Description
As you can see on Google maps and the map provided to mark the issue, there is a pedestrian path people can use to get to the movies or Danehy park without the obnoxious detour of walking down to the lot enterence and then back up. Unfortunately, this short cut offers no way to easily get down from the ledge the path ends in. Some people have added their own steps over time, but they keep getting removed. If there is any way we could have this or the unofficial path to the north of it made a little more friendly to people with poor balance or jumping skills, I know a lot of people would appreciate it! It was suggested multiple times during the last round of participatory budgeting but never made it on the ballot.
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Cambridge Public Works (Verified Official)
Arthurstrang (Registered User)
Kdr (Registered User)
Doug Brown (Registered User)
GTS (Registered User)
Doug Brown (Registered User)
"Voluntarily increasing their vulnerability to injury"? That's funny. I thought they were just trying to get to the grocery store.
So when you say that it's unlikely that the owners could meet access requirements, perhaps they should check with the owners who built the ramp and stairs on the north side of the bridge:
https://goo.gl/maps/SRQas4kJ3dH2
Oh wait, that's the same owner. Never mind.
Arthurstrang (Registered User)
The obvious: Cambridge is bounded by 3 Parkways and the Commuter rail. All disrupt walking, biking, and bus service. Examples on our Western Edge (including neighborhoods of Watertown, Belmont, Arlington, and Cambridge), extend to the want of a crossing of the rail near Faucett Street and near Jefferson Houses on Rindge Avenue, the instant path off the Alewife Bridge, and bus lanes—an example being on the (used as and wider than portions of Concord Avenue) the MASSDOT two lane Access Roads connecting 8-lane Route 2 and the Alewife T. These examples connect, respectively: commuters to the Alewife T, residents to the markets-parks, and commuters from western communities to the Red Line.
Would anyone say that the projected 25-35% increase of commuters by 2040, seeking the RedLine and jobs, can fit on our fixed streets?
Arthurstrang (Registered User)
8^P (Registered User)
Doug Brown (Registered User)
Cantabby (Registered User)
8^P (Registered User)
Doug Brown (Registered User)
It's interesting that you describe their behavior as "trespass." The MBTA uses the same term every time one of their trains kills a pedestrian who was innocently trying to get somewhere. Maybe not in your world, but in my world people have a right to go about their lives as safely and efficiently as possible. If you think otherwise, maybe you should find another outlet for your civic concerns. Might I suggest standing in the Mall parking lot and lecturing their customers about their chosen walking routes?
pbeeandj (Registered User)
8^P (Registered User)
pbeeandj (Registered User)
Arthurstrang (Registered User)
I entirely support your point of view. Please see my longer comment above. Have you talked with the Alewife TMA, Melissa Zampitella
Executive Director, Alewife TMA?
Arthur
8^P (Registered User)
Arthurstrang (Registered User)
I think the culture is changing and out votes your thinking.
Arthur
Doug Brown (Registered User)
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