Details Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/5/2018 6:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room – 2nd Floor – City Hall City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (36) 36 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 200435 3 200435 Order That the Commissioner of Public Works place plowed snow on the non-permit parking side of Dana Street to ensure residents have parking. Work completed   Action details Not available 201126 3 201126 Resolution That the Administration explain the process for exempting streets from next year's change in the Snow Emergency Parking Plan. (2nd request) Work completed   Action details Not available 202346 3 202346 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking consider adding Myrtle Street to the 20 MPH list through amendment of Article 14. Work completed   Action details Not available 202792 3 202792 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking install a flashing cross walk sign on Broadway at the East Branch Library. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 202872 3 202872 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking report the number of warnings and citations issued for snow covered vehicles following the 9AM lifting of the snow emergency on 2/13/17. Work completed   Action details Not available 203067 3 203067 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking and the Director of Information Technology provide Parking Control Officers with the ability to review local infraction history by license plate. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 204309 3 204309 Order That the Director of SPCD provide streetscape changes, such as painted crosswalks, at points on the Webster Avenue bridge to facilitate pedestrian crossings in that area. Work completed   Action details Not available 204317 3 204317 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking consider installing a crossing signal across Calvin Street at Washington Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 204348 3 204348 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Traffic and Parking review the traffic signal for left turns from Somerville Avenue onto Dane Street for safety concerns during rush hour. Work completed   Action details Not available 204795 3 204795 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking install flashing YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN signs at the crosswalk by the Kennedy School on Elm Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 204797 3 204797 Order That the Director of SPCD consider painting crosswalks and speed bumps in the parking lot by the Kennedy School, and discuss these and other traffic-calming measures with the Ward 5 Alderman. Work completed   Action details Not available 206438 3 206438 Order That the Director of SPCD address this Board regarding traffic congestion on Oak and Houghton Streets resulting from recent traffic pattern changes in Union Square. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206672 3 206672 Order That the Director of SPCD update this Board on the implementation of neighborhood safety zones. (2nd request) Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206687 3 206687 Order That the Director of Engineering build a crosswalk to allow pedestrians to safely cross Washington Street at the Public Safety Building. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206778 3 206778 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Engineering work with the Ward 3 Alderman to use $75,000 contributed by the 125 Lowell developers, to enhance traffic calming in the vicinity. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206849 3 206849 Order That the Director of SPCD or the Director of Traffic and Parking explain to this Board why there are no lane markings or striping on Broadway between Temple Street and Magoun Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 206850 3 206850 Resolution That the Mayor’s Office report to this Board in writing with plans for the police presence around the detour route from the Broadway/Ball Square Bridge closure to protect the Ball Square neighborhood from cut-through traffic, especially at key intersections on Cedar Street, Highland Avenue, College Avenue, and Broadway. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206851 3 206851 Order That the Director of SPCD develop a physical traffic calming infrastructure on Morrison Avenue between Cedar Street and Willow Avenue, before the Broadway/Ball Square Bridge closes in January 2019. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206853 3 206853 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking report to this Board on the enforcement of 311 complaints about illegal parking, and what provisions exist for enforcement against illegal parking on Sundays and holidays. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206946 3 206946 Resolution Requesting the formation of a Resident Transit Advisory Committee as first proposed on February 8, 2018 (see #205100). Kept in committee   Action details Not available 207067 3 207067 Order That the Director of SPCD report to this Board on the possibility of installing containers of small flags at key pedestrian crossings to aid in pedestrian safety. Work completed   Action details Not available 207127 3 207127 Order That the Director of SPCD work with the Ward 3 Alderman and residents of Vinal Avenue to conduct a temporary "road narrowing" experiment using flex-posts to slow vehicle speeds. Work completed   Action details Not available 207128 3 207128 Order That the Director of SPCD identify for the Ward 3 Alderman the 5 highest-speed residential streets in Ward 3 where a road-narrowing approach could be tested during Spring, 2019. Work completed   Action details Not available 206169 3 206169 Order That the Director of SPCD deploy traffic calming measures on Marshall Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 206202 3 206202 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking share how it enforces the prohibition of cars and trucks parked in bus lanes and bike lanes. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206271 4 206271 Resolution That the Administration and the Traffic Commission make any changes possible to the traffic patterns and signal timing at the Powderhouse Circle intersection in advance of the closing of the Broadway bridge at Ball Square. Work completed   Action details Not available 206390 4 206390 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Traffic and Parking report to this Board on plans to improve traffic signalization and flow at problem intersections such as Powderhouse Circle, Magoun Square, and others. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205831 4 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. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 206067 4 206067 Order That the Director of Traffic and Parking install audible pedestrian signals so people can cross safely at the busy intersection of Highland Avenue and Central Street. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 200211 4 200211 Resolution That the Administration explain the process for exempting streets from next year's change in the Snow Emergency Parking plan. Work completed   Action details Not available 205285 5 205285 Order That the Director of SPCD share plans, when available, for its upcoming Vision Zero planning process. Work completed   Action details Not available 205352 5 205352 Order That the Director of SPCD report to the Ward 5 Alderman and this Board on the plans for closure of the Ball Square bridge and Broadway for GLX construction activity. Work completed   Action details Not available 205448 5 205448 Order That the Director of SPCD provide recommendations on making the intersection of Summer and Central Streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers. Kept in committee   Action details Not available 205449 5 205449 Order That the Director of SPCD provide traffic calming recommendations for School Street, from Highland Avenue to Summer Street. Work completed   Action details Not available 205450 5 205450 Order That the Director of SPCD provide traffic calming recommendations for Vinal Avenue. Work completed   Action details Not available 205693 5 205693 Order That the Director of SPCD and the Director of Traffic and Parking report to this Board on traffic calming options for Richardson Street. Work completed   Action details Not available