My husband and I purchased our home in December 2013 due to the walkability to the metro. King Street is currently very unsafe for pedestrians--even with sidewalks and close promiximity to the metro--due to the traffic and speeding on the street. Often it is difficult for me to pull in and out of my own driveway due to congestion. Removing the dedicated parking spots and installing bike lanes will only increase the problem, especially the safety to pedestrians walking on the sidewalks and families that rely on street parking for their own home.
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Tracy Hollingsworth
12 years ago
Hilltop st would provide a safer route for cyclists while limiting t
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Brendan Dunn
12 years ago
You don't need a complex study to know that this will do next to nothing to calm traffic on this stretch of King. Meanwhile, it will radically undermine the nature of the neighborhood and public safety. This is a demonstration that Madison was not entirely right. The bike mania that would lead to this proposal shows that tyranny of the minority is possible. The people who drive on that road, who use those spots, and who live along that road are having their safety and convenience compromised to satisfy a small but vocal minority. A predictable disgrace, but a disgrace nonetheless.
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Thomas Zang
12 years ago
I'm a contractor who works in the area alot. We can't aford to loose the parking spaces.
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Linda Eastman
12 years ago
I frequently visit relatives who live on that section of King Street and am amazed that a plan such as this would ever be considered. It is an area of heavy traffic on a very narrow street - far too dangerous to convert parking to a bicycle lane. The plan also fails to consider parking for residents and contractors who live and work in the area.
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jeanne-marie murphy
12 years ago
please reject as unsafe the plan for the bike lanes
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Scott and Miriam Brenner
12 years ago
Our roads are in horrible condition and the city wants to spend money on installing bike lanes?
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Ann Lawrence
12 years ago
Too much congestion on the road. This won't be safe for bikers.
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Don Perkal
12 years ago
Planned bike lanes on King St. a bad idea
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Lynne Lawrence
12 years ago
We have direct access to King Street through our back fence. We use this parking to load and unload as we have 23 steps up to the front of our house. When we bought our house 12 years ago, access through the back was one of the major selling points. Also, I drive up and down King Street almost every day and the traffic/congestion is already very bad. Adding bike lanes will only make the situation worse and more dangerous for residents, bikers, and pedestrians.
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George Malleck
12 years ago
The street is already too narrow and the parking too limited.
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Anne Malleck
12 years ago
The infrastructure does not support a bike lane at this location
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Allyson Roberts
12 years ago
As a visitor to the area, parking is so difficult! The traffic is so heavy it is dangerous for bikers!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
I am generally pro-bike lane, but they just don't make sense on a street as congested and narrow as this one.
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Ellen and Don Stanton
12 years ago
Cyclists will not be safe riding on King Street. The street is much too narrow and there is too much traffic.
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Hughes Pierce
12 years ago
Very unsafe with traffic for the nearby Metro/Amtrack Station!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
I am very pro-bikers, but feel that adding bike lanes would significantly increase danger to bikers and cars using this area of King street.
Unnecessary as there is a safe alternate route.
Not Safe
My husband and I purchased our home in December 2013 due to the walkability to the metro. King Street is currently very unsafe for pedestrians--even with sidewalks and close promiximity to the metro--due to the traffic and speeding on the street. Often it is difficult for me to pull in and out of my own driveway due to congestion. Removing the dedicated parking spots and installing bike lanes will only increase the problem, especially the safety to pedestrians walking on the sidewalks and families that rely on street parking for their own home.
Hilltop st would provide a safer route for cyclists while limiting t
You don't need a complex study to know that this will do next to nothing to calm traffic on this stretch of King. Meanwhile, it will radically undermine the nature of the neighborhood and public safety. This is a demonstration that Madison was not entirely right. The bike mania that would lead to this proposal shows that tyranny of the minority is possible. The people who drive on that road, who use those spots, and who live along that road are having their safety and convenience compromised to satisfy a small but vocal minority. A predictable disgrace, but a disgrace nonetheless.
I'm a contractor who works in the area alot. We can't aford to loose the parking spaces.
I frequently visit relatives who live on that section of King Street and am amazed that a plan such as this would ever be considered. It is an area of heavy traffic on a very narrow street - far too dangerous to convert parking to a bicycle lane. The plan also fails to consider parking for residents and contractors who live and work in the area.
please reject as unsafe the plan for the bike lanes
Our roads are in horrible condition and the city wants to spend money on installing bike lanes?
Too much congestion on the road. This won't be safe for bikers.
Planned bike lanes on King St. a bad idea
We have direct access to King Street through our back fence. We use this parking to load and unload as we have 23 steps up to the front of our house. When we bought our house 12 years ago, access through the back was one of the major selling points. Also, I drive up and down King Street almost every day and the traffic/congestion is already very bad. Adding bike lanes will only make the situation worse and more dangerous for residents, bikers, and pedestrians.
The street is already too narrow and the parking too limited.
The infrastructure does not support a bike lane at this location
As a visitor to the area, parking is so difficult! The traffic is so heavy it is dangerous for bikers!
I am generally pro-bike lane, but they just don't make sense on a street as congested and narrow as this one.
Cyclists will not be safe riding on King Street. The street is much too narrow and there is too much traffic.
Very unsafe with traffic for the nearby Metro/Amtrack Station!
I am very pro-bikers, but feel that adding bike lanes would significantly increase danger to bikers and cars using this area of King street.
spend the money on repaving Putnam Place!