Deskripsyon
Please consider additional signage to discourage illegal left u-turn from Massachusetts Avenue into the Century Bank entrance. I have been almost hit five times. A neighbor's toddler was almost hit once. At 5:30 today I witnessed a driver make the illegal left u-turn from Mass Avenue into the Century Bank entrance and miss a motorcyclist by 1 foot. She blamed him for her illegal turn and honked her horn so loud she could have startled him into running into the car in front of him.
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T. Type of sign?
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S. Other
T. Other information
S. Sign is missing
S. Sign is missing
14 Komentos
Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Beripikadong Opisiyal)
Sean (Rehistradong User)
Kinilala Traffic - KC (Permits) (Beripikadong Opisiyal)
Anonymous (Rehistradong User)
Anonymous (Rehistradong User)
Anonymous (Rehistradong User)
Isinara Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Rehistradong User)
This location is the only location in the neighborhood where southbound vehicles may make a legal u-turn to access businesses on the north/east side of the roadway. We reviewed crash data from the Cambridge Police Department which indicated that there have been no crashes involving u-turning vehicles during the past three years. The crosswalk phase gives pedestrians a don't walk indication when vehicles would potentially be making the u-turn movement.
Thank you for your report.
Reopened Anonymous (Rehistradong User)
Sean (Rehistradong User)
Also, while it is true that pedestrians have a Don't Walk indication while legal u-turns are being made, due to heavy oncoming traffic on Mass Ave, many u-turns are made against the red signal, i.e. during the relatively short Walk phase.
There are several other legal routes to access the bank and other nearby businesses that don't involve making a u-turn across a 4-lane arterial with heavy pedestrian and bike traffic.
Robin (Rehistradong User)
Robin (Rehistradong User)
Kinilala Traffic - DB (Signals) (Rehistradong User)
Isinara Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Beripikadong Opisiyal)
Given that there have been no U-turn related crashes, we would not support further access restrictions in this area. We have however increased the all-red time at the signal in order to provide additional clearance time before the crosswalk phase is activated. We will direct our contractor to update the pedestrian clearance time to allow additional time for pedestrians to finish crossing Mass Ave.
Thank you.
Anonymous (Rehistradong User)