The traffic department has stated publicly, several times that they don't care about car traffic. It is not a priority for them. They have a mission statement about moving "people". Makes not sense since the vast majority of people use cars to move around city at any great distance.

Issue is that Traffic should look at benefits of bus lane. I don't think it adds much benefit for the Cambridge residents as a whole. As you mentioned, more noise, pollution etc.

If they want to keep this bus lane (even though MBTA has cut 77 service) (and general MBTA service is just horrible - that is a different topic - T is awful) - they need to end the Bus lane a few blocks from Mass ave. That really causes the big backups.

Not only is the city not planning on removing these bus lanes, they are going to install another one from Waterhouse to Linnean Street. If you think gridlock is bad now, just wait. But hey we only live here and most of the traffic department and 70% of the city employees don't live in Cambridge so they don't have to deal with the problems they create. See ticket #12524562 https://seeclickfix.com/issues/12524562 on the traffic congestion at Alewife and Mass Ave. It has been open for over 500 days without even an acknowledgement by the traffic department except to try to close it.

Yes, the #77 service is the worst ever because of cuts and staff shortages, but that hasn't stopped the traffic dept from posting on their site that the bus lanes have actually made service better. They haven't but I guess you can find data to back up anything.

^ This

Increasing the population density might not help with this.

Wait till IQHQ populates and traffic really explodes! They've sold their (and consequentially, our) souls to the developers, what could go wrong?

Woulda been nice if there was a Lanes ‘n Games offset.

If they tear down an affordable bowling alley/pool hall/arcade they should build another one.

The tech bros and developers and their politician pets all access to activities in their McMansions but our kids have no place to go.

@smc Yes, the traffic is going to be awful. And at the same time the 60-unit building at 2400 Mass Avenue, if approved, will go under construction. Traffic at Mass & Cedar will be gridlocked for years. And IQHQ is already destroying our trees in Linear Park. The construction team pushed the fence that is supposed to keep them out of the park so they could cut down a huge shade tree. Yesterday they put an asbestos container right into a tree and on top of its roots. It may not survive. See pix.

@Freddy Yes, there should have been an offset. All the things that a middle-class person can afford are being replaced by luxury housing, labs, and tech office space. I was part of the team working with the EPA to get the land decontaminated at Lanes 'n Games. The developer started building on the land before it was even clean. City of course did NOTHING.

@Freddy - Ignore the above pix, it attached automatically and I can't get rid of it.

This is corruption pure and simple. It mayor may not be graft &c but there’s this pervasive corruption of morals, responsibility and public trust that goes beyond “breaking a few eggs” to make this omelet. Whose omelet?

Too much talk like this and Cambridge will pull the plug on this democratic forum just like Boston did.

This is corruption pure and simple. It may, or may not be graft &c but there's this pervasive corruption of morals, responsibility and public trust that goes beyond "break a few eggs" to make this omelet. Whose omelet?
Too much talk like this and Cambridge will pull the plug this democratic forum just like Boston did.

Not sure why my comment was blocked.

@Freddy If you included a link in your post, they might review it before posting. If you used a word that could be considered objectionable, they might review or throw out your post.

Thanks. No link, but I did use the word corrupt.

Thank you to Cambridge for talking the talk of democracy by using See-Click-Fix!

I don’t use the addictive and otherwise problematic social media. I work in Boston and they bolted from SCF and require you to surrender and imperil your data by obligating one to download an app.

And walking the walk.

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

City Hall - FG assigned this issue to Cambridge Redevelopment Authority

City Hall - FG assigned this issue to Traffic - KC (Permits)