I'm all for bike lines but getting rid of that lane there is going to result in some crazy crazy rush hour traffic that bleeds all the way down Mount Auburn to back by the hospital. The intersection with Mount Auburn and Fresh Pond Parkway is already a nightmare and this is just going to make things worse.

Also the Hayg Auto Repair garage on the corner there is constantly moving cars around right there and cyclists are definitely going to get hit by someone, most likely a customer trying to back out into the insane Mount Auburn traffic.

And the backup in the right lane is leading to more dangerous conditions -- people sitting at that red turn arrow getting fed up with waiting and deciding to pull out into the left lane in front of moving traffic who has the green light to go straight. Driving home last night around 7:30pm and a car pulled out in front of me, from a dead stop, as I was approaching the green light at speed. Nearly caused a pile up.

Yes, the same thing happened to me yesterday morning on my way to Star Market. I hadn't appreciated why until I waited forever at the red light later in the day. A car cut over from a stand still and I had to slam on my breaks to avoid crashing into it.

Also, I noticed a car cut the entire line at the red light and make the right turn despite the red light. The extremely long lines and long waiting time is causing very unsafe behavior.

Engineering staff will investigate.