Comments for “Alachua Countywide Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan/ SS4A Action Plan”
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SR-26 between Melrose and Gainesville a known raceway, especially during AM and PM commutes. Commuter traffic from four counties funnels through SR-26 to Gainesville. We have recorded pages of infractions from our Melrose constituents. Please establish a regular law enforcement presence on this section of SE-26. Find us on Facebook at Florida SR-26 Corridor Safety Initiative. We are 150 strong and growing.
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All these roads need serious help around this large truck traffic area. Nonexistent bike lanes and excessive speeds make it impossible. What happened to Alachua’s rail trail
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78th ave is like a motor speedway nicknamed the Autobahn
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A walking path with some type of bridge over the drainage ditches is needed in Northwood Oaks/Pines. Numerous pipelines are exposed here where they cross the ditches and kids have been using the pipes like bridges to cross the ditches for decades. My husband grew up here and crossed the pipes as a kid, as has my oldest despite being instructed to stay out of the ditches area. Residents also enjoy walking along these areas so connectivity would be great. The kids aren't going to stop crossing the pipes, so we need to make it safe. Using the pipes as crossings is dangerous for a multitude of reasons including damage to the infrastructure, the ditches being deep and often full of water, and venomous snakes are present.
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Pedestrian access into Four Creeks Preserve would be a major benefit to the Northwood Oaks/Pines neighborhoods. The 441 pedestrian access into Four Creeks makes no sense and it also makes no sense for residents in the abutting neighborhoods to drive to a parking area for park access. The city has right of way directly adjacent to the park boundary at the end of NW 33rd St that could be used or the existing GRU easement path could be utilized if the gate were simply pushed back. If easements could be obtained, then another option could be creating a path along the drainage ditches that leads to the existing pedestrian access of NW 37th St. This really seems like a low cost / high benefit project.
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A multiuse path going through the back of the park would be helpful in creating a safe way from 53rd Ave to 39th Ave. Adding a crossing at the 39th Ave end would create a connection into the neighborhoods on the South side of 39th and allow safer access to the library and shopping in the Millhopper area. Currently there is no way to bike to the Millhopper area from the Northwood area without going down major high-traffic roads. That is shame because those areas are not really that far apart. I would use a path like this regularly.
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My understanding is that the 50mph speed limit on this street segment prohibits the installation of a crosswalk. There is no reason for this section of street to be 50mph when the adjoining sections on either end are lower speeds. Lower the speed limit and install a crosswalk to allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross into the park. Right now, people either have to go all the way up to 43rd St and back down or play Frogger and dash across the street. A crossing is badly needed here.
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The multiuse path along Millhopper Rd is badly deteriorated and hard to ride on. The path ends abruptly and transitions to a bike lane, but there isn't enough separation between the bike land and the traffic lane to feel safe. Drivers speed down this road and there is vegetation and debris in the bike path that pushes cyclists closer to the vehicular traffic. This is supposed to be a scenic route and is heavily used by cyclists but drivers are completely ignoring the speed limit here. I would like to bike down here more but I do not feel safe even in the bike lane.
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The multiuse path along 53rd Ave between NW 43rd St and NW 34th Blvd is badly deteriorated and getting dangerous to bike on. The vegetation is growing over the sides of the path narrowing the available width. This path should also extend all the way down 53rd Ave and have a crossing to create safe connectivity with the multiuse path that runs from NW 53rd Ave to NW 39th Ave.
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Cr 235 really needs bike lanes or side walk especially between241 and the distribution depots a ton of semi traffick with the road in disrepair and zero room for pedestrians
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Fix the horrific potholes!!
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The entire stretch of 94th ave needs major work. Potholes are everywhere! The patchwork done is just as bad as the potholes. There is no extra shoulder to drive and if you hit a pothole your car is forced of the road with washed out shoulders!
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Strictly enforce traffic laws on 16th Ave. There are several neighborhoods and houses directly off the road. The hills reduce visibility combined with drivers speeding makes this a very dangerous road. Seems like 16th Ave has become a viaduct for people to get from east to west and they fly down the road. At minimum strictly enforce traffic laws. Also, consider lowering speed limit further.
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94th Ave has so many potholes and eroded sides...but so do so many other roads
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Cars need to stop here when red flashing. It says proceed when pedestrians pass but for pedestrians is has white walk symbol at the same time. Cars should stop fully when red flashing light.
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This part of University Ave is too unsafe for all the students and professor that live along it. It has been seriously neglected in comparison to the recent University Ave safety upgrades. This part of the road needs a road diet with a median and a few designated left turn lanes to prevent traffic backup, protected bike lanes, raised cross walks and signage, widening of sidewalks, and repaving all the potholes. The speed limit should also be enforced.
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omg why for real is there no bike lane here. have you seen how damn fast speeders drive, and how unsafe it is? and this is like, a major artery to the biggest employer in town. it makes ZERO SENSE.
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Bike lane just ends and it goes into a shared road. this is fine for me as a biker but drivers do not realize this and constantly cut me off and push me into the curb.
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This is a part separated and part protected bike lane. However, Pedestrians are constantly walking in the bike lane on their phones and not paying attention or hanging out in the protected bike lanes outside Student Rec instead of being on the sidewalk. The idea to create safe bike lanes was there but in practice there needs to be more delineation from the pedestrian paths and bike lanes so that pedestrians are aware of where they should not be.
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Itd be nice to have a crosswalk to cross SW 13th Street when you're between SW 16th Ave and SW 14th Drive (the 2 nearest crosswalks).
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Pedestrian crossing from neighborhoods to the park please!
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Please create some sort of share use path to connect neighborhoods to avoid busy traffic along 34th.
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Cars drive WAY TOO FAST through this narrow, winding bit of neighborhood. It's signed at 30 MPH, but really isn't safe above 20 MPH. Meanwhile many drivers attempt to go 40 MPH. Prime location for speed tables.
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The northbound crossing signal at this intersection is nearly impossible to reach for someone on a bike. It should be about 3' east of its current location.
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This roundabout is frequently full of backed up northbound car traffic that makes the whole thing hazardous to all road users. Generally speaking, cars enter the roundabout at high speeds, making them dangerous to pedestrians and bike riders. Speed tables before the roundabout would help.
Also, the northbound ramp to access the shared use path is unusable. I'm pretty sure that no bike riders were involved with the design of this intersection.