Speaking of Road Issues

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask. Who do you talk to if you feel an intersection needs a light or sign change?  Is it the city, or the alderman, do I just call 311?  Anyone have experience with this?

The intersection in question might technically be Arlington - - has anyone else noticed an issue at that 4 way intersection between Broadway and Rt 16/Alewife Brook Parkway?

If you are going down Broadway from Somerville going towards Arlington and need to make a left onto 16 you get a green light and the traffic coming the opposite direction is stopped. 

However, since you have a green light if you haven't driven through there a bunch of times you don't know they are stopped on the other side until you wait a bit and they don't go.  I have seen people needing to go left stop at this green light expecting traffic from the opposite direction to go and this seems dangerous.  I feel like if the traffic coming from Somerville has the right of way there they should have a green arrow not a green light.

Thoughts?

Comments

[spot.livejournal.com]

Indeed. That is a far worse problem for me than the lack of signage advertising the delayed green (valid, but less of a concern).

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

It's certainly really aggravating, but the delayed green on Broadway bothers me a lot more because it teaches drivers to assume that they have the right of way when turning left on a green.

[spot.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure it is possible to teach drivers in this state anything.

My brief tenure as a MA resident has only taught me that the state motto is "F*ck you! I'm drivin hea!"