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it makes no sense to have a bike green light across cambridge st followed immediately by a stop sign after a tiny island. I think the stop sign was meant for the cars coming north on quincy and turning right to enter the tunnel so that they stop and look for both pedestrians in the cross walk and bikes continuing all the way on the green light they have. Cars should be forced to.stop before the crosswalk bc they will not know to look for bikes coming across cambridge. also a stop sign paired with a bike green will cause bikes to end up stopped in the middle of cambridge street once traffic is back to normal and many cars and bikes are going through that intersection.
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Anon_40000 (Registered User)
Anon_40000 (Registered User)
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CambridgeCyclist (Registered User)
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Petru S (Registered User)
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クローズド Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Registered User)
The vehicle approach to this intersection includes yield signs. The bicycle stop sign is necessary as there is no legal requirement per Massachusetts State Law that drivers yield to crossing cyclists.
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Anon_40000 (Registered User)
What about the legal requirement for the city to not create a dangerous situation (bikes overflowing the island bc they have a green bike light and then all get stuck at thr stop sign). Also the city is free to place a stop sign for the cars just like it does at any other intersection where safety dictates that traffic should stop of other traffic
Why create a wonderful new PBL if you are going to have it end in a death trap? I seriously thought someone had just misread the plans when they installed the stop sign. It never crossed my mind that the city actually thought the stop sign was a good idea
Reopened Anon_40000 (Registered User)
What about the legal requirement for thr city to not create a dangerous situation (giving bikes a green light and then having them pile up on the island bc they cannot cross) there is no law preventing the city from deciding which set of traffic must stop (in other words the city can require the cars to stop.. the city could even make that a light controlled crossing!)
Why created a wonderful new PBL and have it end in a death trap? I naively assumed someone read the plans wrong i never expected thr city to respond that their plan was always to set bikes up to have to pile up on the island or into cambridge street.
クローズド Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Registered User)
We are looking at making further changes to the signal as part of ongoing work in the area; we will investigate the possibility of adding signal control to the right turn slip lane as part of that work.
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CaptainCyclist (Registered User)
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Anon_40000 (Registered User)
Doug Brown (Registered User)
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クローズド Traffic - PB (Engineering) (Registered User)
State law does indeed require drivers to yield to pedestrians - this location is clearly posted with pedestrian warning signs.
As previously noted, we will review opportunities to provide signalized control of the right turn slip lane as part of an upcoming project which would thus allow us to remove the stop sign for the bicycle approach.
Thank you.