Thank you for reporting your concern to City of Cambridge via Commonwealth Connect. We have reviewed the information you provided our staff and will be investigating this issue further. This has been received as Service Request #3072.

A work task has been assigned for this issue.

Bumping this issue up, hoping a green space might be installed this spring (and the poles still remaining from the old parking meters removed). Thank you!

Would it be possible for a large bike rack to be installed here? It would be great if residents had a legal place to secure their bikes (as opposed to using street signs, etc).

Bumping this request up in the hopes it might make it onto the docket this spring or summer. Would be great to have a green space and a bike rack here. Thank you!

In support of the request for a bike rack at this location if it were turned into a mini green space — here are five bikes that were locked to various signage/street lights/railings yesterday afternoon. All of these bikes were within a 1 minute walk from this newly created triangle of pavement at the corner Chauncy and Mass. Ave.

Thank you for making this tree planting request. This location is part of the Mass4 project. The Mass4 project involves studying four distinct sections of Mass Ave, (which have uniquely complicating conditions), for the installation of separated bike lanes as required by the City’s Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO). One of these segments is Waterhouse Street to Roseland Street, which includes 1600 Mass Ave. A community process is currently ongoing to determine the recommended design for this segment. Full details may be found at the project website below. The ultimate design for this section may influence landscape design in the vicinity of 1600, including the location of additional tree plantings.

More information can be found here:

https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/publicworks/cityprojects/2021/massave4cyclingsafetyordinanceprojectdudleytobeach,roselandtowaterhouse

For now, I am going to categorize this request as a Bike Rack request since that was also mentioned in the request.

This issue was recategorized from Tree Planting Request to Bike Rack Request.

City of Cambridge assigned this issue to Community Dev - AP (Transportation)

Thank you for the update and for the reclassification to help keep parts of the request active!

It would be great to have a rain garden instead of the asphalt paving in that island. The topography is sloping towards a drain right in that triangle. It would help to treat potential oils and pollutants right at the source.

Could a city representative provide an update on what is planned for this triangle of space? It sounds like the medians along this stretch of Mass Ave are being repurposed per the new bike plan, but I could not find a discussion about this space. It’s been 3+ years since it was created and it would be great if it could be turned into some kind of green space or garden (ideally with a bike rack and benches). Thank you!

Any city updates on plans for this asphalt triangle? It has been 4+ years since it was created and it would be great to see it turned into a green space. Thanks!

Thank you for making this tree planting request. This location is part of the Mass4 project. The Mass4 project involves studying four distinct sections of Mass Ave, (which have uniquely complicating conditions), for the installation of separated bike lanes as required by the City’s Cycling Safety Ordinance (CSO). One of these segments is Waterhouse Street to Roseland Street, which includes 1600 Mass Ave. A community process is currently ongoing to determine the recommended design for this segment. Full details may be found at the project website below. The ultimate design for this section may influence landscape design in the vicinity of 1600, including the location of additional tree plantings.

More information can be found here:

https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/publicworks/cityprojects/2021/massave4cyclingsafetyordinanceprojectdudleytobeach,roselandtowaterhouse