Ian Woloschin

Sysco Food truck blocking the bike lane, while parked in a bus stop, as well as well over a foot from the curb. Not only are cyclists forced out into the roadway, bus riders now must get off the curb (hard for strollers/wheelchairs/etc), walk across the bike lane, which may have confused cyclists who do not realize the bus is improvising a stop, and step up onto the bus (again, really, really hard for strollers/wheelchairs/etc).

This has been a chronic problem spot for years. How do we make it stop? This is not a safe spot for trucks to park, but the City of Cambridge refuses to give trucks a safe spot to park here so the operators just do whatever they need to get their jobs done. Can we please just work together to provide safe loading zones so we don't have to resort to nearly impossible enforcement?

Un-hitched trailer obstructing the bike lane. I called in to CPD to report it, while the dispatcher was friendly and understanding he told me "It's a busy morning" and made it sound unlikely that CPD would be able to respond to this in a timely manner.

Can CPD and Traffic & Parking please work together to combine resources for dealing with obstructed bike lanes in a timely manner?

Also, are un-hitched trailers even allowed to be left in the street? I was under the impression that this was grounds for immediate towing.

UPS Truck parked, poorly, in a handicapped spot and completely obstructing the bike lane. I called CPD and was transferred "to a police officer" who transferred me back to the same dispatcher, who finally transferred me to a Lieutenant when I pointed out transferring me in circles is silly.

Is there a specific person in the Cambridge City Government who is working to address issues like this? If I tried to park like this in my own car it'd be ticketed and towed instantly, so why is it ok for a business to do this? Wouldn't it be better to just install some more loading zones on Hampshire St to meet this need?

Cars and trucks blocking the bike lane and parked obstructing sight lines to the protected cycle track (necessary to prevent right hooks of cyclists). I believe the operator in the car pictured here was actually wearing a police uniform, which is frustrating as a police officer should be leading by example, not parking wherever they want.

I realize this area has a lot of construction, but all of the buildings here have loading docks, there should be no reason for the bike lanes to be obstructed in this way. Please provide more enforcement in this area, especially during business hours.

Construction has recently removed the "Left Turn Lane" from Galileo Galilei Way onto Broadway, and now buses are trying to make unprotected left turns across traffic. One bus nearly ran me over today as they were too busy looking for cars, and not looking for cyclists. Can the City please ensure that bus drivers are being safe here?

Truck blocking the bus stop and bike lane. Truck shifted into reverse when the bus pulled up, but that's not really helpful for people trying to get on/off the bus from the curb. Before the truck tried to move many cyclists were trying to squeeze by the driver's door, but there was not nearly enough room to safely do so. I opted to dismount and walk up on the sidewalk, where I grabbed this picture before continuing on my way. As the truck began moving after taking the picture I did not bother calling CPD, posting here for "better data on where to enforce".

In addition to any sort of enforcement, can this bus stop and adjacent bike lane get some sort of priority pavement markings (red for the bus stop, green for the bike lane?) to better indicate that trucks can not stop here? Kind of like what was done just around the corner in front of the Draper Lab loading dock?

There was an excessive amount of broken glass in the bike lane opposite 245 Hampshire St this morning around 9am. I stopped, called CPD to report it (it's a public safety issue that requires prompt attention) and then tried to clean up as much as I could safely do with bare hands. Two other cyclists and a pedestrian also stopped to assist. While we were able to clean up enough to hopefully avoid any serious accidents, this area still needs to be cleaned with a street sweeper, and possibly even by hand to ensure no more broken glass remains.

They should check the sidewalk here too, the shards were scattered over a pretty wide area.

The "outer" white line on the Hampshire St bike lanes is still missing, resulting in a large number of vehicles partially obstructing what used to be a clearly marked bike lane. This issue has been ongoing since last Autumn, will it be resolved anytime soon?

Large truck stopped (engine off) in a bus stop, but also parked over a foot from the curb and obstructing nearly the entire bike lane. It also had a lift gate down, which can be difficult for an oncoming cyclist to see, which could cause serious injury.

I did call CPD and reported it, and also mentioned the lift gate. Unclear if an officer was dispatched, so reporting here as well for yet another example of why we need better infrastructure on this stretch of road.

I was almost left hooked today by a Cambridge Police cruiser (lights/sirens were not on, the cruiser was operating under regular right of way rules) at Hampshire St @ Inman St. Can this be made a "No Left Turn 7am-10am" or something like that? Traffic attempting to turn left from Hampshire St on to Inman St has terrible visibility of cyclists coming down the bike lane, likewise cyclists cannot see traffic attempting to turn left. My understanding is that cyclists have the right of way here, but right of way doesn't prevent injury from someone being impatient, and as evidenced by today even police officers can make mistakes!

Yes, this whole intersection is going to be ripped up at some point and this issue will be resolved then, but in the interim a couple of signs and some targeted enforcement would absolutely increase safety for cyclists.

Until the intersection is safely reconstructed, motorists wishing to turn left here could be directed to the City-owned Springfield St lot to do a loop and come back on Springfield St, onto Inman St. Yes, it's a big, annoying detour, but if it's only used for 3 hours in the morning on weekdays that might be a reasonable tradeoff for safety.

Can Draper Labs start working with large vehicles to help them back in to their loading dock in a safe and expedient manner? This morning a large truck was trying to back in, but between bicycles, cars, and pedestrians he kind of got stranded awkwardly blocking everything until a few of us basically forced traffic to stop. Of course, by that point the driver seemed a bit flustered and in his rush to back up he ran over a flex post marking the protected bike lane.

Can Draper Labs provide a spotter for this kind of activity, at least during the morning rush hour when there is heavy traffic passing by their loading dock?

Another large vehicle parked far from the curb completely obstructing the bike lane.

Can we (again) make the loading zone wider to make it safer for all? Or if that's impossible what would it take to get some green paint and actual enforcement?

The bike lane is missing the outer line here, resulting in many vehicles parking too far from the curb and partially obstructing the bike lane. It's been this way since Hampshire St was partially repaved, over 6 months ago. How much longer do we need to wait to get this re-painted?

In the meantime, can we get some parking enforcement?

Yet another truck blocking the bike lane. Yes, this is a loading zone, no, the loading zone is not wide enough for a truck to safely park here. It'd be lovely if parking could be removed from the odd side to make enough space for a safe, wide loading zone that allows trucks to park without impeding other traffic.

This intersection is confusing and dangerous for cyclists making right turns. Motorists honk and yell at cyclists who try to merge into the Right Turn Lane to wait for the green right turn signal, but waiting in the bike lane impedes traffic flowing straight on Broadway.

How should cyclists use this intersection? Can this intersection be fixed to allow bicycles to make a right on red (with caution, obviously!)? Can pavement markings either be changed or signage improved to make this intersection more clear?

Truck obstructing sidewalk. Looks like the green treatment of the bike lane is helping to keep the bike lane from being obstructed (yay!), but if trucks are just going to park obstructing the sidewalk I'm not sure that's actually an improvement.

Box truck parked more than a foot from the curb obstructing the bike lane. This spot has been a chronic issue for years, how long until we can get some properly designed loading zones here that a box truck can safely park in without obstructing the cycle track?

Literally all you need is some paint, remove a bit of parking on the even side of the street, chicane traffic lanes to the even side, leaving a huge space for a buffered loading zone on the odd side (where the current loading zone is) with plenty of space for the delivery vehicles to safely operate in without impacting flowing traffic. This could be done overnight if you really cared.

The bus stop in Inman Square, on Hampshire St opposite Inman St, is in the middle of the intersection. When stopped in the bike lane, on my bike, waiting for a red light a MBTA bus driver started honking and yelling at me for being in her way. She demanded I get off my bike and move it, or run the red light, or who knows what, and tried to aggressively push me out of her way with her bus.

Why is this bus stop in the middle of the intersection? Why are MBTA drivers allowed to bully cyclists who are legally stopped at a red light (isn't this what everyone wants us to do in the first place!?)?

The right turn from Broadway onto Ames St is confusing for cyclists, there's only one bike lane, but the traffic signals are broken into distinct and separate "Straight" and "Right Turn" phases. With the currently posted "No Right On Red" signage it is technically illegal for cyclists to make a right on red from the bike lane, which means a right turning cyclist is now blocking all the cyclists trying to go straight.

In practice, most cyclists seem to make the right turn on red, safely yielding to pedestrians, as it's the most sensical and safest thing to do. Would it be possible to add "Except Bikes" to the "No Right On Red", similar to what was done at the adjacent intersection of Broadway & Galileo Galilei Way? This would reduce confusion and legalize what is already common practice.