Ryan Frazer

There've been a lot of complaints recently about how motorists drive dangerously through the 4-way stop intersections at Walden+Raymond and Upland+Raymond. I'd like to draw some attention to the mid-block crosswalk at the entrance to Raymond Park on Walden Street. I commute by bike so I've had my share of close calls with motorists, but recently one of the scariest parts of my commute has been walking across this crosswalk at rush hour (morning and evening). Even though I wear a high-visibility vest and am hard to miss because I am walking alongside my bike, three times in the last couple weeks motorists have failed to yield to me when I am already in the middle of the crosswalk.

The best solution here would be to install a raised crosswalk to force motorists to stay slow through here, although I doubt such an infrastructure improvement would happen any time soon. But would it be possible to install one of those mid-crosswalk "MUST YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS" bollards/signs here? And possibly some spot enforcement by police? Thanks for looking into this.

Would it be possible for the paved path, where it connects Cambridge Common to the sidewalk on the north side of the Common, to be filled in with some more asphalt? The attached Google streetview image shows that there's a strong desire line there for cyclists going in an out of the park where it connects to "little" Concord Ave on the north side of the park. A straight shot from the Concord Ave bike lane to the park takes you right through a tiny unpaved section of path - extending the path right up to the granite post would make for a smoother ride and also remove a spot that is just dirt/mud anyway. Thanks for looking into it.

Curious if there are high-viz green markings available for the bike lane on Garden Street where it intersects several side streets southeast of Taylor Square Firehouse (e.g., Grey Gardens, Robinson, etc.)? Last year after the bike lane was installed there weren't enough markings available to use (issue 5054249), but hopefully now there are? It would be great to have these, especially for evening rush hour. Thanks for looking into this!

There's broken glass in the southbound bike lane in front of 94 Hampshire St. (Formaggio Kitchen).

Bent post jutting out into sidewalk on south side of intersection between Main and Albany. There are few other posts on this stretch of sidewalk that seem to have no purpose, too.

There is a significant sinkhole occurring in a contractor patch in the northbound Mass Ave bike lane adjacent to the construction jersey barriers, just south of McDonalds. This wasn't an issue until the barriers were moved back last week, opening up more roadway so the bike lane is available again. It's great to have more space for bikes, but this sagging patch is really deep and might actually force cyclists to dodge into the main travel lane to avoid it. Thanks for looking into this.

Would it be possible to clarify the pavement markings for the bus stop on Broadway (southbound) at the intersection with Technology Square? I understand that the main traffic lane has arrows indicating you go straight or turn from the traffic lane. However, it seems to happen pretty frequently that motorists will use the bus stop/bike lane here as a right turn lane (https://seeclickfix.com/issues/4567463). I checked and there aren't any pavement markings for the bus stop here - just signs up on the posts that I'm guessing drivers are not looking for if they are trying to turn and continue on their trip. Would "BUS STOP ONLY" or similar text help keep drivers out of this space? Thanks for looking into it.

Dead rabbit/squirrel near the beginning of the left turn lane on southbound Galileo Galilei Way approaching intersection with Main St.

I have no idea how this could have happened, but this new bench in lower Danehy has been sheared completely off its legs. The legs also appear to have been sheared off from the bolts attaching it to the new concrete pads.

Could someone have driven into this?? Hard to imagine what else could have done this, and I imagine this would have caused quite a bit of damage to the vehicle, too.

Street tree on west side of Fayerweather just south of Concord Ave needs some pruning where it overhangs the sidewalk

297 Concord Ave - weeds growing out of construction site at corner of Concord and Walden are growing out into sidewalk.

Somewhat related: will the contractors here have to remove the old sawed off gas station sign pole? It’s right next to the sidewalk and not covered and the metal is pretty jagged.

256 Walden St (house at the south corner of Walden and Sherman, next to Paddy’s) - vines overhanging the sidewalk.

The intersection of Douglass St. and Mass Ave. feels really uncomfortable and unsafe as a pedestrian, especially during rush hour. When Mass Ave. traffic has the red light (as in the picture), drivers coming from Brookline St. have a green light and many cross Mass Ave. to continue on Douglass. The crosswalk across Douglass is not signalized so pedestrians can cross at will, but motorists trying to get across the street quickly often pull up and basically menace pedestrians who are trying to cross Douglass. Could something be done to make pedestrians safer here?

Mountain bike in front of furniture store at Concord and Appleton. Flat tire, rusted out chain that's come off the chainwheel.

There is a tree blocking the visibility of a one way traffic sign on Fayerweather St, opposite the west end of Copley St.

Hi there - not sure if this is best directed at DPW or TPT.

I'm curious if some traffic control can be implemented at the intersection of Cadbury Rd. and Wood St. (and to a slightly lesser extent, Sheridan St.). It's a confusing intersection because of the way the streets approach each other, and visibility around these corners is limited. Not to mention Cadbury is sometimes a one-way street, but people can park facing either direction at any time of day.

As a cyclist, Cadbury is appealing because it is part of a calmer N-S route to the Yerxa Underpass compared to Walden St., but this blind corner with no traffic control can be unnerving when a car turns from Wood onto Cadbury without stopping or even necessarily slowing down much. Perhaps a stop sign or two, or at least increasing the visibility around this curve, could help? Thanks for looking into it.

Street tree in front of 139A Fayerweather needs some pruning over the sidewalk.

Bushes overgrowing the sidewalk in front of 223 Lexington Ave