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Barstow between Alameda and Paseo Del Norte has new road striping creating wonderful bike lanes for the kids to be able to ride to and from Desert Ridge safely. Unfortunately due to the new striping and the excessive number of cars that drop off and pick up from Desert Ridge, there needs to be a change in signage and protection/enforcement of the new striping.
Currently, the north bound bike lane becomes completely filled with cars lining up to turn right onto Greenarbor before and after school. There was a sign that said “Right lane right turn only” for Greenarbor, but now there is only one traffic lane, which is why the cars move to the right into the bike lane, blocking access completely.
Additionally, after school, Barstow north of Greenarbor fills up almost all the way to Alameda with parked cars in the bike lane waiting to pick up kids from the school. This creates a very unsafe situation where the bikes can’t ride in the bike lane and they can’t ride on the sidewalks due to walkers. If the bikes ride in the area to the left of the cars, then car doors can open unexpectedly or cars pull out once they pick up their child, putting the bikers at risk.
If the city can add “Bike Lane only” painting to the road, and enforce the no parking on Barstow (signs are present) then hopefully that will help. Another option would be to put pylons or some other barricade to protect the bike lanes that would help keep the cars separate.
APD was on site this morning assessing the situation and is working with Principal Saucedo. They have provided recommendations for solutions to improve traffic flow and safety. As a concerned parent, I am respectfully requesting this issue receive priority so our kids can safely use alternative modes of transportation to get to and from school.
Thank you
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APD Traffic Unit requesting this incident be referred to Traffic Engineering for follow-up
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Réouvert An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Utilisateur inscrit)
Please provide me the email address or website for this issue to be referred to Traffic Engineering.
Thank you
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An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Utilisateur inscrit)
I will try to contact Traffic Engineering if you have an email address. I called and they referred me back to 311. There needs to be some simple changes to the area to prevent this ongoing problem. Today there were 30-40 cars parked back to back on the east side of Barstow between Greenarbor and Signal. The security guard said the parents won't listen or move. Please help by making the following necessary improvements:
1) there needs to be no parking signs all along that stretch of road.
2) the street berm needs repainted so it is bright yellow indicating no parking
3) more painting on the road in the bike lane indicating it is a bike lane ONLY
4) preferably adding pylons to protect the bike lane from parking.
APD has issued all the details about the requirements for this area and they are not being followed, which is very frustrating as I feel this puts the students and individuals at risk by being forced to ride in the road and cars could pull out or open doors at anytime.
http://drms-aps-nm.schoolloop.com/file/1522740210007/1338041128942/979863025469151026.pdf
Thank you for your help!
Clos 311 Citizen Contact Center (Membre officiel vérifié)
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Traffic will check with Streets division as they have just completed re paving road and are waiting on all striping to be completed.
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Réouvert An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Utilisateur inscrit)
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Signs have been corrected.
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