Descripción
I know this isn't the right time of year, but whenever funds can be found to do so, I would greatly appreciate it if either bike lanes, edge lines, or parking stalls could be striped on Fitch Street. Because residents almost never feel comfortable using the on-street parking here (and when they do, they usually park halfway onto their front lawns), the lanes are effectively 20 ft wide, which is unacceptable in my opinion. Since this is technically part of Route 10, this may be a state DOT issue, which may complicate things…
Nonetheless, I figured it was worth requesting, because this street could potentially make a great bike route if people didn't drive 55 mph as if it's a rural highway.
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Reconocido Department of Transportation, Traffic and Parking (Usuario registrado)
Paul Smith (Invitado)
A lane would be nice on this street, if only because traffic tends to back up and transit buses like to pull out and pull over without looking.
I'll disagree with the 55 mph thing though. I bike here every day. It's backed up usually. The light at Fitch and Pine Rock seems to be red all the time. Or usually turns red as cars approach. The light causes backups on Fitch at rush hours while cars wait at empty intersections. The same is true for the light at Fitch and Blake. No sensor. Usually I'm waiting next to or behind a line of cars, watching an empty intersection for minutes at a time.
Let's face it. There's a light at Pine Rock. A light at Wintergreen. A light at Crescent. A light at Blake, and a light at Whalley.
We wouldn't be talking about a bike lane if there weren't so many cars sitting on this street stopped at lights or congested because of lights.