Kameron C.

  • 25 Newport Avenue Extension Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy
    On southbound Hancock St, the right turn lane leading to Newport Ave Extension gets a green arrow protected turn while the pedestrian crossing on Newport Ave Extension gets a white light. This happened at 10:55 PM on Jul 19, 2014.
  • 203-239 Hancock Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy
    There is a secret lane on Commander Shea Boulevard that is not shown on maps. It is impossible for any car to enter that lane. The secret lane is only used as a pedestrian walk by residents of Precincts 1 & 3 of Ward 6 to get to the T station because Hancock Street does not have any pedestrian crosswalk in that area. I noticed that the potholes on the secret lane were recently patched. Why spend the effort on a lane that cars cannot use? The traffic cones that separated the lanes should be brought back to protect pedestrians.
  • 52-58 Prospect Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy

    Is it normal in Quincy for hilly residential streets to be plowed with several inches of snow left on the ground?

    The attached photo looks downhill on a two-way street. The tread mark on the left side shows a rear-wheel-drive taxi failed to go uphill after moving aside to let an oncoming car pass. The taxi had to roll back downhill at the end.

    I called DPW but the man who answered the phone wasn't convinced that there was any problem with the plowing. He insisted that someone must have shoveled snow into the road. To me, it looked like the plow wasn't lowered enough when the plow truck came.

    Is this level of "plowedness" normal?

  • 82 Sagamore Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy
    Air Graphics removed snow from their driveway and entrance but piled the snow on the sidewalk.
  • 73-109 Sagamore Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy
    There is an abandoned mattress blocking the sidewalk on Sagamore Street next to the basketball court of the Welcome Young Playground.
  • 435-447 Hancock Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy

    Note: video and additional photos will be added in the comment section.

    I was cycling on Hancock Street and was almost hit by a car. The driver (license plate: Massachusetts 7FC720) decided to squeeze between me and an oncoming vehicle, passing me within inches.

    Aggressive drivers make Quincy an unpleasant place to live and work in. I have seen Cambridge Police and Boston Police pulling over numerous drivers for aggressive overtaking. We need more traffic enforcement in Quincy, especially on Hancock Street. Signs (R4-11) to remind drivers that "Bicycles May Use Full Lane" anywhere can help alleviate the problem.

  • 43-51 Prospect Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy
    There is a thick layer of ice and slush on Prospect Street. Multiple vehicles failed to drive up the hill and had to drive in reverse to get out. Please send plow and salt.
  • 1305 Hancock Street Quincy, MA - Quincy

    I think SeeClickFix deserves a tab next to "Visitors", "Government" and "Online Services". It should also be mentioned on this page (http://www.quincyma.gov/OnlineServices/) and this page (http://www.quincyma.gov/ConstituentServices/).

    Right now, there's no easy way to get to Quincy's SeeClickFix page unless you accidentally found it on Google or somehow stumbled upon Kristen Powers' Constituent Services page which is itself not easy to get to.

  • 469 Hancock Street Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy

    The T-junction where the driveway of Hannaford supermarket meets Hancock Street is controlled by inductive loop traffic detector. The inductive loop on the driveway triggers green for sedans immediately but it does not detect bicycles. In order to make a left turn onto Hancock Street, a cyclist must wait for a sedan to come up from behind. This can take minutes to perhaps hours during off-peak hours when there are no sedans leaving the Hannaford parking lot.

    Here's the Google Street View of the T-junction: http://goo.gl/maps/FaElg

    Note that:
    A) the saw cut on the ground is not visible;
    B) once a cyclist is on the left-turn lane and stuck with a red light, there is no legal way for him to leave the lane (walking to the sidewalk on either side to press the button is jaywalking, moving over to the right lane before pressing the button is crossing a solid white line).

    I suggest:
    1) Painting the marking that comes with a R10-22 sign to show where the saw cut is (http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009r1r2/part9/part9c.htm#figure9C07);
    2) Checking the sensitivity of the detector to make sure that it will trigger for bicycles, motorcycles and pickup trucks; and
    3) In the short term, allowing bicycles and motorcycles to treat the red light as stop sign at that intersection