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I am standing in front of my condo building on Concord Avenue and I am very startled and frustrated by the traffic lining the outbound street between Huron Ave. and Craigie Street.

Currently, there is a solid line of cars, buses, delivery trucks, and construction vehicles up and down the street.

This is not a suitable traffic pattern and has an immediate negative impact on me and my neighbors on Concord Ave.

I am supportive of bicyclists and all modes of transport, but cannot believe that this is the best scenario for our fair Cambridge. This is not a good look for our city or the planning that goes into traffic upgrades / projects.

I hope that we can find an alternate solution that supports all.

Respectfully submitted.

3 more cars parked in the bike lane. Completely blocking the area.o

The traffic on Huron going from Concord to Garden is now backed up for several hours a day (due to the change on Garden St). Signals at both intersections need to be adjusted so that the Concord and Huron intersection is not blocked by the line of cars (which makes people start maneuvering around and thats unsafe for pedestrians and bikers alike). And the lights at Huron and Garden need to be adjusted now that there are so many more cars approaching on Huron, it can take 4+ light cycles to get from Concord to Garden between 2 and 7 pm.

For several months now, the separated bike lane on Cambridge Street on the westbound side have been missing. This creates a huge gap in separation according to original design. In the section between Maple Street and Fayette Street, there are no flexposts. As a result, cars park in the buffer zone, creating a door-zone hazard. Please install the new flexposts as soon as possible.

The City removed the pedestrian island at Brattle and Sparks about a month ago, but did not repaint the crosswalk stripes. I realize that bike lanes are slated to be installed, but what about the safety of pedestrians in the meantime? This intersection (which has bus stops at on each side of Brattle) is particularly busy at school pick-up and drop-off times. Note also: the intersection does not have a crossing guard. (It once did, but the City did not replace the guard after she retired.) Suggestion: The traffic department could at least provide cones with PEDESTRIAN CROSSING signs.

The inevitable thing happened, and truck drivers have figured out that they can just back over those plastic posts. We need durable separation if these bike lanes are going to remain safe and unobstructed.

Waiting for bus at Concord and Huron Traffic backed up in all directions But that isn't exactly what I am reporting

In 10 minutes I have observed seven adults on bicycles riding on the sidewalk on either side of Concord and five riding against traffic on the westbound side of Concord

I think these bicyclists have by their actions demonstrated that the Garden Street changes are not what they want They are also not what the neighborhood wants

Two more on the sidewalk as I write this And my bus is late, undoubtedly stuck in traffic the Garden Street changes caused

If the bikes don't use it and the neighbors don't want it let's get rid of this failed experiment

uber driver waiting for a pick up using bike lane as his waiting spot. he was adamant that he was doing nothing wrong

we need the bollard (or something more durable) back to prevent cars from using the bike lane as a parking spot and the city needs to enforce rules about parking and waiting on ride share drivers

Just witnessed a cyclist almost getting themself killed. They sped up to get through the intersection (after their light had turned red) lost control of the bike at a high rate of speed, sideswiped a curb, fell over and skidded almost under the wheels of a car turning into a curb cut on the other side of the intersection. If that vehicle driver had not been completely alert and stopped so quickly this cyclist would have been severely injured or killed. No amount of "protected" bike lanes could have saved them from making such a dangerous choice and putting themselves and others at risk. That driver had no control over this cyclist's recklessness. Cambridge is tacitly okaying such reckless bicycle riding by failing to enforce the rules of the road for all.

On the rainy evening of Jan 3rd, I was walking along Brattle St heading west and heard a loud crash as a car turning right from Mason St onto Brattle St apparently drove over the relatively new low profile concrete bike lane barriers. The car seemed to suffer some serious damage as parts fell off of the car from its underbody and rear.

This is a very dangerous, low-visibility situation at night for drivers and bicyclists, contrary to the intended purpose of the barriers to protect bicyclists. I recommend the City TPT look into this issue as soon as possible and consider painting high reflective paint on the barriers, remove the barriers (perhaps closest to the intersection), and/or determine better signage for drivers who, at that particular intersection, may be looking east for oncoming pedestrians and bicyclists and then advancing the turn before noticing and hitting the barrier.

As a driver and a bicyclist, I have not seen barriers like these elsewhere in the City. It does not seem like they add value, especially if drivers cannot see them and subsequently drive into the bike lane. If they are intended to preempt share rides from dropping off, this is the least likely location for such drop-offs given the low density, prevalence of owner-and institutionally-occupied housing and proximity to the T.

My photo of that particular spot did not come through, but I attach a photo further along on Brattle St which shows how difficult it is to see and perceive the barriers in the dark and wet conditions, despite streetlights.

The ambulance, fire, police could not get to hospital for a long time because of wide bike lanes.