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As of Monday 7:34pm, snow from Sunday has still not been shoveled. Sidewalk is now icy.

The Southwest bound bicycle lane is physically open to traffic on Beacon St between Oxford St and Museum St. However, it is missing essential signage.

At the intersections with Forest St, Prentiss St, Eustis St, Sacramento St, Beckwith Circle, and Museum St, there are three traffic signs missing at each intersection: one on the sidestreet for Northwest bound traffic, one on Beacon St for Southwest bound traffic turning right, and one on Beacon St for Northeast bound traffic turning left, notifying users of the road that they need to yield to a new traffic lane in an unintuitive position, hidden behind the parking lane.

There are also no pavement markings whatsoever, in the intersections to help crossing traffic gauge the path of travel so that they can yield appropriately, and in other places notifying users of the new lane that it is meant to be one way only, and only for certain kinds of vehicles.

Given the inherent dangers posed by the lack of signage, please consider closing the lane until it is ready and safe for public use.

There were six full trash toters on the road in the bicycle lane this morning in front of 244 and 252 Beacon St, Somerville, MA 02143. Please contact both building managers to make sure they are aware of the new traffic patterns and do not block traffic with trash toters. Thank you.

There were four empty trash toters in the bicycle lane this morning in front of 284 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143. Please notify the city public works department to make sure they are aware of the new traffic pattern and not leave empty toters in traffic lanes.

There were four empty trash toters in the bicycle lane this morning in front of 284 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143. Please notify the city public works department to make sure they are aware of the new traffic pattern and not leave empty toters in traffic lanes.

On Broadway, at the intersection with Hampshire St, Westbound, traffic signal for straight and left turning lanes should have straight+left arrow shape, but instead it is a circular disk. Ever since the right turning arrow signal has been installed far to the right side, I have regularily seen confused vehicle operators intending to turn right waiting at red circle not realizing that they have a green arrow but they need to look far to right to see it. I have also regularily seen vehicle operators turning right on red because they see a green circle and do not realize that they need to look elsewhere to find the "no turn on red" sign and their red arrow signal. See attached photos for both scenarios.

Please chance circular signal to straight+left arrow, in both units, for all of red, amber, and green colors, to avoid confusion.

I have been informed at https://seeclickfix.com/issues/3855130 that Hampshire St will be restriped next week. This is a great opportunity to re-evaluate the increased need for crosswalks and add extra where necessary. I commute the entire length of Hampshire St every day, and the three intersections where I most often see pedestrians crossing not at a crosswalk are Webster Ave (currently no crosswalk), and Tremont St and Bristol St (where there is only one crosswalk across Hampshire St, and people regularily cross Hamphsire St on foot on the other side of the crossing street). Note that it is not without precedent to have two crosswalks, one on either side, of a single crossing street at an intersection without traffic lights: Elm St is a great example (but unfortunately the only one right now on the this section).

This improvement would nicely tie into Cambridge's Vision Zero commitment.

Thank you for your consideration.

There are roughly a dozen pedestrian crossings without any pavement markers since the recent repaving, on Hampshire St, between Prospect St and Portland St. This makes crossing Hampshire St, a major throughfare of the area, difficult and unsafe on foot. Please consider expediting the painting of pavement markers.

At the intersection of Broadway and Hempshire St, on Broadway eastbound, coming up to the intersection, the through bicycle lane is positioned to the right of a right turn only general vehicle lane. This is inconsistent with federal publication Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 Edition, Section 9C.04, page 808, line 06: "A through bicycle lane shall not be positioned to the right of a right turn only lane or to the left of a left turn only lane."

Also, there are no arrow markings yet in the two bicycle lanes (through and right turning) (except for handdrawn markings), also both bicycle lanes are too narrow.

This area has been painted last week.

At the intersection of Boardway and Galileo Galilei Way, on Broadway westbound, coming up to the intersection, the through bicycle lane is positioned to the right of a right turn only lane. This is inconsistent with federal publication Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 Edition, Section 9C.04, page 808, line 06: "A through bicycle lane shall not be positioned to the right of a right turn only lane or to the left of a left turn only lane."

Also, there are no arrow markings in the two bicycle lanes (through and right turning) close to the intersection, also both bicycle lanes are too narrow, resulting in bicycle operators not using them consistently.

This area has been painted last week.

At the intersection of Boardway and Ames St, on Broadway westbound, coming up to the intersection, the through bicycle lane is positioned to the right of a right turn only lane. This is inconsistent with federal publication Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 2009 Edition, Section 9C.04, page 808, line 06: "A through bicycle lane shall not be positioned to the right of a right turn only lane or to the left of a left turn only lane."

This area has been painted more than a year ago.

In particular, I often see bicycle operators going straight waiting at the red light in the left part of the right turn lane who block turning traffic when right turning light is green, also motorvehicle operators turning right waiting at their red light in the through bicycle lane blocking through bicycle traffic.

Vehicle operators often run the red light turning left from Mason St onto Massachusetts Ave when the signal turns green for right turn only. The root of the problem is that there is only one red signal (which is a full circular disk), and operators are not expecting that a green signal would be a right arrow only and thus would not apply to them. See attached photo of Mason St traffic light.

It would reduce the number of drivers running the red light if there were two separate red lights, with left and right arrows, right above the left and right green arrows, respectively. Walden St at Mass Ave used to have the same problem until it was recently upgraded to such improved lights. See attached photo, right.

Vehicle operators regularily run the red light turning left from Dover St onto Massachusetts Ave when the signal turns green for right turn only. As I concurrently turn right on my bicycle from Hollis St onto Massachusetts Avenue every morning, these operators are directly endangering me. The root of the problem is that there is only one red signal (which is a full circular disk), and operators are not expecting that a green signal would be a right arrow only and thus would not apply to them. See attached photo of Dover St traffic light.

It would reduce the number of drivers running the red light if there were two separate red lights, with left and right arrows, right above the left and right green arrows, respectively. Walden St at Mass Ave used to have the same problem until it was recently upgraded to such improved lights. See attached photo, right.

At many high-traffic intersections in the city of Cambidge, the traffic light for vehicular traffic is on the opposite side of the intersection. This allows vehicle operators to inch onto the pedestrian crossing, thereby blocking it, while waiting for their light to turn green. One example is shown on the photo: the pedestrian signal was recently white, there's still 14 seconds remaining, and a motorvehicle blocks the crosswalk in its entire width, on Massachusetts Avenue southbound, at Porter Sq. This is especially problematic on roads wtih medians that have cuts in them, where the blocked crosswalk means that people in wheelchairs, also people with strollers, are physically not able to go around the vehicles blocking the intersection. (Other such examples are Beech St and Massachusetts Avenue, also Walden St and Massachusetts Avenue.) It would be tremendously helpful to move the traffic lights from the far side of the intersection to directly above the pedestrian crossing, so that vehicle operators would be forced to stay back from the pedestrian crossing in order to see the green signal. A positive example is Massachusetts Avnenue/Brattle St southwest bound, at the intersection with JFK St.

Pedestrian crossing missing across Walden St at the intersection with Richdale Ave on the north side of the intersection. (The other three pedestrian crossings, two across Richdale Ave on either side of Walden St, and one across Walden St on the south side of the intersection, are present.) This is a particularily popular intersection for commuters walking to Porter Sq. Adding the fourth pedestrian crossing would increase safety of existing crosswalks by preventing vehicles from being parked close to the intersection along Walden St, thereby increasing visibility. It would also make corner store more easily accessible, increasing number of visitors, making the neighborhood livelier and more pleasant. Already existing speed limits, speed limit sign on Walden St approaching the intersection from the north, length of plateau on commuter rail overpass, and already existing all-way stop signs ensure that vehicle operators coming from north can safely yield to pedestrians at proposed crosswalk.

Two tree wells, one in front of 47-51, the other in front of 57-59, have had their old trees cut almost two years ago because of storm damage. A third one, in front of 68 Hubbard Ave, was cut a few weeks ago for the same unfortunate reason. Please make sure these locations are on your list when you have the capacity to plant new trees. Thank you very much.

Yerxa Road underpass is blocked by ankle deep mud after the heavy rain on July 12th.

One tyre of playground toy truck fell off, see attached photo.