Somerville PD stopping cyclists running red lights (Sat 11:45am)

[dcltdw]

3 officers standing by the CVS stopping cyclists. Not sure if they're ticketing or not, but I suspect so.

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[dcltdw]

I don't have enough data to form an opinion.
If there have been bike/pedestrian or bike/car collisions or near-collisions there recently, then yes, raising awareness/enforcement is a good idea.

I'm in favor of changing the "bikes stop at red lights" to "bikes yield at red lights", so I think there's room for reasonable behavior.

I realize the phrase "reasonable behavior" in a discussion of bicyclist behavior in Boston is a bit like throwing red meat to a pack of hungry dogs. :)