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Looks like maybe it got hit before the epoxy set? On Main St. (feel like Broadway) behind 1 Mem Drive on the approach to the Longfellow that recently got flexposts (Yay).
Looks like maybe it got hit before the epoxy set? On Main St. (feel like Broadway) behind 1 Mem Drive on the approach to the Longfellow that recently got flexposts (Yay).
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Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Verified Official)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Nico (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Wait, why are you picking on *my* SeeClickFix issue for a general city roadway policy discussion?
Anyhow, as I understand it, it's important for motor vehicles to be able to drive into the bike lane (over flexposts if necessary) in the event of an emergency (ambulance or fire truck needing to pass, e.g.). That reason seems sufficient enough. A roadway design that didn't permit that would probably require more space (which we never have), as well as more engineering time and harder approvals, and potentially more difficult legal review.
I could speculate on other reasons why rigid bollards are not favored, too.
Nico (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Respectfully, there have been plenty of flexposts in the city that have been up for more than 3 months, and I think you and I have both discussed some of them in other SeeClickFix issues. "Not one left" isn't what seems to happen.
Back to Main St.:
On the one hand, this is a straightaway without turning traffic, unlike, e.g. Mass Ave or Cambridge Street.
On the other hand, cars are probably likely to travel faster here.
Also, the flexposts aren't supposed to pull out like that. Like I said, I suspect this was a nacent epoxy curing/bonding failure. Vehicles are supposed to be able to drive over these things without this happening.
But we'll see what happens by Feb. 22, sure. (this Issue will probably be unreplyable at that point, however).
Αναγνωρισμένο Traffic - SM (Engineering) (Verified Official)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Κλειστό Traffic - SM (Engineering) (Verified Official)
Reopened John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Steve, that doesn't make a lot of sense. The obvious solution is to install the epoxy threaded base in the roadway and wait for the epoxy to cure overnight before screwing in the post.
Am I missing something?
Κλειστό Traffic - SM (Engineering) (Verified Official)