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Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/20/2021 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
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211307 2211307Public Communication221 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 3211327ResolutionThat 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 3211823CommunicationSharing with the Council, the Administration and the public a 6-page blogpost from State Representative Mike Connolly.Work completed  Action details Not available
211710 3211710OrderThat 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 3211711OrderThat 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 3211712OrderThat 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 3211713ResolutionThat 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 3207326ResolutionThat 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 3208782OrderThat 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 3209383OrderThat 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 3210544OrderThat 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 4210627OrderThat the Director of SPCD update this Council on the Missatuck/Mystic River bike and pedestrian bridge project.Work completed  Action details Not available
209477 4209477OrderThat 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 4209482OrderThat 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 4209616OrderThat the Director of Engineering install a crosswalk on Somerville Avenue at Kent Street and Spring Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
209758 4209758OrderThat 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 4210896OrderThat 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 4210932OrderThat 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 4210985OrderThat 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 4210988OrderThat 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 4210989OrderThat 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 4210992OrderThat 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 4209142OrderThat 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 4208685OrderThat 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 4208781OrderThat 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 4204247OrderThat 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 4211814OrderThat 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 4211815OrderThat 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 4211227OrderThat 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 4211256ResolutionThat 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 4211243OrderThat 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 4212251OrderThat 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 4212254OrderThat 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 4211339OrderThat 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 5210966OrderThat 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 5210968OrderThat 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 5205831OrderThat 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 5206189OrderThat 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 5207486OrderThat 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 5207487OrderThat 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 5209148OrderThat 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 5208901OrderThat 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 5211128OrderThat 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 5211135OrderThat 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 6210965OrderThat 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 6209808OrderThat the Director of SPCD develop a plan to create parking-separated bike lanes on East Broadway.Work completed  Action details Not available
210624 6210624OrderThat 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 6207903OrderThat 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 6206407OrderThat 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 6210975ResolutionThat 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 6203479ResolutionThat 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 7208008OrderThat 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 7210893ResolutionThat 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 7210895OrderThat 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 8210898OrderThat 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 8208575OrderThat 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 12203446OrderThat 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 13202108ResolutionThat 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