Cambridge Day reports work that includes widening the pedestrian/bicycle path and reducing the speed limit on Memorial Drive outbound from the BU Bridge starts Monday.
Could be a fun time connecting the public record statie's payroll data base and/or a list of state officials with scraped ad or Mercedes service data indicating likely owners of Mercedes SUVs in Eastern MA.
Has anyone ever been pulled over or seen someone pulled over for speeding on DCR roads? Jamacaiway, storrow, mem drive, etc all have relatively low limits that are just ignored. I've tried doing the limit occasionally and it is not comfortable with everyone else screaming past.
I rarely see local PD on DCR roads except for emergency situations. Who is responsible for enforcement on DCR roads and could local PD step up without inciting a turf war.
Either can issue traffic citations but they leave the river and other major state roads to the MSP.
Traffic enforcement is almost shockingly minimal across MA compared with other states. Cambridge does occasionally pull people over but it's normally a preplanned focus of one intersection rather than cops out on patrol for it.
A few of the smaller towns are pretty strict (Petersham comes to mind) but it's not the norm.
Traffic cameras won't solve these problems 100% but they are effective at lowering speeds overall and don't require police involvement.
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High cost improvements
It truly sucks that it often costs somebody's life to push badly needed safety improvements across the finish line.
Edit: We also STILL need to know who killed John Corcoran!
Had the weapon been a gun ….
… instead of a Mercedes, we would likely know.
Anyone know how to scrape vehicle ownership data?
Could be a fun time connecting the public record statie's payroll data base and/or a list of state officials with scraped ad or Mercedes service data indicating likely owners of Mercedes SUVs in Eastern MA.
does a speed limit matter if not enforced?
Has anyone ever been pulled over or seen someone pulled over for speeding on DCR roads? Jamacaiway, storrow, mem drive, etc all have relatively low limits that are just ignored. I've tried doing the limit occasionally and it is not comfortable with everyone else screaming past.
Is there a State vs local PD enforcement issue?
I rarely see local PD on DCR roads except for emergency situations. Who is responsible for enforcement on DCR roads and could local PD step up without inciting a turf war.
Not just in Boston but throughout MA.
My understanding
Either can issue traffic citations but they leave the river and other major state roads to the MSP.
Traffic enforcement is almost shockingly minimal across MA compared with other states. Cambridge does occasionally pull people over but it's normally a preplanned focus of one intersection rather than cops out on patrol for it.
A few of the smaller towns are pretty strict (Petersham comes to mind) but it's not the norm.
Traffic cameras won't solve these problems 100% but they are effective at lowering speeds overall and don't require police involvement.