The green arrows are really the only reasonable way to proceed through there. It would have been nice if they had actually put some thought into the placement of the bike lanes. As they are now, they simply serve as a parking lane.
Originally Posted by
apricissimus
Things have never been this bad on Comm Ave. I don't know if it'll continue, or if people will either wise up or get tired of cycling, but if it does continue, I think I'm just about done with Comm Ave.
For some reason, I always seem to forget just how insane it gets for the first couple weeks when the students are back. I'm not sure it is necessarily worse than it ever has been (at least there is the consolation that it is repaved through there). Besides, what is your other reasonable option other than Comm Ave going in that general direction? Beacon? Screw that ... Beacon is its own cluster**** and I find it way more unpredictable and ******** than Comm Ave ... and it even has bike lanes going outbound.
actually those drivers should all get a ticket for blocking the intersection. Call police on their local line (not 911), have enough people complain about it and the police should do a crack down on that sort of bad mannered driving.
Problem is, cops simply don't give a crap about this sort of thing here. They aren't going to do anything about it, because it would actually make it worse to start pulling these people over. Bad mannered driving is a birth right for Bostonians.