Pedestrian survey

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

The Boston Metropolitan Area Planning Committee (MAPC) is conducting a survey on conditions affecting pedestrians in the greater Boston area. The results will be used to determine which areas need improvements to make them more pedestrian-friendly, and what kinds of improvements might be needed.

You can fill out the survey online: http://www.mapc.org/pedplan/

Comments

[ron_newman]

Most places around here, you don't even need marked crosswalks. It's pretty easy to cross Elm Street or Highland Avenue or even Broadway wherever you want.

One place where a marked crosswalk would be helpful (and I forgot it when writing my essay answer) is: from the intersection of McGrath Highway and Poplar Street to 'Glass Stop' on the other side of McGrath Highway. One reason people cross there is the outbound 80/87/88 bus stop on the northbound side of McGrath.

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I cross there all the time. There is stop light, but the problem is that you have to watch for turning cars.

[ron_newman]

There's a stoplight at Medford Street and Somerville Avenue, but northbound traffic on McGrath doesn't have a light there at all. This is what I'm referring to. When you look at the aerial photo, you see a crosswalk crossing the southbound on-ramp, but it's not painted across the northbound lanes (which are under the overpass and therefore not visible in the photo).

If you get off the 80 or 88 (not 87) there and walk to Target, you'll see what I mean.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

The crosswalk at Highland and Simpson may as well be invisible, though the recent signpost that was added seems to help a little.

Regardless, I find myself having to just run out into traffic and give a scowl when I cross there.