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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] GCCMail: RE: Follow-up: Rubble in Our Way
FYI - in the early/mid-1990's the City of Gainesville's
Bike/Ped Program published an informational brochure that included these contact
numbers for street sweeping, signals, streetlighting, etc. in addition to other
safety basics and local statistics (how many miles of bike lanes? how many
annual bike crashes? why wear a helmet? etc. etc. - all the
things that people/reporters constantly called the Program to ask). I
don't know how useful these brochures were. Maybe some of you remember
seeing them - or not, which is just as useful to know. They were in
the bike shops and given away at special events, schools, etc. Everything
seems to be very web-based these days, and I actually found it hard to find the
proper phone numbers for street sweeping from the City, County and FDOT web
pages. From: K.S. Winans [mailto:kswinan@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 3:55 PM To: gccmail@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Follow-up: Rubble in Our Way Thomas
G. Frisbie, City of
?Now that we have identified an issue, how do we address
it? Public awareness, education and
concern are ! key to resolving the problem.
We
need to work to prevent the debris from happening. Neighborhood cleanups and adopt a street
programs help with basic litter and the City of
The City
of ?The City
Public Works Department sweeps all curbed streets within the City, the major
roads once a week, collector streets about once a month and residential streets
every four to six weeks. This
cleans the on-street bike lanes.
The rail trail bikeways are maintained by the City of
As traffic uses the road, much debris is pushed to the
curb line, where it impedes travel within on-street bike lanes. Glass, paper, cans and thousands of
cigarette butts line the streets in the City. Leaf fall from our many trees litters
streets, too. There are also other
issues with on-street bike lanes such as potholes and other pavement problems;
these, too, can be serious hazards to a
cyclist.?
Who should you call to report a problem?
It is easiest to call the Operations Division of the Public Works
Department at 334-2161.
Staff will address a hazardous situation as quickly as possible, whether it is on a City, County or State
road; nuisance or litter issues may be referred to the correct agency for
scheduling.
When you give us a call at 334-2161, make sure you have a good address and
clearly state the severity of the problem--that is, provide a detailed
explanation of the debris?What? How much? Etc.
334-2161 is a 24 hour service
line. There is someone answering
the phone M-F,
Website for Operation Division of
the Public Works Department: http://cityofgainesville.org/pubworks/operations/ The purpose of
the following questions is to facilitate the debris reporting process:
1. Would it be
useful to have a business card with the various contact information, explanation
of the types of "hazards" that should be reported, etc? (Note: This
business card could be made available at bicycle retail shops and other
appropriate locations.)
2. What do you
want reported?
3. What should be
reported?
Additional
suggestions / comments:
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Kiara Winans
Alachua Co. Bicycle
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