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Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/2/2018 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall
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202496 2202496Public CommunicationMatt Griesbach submitting comments re: #202267, to consider limiting residential parking passes for developments that request parking space relief.Work completed  Action details Not available
202267 3202267OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking consider limiting parking passes for properties that request parking space relief and explain their decision, for or against, to this Board.Work completed  Action details Not available
202326 3202326ResolutionThat the Administration present to this Board and to the Traffic Commission, a plan for creating “safety zones” and reducing the speed limit to 20 mph in as much of the city as is possible.Work completed  Action details Not available
200211 3200211ResolutionThat the Administration explain the process for exempting streets from next year's change in the Snow Emergency Parking plan.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
200212 3200212ResolutionThat the Administration consider exempting Whitman Street from the 2016 Snow Emergency Parking plan.Work completed  Action details Not available
200287 3200287ResolutionThat the Traffic Commission create a way to apply for an exemption from the change in the parking ban that will require parking on the even side of the street during snow emergencies.Work completed  Action details Not available
200281 3200281OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works and the Director of Traffic and Parking inform this Board how to petition for exemption from the new 2016 Snow Removal regulations, and post the process on the city’s website well in advance of the 2016 winter season.Work completed  Action details Not available
200263 3200263OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking consider the attached suggestions from Ward 5 residents to improve traffic flow during rush hours in Magoun Square and report back to this Board.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
202863 3202863ResolutionThat the Administration explain to this Board why it is recommending to the Traffic Commission 20 mph speed zones only in designated locations, and consider recommending instead a 20 mph speed limit citywide (except for state roads).Work completed  Action details Not available
203945 3203945OrderThat the City Solicitor appear before the Committee on Traffic and Parking to describe how the Traffic Commission agenda is prepared, and whether this Board can place items on that agenda.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
203975 3203975OrderThat the Director of SPCD consider making all neighborway locations, safety zones.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204127 3204127ResolutionThat the Traffic Commission create a requirement to notify abutters of pending agenda items which may impact their streets.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204169 3204169OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works re-evaluate the rush hour traffic light timing at Magoun Square, and whether the Broadway green light for Medford Street is too short, backing up traffic on Medford Street through the Square.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204250 3204250OrderThat the Director of SPCD make Morrison Avenue between Cedar Street and Willow Avenue a 20 MPH speed zone, as Lexington Park and the Community Path entrance nearby.Work completed  Action details Not available
204258 3204258ResolutionThat the Administration and Director of SPCD consider increasing the number of safety zones throughout the city.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204543 3204543OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the neighborhood traffic calming planned for Central Street in 2018, especially around the Hoyt Sullivan playground.Work completed  Action details Not available
204544 3204544OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking install a “STATE LAW–YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALK” sign on Central Street, on the telephone pole facing northbound traffic near Willoughby and Albion Streets.Work completed  Action details Not available
204545 3204545OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking install flashing “SLOW-CHILDREN CROSSING”, “SLOW-YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS”, and/or "SPEED LIMIT 20MPH" signs on Central Street near the Hoyt Sullivan Playground.Work completed  Action details Not available
204725 3204725ResolutionThat the Administration consider making the entire city a safety zone.Work completed  Action details Not available
204734 3204734OrderThat the Chief of Police conduct traffic enforcement during the afternoon rush hour at the intersection of Hinckley Street and Broadway so motorists on Broadway don't prevent cars from exiting Hinckley Street.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204735 3204735OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking paint the intersection of Broadway at Hinckley Street with a “Don’t block the box” symbol so motorists on Broadway don't prevent cars from exiting Hinckley Street.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204855 3204855ResolutionThat the Traffic Commission consider supporting the neighborhood petition to make Crocker Street a one-way street for its entire length, and to exempt it from the odd/even snow emergency parking shift each year.Work completed  Action details Not available
204858 3204858OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking update the Ward 3 Alderman about any previous traffic studies for traffic calming on School Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
204859 3204859OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking consider additional lane-usage signs along Somerville Avenue leading up to its intersection with Washington Street in Union Square.Work completed  Action details Not available
204874 3204874OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking publish de-identified parking permit data in the city’s open data portal so as to permit community analysis and discussion of issues related to the supply and demand of parking.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204876 3204876OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Director of Traffic and Parking meet with the Committee on Traffic and Parking to discuss policies and procedures to limit residential parking permits for residents of properties that are granted relief from parking requirements by the Zoning Board of Appeals or the Planning Board.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204880 3204880OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to this Board whether he plans to propose to the Traffic Commission that 20 mph speed zones be adopted citywide.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204882 3204882OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking add a second crosswalk and install a flashing PEDESTRIAN CROSSING sign on both sides of Summer Street at Cherry Street to enhance safety for children and parents walking to the Kennedy School.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
204883 3204883OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking add a second crosswalk on Summer Street at Hancock Street and on Lexington Avenue at Hancock Street.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205085 3205085OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking explain to this Board when and where the "48 Hour Parking Rule" is enforced, and why it is necessary.Work completed  Action details Not available
205092 3205092OrderThat the Traffic Commission consider creating a process for residents to comment on parking changes that affect their streets.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
201900 4201900OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking report to this Board by its September 22 regular meeting on plans to implement new legislation to reduce speed limits on local streets to 25 mph in “thickly settled areas” and 20 mph in “designated safety zones.”Work completed  Action details Not available
202622 4202622ResolutionThat the Administration share with this Board the timeline and plan for implementing 20 mph “safety zones” and reducing the speed limit to 20 mph on as many city streets as possible.Work completed  Action details Not available