City of Salem PLUS

So there seems to be multiple reports about the same issue dating back to 2022 and still no action. Salem please take care of this! It is hard to convince people to take public transportation when you end up waiting 15 minutes + leaving the train station. It’s impossible to “catch” a green light. The signal is broken. Buses get frustrated as they are unable to make a right turn due to the traffic jam which forces cars to make illegal left hand turns.

As a cyclist, making a left from Sargent Ayube Memorial Drive onto Bridge Street, the signal does not work. There is a market indicating that bicycles should wait at the head of the queue to make a left, but the sensor does not detect a bicycle. I waited three light cycles before proceeding on red-for-left, because I could not get a left green light.

Another day, another driver who almost hit me while in the MIDDLE of the crosswalk... as I'm already halfway across. It happened on the way to work, and again on my walk home today. Can something please be done? Flashing yellow pedestrian lights, maybe?

Walk signal is not working

Over the weekends leading up to Halloween and on Halloween itself, the traffic signal at the intersection of North and Federal streets is changed to a flashing orange (for drivers on North) and flashing red (for the drivers exiting Federal). While this portion of Federal Street has relatively little traffic exiting it, pedestrians still need to cross this intersection safely and cannot do so when the lights are disabled. I’ve had several close calls over the last month trying to cross this street in broad daylight. Tragically, this safety issue culminated in a pedestrian being struck by a car here in a hit and run accident on Halloween night. I am requesting that these lights not be disabled OR that a police officer be posted here when they are to manage the flow of traffic and ensure pedestrian safety.

commented on another one but making my own request for visibility. Sat on ramp trying to.make a right on North for over 5 minutes. light cycled twice for traffic on Federal but never changed for people coming from Bridge St. please fix

Signs say right turn on red after stop, no left turn but these are often ignored. Please put in a right turn only sign so that cars can turn on red and not get stuck behind people waiting to illegally go straight/ left onto Dow or into daily table parking lot.

At the corner of Washington and Norman the pedestrian walk button is very loose on the pole

This image was taken from my bedroom where I hear cars laying on their horns around the clock. Drivers cannot see the posted sign to turn right after red. The red solid light needs to be turned into a BLINKING red light so people know to proceed into the intersection after stopping, and needs to be a solid red arrow during the crosswalk signal. This is a safety issue for pedestrians because cars do not stay stopped for the pedestrian walk signal because they believe they can go through the red light. There needs to be a clear distinction for drivers when to stay STOPPED and when they can proceed with caution. This is an extremely inefficient light and a danger to the public.

There's something wrong with the light at the intersection of Cherry Hill Ave and Highland Ave. The light will not turn green if no one is in the right lane. I've sat through five cycles where it skips me and it only seems to change once someone pulls up to the right lane.

This means people are either potentially waiting forever to make a left turn, are forced to run a light (unsafely due to visibility), or illegally turn left from the right lane.

Please fix this asap. I would walk to some locations but as reported countless times the road lacks sidewalks and drivers constantly speed so walking is also unsafe.