Road Construction Signage Belongs in the Road

May 30

May 30 Road Construction Signage Belongs in the Road

Quick post!

Please stop putting the big orange road construction signs on the sidewalk. Please put them in a parking lane, or even let them encroach on a ~driving lane~. Concession: putting them in a bike lane would be better than on the sidewalk, although it would still be best if they were in a parking or driving lane.

The header photo is from West 15th Street in Loring Park, which is insanely narrow and unpleasant to use to begin with, and does not need a three (? idk) foot wide metal sign hemming it in further. Can a person in a wheelchair or power scooter use that sidewalk? I don't think so.

This happens pretty regularly all over the city whenever one of these signs needs to go up.

Here are some similar things I found quickly from around here and elsewhere:

#franklinavewalk pic.twitter.com/qjsVx3nH5Q
— Jason Wittenberg (@WittenbergJason) July 19, 2015

Let me get that for you... pic.twitter.com/IxcDOBlNpT
— Urbanizing Politely (@TCUP_mn) November 5, 2014

@cityminneapolis this sidewalk on Hennepin just south of Franklin is completely blocked. Can you move this sign? pic.twitter.com/lb2VM4bic7
— Joe Klein (@joeklein630) October 19, 2016

@311Toronto sidewalk blocked in 3 spots to warn car drivers about road construction at Spadina + Lowther. even blocking the beg button! pic.twitter.com/oGGlIMnxcz
— Anton Lodder (@antonlodder) May 13, 2017

Here's another location where the sidewalk is blocked. There are five or six along SH75 pic.twitter.com/VQA57iq6e8
— Don Kostelec (@KostelecPlan) April 19, 2017

Kinda makes the sidewalk hard to use, & more annoying because slight repositioning wouldn't have blocked sidewalk. pic.twitter.com/nk2rp0NhK7
— Sandy McClearn (@sandymcclearn) August 5, 2016

Again blocked sidewalk in Herndon. Signs targeted at drivers in ped-heavy downtown @TownOfHerndon @LisaHerndon11 pic.twitter.com/nIK07IVV8c
— Tom Wyland (@TomWyland) July 12, 2016