Medford Police Traffic Unit assigned this issue to Steve - Highway Foreman

Massachusetts Route 16 through parts of Newton is paved with concrete. Also in Pennsylvania, parts of the Interstate are concrete. Many newer bridges around here have a concrete surfacing. But the north end of Boston Avenue, proximal to the Mystic Lakes and Grove Street, much of which is on the ancient flood plain of the river that flowed south through the Mystic Valley prior to the previous glaciations (and which contains important sedimentary structures which are evidence of this) should not be made so a permanent. Asphalt if abandoned, will soon sprout weeds, but concrete must be jack hammered to affect its removal.

should be "should not be made so permanent" [delete "a" before "permanent"]

As elaborated in comments today in another Issue (# 8045245) the roads in this vicinity could be modified.

Then, there would be no High Street to turn right onto – at this intersection of Boston Ave. and High Street – because High Street would be converted to a pedestrian mall and parking east of this intersection, perhaps as far as the West Medford railroad crossing.

With these changes, a Stop sign at the end of Boston Ave. would no longer be necessary, thus eliminating the cause of the problem of heat induced severe pavement buckling: long wait times at the Stop sign, especially by buses waiting to make a left turn.

The MBTA 80 bus could continue to turn left here (from Boston Ave onto High Street) but it would now only stop for the purpose of picking up and/or discharging passengers at the Bus Stop there. But it would not have to stop simply before turning left onto High Street because the Stop sign would be eliminated.

The MBTA 94 bus – which presently also passes this point – would have its route changed somewhat in the vicinity: the MBTA 94 bus would take what currently would be a "short cut" onto Boston Ave. The MBTA 94 bus – toward Davis Square, Somerville – would turn left onto Harvard Ave. and then left again onto Boston Ave. because the conversion of High Street in the vicinity of 520 High Street into parking and a pedestrian mall would supersede its existing route. Similarly, the MBTA 94 bus from Davis Square would turn right onto Harvard Ave. and then right again onto High Street.

Each resulting segment of the bisected High Street could be renamed.

Thank you for removing the pylons before the snow.

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