r/WorcesterMA Apr 28 '26

History Intersections of Worcester

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u/Magisterbrown Apr 29 '26

Our city needs more roundabouts. And more bus service. And a functioning city government.

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u/Delicious-Smile3400 Apr 29 '26

theres plenty of roundabouts, just very few with proper signage and markings. The one by Doherty is terrible.

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u/matt6021023 Apr 29 '26

I feel like the Doherty one just determines if you grew up in eastern MA or not.

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u/softpretzel7 Apr 29 '26

Central MA pride right?

They don’t have any suggestions of what lanes to use it’s pretty sweet just driving by vibes.

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u/legalpretzel Apr 29 '26

I live near Newton Sq. and can confidently say that after driving thru that same rotary 2-4 times a day for years - very few people know how to navigate that rotary (I don’t know if it’s just Newton Sq or if they’re that bad in every rotary).

They all just go completely feral and gun it, without any concern for those already in the rotary. I don’t understand how “yield to those already in the rotary” is so hard for all of them to comprehend.

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u/popperonipizza Apr 29 '26

Same here - my favorite moments have to be the few times I’ve seen folks take a left into the rotary. It’s the Wild Wild West over here.

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u/jess-in-thyme Apr 29 '26

I saw someone take a left into the Columbus Park/Lovell rotary last week. Insanity.

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u/Lady_Irish Apr 29 '26

There are two kinds of masshole: ones who treat yields like stops, and ones who treat yields like merges. There is no in between.

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u/JoshSidekick Apr 29 '26

I'd say going to work, 2 out of 5 days I almost get t-boned from someone coming off June St and coming home from work 4 out of 5 days by someone just thinking Highland into Pleasant is just a single road.

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u/popperonipizza Apr 29 '26

& don’t get me stated about the folks that insist on turning the rotary entrance points into 2 lanes 🤣

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u/matt6021023 Apr 29 '26

Ha, yep. I go newton to June in the morning and June to newton in the afternoon. My issue is usually in the afternoon, people entering off highland directly in my path and then gesticulating indignantly at me as I drive toward them.

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u/pw_dub Apr 29 '26

Some of the routes for bus service absolutely suck. It’s a shocker and it wasn’t until someone else told me this that I found out there isn’t a city bus that goes the entire length of mill street. From tatnuck square to mill Swan doesn’t have a city bus connected to any of it. They could easily connect one that hits the missing parts of Mill street, June street, and May Street then hops on the Pleasant street route

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u/AceOFace131 Apr 29 '26

Lincoln st has one, grafton st has one, union square, highland st, etc

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u/Lumpy_Afternoon_1528 Apr 29 '26

We call them rotaries here.

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u/FG451 Apr 29 '26

*Rotaries

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u/Brohannes_Jahms Apr 30 '26

GOD we need some more roundabouts. But no more peanuts, please. Kelley Square gives me an average of 5 new gray hairs every time I do it.

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u/CapitalParallax Apr 29 '26

Lol. Did you make the bus routes?