Our Bike Audits--Things we are looking for by Ross Bassett

Accessibility without car

2024-09-11 15:18:04 UTC

2024-09-11 15:18:21 UTC

road path conditions, lighting levels, slope of the roads

Recreation vs. Transportation

2024-09-11 15:18:27 UTC

Where can you get on the greenway? Is it just for pleasure?

Safety Features

2024-09-11 15:18:35 UTC

Road speeds on Hillsborough compared to wider roads.

2024-09-11 15:18:55 UTC

Hillsborough has tight roads due to parked cars on either side. Car speeds should be lower.

Intermittent bike lanes

2024-09-11 15:19:08 UTC

The amount of times bikes are forced to merge with traffic because the bike lanes just end is insane.

Construction

2024-09-11 15:19:24 UTC

Closing a bike lane and not creating an alternative route or even a temporary painted sharrow.

2024-09-11 15:19:25 UTC

right of way of pedestrians and cars not yielding to pedestrians

Bicycle parking

2024-09-11 15:19:49 UTC

How many places are there to park and lock up a bike safely.

Roundabouts

2024-09-11 15:19:53 UTC

Driving to the Greenway

2024-09-11 15:19:57 UTC

Some people have to drive by car to get the greenway to use their bike.

Greenway environments

2024-09-11 15:20:06 UTC

Accessibility to places such as parks and grocery stores, as well as looking at greenway width and greenway condition

Safety of Trail/Surroundings

2024-09-11 15:20:08 UTC

Ex. Prison by campus(I wouldn't feel safe)

On Street Parking and “Dooring” Risk

2024-09-11 15:20:30 UTC

Bicycle parking, roundabouts

2024-09-11 15:20:32 UTC

It can feel dangerous to maneuver roundabouts on a bike. There also isn't enough bike parking on Hillsborough.

Types of bike infrastructure

2024-09-11 15:20:50 UTC

Whether sharrows, bike lanes, or dividers are present. Additionally, bike accessibility to North Campus is lacking because most of the ways to get to North Campus require stairs or biking around.

safety

2024-09-11 15:21:02 UTC

More safety features like streetlights or lamps with cameras and emergency service buttons like we have on campus

Curb Appeal/Amenities

2024-09-11 15:21:07 UTC

Are there water stations? Playground for kids? "What's there?"

built to withstand heavy rain

2024-09-11 15:21:26 UTC

Sometimes when it rains really hard, the bridges on the greenways get flooded from the rivers and the path is inaccessible

lrsoles — 2024-09-11 15:21:29 UTC

Adding a specific bike lane rather than just one sidewalk for walking pedestrians, bikers, and others would help limit pedestrian vs. bike traffic.

2024-09-11 15:21:50 UTC

Obstacles in bike lane, general condition of the bike lane.

Bike lanes

2024-09-11 15:21:58 UTC

Separate lanes for those biking and walking so no one gets in each other's way

Walkability

2024-09-11 15:22:13 UTC

Designing these spaces to work for bikers and walkers is important. The current walkways are narrow enough that if someone isn't paying attention there could easily be a collision. People walk those trails with AirPods all the time and won't realize a bike is near them until the bike passes them. Making the greenways wider or adding frequent signs to remind people to watch out for other bikers/walkers would help people be more mindful of their surroundings.

Biking vs pedestrian conditions

2024-09-11 15:22:21 UTC

Whether sidewalks and other infrastructure are wide enough to accommodate both bikes and pedestrians.

Driver Behavior/Reckless Driving

2024-09-11 15:22:53 UTC

lrsoles — 2024-09-11 15:23:33 UTC

increase awareness to drivers turning right on red to yield to pedestrians.

2024-09-11 15:24:51 UTC

Different paths, road path conditions, lighting levels, topography, bike lanes, lack of compatibility between crosswalk and stoplights for bike safety

Greenway that connects Wade Ave to Art Museum

2024-09-11 15:27:11 UTC

Kind of a way to travel from hillsborough st to Carter-Finley/PNC

Flooding

ross49 — 2024-09-16 13:58:42 UTC