Eastdwntwn Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Not gona lie. When I drove down polk yesterday, I was super pumped to see those armadillos lol How is the city going to solve the garbage can issue on Monday and Tuesdays? Residents along polk put trashcans right where the bike lane is being placed. On both sides of Polk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 In my experience, the buffered lanes are wide enough that you can go around the cans without getting into the traffic lanes also recycling has been slow for the past month, so those cans are sitting out longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Eastdwntwn said: Not gona lie. When I drove down polk yesterday, I was super pumped to see those armadillos lol How is the city going to solve the garbage can issue on Monday and Tuesdays? Residents along polk put trashcans right where the bike lane is being placed. On both sides of Polk. the improvements being done now are only being done west of Cullen. the number of homes on Polk west of Cullen are single digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 The townhouses between the bike trail and emancipation often put bins out on Polk - the backhoe in above pictures is actually hiding a bin they put onto the grass to put the armadillos down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastdwntwn Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Seems really strange to me that they are doing all this work on Polk and then access to downtown via Polk is going to be cut off with the 45 expansion plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Hopefully they will make some sort of high comfort lanes on Leeland or something. A bike bridge over the freeway would be cool there - it looks like there would be room looking at section B-B http://ih45northandmore.com/docs13/05_NHHIP_Seg3_I-69_RollPlot_PH_2-2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I'm really hoping they do the garden bridge design for every single (non-cap) bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 yeah, it sucks that Polk goes away. the city spent money building out the path on Polk street in downtown, and now they're spending it on the east end side. only for it to be going away sooner rather than later. there is the path on the Bastrop street ROW that will get you closer to where the 'cap park' will be, so maybe there will be a safe connection there. maybe it's because I've been crossing on Rusk for nearly 10 years now, but I definitely feel safer crossing 59 at Rusk on a bike than I do at almost any other intersection, even Polk (with, or without bike lane) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 At least the Polk bike lane will be a good connection for East downtown between the bar strip on one end, the houses in the middle, and the Kroger at the other end Maybe the 45 stuff is why the bike lanes between St. Emanuael and Emancipation are so crappy? And I agree on Rusk > Polk for crossing the freeway - the pavement under the bridge on Polk is awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 More armadillos in and cross-walks painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 So the damn Amazon delivery person parks in the bike lane by going over the armadillos. I filed a 311 but idk what can be done about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 13 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: So the damn Amazon delivery person parks in the bike lane by going over the armadillos. I filed a 311 but idk what can be done about that. photos on social media, hope it goes viral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Also saw UPS truck do it. The soccer field people aren't parking there though - it seems to just be delivery people "standing" in the in lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Delivery people are notorious for parking and blocking lanes on streets where there aren't any bike lanes. I'm not at all surprised that they also do it in bike lanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Finished pouring concrete for the Columbia Tap/Polk intersection They're starting framing in of the floating bus stops Bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/13/2020 at 12:01 PM, Eastdwntwn said: Not gona lie. When I drove down polk yesterday, I was super pumped to see those armadillos lol How is the city going to solve the garbage can issue on Monday and Tuesdays? Residents along polk put trashcans right where the bike lane is being placed. On both sides of Polk. Update: looks like some people are trying to keep the bike lanes passable during trash day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastdwntwn Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, cspwal said: Update: looks like some people are trying to keep the bike lanes passable during trash day When I was walking my dogs this morning, I moved that sole black trash can into the grass lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 the people may put them in a place that is nice, but the robot arm for the trash vehicle is not exactly precise when replacing them back on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Rode it today for the first time, I like it but it still needs a little work. Hopefully they clean it occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 20 hours ago, hindesky said: Rode it today for the first time, I like it but it still needs a little work. Hopefully they clean it occasionally. What areas concerned you? Just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 40 minutes ago, j_cuevas713 said: What areas concerned you? Just curious It's not finished yet so it's hard to criticize it just yet, but if they don't clean around those bus bypass areas they will collect debris, mud after a rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linearmovement Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 This morning I saw armadillos going in next to repainted lanes on Cullen south of Polk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 8/27/2020 at 12:11 PM, hindesky said: It's not finished yet so it's hard to criticize it just yet, but if they don't clean around those bus bypass areas they will collect debris, mud after a rain. Some of the new ramps aren't draining right - a puddle will form at the bottom of the ramp in the mildest of rains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 It looks like they had to redo at least one of the bus stops. The bike bypass ramp is demolished, as are the bricks, and the concrete looks higher than it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Some better photos. Looks like they are raising the level of the bus stop. Maybe to reduce the step from stop to bus? Or maybe it's an attempt to fix the drainage issues that the Cavalcade stops have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastdwntwn Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 So does that mean the buses will just stop in the traffic lane? I was under the impression that the floating bus stops would allow both car traffic and bikes to pass while the bus is picking up and dropping off passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Eastdwntwn said: So does that mean the buses will just stop in the traffic lane? I was under the impression that the floating bus stops would allow both car traffic and bikes to pass while the bus is picking up and dropping off passengers. This street doesn't seem to get heavy traffic, so I'm assuming Metro didn't see an issue if 2 or 3 cars have to wait. They made the same improvements to my part of Cavalcade but there are two lanes both directions. It's a very busy street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 It's a two lane road; it was never safe for cars to pass the bus while it was stopped on the side, but as the bus pulled off a few feet people would pass it. Now the bus will stop in the travel lanes, but the stops should be quicker, as there wont be as much steering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastdwntwn Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 hours ago, j_cuevas713 said: This street doesn't seem to get heavy traffic, so I'm assuming Metro didn't see an issue if 2 or 3 cars have to wait. They made the same improvements to my part of Cavalcade but there are two lanes both directions. It's a very busy street. That is true since the pandemic started. But previously, Polk was pretty busy in the mornings with people using it as a way to get into downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/4/2020 at 3:38 PM, Eastdwntwn said: That is true since the pandemic started. But previously, Polk was pretty busy in the mornings with people using it as a way to get into downtown. Stopping for the bus occasionally is still faster than having the bus passengers requesting stops/pickups in their own personal cars instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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