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OND Neighbor
1 month ago
This trail connects old North Dayton to The rest of the city, I think this leads to a big opportunity to create a “Riverwalk” experience. Some thing with off shooting trails through Prairie grass, some benches, night lights, and signage.
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoThis surface parking lot is possibly the biggest waste of high-value real-estate in Dayton. Would make a great location for full-service grocer with apartments and condos on top. Perhaps Dayton would benefit from a Land Value Tax.
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Aaron
US-35 E 2 months agoOverhaul/redo of the pedestrian bridge and path is needed. It is currently overgrown, full of garbage, and uncomfortably high above 35. A wider, more straightforward path with lighting and regular maintenance would be preferable. Doing so would help to link South Park to downtown, allowing for easier movement of people without the congestion of cars.
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Chris Cummings
1026 W 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoAn additional pedestrian circulator bus service similar to the Flyer linking the pedestrianized area west of Downtown in the Wirght Dunbar area to a centralized area (Oregon District) would be nice.
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I-75 N 3 months agoAreas under freeways need to be human scaled, someone walking or biking should be able to easily navigate and feel comfortable getting through areas like this.
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Chris Cummings
Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoRoad diet on this section of wayne - one lane in each direction. Curb bumpouts, pedestrian signalization, remove right had turn lanes and cut outs. Intersection of Fifth St and Wayne consider converting to a traffic circle/roundabout or a palazzo style square with additional development all around with no set backs.
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Chad Wyckoff
1098 Meredith St 2 months agoWe have roundabouts at the intersections of Meredith and Lexington, Grand, and Superior that are in need of maintenance and upkeep. Sadly, most of them are run over shortly after neighbors buy and plant flowers, greenery, etc. It becomes very costly. Perhaps the city could put some sort of barrier around the roundabouts and put plants and flowers in them as well as maintain them? That would be great and it would really enhance the neighborhood aesthetics.
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Kegan Sickels
2 months, 1 week ago
With the new investment headed toward the old Good Sam Site, it may be time to re-evaluate the slip lanes and 13 lanes of traffic necessary to cross the intersection. Philadelphia is 2 lanes wide leading up to this intersection on either side. Narrow the openings to and from Philadelphia or introduce a roundabout with pedestrian refuge islands to slow speeding and stop red light running.
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Brad Walwer
420 Patterson Rd 1 week agoThis portion of the bike trail and sidewalk is horribly overgrown. This could see new vegetation and make everything accessible, or the entire site could be redone. Currently, a stairset exists to aid users down to the trail below. A ramp could be installed that would more easily assist strollers, wagons, wheelchairs, recumbent bikes. Right now the embedded u channel post only helps with single wheeled devices. A ramp at grade would help all
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Matt Schaeffer
178 S Patterson Blvd 2 months, 1 week agoRemove the narrow parking along the west side of the street and convert the bike lane into bi-directional cycle track.
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Anonymous
3 months ago
Possible to create a trail connection between Mary Ellen Dr and the Dayton-Kettering Connector?
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoExtend Broadway bike lanes south to Great Miami River Recreational Trail and add access to/from the riverfront trail.
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Anonymous
2 months ago
This is a great opportunity to connect on street to trail points, destinations, and neighborhood access. See comment about sharrows and repaving.
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
This stretch of the bike path could use a lot of trees lining the path. In the summer this stretch of the bike path is particularly brutal to run/walk with no relief from the sun.
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Brad Walwer
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457 Krebs Ave 1 week agoThe old Madden Golf Course will see a new solar panel array that hardly covers the former use of the golf course. With the remaining space largely available, I'd suggest another park with little maintanence. Mow around the already existing path and make it a biking area. There is parking provided and a nearly complete path around the entire acreage. I'm imagining BIG, wildflower sanctuary, disc golf course, mountain bike path, large ball fields. But thinking small, you could mow just the path for a year and maintain the parking lot and see what naturally manifests itself from this available space.
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Anonymous
W Riverview Ave 2 months agoSlow the cars but reducing the travel lane by adding bump outs at the slip lane (but getting rid of the slip lane) and provide park user parking and a shortened crossing. Problems solved. Oh and put one of the super expensive flashing pedestrian lights too.
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Chris Cummings
949 Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoSouthbound Wayne Ave south of US 35 to intersection of Keowee has significantly less traffic than Northbound direction. Converting a southbound lane to parking would provide additional parking to Wayne Ave businesses and provide a safer/better walking experience to pedestrians.
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Chris Cummings
1000 Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoRecommend closing off Adams St at Wayne ave to limit thru traffic and improve safety
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Chris Cummings
481 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoExtensive business corridor all thru this area now. Restripe and realign roads for pedestrians. Add human scale lighting, cycle tracks/bike lanes/bike parking. Brick paver cross walks and curb bump outs where appropriate and add signalization where appropriate
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Aaron G
784 S Keowee St 2 months agoThe entire area where Keowee meets Wayne is a mess of traffic, traffic lights, and poor walkability. Recommending changing the already-awkward intersection of Wayne/Keowee into a two-lane roundabout to improve car flow-- and with ample sidewalks it could increase the area's walkability as well.
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Anonymous
I-75 S 2 weeks 4 days ago75 in this area is incredibly ugly and depressing as a pedestrian. Lots of trees and landscaping could really make it look a lot better. If we have to live with this monstrosity cutting through the city, might as well try to cover it up to make it look better.
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Anonymous
239 Dakota St 1 month 3 weeks agoerosion from the dike frequently covers the path with fine, slippery silt. Suggest planting native erosion control species
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Jen
3 weeks 5 days ago
It would be nice to have a complete bike path from trotwood into Dayton.
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Chris Cummings
US-35 W 2 months, 1 week agoReplace US 35 with a Boulevard. Or cap a portion of it to connect South Park and the Oregon District with a few walkable streets and greenspace and create more space for infill housing.
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Kegan Sickels
2 months, 1 week ago
the 32 ft ROW in this area could allow for bike lanes to better access the area bike paths and get access to the West Third Street business district, and up to the Northwest Plaza and Library.
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Anonymous
2 weeks 6 days ago
Plant more trees to provide shade for the sidewalk on the west side and bike path on the east side of Steve Whalen. It is a very long stretch with no relief from the heat in the summer.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 6 days ago
This hill is very steep on both sides. I've seen very few people capable of riding a bike all the way up. Walking up is refreshing in the winter but dangerous in the summer. I propose a zip line be installed at the top of the hill here. It would make the descent more thrilling, refreshing and it would take much less time for pedestrians. Daring cyclists could probably use it too, by flipping the bike overhead and holding it like a hang glider. Using the existing infrastructure already in place from the electric trolley system, the GDRTA's powered rental scooters could easily be adapted to use it and even perhaps utilize their motors to zip rocket UP the hill. Granted it would be equally dangerous as before but that danger would be mitigated by being far more entertaining and ultimately attract a massive amount of tourism revenue. Once air taxis are approved and integrated to the zip system for dropping off and picking up via high speed launchers, they no doubt will expand to several other nearby hills quickly and once and for all prove that Dayton Ohio truly is the First in Flight and barring that, no one would argue against us being the BEST in Flight. Thank you for your time, vote electric chairs for billionaires.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 5 days ago
Add connective bike/walkway from Rita to bikeway on Findley; currently non pedestrian friendly.
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Chris Cummings
261 S Keowee St 2 months, 1 week agoConcur with other comment - Keowee is too wide (at both Fifth St and Third St) for pedestrian crossing. Fund Flight Line crossing or add curb bump outs, reduce through traffic to two lanes in each direction, remove dedicated right hand turn lanes, and add a pedestrian 'head start' to signaling
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1 month, 1 week agoChuck
And drivers should have a green arrow on left turns. Rushed left turns to beat a red light are hazards for all users of this area!
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Anonymous
2 months ago
Oh look the continuation of a west to east Third Street bike lane. Crossing so many destinations, parks, trails within 1/4 mile. Seems like a stellar idea.
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Matt Schaeffer
121 W 3rd St 1 month 2 weeks agoMake re-zoning Dayton part of the Active Transportation plan. Over 85% of the city is zoned exclusively for single-family homes. Allow the construction of mixed-use buildings and multi-unit residential by right so that we can thicken up the city.
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John
2 weeks ago
provide bike access to connect the Third St. bridge to new ramp to bike path
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Chris Cummings
105 S Garfield St 2 months, 1 week agoAn additional pedestrian circulator bus service east of downtown (like the Flyer) that could link the pedestrianized areas east of downtown (St Annes Hill, Third St/Huffman) with a central location (Oregon District) could improve pedestrian access across the city.
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Chris Cummings
626 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoThis section of Third St has a substantial business corridor now. Traffic patterns should be reorganized to prioritize local traffic rather than thru traffic. Reduce to one lane in each direction with a turn lane. Additional angled parking on North side of third st. Additional curb bump outs at pedestrian crossing points.
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Chris Cummings
1085 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoEast Third St doesn't have sufficient traffic to justify the number of lanes and would benefit from a road diet. Removed lanes could be converted to diagonal on street parking and a bidirectional protected cycling lane. Also the addition of street trees would provide additional protection to pedestrians and businesses from traffic and provide shade to reduce urban heat island effects.
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Chris Cummings
325 Adams St 2 months, 1 week agoAdd small roundabouts where possible within neighborhoods to improve traffic calming. Similar to whats in St Annes Hill.
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Matt Schaeffer
2 months, 1 week ago
Connect these bike lanes via protected cycle track
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoConnect these bike routes via protected cycle track
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Matt Sauer
587 W Riverview Ave 2 months, 1 week agoAdd a crosswalk on this side of the intersection, too. Change the light cycle if needed to have a pedestrian-only period.
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Chris Cummings
501 E 1st St 2 months, 1 week agoThis area is about to have a significant business corridor with pedestrian focused businesses. Maybe change traffic pattern to bidirectional with onstreet parking and pedestrian scale lighting and traffic signalization.
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Chris Cummings
120 Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoTraffic through lanes and traffic signalization below and around train bridge and fourth street intersection are unnecessarily complex. Reduce North bound lane to one through lane and add a northbound cycle lane. Also either remove left turn from Wayne ave North to Fourth St or perhaps convert the entire Fourth/Wayne Intersection to a Traffic Circle/RoundAbout.
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4 weeks agoKaitlin
Yes! I really dislike that the bike lane ends turning north onto Wayne from 5th. Having to share the lane with cars under that narrow bridge always feels unsafe to me.
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Evan
17 N Ludlow St 2 weeks 4 days agoOne of the major attractions to Dayton is the bike paths near the rivers. I know quite a few people who come hours away to bike here. Whether it's driving here and getting on the trails or biking down here from Tipp, Troy, etc. biking trails are a big draw. Considering the low volume of traffic in downtown, now is the perfect time to go above and beyond on bike lanes and road diets, making Dayton super walkable before population increases in car travel hinder some it. Since the trails are so big, you'd expect the city to make the roads just as accessible to the cyclists or pedestrians so those on the trails can shop or eat in downtown afterwards or so it's easier from residents like me to quickly hop on the network. There's already quite a few commuter cyclists in the city, however, it often feels like I'm the only one using the bike lanes, almost everyone else is using the sidewalk and for good reason. Cars are often speeding near the bike lanes or parking in them making it all feel super unsafe. I'd love to see some raised cross walks like Cincinnati to slow cars, while adding bollards or something to separate the bike lanes from traffic. I'd also like to see a dramatic increase in the number of bike lanes and bike parking throughout the city. So many of the wide roads could be cut into and have bike lanes put in (3rd, Patterson (which also should be 2 way not one way) Wayne, etc.) Lastly, something needs to be done about Keowee. I recognize not much can be done about 35 and reuniting the separated parts of the city, but something DEFINITELY could be done with Keowee. That road ALWAYS has crazy speeding, dirt bikers doing wheelies, and TONS of car accidents. Giving it a diet and adding a median with trees would really liven it up and make it more friendly to pedestrians. It would unite Oregon District area with St. Annes Hill enticing people to walk about, but no one wants to cross Keowee at 5th. Also, there's a school and park right there, I'd never let my kid play there, that area is a car death trap.
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Matt Schaeffer
44 S Jefferson St 1 month 2 weeks agoRecommend a Land Value Tax as part of the Active Transportation Plan so that we can begin to convert these often-empty surface parking lots to more productive land uses.
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Jared
2 months, 1 week ago
Road diet with horizontal parking to support this retail area and connect east side to downtown. Add boulevard with trees to calm traffic. Decrease lanes and car speed.
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Chris Cummings
1560 Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoMore street trees all along major arterials. Improve pedestrian safety, reduce urban heat island effects.
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Matt Schaeffer
US-35 W 2 months, 1 week agoDesignate US 35 for a "Highways to Boulevards" transition and make it a Bus Rapid Transit route with separated bicycle trail along the north side.
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Matt Schaeffer
152 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoIncorporate a protected cycle track into the planned road diet of North Main Street and stretch it all the way to the University of Dayton campus at Stewart Street. Additionally, connect it to the bicycle trail on Shoop Mill so people could feasibly bike a loop from U of D arena to Wegerzyn Gardens and have access to food, stores, and housing along the route.
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Kegan Sickels
1 month 2 weeks ago
Sidewalks are missing on this side of the street, and are frequently used by kids going to and from bus stops.
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Anonymous
3698 Linden Ave 2 months, 1 week agothis path (all the bike paths) are beautiful and so great to ride on. but look at how you have to get there! could more access points to the trails be added for pedestrians and people on bikes? like maybe in the neighborhoods instead of along these busy streets?
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2 months, 1 week agoRichard
The flight line plan would do exactly that. It's already approved, it just needs funding! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/city-dayton-seeks-funding-for-rails-trails-project
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoConnect Apple St. to Great Miami Recreational Trail and add access to/from the riverfront trail
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Ryan Cappo
1221 S Patterson Blvd 2 weeks, 1 day agoThere needs to be a paved trail that goes under this bridge. The other side is a bit more narrow, however the intersection above is horrible especially if you are riding north on the wrong side of the street because that is where the trail goes. It isn’t a big project, but it would be a huge improvement. I usually walk my bike down under the bridge right now to avoid the intersection, which is the safest way to deal with it now.
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Andy
46 Hamilton Ave 1 month, 1 week agoThe abandoned rail road tracks are always overgrown with weeds and love to collect trash. The surrounding area is unused and in dire need of attention. Until the Flight Line is completed I'm basically a single issue voter. This would continue the downtown and 3rd street momentum while increasing the pace of residential and private investment into east Dayton. I've seen plans for the Flight Line that are 8+ years old, get it done!
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Anonymous
2 months, 1 week ago
A fast/dedicated transit connection between the downtown bus hub and near the intersection of National and Colonel Glenn. Later would serve Area B of WPAFB, Wright State, and nearby commercial area. Current bus service takes twice as long as driving and has very limited times.
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Anonymous
2 weeks ago
The pheasant hill and forest ridge neighborhoods need a connection to Eastwood metro park trail system
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Matt Schaeffer
Salem Ave 2 months, 1 week agoCreate bike lane/route/path connecting Steve Whalen Blvd to existing Wyoming St. path
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoThis surface parking lot is possibly the biggest waste of high-value real-estate in Dayton. Would make a great location for full-service grocer with apartments and condos on top. Perhaps Dayton would benefit from a Land Value Tax.
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Kegan Sickels
756 W Riverview Ave 1 month 3 weeks agoConnect this area to either the recreation trail, or extend the trail along the top of the levee to this location for better access to the protected Salem Ave Bike lanes.
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Anonymous
W Stewart St 2 months, 1 week agoMake this intersection have a priority signal for trail crossings and students walking or using scooters or bikes. It also needs high vis paint for the trail and repainted stop bars set back so car drivers don't pull up to turn; the turning right on red should be restricted.
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Matt Schaeffer
US-35 W 2 months, 1 week agoConvert Ice Ave/Booher Ln/Gibbs Ln into a pedestrian mall.
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Matt Sauer
108 Auto Club Dr 2 months, 1 week agoMake Ludlow 2-way w/ bike lanes. It's under-traveled and would provide a route to access the west side of downtown from points south now that Perry has been blocked by CJ's play field.
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Anonymous
E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agois there enough space on east third to do something like oakwood has done on shroyer? i work downtown, and i love this area on east third, so many great taco places, and the arcade bar is super fun. but it's not a very inviting area on foot or bike. just feels like a lot of cement and no shade. it's a miserable stretch to walk.
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2 months, 1 week agoJoel
You don't need to play Frogger at DK Effect when you can have the same experience crossing the street. Winning the burrito is a bonus.
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Anonymous
8 N Main St 2 months, 1 week agoHave this crosswalk light disabled during hours of low pedestrian traffic.
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2 months, 1 week agoAnonymous
Also would be great to have a pedestrian bridge over keowee
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2 months, 1 week agoAnonymous
I disgaree - the light should be consistent even if no pedestrians are crossing. Pedestrians and bikes should have priority most places in the city, but especially downtown.
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Matt Schaeffer
Salem Ave 2 months, 1 week agoContinue bicycle path/lanes along McGee south to Germantown St.
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Richard
77 S Terry St 2 months, 1 week agoThis railroad right-of-way is an eyesore, wasted space, and PERFECT for connecting residents all along its path to our excellent biking network. It is currently VERY UNSAFE to ride in these neighborhoods, and there is NO bike friendly access to any of the long distance bike paths in the city. A plan is already in place. Fund it!
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Chris Cummings
US-35 W 2 months, 1 week agoReduce traffic lane on Wayne South below 35 to provide a cycle track to connect South Park to downtown (or in the additional space under 35 where the sidewalk is). Also under this bridge is an extremely depressing place. If we cant remove/replace 35 with a boulevard can we at least do something (murals, more lighting, skate park) to activate this area and make it less terrible.
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2 weeks 4 days agoAnonymous
Especially at night - terrible biking experience, better lighting and cleanliness (cough cough gas station) would really help.
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1275 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoPutt sharrows up and down this stretch if there won't be any quality bike safety improvements. Fix the sidewalks at the store fronts and ensure lighting.
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2 months agoMatt Schaeffer
I disagree - sharrows have actually been shown to be less safe for bicyclists and drivers. Better to have nothing at all and allow bicyclists to command the lane.
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Chris Cummings
190 N Edwin C Moses Blvd 2 months, 1 week agoRoad diet for Riverview Ave, one lane each direction with turn lane. Curb bumpouts, pedestrian signalization.
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Maleyah
946 Geneva Rd 2 months agoConnect to bike network and surrounding area. This part of Dayton would benefit from denser housing and more housing options. The road in front of Thurgood High is not safe for crossing. It is too fast and has too few crosswalks. Part of this road has no sidewalk whatsoever. Many of the Residents Park streets do not have sidewalks. There is a lack of parks in this area as well. Small parks, more crosswalks, bike lanes, and sidewalks are very much needed here.
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Will Hollibaugh
E Monument Ave 1 week 4 days agoCovered bike rack, it rained on my bike =/ Actual bike racks for the stadium, had to use delco lofts.
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Joel
2 months, 1 week ago
We probably should just start using this bridge as the default pedestrian/cyclist crossing. It's the least dangerous option. If Norfolk Southern has a problem with that, let them enforce their own trespassing rules. I doubt they will and it's simply worth the risk.
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Chris Cummings
S Jefferson St 2 months, 1 week agoUnder this bridge is an extremely depressing place with a TON of space being wasted. If we cant remove/replace 35 with a boulevard can we at least do something (murals, more lighting, skate park!) to activate this area and make it less terrible. I know of some skate parks out west that have been built under huge overpasses.
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2 weeks 4 days agoAnonymous
75 and 35 are the main corridors to downtown, even just some landscaping around them would be nice, the way it is right now is not welcoming at all. And as noted above, is depressing as a pedestrian and scary as a cyclist.
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Matt Sauer
467 W Riverview Ave 2 months, 1 week agoNice to have a crosswalk here; speed of cars coming from Great Miami Blvd can be pretty high.
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoRoad diet and protected cycle track along Wayne Ave. (Cycle track on west side of street)
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
When riding to Eastwood, it's safer to stay on N Smithville Rd, then turn right on Springfield St than to use the path here. Coming back, there's better visibility if you turn onto N Smithville instead of using the short connector path. Suggest getting rid of the short connector path & moving everyone to the road. Cut the bushes back occasionally and this would be great.
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Anonymous
2 months ago
Extending the sidewalk here, connecting the Wayne Bus Stop to Access Hospital
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Anonymous
828 Wayne Ave 2 weeks 3 days agoThere are a lot of great dining/beverage options now between Dublin Pub and Branch and Bone Artisan Ales such that the area has the potential to be transformed into a dining, coffee, and cocktail destination. One major obstacle to this is the high speed limit on Wayne Ave., which makes it unpleasant to walk along the sidewalk from one restaurant to another or from the Fifth Street pedestrian zone into this area. If the city lowered the speed limit on Wayne Ave. and perhaps also closed a lane on that road and cleaned up the underpass under 35, the area could really take off.
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Anonymous
1 month ago
BIKE TRAIL! As a future business owner in this corridor, making this area attractive to downtown and easily accessible to neighborhood residents is SO important to me.
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Anonymous
1665 E 3rd St 2 weeks 6 days agoCreate a pedestrian right of way here. It is dangerous to cross here to get to Taqueria Mixteca, Big Daddy's, or the bus stop, but the alternative option for a safe crossing is going all the way down to Keowee or up to the 3rd/Linden/Springfield intersection.
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Matt Schaeffer
520 W 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoMore access points between on-street cycle network and trail network. Make it seem like one integrated network.
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Anonymous
702 E 5th St 2 months, 1 week agoWhy doesn't the bike lane have the option to continue across Wayne on 5th? I biked to the Oregon District the other day and had to cross over the turn lane to merge with car traffic.
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2 months, 1 week agoAnonymous
Agreed!!! Bike lane ending here on Wayne needs to change
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Anonymous
2 months ago
This intersection is a critically overlooked decision point for bike riders to get to the trail or to springfield street. Let's get some sharrows or a bike lane all the way down first, passed Mike's Bike Park and sharrows up Findlay passed Life Enrichment Center to the Mad river Trail and expand into Old North Dayton. The utilitarian people that ride bikes would totally continue using these routes. The truck traffic is intimidating so this is the type of opportunity that really needs some improvements. Also, the asphalt condition stinks. Please repave and restripe
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Matt Schaeffer
17 N Ludlow St 2 months, 1 week agoGenerally speaking, I'd like to see Dayton adopt a long-term active transportation plan that utilizes the Dutch principle of "ontvlechten," which roughly translates to "disentangling." Essentially, the Dutch prioritize active transportation and make walking- and/or bicycling-only routes that tend to be the most direct path between two points of interest, with a more circuitous route accessible by car, such that the different modes of transportation never or seldom come into conflict with each other. Video at the link explains the concept more fully and provides examples.
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Brad Walwer
457 Krebs Ave 1 week agoCan Krebs become a complete street? Curb, sidewalk, storm sewer, the whole shebang? Kling was recently resurfaced and with it, different drainage than that of what it was previously. Now when it rains/snows, precipitation just sits on Krebs and ponds all across the road. Walking this portion of roadway is already a minor inconvenience as you have to walk in the roadway but with water, you have to skip our block altogether. I don't know how hard the adjacent homes sump pumps have to work to accommodate but the road, walking, biking, everything is nearly impossible. and it's such a small road
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Aaron G
US-35 E 2 months agoWalking under 35 is awkward at best, but can be terrifying at the wrong time of day. There needs to be more lighting/murals/landscaping/some kind of addition to make the space more inviting. If any nearby abandoned buildings could be acquired and renovated/turned into park space that would be helpful as well.
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Latoyia Washington
800 W Grand Ave 2 months agoThis is an intersection that connects historic districts Grafton Hill and Dayton View Historic. It would be great to see this intersection have bricked crosswalks and some sort of arching signage or beautiful potted plants on the corners marking the districts. The gas station is an eye sore and a crime magnet. We know it private owned but it would be great if it were gone and that lot was turned into a beautiful park
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Anonymous
1575 Wayne Ave 2 weeks 5 days agoThe area around Wayne Ave Kroger and Walgreens is particularly dangerous to pedestrians and encourages unsafe jaywalking around high speed traffic moving downhill. This area is a fairly busy commercial area and is often full with transit riders and walkers. Perhaps a pedestrian island or addition of another crosswalk would make this area less of a hotspot.
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Matt Schaeffer
1581 S Edwin C Moses Blvd 2 months agoAdd sheltered, secure bike parking and a Link station at Welcome Stadium. Redevelop parking lot into mixed-use, mixed-income housing. Connect Welcome Stadium and UD Arena to Carillon Park via pedestrian bridge.
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Chris Cummings
1850 W 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoAlternative to road diets for overbuilt roads - convert lanes to Bus Rapid Transit lanes with center built islands to improve transit in high ridership areas while reducing car lanes to improve safety by limiting the ability to speed.
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1 week 3 days agoJeffrey J Moore
Black Farmers Market Producer Adopt A Space South Roosevelt Memorial Park Garden W 3rd Street Smart Upgrades and Updates www.Kaboom.org
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Anonymous
2 months ago
Oh look the start of a Third Street west to east protected bike lane. Put the road on a diet, slow the cars, add dedicated bike lane and protected at points of high stress. Route to continue in sections.
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Stakeholder Input
3303 Deweese Pkwy 3 months agoAdd protected bikeway across town on Third Street
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Chris Cummings
99 Theobald Ct 2 months, 1 week agoThere is a substantial business corridor on this section of Wayne now. Recommend parking improvements on Theobald. Maybe add angled parking or re-stripe to improve parking capacity.
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Matt Schaeffer
140 E 2nd St 2 months, 1 week agoProtected cycle track connecting Salem Ave to on-street cycle network and trail network.
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Matt Schaeffer
Salem Ave 2 months, 1 week agoGet rid of right-turn slip lanes and turn this intersection into a roundabout.
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Joel
2 months, 1 week ago
Visitors to downtown would probably make this park their eastbound turnaround point or first stop if they went for a ride on the Flightline. There are already commercial buildings being renovated here. I can't say anything more without stating the clearly obvious benefits. Prioritize, fund, and finish it.
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Anonymous
30 N Jefferson St 2 months, 1 week agoPut huge concrete seasonal planters here so people in cars know were to park and the bike lane will really truly be protected. Solves the double-parking/incorrect parking situation; especially for events. Better yet, have Levitt Foundation raise matching funds $ for them/maintenance/watering
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2 weeks 4 days agoAnonymous
Yes! People always parking in the bike lane here!
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Matt Schaeffer
N Patterson Blvd 2 months, 1 week agoExtend Canal Walk an additional block
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Matt Schaeffer
152 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoIncorporate a protected cycle track into the planned road diet of North Main Street and stretch it all the way to the University of Dayton campus at Stewart Street. Additionally, connect it to the bicycle trail on Shoop Mill so people could feasibly bike a loop from U of D arena to Wegerzyn Gardens and have access to food, stores, and housing along the route.
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Matt Schaeffer
2 months, 1 week ago
Connect Keowee St. bike lanes to riverfront trail.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 5 days ago
Add a bikeway to the N side of the Mad River; from Valley/Troy to Findley St
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Anonymous
2 Bacon St 1 week agoIF Flight Line is ever purchased from the RR company, this would be an ideal location for a bike hub. Allow people the opportunity to bike into downtown from Beavercreek, Xenia, Kettering, Riverside, etc. right into the heart of downtown. A hub in this location with bike storage, a nice bus stop, etc. would allow folks to go to a Dragons Game, the market, Yellowcab or the Oregon District. SO COOL
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Anonymous
473 E 5th St 2 months agoIssue citations to motorcyclists that ignore the road closure and park/drive inside the barriers for Out On Fifth. Lots of bikes parked inside the barriers on Jackson, often driving across the street at intersection of Jackson & Fifth, even when road is closed. Sometimes even going down fifth to connect to parking lot adjacent to The Annex/Hole In The Wall. The rules apply to motorcycles. Enforce them.
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Matt Schaeffer
178 S Patterson Blvd 2 months, 1 week agoMake this intersection a Dutch Roundabout
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Misty
1501 Pinecrest Dr 2 months agoThere needs to be a safe crosswalk and or stop lights to cross Ridge Ave in order to get to Ridgecrest Park. Ridgecrest Park is being restored and drawing a lot of traffic. Children are not able to get from this side of the neighborhood, safely to the Park. It is a very huge concern.
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Kegan Sickels
2082 Salem Ave 1 month 2 weeks agoThis area, in front of the only commercial strip in our neighborhood has relatively narrow sidewalks for the speed of vehicles going past, and the building has frequently been hit by vehicles and does not feel safe to use the front doors. The bus stop has been hit at this corner on both sides of Salem and the neighborhood signs have been hit at least 4 times in the past 3 years.
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
When traveling from UD to the bike trail, a cyclist can either illegally move to the sidewalk to initiate a light change, or sit in the right turn lane getting yelled at by drivers wanting to turn right on red.
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Kegan Sickels
756 W Riverview Ave 1 month 3 weeks agoThe bike lanes on N. Main are the main existing connection from Northwest Dayton to Downtown, however, these lanes are only about 2 feet wide and offer no protection.
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Chris Cummings
E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoNorthbound traffic on Wayne Ave turning left onto Third St oftens speeds to beat the light. Multiple close calls (and some actual incidents where cars have gone onto/into the sidewalk on the Northside of Third St have occurred). This is especially dangerous given that BarrelHouse's patio is in the way of any errant traffic. Recommend doing something to slow this traffic down. Addining bollards to protect pedestrians/customers on patio.
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2 weeks 4 days agoEvan
I'd like to see some raised crosswalks like in Cincinnati here to force cars to slow down.
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Chase
598 S Hayden Ave 2 months, 1 week agoIntersection is challenging for pedestrians to cross. The roads are very wide and the turning radii are very wide. Lots of speeding on Burkhardt. No left turn lane from Burkhardt westbound to Cosler but it's wide enough that many people pass on the right making driver behavior unpredictable, and there's a little bit of a curve and hill making it easy to miss a car coming westbound on Burkhardt.
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1001 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoThe crosswalks for keowee are long distances with very short pedestrian right-of-way timed signals.
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2 months, 1 week agoJoel
Everytime I use the crosswalks on Keowee I look up at the railroad bridge and think, next time, I'm just gonna trespass.
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Anonymous
1 month, 1 week ago
We have no access to any of the trails or river areas unless we drive or load our bikes on a bus.
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1872 E 4th St 2 weeks 6 days agoCar traffic travels far too fast through the inner part of the Huffman neighborhood moving from 3rd to 5th. A lot can be done to improve pedestrian safety on our streets. Bump outs on 4th St., marked crosswalks at each intersection, reduction in speed limit (25 to 15), to name a few. We have to make it inconvenient for cars to use our neighborhood as a pass through and encourage our neighbors to slow down.
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
There is no sidewalk to connect to Riverside's sidewalk. This is an awful stretch of road for pedestrians. It is used, there are wear paths in the grass along the road where people walk.
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Grafton Hill NA
Belmonte Park N 4 days 3 hours agodamaged sidewalks in this area, location 6
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Grafton Hill NA
49 Stoddard Ave 4 days 3 hours agoDamaged sidewalks in this area, location 2
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
horrendous pavement under the train bridge - terrible for cycling (or even driving) to & from sinclair.
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Chris Cummings
1537 Wayne Ave 2 months, 1 week agoWayne Ave is extremely un-pedestrian friendly. High traffic volume at a high rate of speed pass in close proximity to pedestrians without any type of protection in the form of either street trees or bollards. Also significant pedestrian traffic crosses Wayne Ave to reach Kroger without any type of signalization. The lack of signalization at the entrance to Kroger makes leaving Kroger during high traffic periods difficult as well.
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Brad Walwer
706 Shroyer Rd 1 week agoLane widths for both northbound and southbound Shroyer Road at the intersection of Patterson leave an odd amount of space that causes frequent driver confusion and potential hazard. When a vehicle approaches from either north or south and attempts to make a left turn onto Patterson, they leave enough space beside them that thru drivers go around the vehicle waiting to turn. In the SB direction, the width is minor and only agressive drivers will skirt around. In the NB direction because of the right turn lane, ample width is available and drivers don't know if it's an available lane. This causes issues right as the light cycles to yellow/red but usually leaves a thru driver or two passed causing confusion on how to merge or whose turn it is. When biking on the street, this is a nightmare. The lane either needs to be painted on or the road to be built/painted differently to make it more explicit the number of available travel lanes.
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Anonymous
2 months ago
Stewart Street is entirely too wide. Cars speed all the time through the neighborhood. Reduce the lanes, lower the speed limit visually. Add bike sharrows or a bike lane please.
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2225 Russet Ave 1 month 2 weeks agoNo signage on Russet to indicate the Belmont park bike path is present. There is a speeding problem on Russet between Woodbine and Highridge. Too many people exit the path onto Russet without slowing or looking for traffic, despite a stop sign at the end of the path. Signage and/or street markings indicating the presence of the bike path would be helpful.
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Kegan Sickels
105 Federal St 1 month 3 weeks agoThis intersection has a large curb and is not regularly cleaned. It is marked as having bike access, but you can barely walk through here, let alone get a bike through this intersection
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Maleyah
2 months ago
This area lacks enough quality housing and styles. There are not enough stores that sell fresh produce within walking distance of the neighborhoods. Many homes are blighted on vacant. Roads in this area are often too fast and dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. The people of West Dayton deserve a walkable, bikeable, safe neighborhood.
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Brad Walwer
1204 Shroyer Rd 1 week agoWhere the bike land terminates and a user would share the road width with vehicular traffic, the lane immediately narrows, causing a hazard for both involved. The bike lane should end and be replaced with sharrows on the road or have a longer curb cutout to allow for merging into traffic heading northbound. It immediately widens right after Gainsborough so truthfully, some right-of-way purchasing and bumping the curb back a few feet would do it.
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Grafton Hill NA
623 Belmonte Park N 4 days 3 hours agoDamaged sidewalk in this area, location 6
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Anonymous
2 months ago
This stretch of roadway is a dragstrip. Add trees, reduce the speed limit to 25, narrow the lanes, make a dedicated bus lane up N. Main St to and from downtown.
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Susan Sinks
Main St 4 days 8 hours agoThe bike path crosses Main St. in Moraine twice here. At Pinnicle, and at Johnson Trail/Pinnicle. Cars fly down Main St. and don't slow down for people in the cross walk. We need flashing red lights for when people are crossing both spots. Main St is wide, and visibilty is bad. We have come close to getting hit more than once.
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Anonymous
359 N Main St 2 months, 1 week agoCars often turn without noticing people crossing Main St. Could there also be a crosswalk on the south side, connecting the two pedestrian paths along the river? There's a school nearby, so many people walk/ride to/from school and at other times. This should be a big highlight!
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2 months, 1 week agoAnonymous
Agree! This no turn is always abused. Almost get hit here walking.
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1 week 5 days ago
People that park in the middle of the street, like police and other governmnet issued vehicles are setting a bad precedent for those of us who would like to do that to avoid paying for parking. There are many options for paid parking they can park at, to avoid the pedestrian issues that arise from people crossing the street outside of the crosswalks, because cars are there. Please don't allow people to park in the center lanes of traffic! Especially government-issued vehicles. (Bad look)
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Scott Broyles
US-35 W 5 days 2 hours agoThe pedestrian bridge over 35 is not maintained as is should be. In the winter snow and ice is not removed. In the summer is gets overgrown with weeds and branches. Also people have begun to camp along it on the Oregon district side. It needs better maintenance and lighting to make it more inviting and useful for pedestrians and even bicycles and scooters.
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Kegan Sickels
W 1st St 1 month 3 weeks agoWith the protected bike lane, there is no way to get from the end of the lane here at Riverview and Salem across the Salem bridge. The bridge traffic lanes are over built, and part of the roadway could be removed to continue the cycle track across the bride to get to Sunrise/Sunset parks.
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Eric
2 weeks 6 days ago
Sidewalks are unsafe with shifted sections that are trip hazards and deteriorated sections.
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Matt Schaeffer
152 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoThis bike lane is next to moving vehicle traffic and in the dooring zone from parked cars. I regularly have near-misses along this route and it is easily the most dangerous stretch of my commute.
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
traveling south on the bike path, visibility is marginally good for timing a safe crossing. However, traveling north, the road bends and speeds are high enough so that it is impossible to see when a safe crossing is available.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 6 days ago
Inconsistant sidewalks, thin/no shoulder and overgrowth make this hard to walk. With the new Kroger opening (and the two nearest ones closing) this will be critical for some people to get groceries very soon.
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Matt Schaeffer
31 N Jefferson St 2 months, 1 week agoCars frequently double parked or parked in bicycle lane.
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Matt Schaeffer
W 3rd St 2 months agoThis is a dangerous intersection, particularly for anyone not inside of a car. Anecdotally, many near-misses here. I think Dayton should make continuous sidewalks the default design city-wide. See link.
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Grafton Hill NA
367 Grafton Ave 4 days 3 hours agoDamaged sidewalks in this area, location 5
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Matt Schaeffer
S Keowee St 2 months, 1 week agoKeowee Street is too wide, has too many lanes for cars. Long crosswalk with inadequate time for pedestrians, especially given proximity to high school with new and higher-risk drivers.
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2 months, 1 week agoJoel
The Norfolk Southern railroad bridge is such an obvious solution to this problem. Fund the Flightline. This part of it isn't about recreation as much as it is about safety. Prioritize accordingly, please.
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4 weeks agoKaitlin
Agreed, there isn't enough traffic to justify the number of lanes. It is also pretty dangerous to cross as a pedestrian. My partner has been nearly hit while on runs more than once!
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4 weeks agoKaitlin
Agreed, there isn't enough traffic to justify the number of lanes. It is also pretty dangerous to cross as a pedestrian. My partner has been nearly hit while on runs more than once!
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Evan
486 E 3rd St 2 weeks 4 days agoAcross the city there is a lot of speeding and running lights on these very broad roads. Sidewalk grade or raised crosswalks would be a great way to slow people down (Cincinnati recently did a lot of this in downtown and OTR) please consider doing the same throughout town.
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Chris Cummings
US-35 W 2 months, 1 week agoPedestrian bridge and surrounding area is not maintained/activated and as such is prone graffiti and overgrown foliage that contributes to an unwelcoming walking environment.
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Anonymous
724 Riverside Dr 1 month 3 weeks agoA road diet is desperately needed along Riverside Drive. People drive way too fast and it is dangerous for both cars turning on the street and pedestrians.
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1 month, 1 week agoAndrew
I would like this a million times if I could. Riverside should be a quiet attractive boulevard which would probably give the homes that face it a better view, better safety, and more value. Instead of a quiet tree-lined boulevard that merits the name "The Dayton Greenway" it's more of a 5-lane superhighway with shoulder-to-shoulder concrete and concrete barricades that feels about as unnatural as it gets.
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Kegan Sickels
237 N Edwin C Moses Blvd 1 month 2 weeks agoThe pedestrian island here is a joke. The curbs aren't painted and it blends in with the road. A larger median with more visibility is required. This median provides no extra protection to pedestrians.
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Maleyah
Washington St 2 months agoThere is glass and metal on the sidewalks and streets here. Cyclists coming of the path do not have a safe place to ride. Tires can be popped because of all of the debris from the recycling center. Trucks block sidewalks and make it difficult to navigate.
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Anonymous
1 month 2 weeks ago
This section of 35 is largely overbuilt, and should be brought back to street level and re-introduced to the street grid west of 75. It is a nightmare for pedestrians and cyclists to try to cross.
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Anonymous
1 month 3 weeks ago
Police vehicles are always parked in the bike lane here. Suggest narrowing traffic by adding dedicated police parking between bike lane and traffic.
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Chris Cummings
192 Fairground Ave 2 months, 1 week agoDoordash and other delivery drivers frequently park in bike lane on Brown Street. Recommend adding flexible bollards to prevent this and separate the bike lane from traffic. Also the new pedestrian island is an improvement but needs additional signalization (flashing pedestrian sign) with instructions to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk. Additionally if it is desired to have pedestrians cross at crosswalks rather than where recommend adding railing etc along sidewalks (similar to on 48 in Oakwood)
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2 months agoAnonymous
Echo this comment. Came here to say exactly the same about delivery drivers.
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4 weeks agoAnonymous
Same concerns
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Anonymous
2 months, 1 week ago
Many vehicles speed down Phillips at all hours of the day/night. Several accidents have happened because people speed and aren’t paying attention to others pulling out of the side streets. I’m worried about all the children that wait at the side of the road for the bus and it’s only a matter of time before theres another serious accident.
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356 Central Ave 4 days 3 hours agoDamaged sidewalks in this area, location 4
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Evan
1558 Wayne Ave 2 weeks 4 days agoAs others here have mentioned this part, or pretty much all of Wayne is terrible for pedestrians or cyclists. Needs something to slow traffic (maybe keep all the pot holes haha) by adding raised crossings to simulate a speed bump and a light or something at Kroger - too often cars are whipping out.
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Anonymous
598 E 1st St 2 months, 1 week agoThere are regularly accidents at the intersection of Webster and 1st St, both from high speeds from people leaving downtown, and that 1st Street is one way on the west side of Webster and two directions on the East of Webster. Modifying the green lights to include a turn arrow when approaching the intersection while traveling west on 1st Street would alleviate this, as most accidents there occur because drivers waiting to turn onto south bound Webster from west bound 1st do not realize they have to yield to oncoming traffic from east bound 1st.
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Findlay Street trail access
3 months 3 weeks ago
Both a pedestrian and a cycling issue
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Anonymous
2 months, 1 week ago
There is a severe lack of bike infrastructure in this part of Dayton. There needs to be dedicated bike lanes that connect important places here. The lack of bike lanes makes it unsafe to ride. Many people drive too fast on these roads.
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Anonymous
704 E 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoWhile improving with the new landscaping up the bank, the area around the RR overpass, including the overpass itself, which is crumbling, is always dark and dingy and such a barrier to walking to the market or entering downtown from the East side on foot.
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1 month agoAnonymous
Agree! The easiest way for me to get downtown on foot, but not an inviting option.
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Eric Rothman
170 S Patterson Blvd 2 months agoThere is a curb at this intersection that forces the bike lane into traffic or onto the sidewalk. The flow of bike traffic here headed south is generally confusing and somewhat dangerous if you're new to it. If you wanted to ride to Brown Street, for example, the safest route would be to move to the sidewalk for most of this section.
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Andrew
1 month, 1 week ago
The bike path is a bit awkward to navigate past the Canoe Club with some uneven spots. This is probably one of the more dangerous areas to bike across.
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Kegan Sickels
105 Federal StKegan Sickels
105 Federal St 1 month 3 weeks agoAs a trustee of Preservation Dayton, I would like to inform of a forthcoming initiative by Preservation Dayton, Inc. to list the Santa Clara Business District on the National Register of Historic Places (https://www.preservationdayton.com/santaclara). This area, roughly bounded by Ridge Ave. to the south and Marathon Ave. to the north along N. Main St., was also recently listed as one of Preservation Ohio’s Most Endangered Sites (http://preserveohio.com/2022-ohios-most-endangered-historic-sites/).
The Santa Clara Business District occupies two blocks of North Main Street in Dayton, Ohio, extending one block north and south of Santa Clara Avenue. It contains one- and two-story storefronts, some with apartments above, some attached to the previously existing turn-of-the-century houses. Notable buildings include the curving red-brick Smith Building (1926), the brick-fronted Bice Building (1926), and the Federation Block (1927) which originally contained the 1000-seat Riverdale [Silent Movie and Vaudeville] Theater, an 8-lane bowling alley, storefronts and second-floor apartments.
These buildings along the western edge of the roadway have been subject to damage resulting from vehicle collisions at the curve where Santa Clara Ave meets North Main St. with regular occurrence.
In an attempt to revitalize the area, Preservation Dayton is taking the first steps, with neighborhood support, toward making the properties eligible to receive historic tax credits by listing the Business District on the National Register of Historic Places. Given the prevalence of historic tax credits being used in rehabilitation projects, such as the Dayton Arcade and Fire Blocks Districts in downtown Dayton, we are confident that the area will soon see investment that hasn’t been seen since before the area was redlined by financial institutions.
Another step in this process to create a safe, thriving neighborhood is to encourage a built environment that provides safe public transportation, pedestrian, and biking amenities. According to the American Community Survey, 10.4% of residents in zip code 45405 (which runs along N. Main Street) do not have access to a motor vehicle compared to 8.1% of the City of Dayton as a whole. There is a greater demonstrated need for bus stops, bike lanes, and safer pedestrian facilities along this corridor.
Studies also show that narrowing the roadway visually, using street trees and planted median barriers for example, can decrease crashes. The most recent research suggests that trees may improve driving safety. One study found that placing trees and planters in urban arterial roadsides reduced mid-block crashes by 5% to 20%. (Naderi, J.R. 2003. Landscape Design in the Clear Zone: Effect of Landscape Variables on Pedestrian Health and Driver Safety. Transportation Research Record 1851:119-130.)
We are requesting that tree pits be reintroduced where possible along these blocks adjacent to Santa Clara Ave, and that structural bollards be introduced on the western edge of the street to protect pedestrians on the sidewalks and the buildings behinds them. In addition, where pedestrian refuge islands are present, planted medians should also be present. These recommendations align with the vision (and visuals) represented in the North Main Street Corridor Plan and Northwest Dayton Neighborhood Vision Documents as abbreviated below.(https://www.daytonohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6351/North-Main-Street-Corridor-Plan-2018).“Transform major roadways into complete streets. North Main Street and Riverside Drive are the Corridor’s large commuter roadways.
The recently-adopted Dayton Transportation Plan 2040 recommends the following complete street elements for large commuter roadways: • Pedestrian facilities. Highly visibility crosswalks, pedestrian refuge islands, and pedestrian hybrid beacons • Bicycle facilities. Cycle tracks, bike box, and two-stage turn queue box • Way-finding signage. For all roadway users • Street-scape features. Decorative lighting and street furniture • Green infrastructure. Street trees and landscaping • Transit facilities. Signage, transit information, and shelters.”( July-2020-Northwest-Dayton-Neighborhoods-Vision (daytonohio.gov)
Proposed Improvements • Remove one north-bound travel lane and provide on-street parking to create a barrier between travel lanes and pedestrians. On-street parking provides easy access for businesses along the corridor and creates a barrier between moving traffic and pedestrians on the sidewalks • At the curve of N. Main Street expand the pedestrian zone by removing a travel lane to create a new curb edge with a generous tree verge • Remove the inner south-bound travel lane and replace with a median or left turn lane where appropriate • Add a verge for street trees and/or large planters along sidewalks and in the median where possible to further protect pedestrians and enhance the area’s aesthetics • Ensure the street is attractive to pedestrians by adding pedestrian-scaled lighting, awnings, tables, and chairs for restaurants, street furniture, street trees where appropriate, and pedestrian-scaled signage for businesses.
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Kegan Sickels
105 Federal St 1 month 3 weeks agoThe Broadway bike lanes are rarely swept, and continue to have a lot of gravel and debris in them. Additionally, fairly large sections of the bike lane markings have either been removed as part of water or gas line work or have been scraped off with the snow plow.
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Nate Johnson
800 W 3rd St 2 months, 1 week agoThe new protected bike lanes are great and I would like to see more of them throughout the city to provide a means of practical travel (work, school, grocery etc) beyond the bike trail system. However, they also are filled with litter and debris with no evident maintenance plan.
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Chase
2 months, 1 week ago
Sidewalks along this stretch of Burkhardt are problematic. They are only on one side of the road for most of it, and keep alternating sides. The road is very wide with lots of speeding and some hills, so not very safe to cross. With east Dayton's only grocery store (Smithville Kroger) relocating to Burkhardt & Woodman in Riverside, this would be the only route to walk to get groceries. To walk from Smithville to the new Kroger, you would have to cross Burkhardt a minimum of three times to stay on sidewalk. The road may be wide enough currently to accommodate bike lanes but there is a lot of speeding and the pavement is very rough.
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Anonymous
2 months ago
GET RID OF THE ONE WAY STREETS DOWNTOWN PLEASE. PEOPLE GET CONFUSED & IT'S DANGEROUS. THE SPACE IS THERE TO MAKE EVERYTHING 2-WAY WITH BIKE INFASTRUCTURE. - THANKS
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Grafton Hill NA
172 Central Ave 4 days 3 hours agoDamaged sidewalks in this area, location 3
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Anonymous
2 months ago
Biking this stretch is putting your life into someone else's hands, the lanes are too wide and the cars go too fast. If you bike on the street like I do because the trail doesn't connect to your front door, you have to try and hold the lane without getting stuff thrown at you or flipped off. Road diet, bike sharrows in the middle.
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Anonymous
175 E Monument Ave 1 month 3 weeks agoThe bike paths here are frequently flooded, making it hard for those of us who want to bike from our neighborhoods to downtown. (Especially those of us towing kids in the bike carrier!) Would love to see improvements made to this path so it doesn't become flooded / is a reliable path.
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4496 N Main St 2 months, 1 week agoThe bus system in Dayton is too slow! Buses get stuck in traffic all the time. There needs to be bus lanes added to major streets to increase the efficiency of the buses. Some roads that need bus lanes are Main street, North Main Street, Sibenthaler, North and South Dixie, Salem, MOST of downtown Dayton, Far Hills, Wilmington, Gettysburg, Third Street, Brown Street. These roads are so busy that it takes double the time by bus to reach your destination than by car. In addition to buses being slow, the bus stops are poorly made. Many of them do not have benches or sidewalks! Some are just on a pole on a patch of grass. Bus stops should at least have a bench and at most have an awning and multiple benches. Buses run too infrequently on the weekends and the weekdays. Buses in busy areas should be coming every 15mins. As it stands now, some bus stops on get a bus every hour! Missing a single bus could set you back hours! If these issues are not solved ridership will not increase. People want to use the bus, but will only do so if its better than using a car.
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Maleyah
405 N Gettysburg Ave 2 months agoGettysburg is very dangerous to drive, walk, or bike on. People race on this street nearly every day endangering the lives of so many people. There is a lack of safe crosswalks and sidewalks. There needs to be traffic combing in this area to reduce speeds and make pedestrians more visible. Many people ride bikes in this neighborhood, but do not have dedicated bike lanes. This needs to change.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 6 days ago
The bike lane here is a death trap and removed a lane from an already conjested intersection. I've never seen a cyclist here in the past 13 years.
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Anonymous
3 weeks 3 days ago
No traffic signals or safe pedestrian crossings between Philadelphia Dr. and N. Gettsyburg. Traffic prohibits safe crossings from the neighborhood to the multi-purpose trail and Adventure Central
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Andrew
1 month, 1 week ago
There are one or two bad bumps/gaps on the bike path in this vicinity. Bad enough to easily knock down a child cyclist who is not a great rider or even an adult who is not paying close enough attention and traveling fast enough.
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Andrew
1 month, 1 week ago
When I bike to downtown I consider this the most dangerous spot. The bike path crosses a road and there is no flashing light or similar. There is a third road that comes out as well and when cars are approaching, turning, etc., it can be difficult for riders (especially younger riders) to know when it is safe to go. Since there are nearly always cars coming and nothing to make the cars stop, it is pretty much always a game of figuring out "is that car traveling fast enough that it will hit me before I get across?" with cars moving in up to three directions. And the car turning out from the south of the road is watching other cars to turn out, not you.
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Anonymous
2 months, 1 week ago
this intersection is practically impossible on a bike, unless you get off and walk or want to risk getting a ticket for riding on the sidewalk. it really cuts off the neighborhoods southeast of downtown from being able to take their bike into the city.
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Anonymous
502 E 4th St 2 weeks 5 days agoThis is a scary intersection; hard to see around when in car Wheelhouse (cars on Wayne constantly speeding) and difficult as a pedestrian (would be great to have a crossing here). Cycling is also quite terrifying - the road is too large so cats are too comfortable driving fast - trying to get through the light after the railroad. It’s also quite bleak south of railroad, some trees along the street would make it look nicer!
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Nate Johnson
99 N Broadway St 2 months, 1 week agoMarked bike lanes along Broadway are consistently littered with trash and road debris swept aside by motor vehicles. This presents a dangerous path with obstacles and potential damage to bicycles and riders.
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Kegan Sickels
2799 Philadelphia Dr 1 month 2 weeks agoThese ADA compliant ramps go to nowhere, and do not facilitate pedestrian access.
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OND Neighbor
1 month ago
As much as an asset this is to our neighborhood and the commuting work force, this gas station rarely has all of its pumps operational, the grounds are often times dilapidated, and with its drive-through attracts a lot of nighttime riffraff. I would like to see better regulation on the appearance of these types of businesses, there security efforts such as lighting and crowd control, and have their basic business operational
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Chris Cummings
101 N Saint Clair St 2 months, 1 week agoProtected bike lane on St Clair frequently has cars parked over the bike lane forcing cyclists out into traffic. Recommend adding flexible bollards or planters to fully protect cycling lane from parking area.
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2 months agoMatt Schaeffer
I apologize for nitpicking, but the bike lane on St. Clair is *not* protected, which is probably why is has such a problem with cars parked in the lane. I agree, it should be converted into a protected lane!
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E. 2nd Street cycle track
3 months 3 weeks ago
This is a funded facility
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2 months, 1 week agoAnonymous
Fund the Flight Line bike path
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