What's Wrong With Jacksonville's Streets

[I-10east]

That area is actually a neighborhood. It's a pretty distressed one due to design sentiment (I-10, your even doing it) that treats its residents as second class citizens.

Yeah shoot the messager, I'm just telling it like it is. I would LOVE for that part of the Eastside to have anything (restaurants, stores, entertainment etc, hence my complaining) to justify having that kinda urban streetscape facelift like mentioned in the article; The fact is that it's a ghost town, and would still be a ghost town with nice very seldom to nil used bike lines, flanked by abandoned industrial buildings if the plan went though. I didn't design that area, just calling it like I see, and what I see is an industrial area with a smattering of nearby residential. I definitely can think of some streets in Jax that can use a bike lane facelift 'East 8th Street' isn't the first thing that comes to mind for me.

[thelakelander]

Not shooting the messenger, I'm just saying it doesn't have to be the way you're attempting to tell it like it is.  I seriously thing we all know why our streets are the way they are.  However, it doesn't mean we can't change them or shouldn't.  IMO, most streets in the urban core should be context sensitive, especially in mixed use areas (yes, industrial can be a part of mixed use) that have more people living in them than downtown does. The major priority in these areas should be changing policy to coordinate safety design changes with already scheduled milling and resurfacing jobs.  Painting stripes is about as cheap as it can get.

[kreger]

This is slightly off topic but I'm wondering where Critical Mass is with all this? In my head I envision tons of bike enthusiast taking to all of the Urban Core streets section by section and documenting these hazards. Alvin Brown and Don Redman claim to be strict supporters of bicycling, maybe directly emailing these two or actually reporting these safety issues to 630-CITY could facilitate a change. Just don't forget to save your case #! It sometimes takes a very long time for issues to be resolved, but at least they will be documented. I also think a rebirth of Critical Mass ride during heavy traffic times like FBC or a civic event could raise awareness.

[BackinJax05]

I like all those utility poles blocking the sidewalk. Perhaps this could be come Jacksonville's "Signature". Chicago has the wind, Seattle has coffee & grunge, LA has smog ... Jacksonville has utility poles blocking the sidewalk. (Hey, at least they dont smell, like our city used to)

[SightseerLounge]

What's Wrong With Jacksonville's Streets



Current utility work along East 8th Street, in the urban core's historic Glen Myra neighborhood, illustrates what's wrong with Jacksonville's streets and why our bicycle and pedestrian death rates continue to rise.

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2013-mar-whats-wrong-with-jacksonvilles-streets

The easiest thing to do would be to get rid of the grass portion of that sidewalk!
They did it on Lane Ave around 2000 when they resurfaced the road!