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Meeting Name: Traffic and Parking Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/13/2020 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Virtual
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209142 3209142OrderThat the Director of SPCD report to the Ward 6 Councilor on plans to improve cyclist wayfinding through Davis Square.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
209787 3209787Mayor's CommunicationResponding to #209644 re: GLX mitigation requests.Work completed  Action details Not available
209806 3209806OrderThat the Director of SPCD inform this Council about who is planning the traffic management for the GLX stations at Lowell Street and at Ball Square, and the timeline for any infrastructure and streetscape work that may be necessary.Work completed  Action details Not available
210051 3210051OrderThat the Director of Mobility update this Council on that Division's work over the past few months and plans for the rest of the spring and summer.Work completed  Action details Not available
209372 4209372OrderThat the Director of SPCD prepare a plan for congestion pricing tolls to address traffic and air pollution.Work completed  Action details Not available
209644 4209644ResolutionThat the Administration update this Council by February 25, 2020 of any negotiated relief related to the recently-announced GLX delayed timeline and resultant impact to the city’s residents and businesses.Work completed  Action details Not available
209657 4209657OrderThat this Council's Committee on Traffic and Parking provide feedback on SomerVision 2040's chapter on Mobility.Work completed  Action details Not available
209774 4209774Officer's CommunicationDirector of SomerStat responding to #204874 re: publishing de-identified parking permit data.Work completed  Action details Not available
208041 4208041OrderThat the Director of SPCD and the Bicycle Committee update this Council's Traffic and Parking Committee on establishing a comprehensive city-wide bicycle plan.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
208334 4208334ResolutionThat the Vision Zero Task Force provide the City Council with an update on its activities.Work completed  Action details Not available
205700 4205700ResolutionThat the Administration report on the feasibility of giving parking permits to cars that are part of car-share programs and housed in Somerville for an extended period of time.Work completed  Action details Not available
206778 4206778OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
206390 6206390OrderThat 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
207660 6207660OrderThat the Commissioner of Public Works clean or replace the right turn signal at the corner of Broadway, turning onto Temple Street, as it is not visible during the day.Work completed  Action details Not available
207996 6207996Public Communication8 residents submitting comments re: #207499, a proposal to accelerate traffic calming investments.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
205936 7205936ResolutionThat the Administration work with this Board on a fund for traffic calming and pedestrian/transit infrastructure pilot projects through such sources as demand pricing for meters in business districts and the creation of incentives for residents to forgo residential permits so as to create more business permits.Work completed  Action details Not available
204874 7204874OrderThat 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.Work completed  Action details Not available
204965 8204965OrderThat the Director of Traffic and Parking install a crosswalk at Woods Avenue and Route 16.Work completed  Action details Not available
208844 8208844OrderThat 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
207499 9207499ResolutionThat the Administration respond to the requests outlined in the attached resident petition, organized by the Pedestrian and Transit Advocacy Group, to accelerate traffic calming investments and improve coordination and oversight.Kept in committee  Action details Not available
206691 10206691OrderThat 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