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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
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200435 3200435OrderThat 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 3201126ResolutionThat 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 3202346OrderThat 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 3202792OrderThat 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 3202872OrderThat 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 3203067OrderThat 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 3204309OrderThat 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 3204317OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking consider installing a crossing signal across Calvin Street at Washington Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
204348 3204348OrderThat 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 3204795OrderThat 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 3204797OrderThat 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 3206438OrderThat 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 3206672OrderThat the Director of SPCD update this Board on the implementation of neighborhood safety zones. (2nd request)Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206687 3206687OrderThat 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 3206778OrderThat 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 3206849OrderThat 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 3206850ResolutionThat 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 3206851OrderThat 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 3206853OrderThat 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 3206946ResolutionRequesting 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 3207067OrderThat 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 3207127OrderThat 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 3207128OrderThat 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 3206169OrderThat the Director of SPCD deploy traffic calming measures on Marshall Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
206202 3206202OrderThat 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 4206271ResolutionThat 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 4206390OrderThat 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 4205831OrderThat 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 4206067OrderThat 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 4200211ResolutionThat 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 5205285OrderThat the Director of SPCD share plans, when available, for its upcoming Vision Zero planning process.Work completed  Action details Not available
205352 5205352OrderThat 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 5205448OrderThat 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 5205449OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide traffic calming recommendations for School Street, from Highland Avenue to Summer Street.Work completed  Action details Not available
205450 5205450OrderThat the Director of SPCD provide traffic calming recommendations for Vinal Avenue.Work completed  Action details Not available
205693 5205693OrderThat 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