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Intersections with short signal timing
Intersections where sensors do not detect bicyclists
Other Intersections and Road Locations which pose hazards to Bicyclists
The following intersections in Bakersfield do not currently allow enough time for an average bicyclist to clear the intersection before the light turns red.
Update: City is fixing this problem, beginning with
intersections listed here. See our home page for full details!
If a car is present behind bicyclists, the car will sometimes keep the sensors tripped long enough for the bicyclist to get through. However, if no cars are present behind the bicyclist, the light will change to red again too quickly for the average bicyclist to clear the intersection.
• Coffee Road northbound left turn on to Granite
Falls Road. FIXED!
• Don Hart Drive East northbound crossing Stockdale
Highway to the bike path.FIXED!
• Meacham Road east and west bound at Calloway Drive. FIXED!
• Hageman Road east and west bound at Calloway Drive (including
left turns). FIXED!
• Hageman Road east and west bound at Coffee Raod (including
left turns). FIXED!
• Pin Oak Park Blvd north and south bound at White Lane.FIXED!
• Lennox Avenue southbound left turn on to California Avenue
north/east bound. FIXED!
• Calloway Drive southbound left turn on to Stockdale Highway.FIXED!
• Brimhall Road westbound left turn on to Coffee Road. FIXED!
• S Street northbound at Truxtun Avenue. FIXED!
• Old River Road and White Lane (all directions).
• Real Road north bound left turn on to California Avenue.
• Howell Drive eastbound at Old River Road, especially left turn
onto northbound Old River.
• Old River Road southbound left turn into State Farm Place.
• Westholme turning left onto Ming Avenue.
Intersections where sensors do
not detect bicyclists
• Oswell and College
• College and Mount Vernon
• College and Fairfax
• Manor drive north and southbound at China Grade Loop, especially
left turns.
• Southbound Chester Avenue, left turn onto
at Seventh Standard Road.
• Belle Terrace and Real Road, all directions.
• Olive Drive eastbound, left turn onto Airport Drive.
• China Grade loop eastbound at North Chester.
• Roberts Lane north/west bound left turn and straight through at
Olive Drive.
Additional intersections and road locations with miscellaneous problems
• Haggin Oaks Blvd at Camino Media (a T intersection)
Problem: bicyclists and pedestrians crossing Camino
Media on the west side of Haggin Oaks, exiting or entering the Cal State
bike path, get a green walk signal at the same time as the Left-Turn-Only
traffic northbound on Haggin Oaks gets a green to turn on to Camino Media
westbound. This is an extreme hazard for both bicyclists and pedestrians.
This signal should be changed so that the northbound Haggin Oaks Blvd
LTO traffic gets a red while the peds and cyclists proceed on a straight
through green.
• Camino Media crosswalk westbound crossing Haggin
Oaks Blvd.
Problem: The pedestrian signal stays red and never
provides a walk signal.
• Chester Avenue northbound at Brundage Lane.
Problem: The pedestrian signal light for northbound
pedestrians on the east side of Chester crossing Brundage NEVER turns
green. It stays red even when the ped button is pushed. FIXED!
• Chester Ave southbound underpass just south of
34th street.
Problem: parallel drainage grate just waiting for
a bicyclists front wheel to fall into it. Same problem may also exist
on northbound side. Not verified yet.
We know ther are more intersections with poor signal timing, as well as many intersections and other road locations with other problems (such as sensors that don't detect bicyclists). We are still collecting data from bicyclists throughout Bakersfield. If you know of a signal that turns red too soon or that doesn't detect you, or an intesrsection or road hazard that poses other problems for you, e-mail us!
