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Hi Cambridge, it's Ian, are you listening?
Once again there are trucks parking in the bicycle lane on Broadway between Hampshire St and Galileo Galilei Way. I've attached a picture of the truck showing the license plate, as well as the back of a sign that says:
TOW ZONE
NO
STOPPING
ANY TIME
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I think the sign is pretty clear, no stopping means no stopping, right? But the trucks are stopping and obstructing traffic. So let's take some action. I'd like to either see some bollards put up to prevent trucks from stopping here, or I'd like to see you removing the bike lane striping and put a "LOADING ZONE" sign in so that everyone is aware that this is a legal loading zone. I'd prefer bollards, but let's be real here, if you'd rather this stretch of road be a loading zone that's fine, just mark it as such so I expect to have to fight for my life while biking through this critical connector to Kendall Square.
I don't want a generic "This is being looked into" response. I'd like to talk to someone about what we can do to take some serious action here. If you're interested in bollards but not convinced they'll help let's trial it with orange traffic cones for a week.
ha chiesto inoltre...
R. No stopping
R. Remove sign
10 Commentos
Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Ufficialità verificata)
Pat H (Utente registrato)
Patrick H
Ian Woloschin (Utente registrato)
Ian Woloschin (Utente registrato)
Here's another one. This time the driver flipped me off after seeing me take a picture of his truck, sitting in the bike lane, parked right in front of a no stopping sign. Apart from being incredibly rude, this driver's attitude towards cyclists is completely uncalled for and something that I personally would consider harassment on the roads.
After the driver left I walked into the Draper Labs Loading Dock and asked to speak to a supervisor. A man was there, he said his name was Jeff, and he said that he doesn't see this practice ending anytime soon, and he said that with new construction at Draper Labs it'll only be worse. This is unacceptable, we just had a cyclist killed because she was forced into traffic, this is basically the exact same thing happening here, except we have supposedly "professional" drivers who are acting in the least professional manner possible.
Again, what will it take to put bollards, planters, or some other physical barrier up here to eliminate this problem once and for all? Or, take the other tact and just remove the bike lane. If it's a loading zone that's fine, but make it incredibly obvious and explicit that this space is NOT for cyclists, since currently we all expect that it *is* for cyclists.
Chiusa Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Utente registrato)
The bike lane as designed is the best possible configuration within the existing roadway as it exists. Bollards are not possible given the lack of available width for a buffer, under the existing configuration they would be a hazard to both cyclists and vehicles. Conversion to a loading zone at this location is not appropriate given the volume of cyclists.
We continue to direct parking enforcement to this location to ticket and/or direct trucks to move to a legal loading location.
Reopened Ian Woloschin (Utente registrato)
Has anyone actually been ticketed here?
Also, reopening this, because the issue is not resolved. Just saying "This is the best we can do" is kind of a lame way to close an issue out. This literally affects hundreds, if not thousands, of cyclists *EVERY* *SINGLE* *DAY*.
For what it's worth, I'm going to continue spamming these issues, one for every truck I see parked in the bike lane in front of the NO STOPPING SIGN until the issue is resolved. Figure it out, or let someone get killed. You've just let someone get killed elsewhere in the city, so we already know you don't care about us, but at least have the decency to pretend?
Chiusa Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Utente registrato)
Ian Woloschin (Utente registrato)
Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Utente registrato)
Ian Woloschin (Utente registrato)