What the public thinks of Franklin Boulevard today

This university-adjacent street ought to be welcoming to campus users who predominantly get around by foot or bike, yet Franklin is actually hostile to them! The city’s current redesign ideas continue to prioritize speed of cars (via 2-lane roundabouts) at the expense of actual safety and comfort of non-car users. Volumes of cars, and more importantly, quantity of people moving about via cars, do not necessitate so much car-based infrastructure, yet if that’s the way Franklin remains, it will continue to induce single occupancy, car-based travel in direct contrast to adopted existing plans on climate change, social equity, household affordability, taxpayer efficiency, and land use, and will be a major missed opportunity to get into compliance with new CFEC rules.

Franklin, especially the part that connects to Broadway can be dangerous for walkers. I drive a lot on Franklin for my job, and it can be scary when bikers are nearby, also a lot of people will send it and try to cross, especially during Matt Knight Arena events, and this can be scary/stressful as a driver.

People drive way to fast on Franklin, it would be nice if you guys made it harder to do so. Additionally the bike line are awful and unsafe, I have personally almost been hit in the Franklin bike lane. The sidewalks also don’t exist in many areas along the Franklin. There needs to be more bike/pedestrian infrastructure and also more places to cross on Franklin

Franklin boulevard is unsafe for cyclists and pedestrians, it has far too many lanes to cross safely and the road is designed for way beyond peak car volumes rather than average car volumes. The beltway already allows a high speed bypass so this road should be narrower and slower

PLEASE make Franklin Boulevard more walkable and bikeable. I want to feel safe crossing Franklin!

It is extremely noisy for people walking or rolling and difficult to navigate. Not all the sidewalks connect and pedestrian signals are long. The bike infrastructure here is terrible. I often see people biking on the sidewalks which’s rent big enough. And I avoid Franklin at all costs when I’m on my bike. For such a heavy foot traffic area this needs a huge upgrade. Also cars do not always stop for pedestrians.

The sidewalks are too small on some parts and with cars going at really high speeds i often feel unsafe walking.

I would definitely like to see improvements on its accessibility for non-vehicle transportation, better sidewalks and bike lanes are needed.

Wish it was safer for walking

I feel that franklin could be made better for walking by reducing speed limits.

Franklin Blvd is very much an eye sore. A lot of the pavement is uneven and is not the safest for bike or skateboarding. I’ve seen people run into each other because there is not enough room to skate on the sidewalk.

I think there are so many people near Franklin who walk that if that areas was to become more walkable, it would see so much more foot traffic almost instantly.

Its in a area that i often treverse on foot or skateboard its not ideal for this at the moment

Not safe for biking or skating at all

Biking and walking is extremely inconvenient in this area and it is loud and super ugly with unsafe high speeds and very large intersections and ped crossings