City of Medford PLUS

The crosswalk in this intersection is barely visible. I have almost been hit on many occasions both walking and driving through this intersection. Just today I saw a W.B. mason truck completely avoid the stop sign, which may have been prevented if he at least saw the crosswalk clearly. Please help make this intersection safer for residents!

Hi there,

I have lived on Marston street for 11 years and wow has our neighborhood grown. These last 4 years we have seen more and more kids ridding bikes, running and playing in Barry Park. A couple weeks ago a parents worst nightmare occurred. A young child, was hit by a car. Our street alone has 12 children under the age of 10. Cars, busses, trucks and even motorcycles are speeding down Marston, Gourley and summer street. So many parents worry that the outcome of another accident could be much worse. We would like to understand why speedbumps aren't on these streets? The white cones that were placed at the corner of Gourley and Summer do nothing as people move them around. 

I would Ike to understand what has to be done to get speed pumps put in on these high traffic areas. 

Thanks for your attention to this. I have reached out to
mnestor@medford-ma.gov buy haven't gotten a response.

I posted this over a month ago and nothing has been done, so I will post it again! Each week there are very close calls with people blowing through the stop sign and not seeing the extremely faint crosswalk lines in the road. The crosswalk in this intersection is barely visible. I have almost been hit on many occasions both walking and driving through this intersection. Just today I saw a W.B. mason truck completely avoid the stop sign, which may have been prevented if he at least saw the crosswalk clearly. Please help make this intersection safer for residents!

The newly painted crosswalks are incompletely painted for months now and has not helped pedestrians. Are they just going to be parallel lines without the cross lines, redefining the crosswalk symbol (making it more danerous for pedestrians)? For public safety it is important that the roads are painted properly and urge for the same. Also the pedestrian sign board was removed near the entrance to into fells?!

It's been quite a while. here is an image of the car blocking the disability ramp onto spring crossing at Myrtle at this exact moment

Pedestrian crosswalk never repainted after re-paving on Harvard Street. Makes it dangerous and difficult to cross the street.

Pretty much all the crosswalks along High St. and adjacent side streets need repainting. Maybe we need to try better paint?

Also, when I post this stuff it asks me if it’s the same open issue from two years ago. May be time to close out old requests.

People consistently create the bike lane as a second lane since the signage and road line markings are worn down and faded. This is incredibly dangerous for those using the bike lane

The crosswalk paint is faded and on such a busy street with speeding traffic the crosswalk needs yellow pedestrian crossing signs.

Whole bunch of crosswalks just got re-applied around here. The faded former crosswalk across Canal St. at Prescott still needs repainting, as neighbors keep reminding. Presumably one’s going to be applied across Prescott here—might as well replace the one across Canal, too.

Raised crossing needs painting