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I frequently encounter cars going the wrong way down 26th Street between Bloomington and Cedar. I don't know if the intersections need to be marked better or if there just needs to be more enforcement (or both), but this is a bit of a dangerous situation. I am frequently in the left lane so I can turn onto Bloomington and I'm becoming increasingly worried that someone will turn into my lane from a cross street and cause a head-on collision.

My block of 14th Avenue S gets somewhat neglected, since it's not a through street and really needs some more plowing and/or salting to get rid of all the accumulated snow and ice. It's a really bumpy and unpleasant drive down this block.

I've had many near misses along this stretch of 94 westbound between 3rd and Lasalle Avenues. I'm frequently trying to merge into the right lane, when a car coming up the on-ramp illegally crosses the double white line without looking and nearly collides with my car. I see literally dozens of people cross the double white line every week, with no consequences whatsoever. We really need a patrol to start enforcing the two signs and striping that would help make this a less dangerous and more efficient section of highway.

With all the construction happening on University, this intersection is busier than ever as people try to use alternate routes. I have a suggestion for making Energy Park Drive's eastbound traffic flow more smoothly. Instead of having the left lane end and the right lane handle all left-turning, forward-bound, and right-turning traffic, could we get rid of the striping that prevents the left lane from continuing? The left lane could split into the existing left turn lane and forward lane and the right lane could be marked as right turn only. This would remove the bottle-neck that happens right before the intersection, making it safer and more efficient for all the extra vehicles.

With all the construction on University, this interchange with 280 is seeing a lot more traffic than usual. I've noticed that people seem to be unaware that eastbound traffic on Energy Park Way is two lanes. I believe it would make this area safer and less congested if this was made clearer to the influx of motorists and truckers. All we need are some lines and everything would be peachy.

The winter and the trucks in this area have not been kind to this block. The northbound lane of Bradford Street has a long broad section that is riddled with hole after hole. I work around the corner in an office and my poor car is getting a beating every day on the way to work.

Coming around this corner, there are some pretty scary ones stretching all across the road that are pretty much impossible to dodge.

Someone must have thought to themselves, "Hey, now that we're finally having some warmer weather and there are potholes galore, let's contribute to the continuing crumbling of our infrastructure by cutting a large rectangle out of the middle of the road and filling it in with gravel. The best part will be after it's packed down by the first three cars that drive over it and it creates a miniature cliff in the middle of the street. If we're lucky, someone will pop a tire, bend their rims, or maybe even lose an entire axle. Awesome!"

27th street has received very little attention from the plows, even though it is a well-traveled street. Snow is piled up in the intersections (making it difficult to see), snow is still in the streets (making it easy to get stuck), and parking is extremely difficult.

This block has a bunch of potholes that have me swerving all over the road to avoid them. Especially the big one next to the manhole cover.

This stop sign was recently moved farther from the road and is now almost completely obscured by bushes nearby. It seems like the bushes either need to be trimmed or the sign should be moved closer to the road so it can be seen. Anyone unfamiliar with the area could easily miss it and, given the high volume of heavy truck activity on these roads, that makes this a pretty dangerous situation.