Mobility Plan 2045 2 Total Comments for 17-911 - Lead Agency - Alcoa (40) Blount County (116) Blount County IDB (1) Clinton (2) Farragut (37) Knox County (81) Knoxville (200) Maryville (46) Multiple (15) Oak Ridge (18) Oak Ridge/Anderson County (1) Regional (9) Sevier County (13) TDOT (45) - Project ID - 09-101 Edgemoor Road (SR-170) (1) 09-101a Edgemoor Road (SR-170) - Phase 1 (2) 09-202 Robert C Jackson Dr Extension Phase I (4) 09-204 Pellissippi Place Access Road Extension (1) 09-209 Ellejoy Road (3) 09-211 Morganton Road Reconstruction - Phase 1 (5) 09-212 Old Knoxville Hwy (SR-33) Reconstruction (5) 09-213 Old Niles Ferry Road Reconstruction (3) 09-214 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Widening (4) 09-216 Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) Widening (10) 09-220 Home Avenue Extension (5) 09-221 Burnett Station Road (3) 09-223 Carpenters Grade Rd Reconstruction and Intersection Improvements (2) 09-227 Mentor Road (1) 09-229 Morganton Road Phase II (4) 09-231 Old Knoxville Hwy (SR-33) Reconstruction - Rockford (4) 09-232 Pellissippi Pkwy (SR-162) Extension (63) 09-234 Wildwood Road (7) 09-239 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Widening (6) 09-241 Tuckaleechee Pike Reconstruction (5) 09-242 W Broadway Ave (SR-33/US-411) Improvements (1) 09-243 Wilkinson Pike Widening (2) 09-244 Peppermint Road (5) 09-245 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Widening (6) 09-248 Topside Road (SR-333) Improvements (1) 09-249 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Reconstruction (5) 09-250 Sevierville Rd (SR-35/US-411) Reconstruction (11) 09-257 Relocated Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) (6) 09-258 Relocated Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) (4) 09-262 Montvale Rd (SR-336) Widening (7) 09-615 Washington Pike (3) 09-616 Pleasant Ridge Road (1) 09-617 Sevier Avenue South Knoxville Waterfront Roadway Improvements (4) 09-625 Schaad Rd Widening (2) 09-626 Chapman Hwy (SR-71/US-441) Operational and Safety Improvements (15) 09-629 I-40/I-75/Campbell Station Road Interchange (11) 09-630 Virtue Road Reconstruction (3) 09-637 Lovell Rd Widening (SR-131) (2) 09-638 Oak Ridge Hwy (SR-62) (2) 09-643 Emory Rd (SR-131) (4) 09-644 Gov John Sevier Hwy (SR-168) (12) 09-645 Northshore Dr (SR-332) (9) 09-646 Northshore Dr (SR-332) (7) 09-647 Pellissippi Pkwy (SR-162) (5) 09-651 I-40/I-75/Watt Rd Interchange (2) 09-652 I-75 at Emory Rd (SR-131) Interchange (1) 09-653 Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) Widening (10) 09-654 I-75/I-640/I-275 Interchange (2) 09-658 Northshore Drive at Kingston Pike Intersection Improvements (11) 09-668 Kingston Pike (SR-1) Widening (3) 09-669 Everett Road Improvements (2) 09-673 Oak Ridge Hwy (SR-62) (2) 09-680 Northshore Drive (County Road Portion) (4) 09-689 Papermill Drive Complete Street (4) 09-691 I-40/75 Widening (3) 09-692 I-75 Widening (1) 10-700 Campbell Station Re-Alignment (3) 13-1003 Chapman Highway Advanced Traffic Management System (6) 13-1004 Liberty Street Multimodal Project (7) 13-101 Emory Valley Road at Melton Lake Drive Roundabout Construction (4) 13-102 Tulane Avenue at Pennsylvania Avenue Roundabout Construction (4) 13-203 Robert C Jackson Dr Extension - Ph II (1) 13-208 Harvest Lane Extension (2) 13-214 Old Lowes Ferry Rd at Louisville Rd (SR-333) Intersection Improvements (1) 13-215 Louisville Rd (SR-333/SR-334) Reconstruction - Phase 1 (1) 13-216 Louisville Rd (SR-333) Reconstruction - Phase 2 (2) 13-218 Middlesettlements Rd at Miser Station Rd Intersection Improvements (2) 13-601 Union Rd/N Hobbs Rd Reconstruction (3) 13-602 Knoxville Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 1 (6) 13-603 I-40/75 Auxiliary Lanes (1) 13-802 Oak Ridge Signal Timing Optimization Program: Phase II (1) 13-813 Farragut Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 1 (5) 13-830 Oak Ridge Rails to Trails (3) 13-833 Maryville to Townsend Greenway - Phase 1 (Brown Creek) (4) 13-838 First Creek Greenway - Broadway Streetscape (1) 13-844 First Creek Greenway - Downtown East (3) 13-852 Knoxville South Waterfront Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge (13) 13-854 Baker Creek Greenway (4) 13-855 First Creek Greenway - North Knox (2) 13-858 Knoxville Northwest Greenway Connector Ph. 2 (6) 13-880 Atlantic Avenue Sidewalk (2) 13-884 Chapman Highway Multiuse Path (2) 17-1006 KAT Express Service Enhancement - Broadway Transit Signal Priority (2) 17-201 Amerine Road Improvements (2) 17-202 US 129 Widening (9) 17-605 Knoxville Center Mall Area Circulation Study (8) 17-608a Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 3 (1) 17-608b Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 4 (2) 17-608c Magnolia Avenue Streetscape - Phase 5 (4) 17-801 Knoxville Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase 2 (2) 17-850 South Waterfront Greenway - East of Suttree (3) 17-859 South Waterfront Greenway - West of Cityview (4) 17-901 East Knox Greenway - Phase 1 (7) 17-910 Tazewell Pike Sidewalk (3) 17-911 Tyson Park/Fort Sanders Bike Connection (8) 17-913 Westland Drive Complete Street (6) 18-200b Alcoa Hwy (SR-115/US-129) ITS Expansion Phase 2 (2) 18-201 I-140 ITS Expansion (1) 18-202 Blount County Greenway Trail - Phase 1 & 2 (6) 18-500 Boyds Creek Highway (SR 338) at Old Knoxville Highway Intersection Improvements (13) 18-603 Middlebrook Pike (SR-169) ATMS Expansion (2) 19-101 I-75 ITS Instrumentation at SR-61 (Andersonville Hwy., Exit 122) interchange (IA) (1) 19-201 I-75 ITS Instrumentation at SR-61 (Andersonville Hwy., Exit 122) interchange (IA) (1) 19-603 Traffic Signal Improvements for the U.T. Area (3) 19-604 Knox County Advanced Traffic Management System - Phase II (1) 19-605 Middlebrook Pike Complete Street (3) 19-606 Woodland Ave. Complete Street (4) 19-702 TPO Pavement Mgmt (1) 19-703 Jamestowne Boulevard Study (8) 19-707 County-wide Transportation Study (Knox) (1) 19-708 TVA Bull Run Site Study (2) 19-800 Denso Greenway Trail Extension (1) 21-100 Lafayette Drive Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements (1) 21-1002 ETHRA Transit Vehicle Replacement Project (4) 21-1003 Purchase KAT Vehicles - Fixed Route Buses (2) 21-1004 KAT Bus Engine Overhauls (1) 21-101 West End Corridor Intersection Improvements (1) 21-200 Jeffries Hollow Road (2) 21-201 Intersection Improvements on U.S. 321 Realign Amerine Rd and Grandview Dr (1) 21-202 Old Niles Ferry Road Widening (2) 21-203 W. Broadway Avenue (S.R. 33) Improvements (2) 21-204 Washington Street Improvements from E. Broadway Ave. to U.S. 321 (4) 21-205 Morganton Road Phase III (3) 21-206 Morganton Road Phase IV (2) 21-400 I-75 Widening (3) 21-600 Magnolia Ave/Rutledge Pike/Asheville Hwy Interchange Improvements (12) 21-601 I-40 Westbound Interchange at I-275 (5) 21-602 Intersection Improvement at Beaver Ridge Road and West Emory Road (6) 21-603 Strawberry Plains Pike Improvements (4) 21-604 Tazewell Pike and Fairview Road Intersection (8) 21-605 James White Parkway corridor improvements (12) 21-606 James White Parkway Roadway improvements (10) 21-701 Bike Parking (4) 21-800 South Knoxville Bridge Greenway (4) 21-801 Gibbs Schools Pedestrian Bridge (8) 21-802 Adair to Old Broadway Connection (1) General Comments and/or New Project Idea Adair to Old Broadway Connection (11) - Comment Period - Period 1: July 19, 2020 Period 2: October 18, 2020 Period 3: April 7, 2021
Tyson Park/Fort Sanders Bike Connection
This would provide access to Tyson park from fort without having to trek down to Cumberland and then back up. Would enable safe walking area that's not along busy corridor to allow more commute options. Simple trail or even just a hole in the fence at this spot would be very convenient.
Tyson Park/Fort Sanders Bike Connection
Cumberland Avenue is not a safe place for people biking. The designated bike route from the 3rd Creek Greenway directs westbound(vice-versa for eastbound) cyclists onto the north sidewalk of Cumberland Ave where they encounter many pedestrians and unsafe intersections. Riding a bike in the roadway on Cumberland is not comfortable for most cyclists which is why you do not see cyclists on Cumberland. Cumberland Ave. does not serve the Fort Sanders neighborhood pedestrians either, many of whom are UTK students who can only get to destinations west (and reverse for eastbound) by exiting the neighborhood south to Cumberland, navigating the congestion on the street and narrow sidewalks to get to campus, into Tyson Park or cross into the University Commons which is a dangerous intersection as is the Cumberland/ Volunteer Blvd. intersection. This situation has only worsened with the building of multi-story university residences on Cumberland. The usable sidewalk space is still only 5 feet wide and building frontages are less than ten feet so there is minimal public space for people walking and biking on the sidewalk. A bike/ pedestrian bridge connecting Tyson Park to the Fort Sanders neighborhood will provide a critical connection for east/west biking and walking traffic. This bridge is more than a recreational amenity- it will serve as a route for biking/walking commuters, increase opportunities for Fort Sanders residents to safely get to Tyson Park and University Commons and improve the the safety of Cumberland Ave for everyone.