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Another cyclist hit at Bow & Summer 應答

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Issue ID:

1075291

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City of Somerville

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Traffic & Parking- Miscellaneous

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Somerville

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I watched yet another cyclist get hit by a car at the Bow & Summer intersection. Fortunately he fell clear of the car's wheels, but it could have been very very bad. This intersection needs to be fixed ASAP, before someone gets seriously injured.

The issue is this:
Cars who are traveling northwest on Bow and taking the right fork onto Summer St do NOT realize that they are making a right turn, and need to yield to bike traffic "continuing" to the left on Bow.

In the situation yesterday, the car half-passed the biker from behind, and then right-hooked him as the biker tried to continue in his lane to the left.

The design of this intersection is so obviously terrible — please please fix it before someone ends up in the hospital...


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