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I got some insight this week as to why the police have not been helping to keep the #1 bus stop clear. They are themselves using it as a personal parking spot. A separate time from what's in the photo, I watched a uniformed officer loading his personal car in the bus stop. It is not a loading zone.
Police, could you please help by solving the problem rather than making it worse? The T is about to cut ~40% of its budget for 2021 and blocking that spot is costing the T money in having the bus go around obstacles rather than going up and down Mass Ave. While I was taking this picture, a bicycling mother with her child had to pass into the street to go around the bus. And many low-mobility people getting off this bus need to step onto the curb, not the street.
If this was an emergency, the lights could have been on.
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Thank you for the response. To be clear, this space is not "bus parking", it is an active bus stop where thousands of people interface daily with a critical public good.
I would hope that this issue doesn’t require further advocacy from me. The police are 1) jeopardizing the operations of another public agency 2) endangering the lives of people on bicycles and 3) inconveniencing disabled community members, through a single inconsiderate action. I would like to be able to hold police to a higher standard on the issue of traffic violence. I’m sure that the city would be happy to convert some parking spaces to ‘police only’ in the area, especially on Green St.
Also, please don’t use my real name. While you have access to that info as an admin, it is not a part of my public profile and I believe anonymous reporting should be the standard unless I identify myself.
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Police - JW (Communications) (Verified Official)
Thank you for your follow-up reports. This system is best suited to respond to service requests like potholes, street lights, rodent issues, etc. that can be assigned to staff and addressed in a timely manner.
However, we have shared these concerns with the appropriate departments so that this report can be taken into consideration as we study future roadway design and enforcement efforts.
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