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Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/8/2021 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
Somerville
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207502 3207502OrderThat the Director of SPCD discuss the plans and process to advocate for Somerville transit priorities as part of the MBTA Better Bus Project, including advocacy for a North/South bus route and reduced fares for income-eligible riders, and against fare hikes.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209606 3209606OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide this Council with an update on efforts to implement North/South public transportation services.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209808 3209808OrderThat the Director of SPCD develop a plan to create parking-separated bike lanes on East Broadway.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
210828 3210828OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parking remove the parking meters at 315 Broadway.Work completed  Action details Not available
210899 3210899OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parking implement traffic calming measures on Powder House Terrace.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
210968 3210968OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
210992 3210992OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
211128 3211128OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
211135 3211135OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
211227 3211227OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
211151 4211151CommunicationDirector of Parking responding to items approved at the 12/10/20 meeting.Work completed  Action details Not available
210975 4210975ResolutionThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209363 5209363OrderThat the Director of SPCD discuss implementing a "Don’t Block the Box" campaign to ease intersection congestion at locations along Broadway, including McGrath Highway.Work completed  Action details Not available
210893 5210893ResolutionThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
210898 5210898OrderThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
202108 9202108ResolutionThat 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.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208844 10208844OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Council on actions, communications and collaboration with State agencies to improve pedestrian safety in the Mystic Avenue area by I-93, following the death of two pedestrians hit by motor vehicles there.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206691 13206691OrderThat the Director of SPCD prioritize for this Board the traffic calming projects in the City, and the process to determine those priorities.Kept in committee  Action details Not available