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Editorial | CAMBRIDGE’S DEADLY INTERSECTION

Make streets safe for cyclists

  January 09, 2012

The tragic collision of an 18-wheeler and a bicyclist that killed 23-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate Phyo N. Kyaw in late December was the latest in a series of accidents at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street in Cambridge. Those cross-streets have been the site of 55 collisions in the past four years. The numbers are such that Cambridge officials must explore every possible option for more signs, lighting, or redirection of traffic.

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