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...CAMBRIDGE IS NOT PAYING OUR BILLS DURING CONSTRUCTION PLEASE HELP.” The gourmet sandwich and specialty foods shop, a Harvard Square institution for over 57 years, is located at the intersection of JFK and Brattle Streets. Construction by the city of Cambridge to create a larger crosswalk has obstructed the intersection of JFK Street, Brattle Street, and Mass. Ave. for both pedestrians and cars, The construction, which began in March and is expected to be completed in the fall of this year, has caused a noticeable decline in patronage, according to several local business owners. Cardullo?...
Most pedestrian accidents, according to Branyan, happen because people jaywalk or drivers ignore existing traffic laws - which require, for example, yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk, heeding the speed limit and stopping at red lights. A pedestrian dies every 110 minutes in the United States, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and there has been an increase in the last few years in pedestrian deaths in Washington and other urban areas across the country, prompting governments in the D.C. metro area to launch a new advertising campaign aimed at increasing pedestrian safety. It is both "edgy and blunt...
...some crossings where there are no traffic signals; when a pedestrian approaches, a squawkbox urges him or her to push a button before crossing, triggering high-intensity flashing lights that drivers can see some distance from the intersection. City officials credit the system with boosting driver compliance with crosswalk laws from 8% to 84%. Washington plans to install similar bilingual devices at some of its high-risk intersections. In Boulder, Colo., the city has placed audible warning devices at busy crosswalks - when a pedestrian pushes the crosswalk button, lights flash and a "Use caution when crossing" message is played...
...primary schoolchildren dash across the street to greet Cook, running past armed neighborhood guards to proudly show him their report cards. "Hellow meestah Cook!" they shout. "Zien, zien!" Cook says, ("good, good") encouraging them in Arabic. Armed plainclothes gunmen - volunteers Cook helped organize - checked inside cars passing through the crosswalk...
...traffic island, located in the middle of Mt. Auburn Street, was constructed this fall at the end of the first phase of a renovation project around Harvard Square, Fuentes said. The project also included the refurbishing of several sidewalks, drainage work in Brattle Square, and adjustments to the crosswalk outside Johnston Gate. The first phase cost between $6 and $7 million, of which Harvard contributed $1.3 million, said Mary H. Power, the University’s senior director of community relations...