A MassDOT project in Wellfleet that is about to start construction in fall 2023 is a good example of a lost opportunity. The intersection of Route 6 and Main St is getting rebuilt with sidewalks and bike lanes, but it isn’t designed as a protected intersection. I’ve spent some time putting together what it could … Continue reading Visualizing a Protected Intersection in Wellfleet
Protected intersections are the safest way to design intersections for everyone. If you’re not familiar with the concept, take a look at this video from Bicycle Dutch about “junction design, the Dutch cycle-friendly way.” You can also read the article that explains this design further. It’s short, concise, and free of engineering speak. The narrator … Continue reading Protected Intersections are Safer for Everyone
The final engineering plan for the Main St and Route 6 intersection in Wellfleet with color added. MassDOT’s Main St at Route 6 intersection design is so disappointing. I last wrote about it here in 2020.I stumbled on the final engineering plans for this project recently and realized it was time to take a deeper … Continue reading Wellfleet’s Main St at Route 6 intersection
View fullsize Route 6 as it is today. Shank Painter Road intersects at the lower left, and the signalized intersection with Conwell St is about 2000 ft to the upper right. (Google map) Request for ProposalsThe town issued a request for proposals last week for a consultant to come up with concepts for adding 60 … Continue reading Reimagining Route 6
I often hear people say that our roads are too narrow for bike lanes and sidewalks. In some cases that’s true. But there are many locations where property owners have intruded on the town’s right-of-way, placing landscaping and parking in what is actually part of the street.Here’s a example that will be going before the … Continue reading There’s no space for bike lanes or sidewalks
Thirteen year old Chelsea Earnest was killed by a driver near this intersection of Conwell Street and Route 6 in 1993. Provincetown’s Conwell Street has long been a problem area for riding a bike. In 1993, 13-year-old Chelsea Earnest was struck by a car and killed while riding her bike near the intersection of Conwell St. … Continue reading Conwell Street improvements long overdue
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