland. There should be other stop signs on the route or a traffic light at Miller and Lincoln. It is highly trafficked by children and families and is unsafe with blind hills near rockland
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Dangerous crossing. Blind from top of hill coming from the south and cars speed on miller consistently. Should be a flashing cross walk or stop sign. Cars regularly speed above limit by 10-20 MPH
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The intersection is tricky because it is hard to see what's coming along Marcy St from the south as you pull out from Mechanic St.
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Portions of South Street between Broad and Pinehurst have no sidewalk. (I think there used to be one.) This route connects the Middle School and Little Harbour, but pedestrians on the south side of the street must walk in the road or cross over. This isn't a safe crossing because when traffic is backed up from the light at Sagamore, the sightlines are poor. Unfortunately, it would be hard to restore the sidewalk without removing some lovely big trees.
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I live about here. We are within biking distance of downtown and our schools however we rarely bike. We understand this is a state road that encompasses three towns, but our stretch feels very unsafe. People often speed in this stretch to the stop sign. I watch cars cross the white line into the area where my kids are biking or we are walking. It often feels like a desperate race to get off our road to sidewalks and safer places. I think the "newcastle loop" needs to be addressed more broadly as this is a very popular walking, running, biking route but can feel very unsafe at multiple points along the way.
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I frequently walk along Peverly Hill Rd between Lafayette Rd and Middle St, and walk along Greenleaf Ave. from Peverly Hill Rd to Lafayette Rd.
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brick sidewalk is uneven and narrow in many places making it challenging to walk or run along forcing.
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Richards is a beautiful place to walk and bike, especially to get to the library and the middle school, but it feels too narrow for 2-way traffic AND on-street parking. Cars are pretty good at giving way to each other, but not so good at giving way to cyclists coming in the opposite direction.
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There is a bike lane and a pedestrian crossing at this point; however, the pedestrian crossing sign in the middle of the road creates a hazard, pushing cars closer to the bike lane as they try to give it space. (That sign is often found out of position, too.) A flashing pedestrian crossing would be safer and would have the benefit of being in operation all year round.
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The absence of a full paved sidewalk on Parrott Ave is dangerous for pedestrians trying to get from the Middle School to the South End.
Sight lines entering and exiting the Middle School and library could be better. Cars and larger vehicles block the sight lines, especially at the library-side exit of that parking lot.
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This is a school route (usually with a crossing guard). It would be helpful if pedestrian crossing could be prioritized in the sequence of lights instead of having to wait a full sequence once the button is pushed.
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Isn't there supposed to be a sidewalk here between Sewall and Islington?
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Little to no shoulder and no safe place to walk/run/bike along this stretch. Considering this connects out to the bike path and goes past multiple apartment complex’s and water country
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This route could really use a sidewalk. It is a main corridor. The 55+ community built one in front of their place, but it ends abruptly on some rocks and then grass and then the driveway for the auto parts store. It should be illegal to do this. They should HAVE to connect. If you're trying to get ANYWHERE in a wheelchair, good luck.
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Small shoulder and high speeds with lots of blind corners. Being able to get to Elwyn Park and access the elementary school, safely would be really great. The new sidewalk is ending before this stretch of Elwyn.
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Small shoulder and high speeds with lots of blind corners. Being able to get to Elwyn Park and access the elementary school, safely would be really great. The new sidewalk is ending before this stretch of Elwyn.
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Not much shoulder and high speeds. We use this route as the safest way to access the UFC trails (off Odiorne Point Road) as going west down Elwyn is more scary.
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Residents in the 22 homes on Walford cannot safely walk or bike to anything. Banfield Rd and Peverley Hill Rd are treacherous with traffic including many trucks, especially on Peverley.
Protected biking and walking lanes are required on both roads asap.