Is there a way that we can put a solar flashing STOP light, so it is very noticeable.

Leave things as they are. Just have some enforcement. There was a police car there in the first few days of its going into effect.

There was a police car when I went through yesterday afternoon, but that didn't stop people from behaving poorly. Honestly, I think most people have no idea how one is supposed to behave at that set of intersections, particularly when there is a turn involved. It's not a four-way intersection, it's two three-way intersections, and treating it like a four-way doesn't work because the sight-lines aren't there.

I think a clear improvement would be to make Rindge & Cedar a three-way stop by moving the east-bound stop sign from before Middlesex to before Cedar. That way, behavior at that intersection would be clear and all vehicles/cyclists/pedestrians would be able to see each other. Then maybe a painted grid on the Rindge at Middlesex to keep that area clear so people can make the turn as needed.

Why wouldn't you want people to be informed? the police can enforce a traffic violation, but if there is an accident due to lack of visibility to new signs that is not going to help anyone. It is a weird area, people don't know its coming. Somerville has these signs everywhere, why sneak a stop sign in, there are no painted lines either.

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I think this is really confusing and isn't a 4-way stop. Cars are turning right then left (so other cars at the intersection don't know what they're doing) and one side of Rindge and Middlsex don't have a good view of each other from the stop signs.

Traffic Department staff conducted a STOP sign compliance study at this intersection including observations during the morning and afternoon peak periods as well as midday in order to assess how drivers are behaving with the recent change to all-way STOP control. The analysis indicates that over 95 percent of drivers approaching the intersection demonstrate compliance with the STOP signs. We will continue to work with the police department on directed enforcement to target the remaining drivers that are failing to comply with the traffic control.

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Thanks for making me laugh.

I don't see why it would be a big deal to make the westbound Rindge stop clearer by painting a brand-new, wide, bright reflective line on the road and lettering STOP in front of it. I'll bet that the 5% who don't comply actually don't see it (and by the way, I'd love to see the percent compliance from the westbound Rindge stop alone or even both Rindge stops--bet it's a lot lower than the intersection overall!) I recently witnessed two cars in quick succession blow through it, seemingly obliviously. All it takes is for one car to run it at the wrong moment to cause a serious (or tragic) accident. And the points about how the "4-way" stop is structured are well-taken: I brought this up in an earlier post as well because it's completely unintuitive regarding whether one's turn to go includes making a turn onto a different street.

Exactly, cars on Cedar and Middlesex stop, counting these doesn't make sense, you're biasing your stats that way, unless you want to prove your point regardless of the methodology... Question is how many drivers on Rindge stop at the new stop signs (95 percents? You're joking). What the traffic department doesn't seem to understand is that drivers and people on cedar and middlesex knowing it's an all way stop now feel safer whereas it's quite the opposite. I felt safer when these new stop signs weren't there, at least I knew what I was getting into. Also they're counting stops (please let me know what you consider a stop, cause you surely don't count full stops), not how many drivers actually respect the new right of way, which is what matters but is probably too hard to keep track of anyway. I also assume you don't tweak your analysis based on the time of the days nor how busy the street is. Yes, drivers stop more around rush hour cause they can't move forward anyway, thanks. Finally putting someone looking vaguely serious at an intersection with a notepad in hands tend to make people slow. Did you take that into account to reach 95 percents? In this case what was the raw data? 99.9 percents? Next time you run such a compliance study, please give me a call, I'll come. Thanks.