Description
This car one Hurlbut St had its front end knocked off and is the 3rd car to get visibly dinged at the mouth of Hurlbut and Linnaean in the last 2-3 weeks. Cars fly off Linnaean to cut down to Mass Ave and often never look to see a car coming up Hurlbut—the street is too narrow to accommodate two cars, so a car must pull over and yield to the other. The incidents of near collision, amount of traffic and incidents of reckless speeding have been on the rise. Is there something in the Traffic toolbox to calm this — a one way to Martin would make sense but then that just shifts the scenario to other streets. Restrictive access during rush hour is another idea as is police monitoring.
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17 Comments
Traffic - BMcK (Streets) (Verified Official)
Peter Kroon (Registered User)
TB3 (Registered User)
sorry meant, ONE WAY "From" Martin not "To"
the other way would make matters worse
James McGuinness (Registered User)
JM (Registered User)
Bert (Registered User)
Dominick (Registered User)
Dominick (Registered User)
Peter Kroon (Registered User)
Dominick (Registered User)
JM (Registered User)
Dominick (Registered User)
Acknowledged Traffic - DB (Signals) (Registered User)
Closed Traffic - DB (Signals) (Registered User)
Thanks for your report. As described, Hurlbut St is an yield-street (where motorists must yield to oncoming motorists in order to pass each other). Because of the nature and narrowness of yield-streets, drivers must drive slower to negotiate the street, unlike one-ways.
The Traffic Department can review the possibility of changing this to a one-way street if it does not negatively affect the existing roadway network and the vast majority of the abutters of Hurlbut St are in favor of the change. To explore this option, please follow-up with trafficfeedback@cambridgema.gov
Reopened TB3 (Registered User)
I have emailed traffic but it seems to serve the public following this issue, it’s best to keep it open
Thanks
TM
TB3 (Registered User)
Closed Traffic - DB (Signals) (Registered User)