Dangerous design and bottleneck at NW corner of Cherry St + Lakeshore Blvd
Every time I pass through this intersection, I can't help wondering about the design of the bike lanes here. If you're biking south on Cherry St towards Lakeshore, you pass through a dark and poorly lit underpass. The bike lane is often wet and littered with trash or dirt. Sometimes you will encounter cyclists travelling north in the southbound lane. I haven't had or seen a collision in the underpass, but it's a dangerous area for cyclists and I really dislike it.
The problem is that the northbound bike traffic from south of Lakeshore Blvd is directed to cross on the west side of Cherry St and then needs to wait at the NW corner to cross to the east side of Cherry St to continue travelling north through the underpass. I often see cyclists who prefer not to wait at the corner, and they instead go north in the southbound bike lane. There is only space for 3 or 4 bikes to wait at the corner so that's another problem.
Has anyone reported this issue to 311 or anywhere else? I tried to find the right category on the 311 site and gave up. I'm not sure if better or bigger signs (DO NOT ENTER!) would help. The obvious solution would be to put bike lanes on the east side of Cherry St south of Lakeshore so that we wouldn't need to cross from the west side. I don't think the bike lanes in the Cherry St underpass are wide enough to be two-way.
Just a heads up. This is a dangerous and congested intersection with a few blind spots, so please slow down and be careful.