To make matters worse, the concrete barriers have been moved even further out into the roadway yesterday, such that there is now no space left for a cyclist other than to take the full lane. Unfortunately there is zero warning for cyclists coming from Hampshire St, as by the time they can see the "Bikes May Use Full Lane" sign it's too late to safely attempt to merge. At a minimum there should be a sign near the intersection of Hampshire St & Portland St indicating that the bike lane is closed ahead and that cyclists should merge.

A better solution might simply be to put up some cones during the morning rush hour to remove the Left Turn lane from Broadway to Technology Square, allowing traffic flowing towards Galileo Galilei Way to have plenty of room for motor vehicles and cyclists. I doubt the left turn movement itself needs to be restricted.

Honestly, it really surprised me to see this construction happening without any warning, notice, or community meetings. I get that prime construction season is also prime bicycle commuting season, there's going to be conflicts, but this one seems particularly egregious and indicates that the City of Cambridge really doesn't care about protecting cyclists, especially considering that this may be one of the most heavily utilized bicycle commuting corridors in the Commonwealth!

Loud agreement here. I rode past this last night on the 68 bus and was terrified for the bikes I saw squeezing between me and the barriers.

it's horrible because it's also timed at the same time as the demolition project in the other direction coming up broadway toward Harvard. I have lost a safe direct route to work now due to construction at the long fellow, demolition at the north-east corner of GGW and Broadway and now the south-east corner of hampshire/broadway. The city did not require any of the two private demolition/renovation projects to provide for sufficently safe replacements of the minimal but safe cycling infrastructure during the construction phases of these private projects.

Thank you for reporting your concern to City of Cambridge via Commonwealth Connect. We have reviewed the information you provided our staff and will be investigating this issue further.

Both Public Works and the Traffic & Parking Dept. have looked at the site and the work providing the greatest impediments to pedestrians and cyclists should be completed this week. If it is not, we will revisit with the contractor.

The bike lane is still partially closed in this location, can this issue be revisited?

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Technically, more than two months after this issue was last touched, it can be closed since construction here has finally finished. This ticket is troubling though, as all summer long there was no action taken by the City, other than to wait and let the issue resolve itself. While this is sometimes acceptable, it should not be acceptable on one of the busiest bicycling corridors in Massachusetts.

Fortunately the finished project appears to have been worth 2+ months of danger, just today the bollards were in place and it's quite lovely to bike on now. This stretch of roadway is in far better condition now than ever before. I've attached a picture from this morning, look at how nice it is! Unfortunately, for a couple of months the roadway was unacceptable dangerous, and we need to better understand how to manage construction projects to make them safer for vulnerable road users.

Can the City comment on lessons learned here and how future construction projects with similar impacts will be better managed? Heck, even more timely responses to issues raised on this website might be a good start.

Thank you for reporting this issue to us. We are pleased to report back to you that this issue is now resolved.