Requests: pedestrian light

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494 Bridge St Lowell MA 01850, United States

The crosswalk signal’s do not work properly on all four corners of the intersection.

11/12/2020 · Reported by Thomas Locker · Flag Flagged
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Walk signal Archived

Vfw Highway & Aiken Street Lowell, Massachusetts

I was acrossing the road at the VFW at Aiken in the direction of downtown. I pushed the walk signal and waited through 3 full light exchanges in all directions and the walk signal never engaged. I took a great chance as many pedestrians do and crossed the street. Considering the number of pedestrian accidents where there was a death involved recently, this problem of walk signals not working must be fixed.

07/18/2014 · Reported by C McCarthy · Flag Flagged
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  04/19/2016 · Flag Flagged
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Walk cycle does not stop traffic in all directions Acknowledged

0 Market Street Lowell, Massachusetts

Pedestrians attempting to cross Market/Central/Prescott never gain relief from all traffic on the walk signals, so have to navigate through moving vehicles. Especially due to the new 2-way traffic pattern, this is increasingly dangerous. The light cycles need to accommodate crossings in all directions free of traffic. There are a large number of mobility-impaired residents crossing at this corner all throughout the day.

08/19/2014 · Reported by Craig H · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged by: Lowell Neighbors
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- Corey (Registered User)
  
  Alternatively, or if this makes sense to do in addition to a dedicated walk cycle, could we perhaps reduce the curb cut turning off of Market onto Central? It's so sharply cut that cars just slip from one to the other without ever having to slow down and yet can't see around the Post Office building, which is a lot of the issue in my experience. It's even hard to walk around that corner and not slam into someone coming the other way the sidewalk is cut so narrow. Perhaps if the issue is trucks making the turn, the stop line for Central St northbound could be moved back a few feet.
  
  08/19/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Alex P (Registered User)
  
  Funny, I've had no issues as a pedestrian here. Traffic seems to stop much more with the huge "No turn on red" sign, and walk crossings are clear.
  
  My problem is exact opposite: turning from Market onto Central has gotten more difficult. The old arrow is gone, and the no turn sign applies 24/7. So you're sitting at a dead intersection at 7am on a Sunday morning with no legal ability to turn, and wait and wait. I need to open a separate ticket about this actually. My preferred solution would to at least limit the sign by time and/or day of week.
  
  Considering how often downtown pedestrians completely disregard right of way and wander into traffic outside of crosswalks, I would not make life even more difficult for motorists.
  
  08/19/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Reopened jkgavin (Registered User)
  
  I'd like to see a city response on this issue, especially since it comes up at other crosswalks. Reopening, hope you don't mind, Craig.
  
  08/19/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Corey (Registered User)
  
  I don't understand why people can just close tickets. Let's leave this open until the City provides input.
  
  In general though, some of the prohibited turns probably do need time-based signage. For example, the prohibitions on turning left on John and Bridge are going to be a pain when there is light opposing traffic.
  
  08/19/2014 · Flag Flagged
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crossing street Acknowledged

63 Bridge Street Lowell, Massachusetts

The walk signal at this intersection allows pedestrians to cross on the south crosswalk from Kerouac Park to French St. However, it gives traffic on French St. a left turn arrow making it impossible to cross French St. Also, although there's a second cross walk across Bridge towards French, there's no button on that pole. Plus, a walk signal allows traffic to turn left from French onto Bridge making it dangerous to use that walk.

02/27/2014 · Reported by Shae · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged by: Lowell Neighbors
- Acknowledged by: Lowell Neighbors
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- Jan (Registered User)
  
  Just a comment
  
  I have to agree that this a major painfors a pedestrian at this intersection. To get around the problem the original poster mentioned above, if your intention is to walk westbound on French from the Kerouac Park side of Bridge Street, you have to cross on the south side of the intersection to get the walk signal and then cross French Street because the sidewalk on the parking garage side of the road isn't cleared. If the sidewalk was cleared of snow, this would at least alleviate some of the problem.
  
  02/28/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Shae (Registered User)
  
  This is true, if your destination is @ or after John St., you could cross there, provided the sidewalk were plowed.
  The other issue: What about people walking on Bridge St. that just need to cross French?
  
  02/28/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Conor Baldwin (Registered User)
  
  Conor Baldwin assigned this issue to Eric Eby
  
  03/25/2014 · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged Conor Baldwin (Registered User)
  
  Thank you for reporting. This issue has been assigned to the Traffic Engineer for attention.
  
  03/25/2014 · Flag Flagged
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Intersection unsafe for pedestrians Acknowledged

276-290 Market Street Lowell, Massachusetts

I've heard of and seen several people almost hit bit cars crossing Dutton St. to follow Market St. When pedestrians get a walk signal (only 11 seconds and no audio) cars coming from either side of Market can turn in to the crosswalk. The intersection is so dark that drivers don't see people. If it's only a 11 second walk signal, stopping the traffic going through the crosswalk seems safer. With new galleries, stores and studios going in to 307 Market there is more pedestrian traffic, but people don't feel safe crossing Dutton because of this intersection.

12/13/2013 · Reported by jkgavin · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged by: Lowell Neighbors
- Acknowledged by: Lowell Neighbors
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- Acknowledged Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  Reported to LPD.
  
  Kristen
  Office of the City Manager
  
  12/13/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Paulumba (Registered User)
  
  I also have nearly been hit trying to cross Dutton at this intersection. In this case the cars were turning from Dutton onto Market and had failed to stop at the red light before making a right-on-red onto Market.
  
  12/13/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Craig H (Registered User)
  
  I walk blocks out of my way to avoid this one--it's absolutely not pedestrian-safe in any way shape or form. In fact, given the traffic flow as correctly described above, this intersection is actually made more dangerous by the way the traffic signals are operating.
  
  12/15/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  Kristen Fratus assigned this issue to Eric Eby
  
  12/16/2013 · Flag Flagged
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Traffic Light Walk Signal issue Archived

Intersection Of Market Central, Prescott, Lowell, MA

The walk signal indicator is twisted on the pole (on corner of Central and Market). The indicator is not visible when standing on Central crossing to Market.
The signal has no audio, either. I had to walk south on Central to see the signal. By then the white walk signal was not illuminated and it had gone to the flashing red hand illumination..telling me to hurry.

11/23/2013 · Reported by Shae · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  Assigned to LPD.
  
  Kristen
  Office of the City Manager
  
  12/03/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Shae (Registered User)
  
  nine days..still not fixed
  
  12/12/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  Please be patient. The issue was submitted to LPD.
  
  12/13/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  This has been resolved.
  
  01/08/2014 · Flag Flagged
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Walk Signal Does not work Archived

41-63 Bridge Street Lowell, Massachusetts

At the intersection of Bridge Street and French street the walk signal button on the Kerouac park side has no effect. Attempting to cross Bridge street without a walk signal is very difficult especially if you have a child or in a wheel chair.

04/27/2013 · Reported by Anonymous · Flag Flagged
- Acknowledged Alex Magee (Registered User)
  
  Thank you for posting, this issue has been forwarded for repair.
  
  Alex, Office of the City Manager
  
  04/30/2013 · Flag Flagged
- Closed Kristen Fratus (Registered User)
  
  Old issues.
  
  12/05/2013 · Flag Flagged
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Traffic Concern Archived

179 Varnum Avenue Lowell, MA 01854, USA

Walk signal continuously activated without a pedestrian hitting the button, causing unnecessary traffic delays.

10/16/2013 · Reported by CBruce · Flag Flagged
- Closed City of Lowell (Registered User)
  
  MassDOT owns/manages this intersection; we are passing this concern along to them as they are responsible for maintenance and repairs.
  
  Thank you for reporting,
  
  Alex, Office of CM
  
  10/16/2013 · Flag Flagged
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Traffic Safety Open

659-681 Merrimack Street Lowell, Massachusetts

White walk signal is broken in light at Merrimack x Cabot in front of Bani Restaurant facing apartment complex.

03/12/2017 · Reported by An anonymous SeeClickFix user · Flag Flagged
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Requests: pedestrian light

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