Potholes?

[rickburnes.livejournal.com]

After seeing this http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/homepage/x565326036 and nearly wiping out on my bike a few times this week, I put together a map of nasty potholes around town: http://9neighbors.com/potholes

Anybody can add to the map, so if you know of specific offenders, by all means, add them.

I'm going to get in touch w/ the public works folks in Somerville and Cambridge and see if they can add these to their to-do list ...

Comments

[rmd.livejournal.com]

this is totally a job for the somerville 311 line.

[ron_newman]

Is 9neighbors.com supposed to be another local blog, like this one? I saw a bunch of magnets advertising that site, stuck to the side of the Holland Street T escalator.

[rickburnes.livejournal.com]

Not really another local blog -- more of a Boston version of Digg or Reddit, (tools to vote for links you like).

The pothole map is somewhat separate, though -- something I put together b/c I keep running over them.

[grapefruiteater.livejournal.com]

Don't forget Medford! The Winthrop St. potholes on that map are in Medford.

[stfuhneem.livejournal.com]

This has been a horrible year for potholes!

There's also Boston bike route info site that you might want to check out and add your pothole info to - http://www.therightride.org/. The hazards section is already kind of overrun, but it is still useful.

[fantastic-salad.livejournal.com]

Prospect St. between mass ave and cambridge st is just one big pothole, glad to see it has several entries already.

Have you considered posting this to the bostoncycling (http://community.livejournal.com/bostoncycling/) livejournal?

[rickburnes.livejournal.com]

No, I didn't know about bostoncycling. I'll post there now. Thanks.

[somer-villains.livejournal.com]

somerville is usually pretty good at responding to complaints of potholes. i saw a paving patch truck and crew doing their thing on beacon street the other day. if you call 311 and report specific addresses, they'll usually respond within a few days.

the problem is endemic to not only somerville but the whole metro area. and if you think it's bad in somerville/cambridge, try belmont! their entire road system is one big patch.