Details 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 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (18) 18 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 207502 3 207502 Order That 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 3 209606 Order That 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 3 209808 Order That the Director of SPCD develop a plan to create parking-separated bike lanes on East Broadway. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210828 3 210828 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Parking remove the parking meters at 315 Broadway. Work completed   Action details Not available 210899 3 210899 Order That 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 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210992 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 211128 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 211135 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 211227 3 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 211151 4 211151 Communication Director of Parking responding to items approved at the 12/10/20 meeting. Work completed   Action details Not available 210975 4 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 209363 5 209363 Order That 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 5 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 210898 5 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202108 9 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 208844 10 208844 Order That 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 13 206691 Order That 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