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I counted 33 missing flex posts on Hampshire between Prospect and Broadway. Many of the missing posts are at side streets -- exactly where we need them to prevent vehicle sharp turns and killed cyclists. Please replace these ASAP. If you don't have the capacity to replace them all the time then Cambridge should consider a real barrier that doesn't get destroyed within a year of installation. -- a community driver and cyclist who doesn't want more community members killed

During the morning and evening commute on the pole immediately to the right of the driver (in the northwest corner of the intersection) there is a solid red light AND a blinking yellow right arrow, along with a permanent No Right on Red sign hanging from the pole. It seems that the purpose of this yellow arrow is to indicate the driver can turn right with caution for the bike lane, however with the red light remaining illuminated, the driver is also told by the hanging sign that they cannot proceed right.

This results in a very large number of confused drivers per day who will sit through the entire traffic cycle waiting to turn right while not a single car can go through. The practical outcome of this is that cars behind them become so frustrated that they eventually swerve around the car in the front partially crossing over the double yellow into the northbound lane of Hampshire street. This creates an incredibly hazardous situation to drivers and pedestrians.

Ever since Garden Street became one way, Raymond has been inundated with cars, trucks, school buses, and delivery vehicles. Raymond isn’t wide enough to accommodate all this extra traffic, along with heavy pedestrian use and cyclists. Someone is going to get seriously hurt or worse unless something is done about this. Cars need to be directed away from Raymond into larger streets. At a minimum, we need to have no turns onto Raymond from 7-9am and 5-7pm.

On morning of 10/22/18, left turn signal from westbound Mass Ave onto westbound Rindge Avenue was not working.

This new marking on Broadway has cyclists in the door zone it’s too narrow and it was so much better before when we had the sharrows because traffic in this area moves slowly ...people jump in and out between cars and cross the street in this commercial area, so to be pushed over into the cars is really dangerous

Of 50 cars to traverse this 4 way stop intersection at a park corner, only 10 cars came to a complete stop. 20% compliance is an opportunity for serious injury. Some cars did not come to a complete stop even when children were crossing the intersection. This is typical when I do this counting.

There are four racks that I assume were installed to replace the four racks that were removed from the sidewalk near the railing of Winthrop Park during the period when the roadway was blocked off by construction at 57 JFK Street. I can only guess that the work crew was mistaken when they located them on the sidewalk in front of our building.
This is a highly inappropriate location for these racks. I would like to have them removed at the earliest convenience. If that is not possible in the next couple of days I can remove them myself.
I also would like to point out that there is no demand for any bike racks in n this area. There are several dozen racks on Eliot Street only yards away that are rarely if ever used, and several dozen more at Charles Square and across the street from the Kennedy school that are also available and routinely not in use.
It's also not uncommon for people looking for bike parking to use the park fence, street posts or other structures to lock up bikes when there is not enough rack parking, but I have not seen anyone make use of these structures in the past several years, which is a good indicator that all bike parking demand has been met. I would ask that the racks be removed and that no racks be situated on Winthrop Street at this time.
Please let me know what is the best way for me to get these racks removed as soon as possible.

With the construction of Inman square, is it possible for the city to ban on street parking in the area instead of closing the bike lane (Beacon/Hampshire)? It seems more dangerous to have signs blocking the bike lane forcing cyclists to merge in with traffic, yet allowing on street parking on the narrowed street. In addition, some cyclists are now riding on the sidewalk to bypass the congestion affecting pedestrians. This seems to contradict the sentiment of the new law passed by the city to increase the safety of cyclists and vulnerable road users.

In the northwest direction of Hampshire St., the signal length has been dramatically shortened. This is inconvenient enough, but the more pressing issue is with traffic coming at the same time from Cambridge St. in the opposite direction, if anybody needs to turn left onto Inman St., essentially an entire light cycle is missed by the rest of the lane. A left turn cycle would be massively helpful to help mitigate this issue.