Details Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/20/2021 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Virtual Somerville Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (58) 58 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 211307 2 211307 Public Communication 221 citizens from the Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets submitting a Declaration and Call to Action re: safe streets. Work completed   Action details Not available 211327 3 211327 Resolution That the Traffic Commission examine using the "psych trick" pedestrian safety method, deployed in St. Paul, MN, to encourage drivers to stop for pedestrians crossing the street. Work completed   Action details Not available 211823 3 211823 Communication Sharing with the Council, the Administration and the public a 6-page blogpost from State Representative Mike Connolly. Work completed   Action details Not available 211710 3 211710 Order That the Directors of SPCD and Communications work with the Police, the Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Pedestrian Transit Advisory Committee to implement a “Stop on the Line Every Time” traffic safety public education and enforcement campaign. Work completed   Action details Not available 211711 3 211711 Order That the Director of SPCD work with the Police Department, especially the Traffic Division, to train all Officers on Vision Zero. Work completed   Action details Not available 211712 3 211712 Order That the Chief of Police report to this Council on steps taken to train and incentivize Detail Officers to enforce traffic laws when they observe motorists driving unsafely. Work completed   Action details Not available 211713 3 211713 Resolution That the Administration advise this Council on a plan to improve the consistency of staffing attendance for especially dangerous Traffic Management Plans, including the current Belmont Street traffic detour. Work completed   Action details Not available 207326 3 207326 Resolution That the Administration advise the Ward 6 Alderman of the notifications provided to city and private contractors about anti-idling regulations, and revise such policies to better ensure compliance. Work completed   Action details Not available 208782 3 208782 Order That the Director of SPCD develop a city-wide signage policy to equitably inform pedestrians, cyclists and vehicle operators during construction, closing of sidewalks, etc. Work completed   Action details Not available 209383 3 209383 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Council on usage data for the Blue Bike expansion stations of 2019, and plans for expanding the system in future years. Work completed   Action details Not available 210544 3 210544 Order That the Chief of Police, the Director of Parking and the Director of SPCD discuss enforcement to eliminate delivery and other vehicles from parking on protected bike lanes throughout the city. Work completed   Action details Not available 210627 4 210627 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Council on the Missatuck/Mystic River bike and pedestrian bridge project. Work completed   Action details Not available 209477 4 209477 Order That the Director of SPCD consider strategies to reduce the volume and impact of package delivery vehicles, such as encouraging smaller or electric vehicles and cargo bike parking, as has been tried in Manhattan and Seattle. Work completed   Action details Not available 209482 4 209482 Order That the Director of Engineering construct a pedestrian crosswalk across Washington Street in front of the Public Safety Building. (2nd request) Work completed   Action details Not available 209616 4 209616 Order That the Director of Engineering install a crosswalk on Somerville Avenue at Kent Street and Spring Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 209758 4 209758 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Council on creating a Bicycle Master Plan, and requiring that future road work adhere to this plan. Work completed   Action details Not available 210896 4 210896 Order That the Director of SPCD update the Ward 6 Councilor on the overdue new equipment necessary to improve signal timing in Davis Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 210932 4 210932 Order That the Director of SPCD replace the NO BICYCLES ON SIDEWALK decals in the city's business districts and work with the Pedestrian and Transit Advocacy Committee to reduce conflicts between cyclists and pedestrians on sidewalks. Work completed   Action details Not available 210985 4 210985 Order That the Director of Parking discuss with the appropriate committee, implementing income-based parking ticket fines for residents, as well as "day-fine" scales to set ticket penalties according to an individual's daily income. Work completed   Action details Not available 210988 4 210988 Order That the Directors of Finance, Infrastructure and Asset Management, and SPCD provide a progress report for the Vision Zero Action Plan 2020 as outlined in the attached spreadsheet. Work completed   Action details Not available 210989 4 210989 Order That the Director of SPCD advise the Ward 7 Councilor when they will implement the Mobility Plan for West Broadway (from Route 16 to Holland Street), to create a dedicated bus lane. Work completed   Action details Not available 210992 4 210992 Order That the Mayor and the Chief of Police discuss with this Council why there is so little traffic enforcement conducted by the Police Department, why its Traffic Division has so few officers, and how it plans to address the public safety crisis made obvious with 4 pedestrians killed by motor vehicles in the past 2 years. Work completed   Action details Not available 209142 4 209142 Order That the Director of SPCD report to the Ward 6 Councilor on plans to improve cyclist wayfinding through Davis Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 208685 4 208685 Order That the Director of SPCD explain how decisions are made about Blue Bike rack placement, including how the public gets informed. Work completed   Action details Not available 208781 4 208781 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parking develop a city-wide traffic signaling policy that includes guidelines for temporary signaling during construction. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204247 4 204247 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking and the Chief of Police petition the City of Cambridge to change Clarendon Avenue to a one way street, so it continues in the same direction from Somerville to Massachusetts Avenue. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 211814 4 211814 Order That the Director of Engineering install raised crosswalks rather than standard crosswalks for each at-grade crossing of the Community Path Extension, including Central, Sycamore, and Walnut Streets. Work completed   Action details Not available 211815 4 211815 Order That the Director of SPCD re-convene the High School Parking Working Group and provide an update on what is being done to understand and address parking issues for teachers, staff, and residents. Work completed   Action details Not available 211227 4 211227 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works install a temporary speed bump on Sycamore Street between the main entrance and the schoolyard entrance of the Winter Hill School. Work completed   Action details Not available 211256 4 211256 Resolution That the Mayor direct department heads to prioritize the rapid construction of physical infrastructure to slow traffic, protect our most vulnerable residents, and bring our streets into compliance with the ADA, to address the killing of four pedestrians by motor vehicles in the last two years and prevent further traffic fatalities. Work completed   Action details Not available 211243 4 211243 Order That the Director of Mobility and the Director of Infrastructure and Asset Management collaborate to write responses to the questions contained within regarding the Spring Hill separation project. Work completed   Action details Not available 212251 4 212251 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Mobility report to this Council whether the video "Safer Trucking in Changing Cities" is being used to train City truck drivers in safe driving techniques. Work completed   Action details Not available 212254 4 212254 Order That the Director of Mobility replace the HAWK signal at Buckingham and Beacon Streets with a standard RYG stoplight signal. Work completed   Action details Not available 211339 4 211339 Order That Director of Mobility and the Chief Fire Engineer discuss the potential impacts to the Teele Square Firehouse from the proposed Holland Street/Teele Square infrastructure and repaving work. Work completed   Action details Not available 210966 5 210966 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Council why there are still so few speed bumps in the city, especially since the ones deployed on Powder House Boulevard seem to be making a dangerous area safer for pedestrians. Work completed   Action details Not available 210968 5 210968 Order That the Director of SPCD brief the Traffic and Parking Committee on the work that will be done on our streets and Community Path pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement with the MBTA and MaDOT, which will provide the city with a $1,400,000 payment. Work completed   Action details Not available 205831 5 205831 Order That the Director of Engineering share with this Board the feasibility of creating a pedestrian crossing on Somerville Avenue, between Belmont and Spring Streets. Work completed   Action details Not available 206189 5 206189 Order That the Director of SPCD provide recommendations to improve pedestrian safety at the dangerous intersection of Walnut Street, Summit Avenue and Boston Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 207486 5 207486 Order That the Director of Engineering and the Director of Traffic and Parking update the Ward 6 Councilor on requests for crosswalks at locations specified within. Work completed   Action details Not available 207487 5 207487 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking update the Ward 6 Councilor on requests for crosswalk safety improvements at the locations specified within. Work completed   Action details Not available 209148 5 209148 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works immediately replace the HAWK signals on Beacon Street with more suitable and effective RYG pedestrian-activated signals. Work completed   Action details Not available 208901 5 208901 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Chief of Police update this Council on what is being done in the wake of the two deaths in two different hit and run incidents on Mystic Avenue. Work completed   Action details Not available 211128 5 211128 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works discuss installing speed limiters on the city's vehicles to monitor speed and ensure that employees are observing speed limits. Work completed   Action details Not available 211135 5 211135 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Council on traffic management and calming plans for the streets and neighborhoods around the five Green Line Extension stations expected to open before the end of this year. Work completed   Action details Not available 210965 6 210965 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Council in writing by December 4, and discuss with the Traffic and Parking Committee at its next meeting on December 7, what the plan is for replacing flex posts when they are knocked over or displaced. Work completed   Action details Not available 209808 6 209808 Order That the Director of SPCD develop a plan to create parking-separated bike lanes on East Broadway. Work completed   Action details Not available 210624 6 210624 Order That the Director of Finance, the Director of Parking and the Director of SPCD discuss scaling parking permit fees with automobile size and efficiency. Work completed   Action details Not available 207903 6 207903 Order That the Director of SPCD discuss with this Council the use of "concurrent with leading interval" pedestrian crossing timing at major intersections that see high usage by school and pre-school children, particularly at the intersection of Beacon and Washington Streets, and consider reversion to pedestrian-exclusive crossing timing at several relevant intersections. Work completed   Action details Not available 206407 6 206407 Order That the Director of SPCD, the City Engineer, and the Commissioner of Public Works establish a written policy for deploying temporary safety and visibility materials for the period between street re-paving and re-painting. Work completed   Action details Not available 210975 6 210975 Resolution That the Administration and the Commissioner of Public Works discuss the vehicle training process for all DPW employees and contractors whose job requires them to drive city vehicles. Work completed   Action details Not available 203479 6 203479 Resolution That the Administration update the Ward 6 Alderman on plans to improve way-finding for the Community Path through Davis Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 208008 7 208008 Order That the Director of SPCD implement traffic calming and pedestrian and cyclist safety measures on Broadway from Powder House Circle to Teele Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 210893 7 210893 Resolution That the Mayor submit a supplemental budget request to immediately add staff and funding to the Mobility Division for traffic calming, and increase its staff and funding by at least 50% in FY22. Work completed   Action details Not available 210895 7 210895 Order That the Director of Capital Projects revise the College Avenue reconstruction plan to include additional safety measures for pedestrians at both perpendicular and parallel crossings. Work completed   Action details Not available 210898 8 210898 Order That the Director of SPCD update the Ward 6 Councilor on any plans to further improve pedestrian safety at the intersection of Willow Avenue, Elm Street and Beech Street, possibly with a center island and bump outs. Work completed   Action details Not available 208575 8 208575 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parking provide a quarterly update regarding implementation of deed-based parking permit restrictions. Work completed   Action details Not available 203446 12 203446 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking install additional pedestrian safety measures at the intersection of Holland Street and Cameron Avenue. Work completed   Action details Not available 202108 13 202108 Resolution That the Administration work with the City of Cambridge to improve pedestrian safety at the intersections of Elm Street with Beech Street and Willow Avenue, including consideration of a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon. Work completed   Action details Not available