Comments for “Alachua Countywide Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan/ SS4A Action Plan”
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It's great there are pedestrian lights, but why on earth do they instruct drivers to PROCEED when the pedestrian lights BLINK RED. This is completely inconsistent with the basic driving rule of treating a blinking red light as a STOP sign. And no, people do not stop and go, they just GO. They should change to blinking YELLOW once the pedestrians cross, which means "proceed with caution" in all cases of traffic. You are literally training drivers to NOT stop at blinking red lights!!!
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Bike lane is in danger from parked cars and car doors making it very unsafe as one has to drive closer to the moving car lane to avoid possible doors.
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Bike lanes on this section of 9th street are dangerous due to the speeding traffic WAY above the posted 30 mph limit. Even walking on the sidewalk on the west side seems dangerous given the speed of cars and how close the sidewalk is to the street. The east sidewalk is better as it is setback.
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sidewalks on the SW and NW corners of this round-about have 0 buffer from the traffic circling and feels perilous. Also really hard to see if traffic is coming from down 9th st before crossing from the NW corner to the SW corner in the crosswalk.
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Lack of sidewalks and narrow street with thru traffic. There are no sidewalks or shoulder making it challenging to walk without being in danger of vehicles.
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Crossing 8th Avenue at 38th Street is particularly dangerous. The long street, speeding cars, and confusing yellow crossing light have nearly caused accidents. Speed bumps might be a solution.
38th Street itself is problematic due to heavy traffic and impatient drivers turning from SW 2nd Avenue onto 38th Street.
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Frequent car accidents from cars running red/yellow lights at this intersection. I live nearby and hear/see them all the time, which is worse because this is near the high school.
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This area is scary for northbound cyclists and drivers where the bike lane merges into traffic, cars do not realize they need to yield to cyclists
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Speed limit is too high here for the amount of residential homes living right off the road and on the curve. Drivers are aggressive and speed, making it dangerous for residents to turn into their driveways.
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Needs a proper school zone here! Semi trucks speed through here and lots of aggressive drivers speeding not yielding to drivers turning into the school.
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Dangerous intersection, the speed limit it way too high here for people pulling out in front of you at this intersection all the time.
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This road used to be very well-designed, being one way with safe, separated bike lanes and sidewalks, and it was replaced with a two-way street with no separated bike lanes or sidewalks which is much worse. Very disappointing.
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There is a critical pedestrian safety issue on SW 23rd Terrace and SW 35th Place. Both streets lack adequate crosswalks, forcing students and residents to jaywalk to access bus stops and apartment complexes, which is extremely dangerous.
On SW 23rd Terrace, there are only three crosswalks: one at the stoplight at each end of the street and one in the middle at the roundabout. However, the majority of apartments and bus stops along the road are far from these crosswalks, leaving most pedestrians without safe options to cross. The situation is even more concerning on SW 35th Place, where there are no crosswalks at all, despite the presence of bus stops and heavy foot traffic.
Low visibility, particularly near the bend on SW 23rd Terrace, and 40 and 35mph speed limit on both roads (that no one follows) exacerbate the danger. Drivers often cannot see pedestrians in time to stop safely, and pedestrians have no choice but to risk crossing unsafely. Additionally, cars frequently pass buses illegally while they are stopped for passengers, further endangering pedestrians trying to board or exit the buses.
A crosswalk at key points on both streets is urgently needed to protect pedestrians. Additionally, lowering the speed limit and enforcing traffic laws to prevent illegal passing of buses would significantly improve safety for both drivers and pedestrians.
Thank you for considering these safety improvements!
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I think the bike lane should extend to santa fe.
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Very dangerous for walkers : kids going to local schools. Weekends trying to get to farmers market. 3 lanes x 4 so 12 lanes and a walker trying to cross
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Separated bike lane on all of 8th Ave would be AMAZING. Get people off of university and onto a major street but make it safe!
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This was actually cut back recently, but for the longest time the budding cabbage palms along this sidewalk made it difficult to use for taller people. Or for people on bike borrowing the sidewalk.
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There's no buffer here between the bike lane and the road despite a high speed limit and access to the Hawthorne Trail nearby. Would be useful to have a safer bike lane so that cyclists could access the Hawthorne Trail from Hawthorne Road more easily.
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The path here need maintenance. It’s dark and the path is overgrown and full of upheavals from roots. It is a trip hazard
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This entire road 337 or 282 is too narrow for trucks, trailers or semis. Not to mention filled with potholes. There is no shoulder for bike or pedestrian traffic. This road is very dangerous.
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For the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles do something to make this a safer roundabout. Can we get some giant arrow signs? Yeilds? Anthing?
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This is an example of multiple roads in the duckpond that stick out due to their extremely wide nature. Despite most of the neighborhood being narrow residential streets with speed bumps, lots of on-street parking, and sidewalks this one lacks it. There have been multiple cases of parked cars being hit and major accidents happening on this specific street. It desperately needs to be narrowed adding a sidewalk with a road verge to one or both sides.
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There are no lines indicating where the north-bound lane separates into right or left turn lanes. As a result, I often have to brake immediately after entering from 34th street to avoid a head on collision with cars that are moving into my lane to get into the left turn lane too early. This also puts me at risk for collisions with other drivers also entering 55th blvd behind me.
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Sidewalk and better lighting. Even though the street is wide, many people and children are walking along this road I ad, often with their pets.
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121 > need a signalized sidewalk so people can walk safely across the street to and from Albert Ray Massey park.