Over the past few weeks traffic has been routinely blocking the box at Broadway & Galileo Galilei Way. After nearly being run over by numerous vehicles, I finally found a police officer standing at the intersection tonight! When I asked him if anything could be done he simply replied "It's rush hour, what do you want me to do about it!?"

Perhaps take some action to direct traffic and prevent it from blocking the box? Seemed like a pretty straightforward request to me. I get that there's traffic, I don't get why it's ok for it to block the box and create gridlock.

Traffic turning right from Galileo Galilei Way Northbound onto Broadway Eastbound cannot see the Right Turn Signal as it is frequently obstructed by construction traffic. For a while it was the arm of an excavator, tonight it was a tractor trailer cab. I complained to a police officer stationed there and while he seemed sympathetic, he said he couldn't do anything and all I can do is file a SeeClickFix ticket....so here I am (seriously though, how many of these tickets have been filed for this same issue over the past week or two?).

Please move the signal to a more obvious location that will not be obstructed by construction traffic. Please post a police officer to direct right turning vehicles until the signal has been safely moved.

This is the *exact* opposite of what a Vision Zero city should allow.

The protected bike lane in this area was never treated with a high friction green material, which appears to have been in the original plans (according to the street markings at least). Can this be applied now that it is nice out?

Bike Lanes in this area are not fully marked, which means cars don't park all the way up to the curb. Can this be stripped now that it's nice out again?

Coach bus blocking the bike lane, a common issue near S&S in the evening. Presumably they could allow the bus to park in one of their three lots, or rent some space at the gas station, instead of obstructing the roadway?

Can the City either work with S&S (or whoever this bus was bringing patrons to) or put in protected bike lanes ASAP? I'm kind of sick of playing frogger on my commute home.

This was called in to CPD when I took the picture, posting here to ensure it is properly tracked as it's unclear how calls into CPD are tracked against the rest of SeeClickFix tickets.

Not technically a full cycle track obstruction, but utilities work vehicles were creating a dangerous blind corner here this morning. I observed at least 3 police officers across the street, presumably at least one could have positioned themselves here to help direct traffic and avoid injuries.

Box truck blocking the protected bicycle lane in front of the Draper Labs loading dock. This has been a chronic problem (actually, this is specifically *why* there's a protected bicycle lane here in the first place!), what can we do to ensure Draper Labs is letting their vendors know not to block the bicycle lane here?

Another garbage truck obstructing the bike lane while picking up a dumpster. To be fair, I have no idea where else this dump truck should be, the current roadway configuration does not give nearly enough space for a large truck to park/idle on the side of the road.

Would it be possible to remove parking on the other side (the side heading towards Inman Square) and chicane the roadway that way to leave a wide enough space for a large truck to safely park on the side of the road without obstructing anything? Before objecting completely, would it at least be possible to try out for a few days with some traffic cones or chalk?

The right turn signal from Galileo Galilei Way North onto Broadway Southeast is blocked by construction equipment and difficult to see. Cars are therefore running the light when the double green lights for straight through traffic come up. This is dangerous to cyclists and pedestrians who are expecting turning cars to remain stopped during this phase of the light.

Can the right turn signal be moved to a more prominent location, or can the construction management make sure that the signal remains unobstructed by their equipment?

Bike lane here is frequently obstructed by box trucks. Can parking be removed from one side of the road and the travel lanes chicaned to provided a wider loading zone appropriate for the vehicles commonly being used for deliveries here? Alternatively, can the loading zone be moved around the corner onto Windsor St?

If infrastructure changes are not possible can the City work with the businesses here to try and do off-peak deliveries so that an obstructed bike lane affects fewer cyclists?

Somerville has put in protected bike lanes down the length of Webster right up to the Cambridge city line, where cyclists are then immediately dumped into a row of parked cars. Can Cambridge please coordinate with Somerville to complete this bicycle lane at least until Cambridge St? If this cannot be done quickly, can "Bikes May Use Full Lane" signs be posted immediately after the bicycle lane drops?

Another routine buffered bicycle lane obstruction on Ames Way. A few bollards, or even a couple of traffic cones, would easily prevent this kind of behavior. Education & Enforcement is clearly not working so I think the next step is to explore infrastructure improvements, could the City spare a few traffic cones for some experiments?

Bike lanes were never repainted on Hampshire St after the partial resurfacing. I understand the pavement must cure first, but this has already happened as some (or maybe all?) crosswalks have been repainted by now. Unfortunately, the missing bike lanes leads to many motorists obstructing the space that was formally clearly marked as a bike lane.

When will the bike lanes be repainted? If it will be more than a few days what actions can the City take to better alert motorists to leave a safe amount of space for cyclists?

In the future, how can work like this be better planned to ensure that missing items like bike lanes, centerlines, and crosswalks are all replaced as soon as possible?

Completely obstructed Parking Protected Cycle Track. Called CPD Communications Line, but reporting it here just in case it's a different database.

Illegally parked vehicle creating dangerous right hook potential for cyclists due to lack of visibility. Reported to CPD by phone as well.

Delivery driver completely obstructing the new protected bike lane on Broadway across the street from the Draper Labs Loading Dock. I asked the driver to move, he tried to stall a bit until I took out my phone and started calling CPD. Driver moved (with an illegal u-turn into the Draper Labs Loading Dock) pretty quickly after that, so I didn't bother actually calling CPD.

Honestly, I have no idea what you can do to prevent this, but reporting it because it's so outrageous and ridiculous that I'm not really sure what else to do.

Not truly a bicycle lane obstruction, but close enough. The motor vehicle pictured was parked in a clearly marked "No Stopping Anytime" Zone and over a hashed white buffer zone. Parking in this location creates a severe reduction in visibility, such that cyclists are in extreme danger of being right hooked by vehicles attempting to turn from Ames Street onto Ames Place. In fact, I was almost right hooked this morning myself.

Please consider installing a couple of bollards or other "more than paint" devices to indicate this is a No Parking Zone. Leaving parked vehicles here creates an extreme risk of severe injury, and perhaps more importantly, there is *nothing* that cyclists can do to protect themselves in this situation while using the protected bicycle lane as designed.

If Cambridge is serious about VisionZero, this seems like a great place to spend a very small amount of money to get a big increase in safety.

And yes, I did call CPD to report this vehicle. That solves today's issue, but it does not prevent this from happening in the future, so this ticket should probably be assigned to Traffic & Parking or Engineering to come up with a more permanent solution.

Two cars obstructing the buffered bicycle lane. This would be an excellent location for a few bollards, though admittedly there could be some trouble here due to the current construction. Maybe some of the tall, skinny traffic cones could be a good compromise though?

Called CPD after taking this picture, reporting here to ensure it winds up in the database.

Truck blocking...uh...well, the whole road. Driver was standing towards the back of the trailer sort of directing traffic, but pointing cyclists towards the curb, meaning that we all almost got right hooked by every car then trying to turn right at the intersection. Driver claimed he was making a delivery, what's the official loading zone for these businesses? Does it support fullsize tractor trailers? If it does not, what would it take to get a proper loading zone to avoid trucks blocking the whole roadway like this?