By John Allen

What would you do?

One afternoon last October, I rode my bicycle on Mt. Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shooting video with front and rear cameras. This post includes a video clip of my ride through the intersection with Putnam Avenue.

For your information also, here is a link to the intersection in Google Maps. I was coming in from the west on Mt. Auburn Street, as shown by the arrow in the video’s preview image.

I rode through this intersection hundreds of times when I lived in Cambridge, but I hadn't yet ridden through it with its new lane configuration and traffic signals.

Several people figure in the video:

• A motorist;
• Three cyclists, of whom I am one;
• A pedestrian.

Please view the video and think about their actions. Traffic signals and signs are important too. Let's roll the video and see how it plays.  

https://vimeo.com/1061887218

Was my conduct correct? How about the other cyclists? The motorist? Was there potential for a crash here? How was it avoided?

And what do you think of the lane assignment in the intersection?

There’s more detail looking at answers to these questions in an article on the CyclingSavvy site.

Please feel free to post comments below!