Ben Fulton @ benfulton @hoosier.social

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@bloomingtonin Somebody wants them to geofence them off the sidewalks. Yeah, GPS isn't precise enough for that.

City is wanting to license a single vendor but that's not ready to go yet.

"We've had some issues with safety with the scooters." Not nearly as many as we've had with cars! 🤨

Now back to admin stuff. There are a couple of proposed stop signs at the very end of the meeting but I'm not sure I'll be able to hold out until then!

@bloomingtonin The speeding person was concerned that Engineering wasn't enough, wants more Enforcement. (No word on Education, the third E.)

Finally, a former member of the traffic commission hopes the commission will be involved more than the old commission was.

Now a report on the Bird scooter license. Three vendors last year but only Bird is re-upping.

Wish we could see the speakers!

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Now discussing a left turn lane going into Blue Ridge. Apparently the old traffic commission got disbanded and left the project in limbo 😂

I don't think it will help that much. It's turning south out of Blue Ridge that's dangerous. Still, if it slows people down that will be good.

Some public comment. Someone wants more Blue Ridge traffic changes. Someone agrees with me about left turns 😀 and is worried about gameday traffic. Someone is concerned about speeding.

@bloomingtonin Got to say, Mayor Thomson is a master of the art of politispeak.

“I recognize the urgency many are feeling. Though our authority is limited in this space, our commitment to supporting our community within the bounds of the law remains constant.”

(Which is definitely preferable to listening to Senator Jim Banks calling his constituents "clowns", so there's that)

@Willard @Emmeline Any significant car traffic should be on 3rd or 10th, not this tiny road.

@Emmeline @bloomingtonin Don't give them ideas! I suspect that the goal is to make it so unusable that they can rip out the bike lanes without anyone complaining :)

@bloomingtonin Neighborhood sounds a bit like a low-flying plane is constantly nearby now. I wonder how many people are running generators?

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Fortunately Kirkwood will be closed to car traffic for the summer soon. It has all the same stop signs, but a much wider car-free area and not nearly as much of a climb. Kirkwood will be a much better east-west route for biking than the 7-Line will be.

@KrissyKat @bloomingtonin My guess is they're the only ones that could afford the bribes.

@KrissyKat @bloomingtonin I only know what I read in the papers. The council refused to consider the mayor's pick for the historic preservation commission, and the deputy mayor accused the council of trying to raise the salary of the spouse of one of the members.

@markstos @bloomingtonin So I suppose bike route algorithms recommend the bypass generally? I wouldn't. Between the debris thrown up on the path by speeding cars, and just generally the amount of carbon monoxide you suck in, I'll take my ebike quite a bit farther to avoid it.

BikeTooter #ebike

@markstos @bloomingtonin Maybe because it is high car ownership and car density? 🙂 Past Griffy there is the dog park and the north end of Cascades, so it really finishes out the circuit I think. Also at the 2500 block of Walnut there is an area designated as an "Urban Village Center", so maybe they'll do something with that as well.

@KrissyKat @bloomingtonin Yep, that thread has it right AFAIK. A big area in the middle of campus was fenced off, I need to swing by and see if it's been opened back up now.

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @bloomingtonin Listening in on the meeting about this...it has the feeling that they will be going all night 😬 A presentation from a homeowner followed by commission discussion and we're 45 minutes in. There are going to be public comments for hours.

@failedLyndonLaRouchite @bloomingtonin This particular kerfuffle is about tearing down some single-family houses and replacing them with apartment buildings.

@bloomingtonin My recommendation is that they replace LOS all through the document with "Cars Go Fast Level".

For example, SR 45 and Airport Road could say, "Based on the capacity analysis results, the intersection operates at Cars Go Fast Level B during the PM peak hour in 2019"

@Kashmir There are plenty of racks downtown, I think, though not so many on the east and west sides. Are you looking for a locker instead of a rack specifically?

@FlyingSquid Watched the first season but the awkwardness was beyond me. As a gen-xer I prefer ironic detachment 😃