That the City Manager is requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Police Department to increase traffic monitoring resources at the intersection of Prospect and Broadway, especially during morning rush hour

City of Cambridge O-12 ORIGINAL ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL April 8, 2019 COUNCILLOR MALLON WHEREAS: The intersection of Prospect Street and Broadway is one of the busiest in Mid- Cambridge, especially during the morning rush hour; and WHEREAS: The intersection is used by students and families traveling to CRLS, Prospect Hill Academy, Cambridgeport School, the temporary location for the King Open School, and is also home to a Rock n’ Roll Daycare; and WHEREAS: The intersection’s traffic patterns are complicated by having a gas station and a convenience store located on opposite corners, both with open parking lots where cars are further disrupting the flow of traffic; and WHEREAS: The intersection includes no designated left turn signal, leaving cars to make unprotected turns into oncoming traffic and creating traffic conflicts between cars making left turns and students using the crosswalks; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department and the Cambridge Police Department to explore using additional resources to monitor this busy intersection, especially during the morning rush hour; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Manager report back to the City Council on this matter.