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Docket #1327 - Hearing regarding Boston Speed Limits and Pedestrian Safety
A
Welcome
to
the
Boston
City
Council
Zion
Ella
chamber,
for
a
hearing
in
the
City
Council's
Committee
on
planning
development
and
transportation
on
docket
number,
one
three
to
seven
order
for
hearing
regarding
Boston
speed
limits
and
pedestrian
safety.
My
name
is
Michelle
woo
and
I'm.
Chair
of
this
committee,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues
and
the
sponsors
of
this
hearing
order
district
councillor,
Eadie
Flynn
and
mr.
A
councillor,
Frank
Baker
I,
want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
broadcast
live
on
channels,
Comcast,
8,
RCN,
82
and
Verizon
1964,
as
well
as
streaming
on
the
city
of
Boston
website.
Please
silence
your
cell
phones
and
other
devices,
and
if
you
wish
to
testify,
please
check
the
Box
on
the
sign-in
sheets
check
the
appropriate
sheet
on
the
sheets
by
the
door,
and
we
will
then
take
public
testimony.
A
Ok,
so
again,
I
want
to
thank
our
sponsors
for
for
continuing
to
follow
this
issue,
thanks
in
particular
to
councillor
Baker's
leadership
over
the
last
term.
Boston
now
has
a
lower
default
speed
limit
and
we
have
much
more
work
to
do,
but
he's
been
a
committed
advocate
on
this
issue
and
so
many
of
the
issues
that
are
related
to
neighborhood
safety
and
and
and
street
safety,
so
I
want
to
give
each
of
the
sponsors
a
chance
to
say
a
few
words
and
then
we'll
turn
it
over
to
the
administration.
At
that
point,
councillor
Flynn.
B
Last
January,
despite
this
significant
progress,
hardly
a
day
goes
by
when
my
friends
neighbors
constituents,
even
my
elderly
parents,
often
walk
in
my
special
needs
nephew
that
they
don't
tell
me
about
speeding
vehicles
in
close
calls
in
a
crosswalk.
We
have
more
vehicles
more
commuters
in
more
rideshares
vehicles,
cutting
through
our
neighborhoods.
B
B
The
city
continues
to
make
progress
on
this
on
this
issue,
but
in
my
position
it
is
still
too
fast.
I
offered
a
12-point
plan
recently
for
safest
streets
in
South
Boston
this
summer,
including
traffic
calming
measures
like
speed,
humps,
Ray's,
crosswalks,
Road,
iets,
speed
boards,
curb
extensions
in
greater
enforcement.
I
was
pleased
the
department
transportation
ounce
at
a
community
meeting
that
they
would
include
many
of
these,
as
well
as
the
20
miles
per
hour
zones
as
part
of
the
South
Boston
action
plan.
B
Council
of
bacon
and
I
are
calling
on
for
this
hearing,
as
we
would
like
to
start
a
dialogue
around
the
merits
of
a
twenty
mile
per
hour.
Speed
limit
in
Boston
unless
otherwise
posted,
if
not
20
miles
per
hour
throughout
the
city,
I,
would
like
to
see
20
miles
per
hour.
Speed
zones
at
relevant
locations
that
make
sense
in
that
work
for
the
city.
B
We
recently
had
commissioner
Morales
from
BC
YF
right
to
MassDOT,
asking
for
20
miles
per
hour
in
front
of
the
L
Street
bathhouse
in
currently
recreation
center,
due
to
the
speeding
which
was
caused,
which
has
caused
tragedies
there.
In
the
past
20
miles
per
hour.
Zones
have
worked
well
for
school
zones
as
drivers
slow
for
our
children.
I
think
it
has
merit
to
apply
this
to
areas
like
L
Surrey,
where
it
is
so
narrow
in
tough
to
react
for
drivers
and
pedestrians
alike.
B
The
same
goes
for
recreation
areas
like
Faragher
Road
near
the
street
hockey
court
or
Evans
baseball
field
to
Namath
field.
Data
from
the
city's
website
in
triple-a
foundation
for
traffic
safety
indicates
that
at
30
miles
per
hour,
the
likelihood
of
a
fatality
was
serious.
Injury
was
50%.
Well
if
the
cow
is
traveling
20
miles
per
hour,
that
number
dropped
significantly
to
18%
I
think
this
conversation
will
have
merit,
as
we
all
try
to
do
our
part
to
realize
vision.
D
Thank
you
for
coming
first
for
that,
but
but
chief
Osgood
isn't
here
and
and
Gina
isn't
here,
I'm
more
than
taken
back
because
for
me
this
is
this
is
vision
zero.
This
is
talking
about
how
we
make
people
slow
down.
On
our
side,
streets
I
mean
we
came
out
with
I,
think
12,
pilots,
nine
of
which
went
to
one
district
I,
don't
think
that's
fair
I
didn't
I
was
the
one
who
spearheaded
this
legislation
and
I'm
just
looking
at
new
vennett.
It's
not
you
but
I
spearhead
of
the
legislation
and
I
didn't
get
a
single.
D
A
single
pilot
district
in
in
district
3
and
I
have
some
pretty
pretty
traveled
roads,
but
I'm
glad
you
have
a
net.
Hopefully
we
can.
We
can
talk
about
Bill
those
sorts
of
things,
and
maybe
the
message
will
be
clear:
there's
people
that
want
they
want
Street
calming
measures
we
want.
We
want
Ray's
crosswalks.
We
want
speed
bumps
and
I.
Don't
know
why
we're
sitting
here
still
talking
about
this
and
then
we
sprinkle
them
around
this.
Well,
we
don't
sprinkle
them
around
the
city.
We
kind
of
put
them
all,
mostly
in
one
area.
D
E
You,
madam
chair
I,
just
wanted
to
come
by
and
first
off,
thank
that
the
lead
sponsors
on
this
initiative
counselors
at
Flint,
encounter
Frank
Baker
for
their
great
work
as
well
as
yours,
madam
chair.
This
is
something
you've
been
working
on
for
quite
some
time.
Probably
five
or
six
years
ago,
I
convened
a
hearing
on
traffic
calming
measures,
and
it
was
looking
at
sort
of
new
technology
and
new
ways
that
we
could
provide
safer
experiences
for
our
pedestrians,
for
our
cyclists,
for
our
runners
and
I
think
it's
important
to
continue
that
conversation.
E
E
Specifically
for
for
pedestrians
for
cyclists
for
others.
You
know
it
seems.
Every
week
we
hear
about
a
tragic
death
caused
by
a
car
crash
and
and
as
our
as
the
municipality,
we
have
an
opportunity,
an
obligation
to
do
more,
to
make
sure
that
our
streets
are
safe.
So
looking
forward
to
continuing
the
work
and
the
good
effort.
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
Thank.
A
A
We
know
that
an
application
system
that
rations
out
safety
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
sort
of
month
by
month
by
month
means
that
we
will
see
more
crashes
and
we
will
more
fatalities
and
serious
injuries.
Just
three
in
the
last
week
in
Boston,
or
you
know,
one
technically
over
the
border
in
Cambridge,
but
a
pedestrian
killed
in
West,
Roxbury
and
other
seriously
injured
in
Roxbury
cyclists
by
the
Museum
of
Science,
and
we
know
that
these
are
all
preventable.
A
With
the
the
right
street
to
sign
decisions,
so
anyway,
I
had
been
reminded
that
my
own
policy
in
conducting
hearing
was
to
make
sure
that
we
incorporate
public
testimony
throughout.
So
I
want
to
start
with
the
first
for
people
who
had
signed
up.
I'm
gonna
read
off
these
names
and
if
you
could
make
your
way
down
to
one
of
these
to
public
testimony,
podiums
feel
free
to
line
up
on
either
one
of
them
and
and
we'll
just
alternate.
F
Morning,
thank
you
very
much
for
this
year.
This
is
an
incredibly
important
topic
and
I
feel
it's
a
it's
a
life
safety
topic.
So
thank
you
for
drawing
attention
to
it.
I'm
a
resident
of
downtown
area
I
live
near
the
public
garden
and
I
walk
through
the
city
every
day
and
I
walk
through
all
of
the
city,
but
I
walked
through
that
area
in
the
city
and
the
increased
rate
of
red
light
running
and
speeding
is
astonishing.
F
Crossing
intersections
has
become
a
life
risking
activity
and
I
know
that
speed
limits
are
an
important
component
here,
but
I
feel
really
strongly
that
automated
enforcement
is
really
a
crucial
element
in
looking
at
this.
In
the
area
that
I
walk
around
there
is
no
enforcement,
there's
no
sign
of
police,
there's,
no
ticketing.
The
rate
of
citations.
F
I
understand
is
way
down
in
the
city
for
any
moving
violations,
and
increasingly
municipalities
across
the
country
and
in
other
countries,
are
going
to
automated
enforcement
systems
with
red
light
cameras
and
speeding
cameras
with
appropriate
buffers
and
addressing
the
the
civil
liberty
issues
that
are
attached
to
any
of
these
sorts
of
things
down.
The
road
Providence
put
this
in
earlier
this
year
and
are
still
using
this
and
learning
from
it.
I
understand.
In
the
first
week
they
said
they
had
11,000
citations
for
red,
light,
running
and
Providence.
F
F
G
This
hearing
and
I
just
want
to
echo
these
thoughts
because
I've
been
working
with
councilor
Flynn
in
the
city
and
trying
to
deal
with
Arlington
Street,
which
is
has
become
a
superhighway
trying
to
get
some
calming
measures.
I've
been
promised
in
the
spring
we're
going
to
get
a
pedestrian
flashing
signal
there,
but
it
is
a
superhighway
and
there
is
going
to
be
another
death
like
there
was
in
South
Boston
and
the
South
End,
but
I
also
want
to
talk
about
I,
think
reducing
the
speed
limit
as
part
of
vision.
G
Zero
is
really
critical,
but
I
also
want
to
know
how
we're
going
to
respond
to
the
the
growth
of
the
ride,
services,
uber
and
lyft
that
are
really
contributing
to
congestion
with
drivers,
not
knowing
the
streets
using
neighborhoods.
It's
cut-throughs,
that's
also
an
accident
waiting
to
happen.
According
to
a
recent
report
that
was
put
out
this
summer
between
2012
and
2016
Boston
added
more
than
34,000
vehicles
to
our
city,
streets,
60%
of
people
use
ride
hailing
services.
That's
an
incredible
number.
It's
only
going
to
continue
to
grow,
so
our
streets
are
beyond
congested.
G
Policymakers
need
to
start
looking
at
measures
to
deal
with
this,
such
as
putting
some
types
of
limits
on
the
number
of
lyft
and
uber
cars
that
are
out
on
the
streets
today.
We
as
so
I'm
a
resident
of
Bay
Village,
but
I'm,
also
a
member
of
ADCO
alliance
of
downtown
civic
organizations.
We
have
this
transportation
on
our
agenda
for
tomorrow
night's
meeting
and
we
hope
to
work
with
the
City
Council
as
our
next
issue
in
tackling
this.
So
thank
you
again
for
holding
this.
This
is
a
really
important
and
vineet.
H
Thank
you,
I
want
to
echo
a
lot
of
things
that
the
counselor
said
and
that
you
said
to
you
as
well.
That's
we
need
more
than
just
science.
We
need
known
measures
that
include
design
to
make
our
streets
safer.
Putting
up
new
street
signs
that
are
a
speed
limit
of
20
miles
per
hour
are,
in
essence
a
measure
of
hope.
You
hope
that
people
follow
them.
We
can
hope
that
there
is
possible
enforcement
of
those,
but
ultimately
we're
merely
hoping
that
people
follow
the
rules.
H
Putting
people's
lives
in
the
presence
of
hope
is
probably
not
a
good
idea
when
we
know
that
we
could
be
implementing
design.
That
is
better
that
actually
prevents
these
types
of
things.
I
think
it's
extremely
telling
that,
since
vision,
zero
has
been
implemented
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we've
had
multiple
roads.
Councillor
Flynn
in
your
own
district,
Preble,
Street,
Farragut
Road
are
both
streets
that
have
been
repaved
since
that
time.
H
These
should
be
a
part
of
every
street
design
process
moving
forward,
not
just
our
slow
streets,
but
every
street
that
we're
repaving
should
be
following
this
sort
of
model.
I
also
think
it's
really
telling
that
there
isn't
a
representative
from
mass
dot
or
the
DC
are
here
today,
that's
usually
problematic
when
we
consider
how
often
our
roads
change
ownership
within
the
city
of
Boston
the
same
design
standards
that
we're
implementing
in
Boston
should
be
implemented
on
roads
that
are
not
owned
by
the
city
of
Boston.
H
Ultimately,
we
would
support
lowering
a
speed
limits
20
miles
per
hour
if
it
were
in
conjunction
with
something
like
better
Street
design
and
ubiquitous
better
Street
design,
not
just
reactive,
not
just
by
application,
but
across
the
city
and
I.
Think
all
of
you
know
that
I
think
the
citizens
of
Boston
know
that
I
think
it's
just
time
to
actually
take
those
bold
steps
towards
making
our
roads
the
way
they
should
be.
Thank
you
thank.
I
Good
morning
my
name
is
Adi
Nature
I'm,
with
Walk
Boston
and
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
convening
this.
This
critical
hearing
to
talk
about
speed
limits
and
pedestrian
safety
and
traffic
calming
and
I'll
start
I
just
want
to
quote
from
our
executive
director
Wendy
lemon
in
the
Boston
Globe
on
August
28th,
when
the
notice,
when
this
hearing
was
first
called
for,
quote,
simply
changing
the
speed
limit
without
doing
anything
about
the
built
environment
does
a
little
but
not
nearly
enough
and
I.
Think
that's
a
message.
I
I'm
all
of
us
are
taking
to
heart
here.
I
do
want
to
echo
what
I'm
the
folks
before
me
said
about
I'm
automated
enforcement.
That's
a
push
we
support
and
no
it
needs
enabling
legislation
at
the
state
level
very
important
to
think
about
how
that's
rolled
out
in
an
equitable
way,
but
that's
something
that
I
would
encourage
the
council
to
take
up
but
I
think
fundamentally,
this
is
about
street
design
and
it
is
about
traffic
calming
and
it's
a
fundamental
matter
of
equity
as
well.
I
How
do
we
make
sure
that
all
neighborhoods
get
traffic
calming
and
how
are
we
prioritizing
areas
that
have
historically
been
under
invested,
but
also,
how
do
we
think
about
the
pace
of
rollout
and
implementation
and
I
understand
councillor
Flynn,
that
a
number
of
improvements
have
been
put
in
place
in
your
district?
In
response
to
the
crash
that
happened
several
months
ago,
absolute
horriffic
tragedy,
and
it's
great
that
we
have
improved
I've
been
rolled
out
quickly.
But
the
fact
does
remain
that
there
are
a
number
of
the
pilot
safety
zones
they're
still
waiting
for
improvements.
I
So
how
do
we
undo
that,
not
at
a
state
level
to
bring
the
posted
speed
limit
in
line
with
what
we
want,
but
fundamentally,
how
do
we
also
redesign
our
streets
to
enable
those
speed
limits?
So
again,
thank
you
for
taking
up
this
critical
issue
and
I
look
forward
to
our
continued
partnership
to
address
it.
Thank.
A
J
Again,
I'm
vineeth
gupta,
I'm
the
director
of
planning
at
the
boston,
transportation
department
and
first,
we,
on
behalf
of
the
department
I'd
like
to
thank
the
city
councillors
for
your
leadership
on
this
very
important
issue.
I
think
it's
with
y'all
work
that
the
city
has
focused
more
and
more
on
safety
on
our
streets.
J
Safety
on
our
streets
continues
to
be
our
number
one
priority
as
a
department
and
as
a
city,
and
we
are,
we
have
several
programs
underway
that
I'll
talk
about
in
a
little
bit,
but
the
rest
we
are
short.
This
is
something
that
we
are
taking
product
most
serious
seriousness
and
allocating
resources
within
the
department
to
address
this
issue.
J
This
is
really
the
first
step
in
the
process
of
looking
at
20
miles
per
hour,
speed
limit
by
the
default
speed
limit.
We
will
continue
to
meet
with
the
City
Council
and
with
our
community,
where
it
is,
should
representatives
from
our
department
do
to
make
sure
that
this
issue
is
addressed
thoroughly
I'm
here
as
much
to
listen
and
learn
as
everybody
else's.
But
I
would
like
to
make
a
couple
of
statements.
As
has
been
mentioned,
safety
on
our
streets
is
really
a
combination
of
speed,
limit
regulations
plus
making
changes.
J
Physical
changes
on
our
streets
that
are
designed
based
plus
improving
enforcement,
and
all
these
things
work
in
combination
and
will
have
the
best
effect.
If
that's
the
way
we
proceed,
we
do
have
a
number
of
ongoing
programs
and,
as
has
been
mentioned,
this
is
something
that
we
improving
speed.
Safety
through
screen
design
is
something
that
we
consider
with
every
project
that
we
embrace
that
we
implement.
J
There
are
priority
corridors
that
we've
implemented
recently,
including
many
in
South
Boston,
including
L
Street
Nealon
Street
in
Chinatown
marathon
square
in
Dorchester,
Tremont's
Crete
in
the
south
end
and
lower
Roxbury
Beacon
Street.
We
will
continue
to
identify
priority
corridors
in
neighborhoods
that
haven't
been
addressed
yet
and
will
continue
to
expand
our
efforts
in
those
neighborhoods.
We
also
have
a
snow
streets
program.
Selection
of
those
neighborhoods
low
speed
zones
is
based
on
criteria
that
we've
established.
That
has
been
on
our
website.
J
J
We
are
extremely
busy
of
working
on
this
on
the
zones
that
we've
identified,
but
we
continue
to
identify
new
ones
and
expand
the
program
citywide
ear.
As
you
know,
we
reduce
speed
limit
up
to
25
miles
an
hour
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
upon
making
that
happen.
Your
work,
your
advocacy
with
the
state
to
help
us
make
that
happen,
was
critical.
We
did
a
huge,
multilingual
outreach
campaign
when
we
reduced
the
speed
limit
or
default
speed
limit
to
25
miles
an
hour
which
we
hope
had
good
outreach.
J
J
We
would
have
to
look
at
changing
all
the
signs
up
to
20
miles
an
hour,
but
at
the
very
outset
there
are
absolutely
areas
in
the
city,
whether
they're
school
zones
or
neighborhood
slow
speed
zones
that
we
can
mark.
As
twenty
miles
an
hour.
There
are
streets
that
we
can
identify
working
with
the
community
and
with
the
city
council
that
we
can
mark
at
20
miles
an
hour,
but
it
has
to
be
done
hand-in-hand
with
the
community
enforcement
is
a
critical
piece
of
this,
and
we
are
working
with
the
police
department.
Do
to
improve
that.
J
J
This
is
true
for
any
city
in
the
country,
but
it's
a
partnership
at
the
police
department
type
will
continue
to
focus
on
that
was
kind
of
a
brief
overview
of
some
of
the
programs
that
we
are
doing
our
commitment
to
work
with
the
City
Council
on
looking
at
the
20
miles,
an
hour
regulate
and
our
efforts
to
expand
our
neighborhood
safety
program
throughout
the
city.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
B
B
What
can
we
do
to
have
a
better
PSA
program,
informing
residents
and
farming
neighbors
drivers
that
may
live
in
Boston
with
outside
of
Boston?
What
type
of
PSA
program
could
we
have
to?
Let
people
know
the
rules
of
the
road
how
they
can
be
safer
and
you
know
could?
Could
you
work
on
that
type
of
program?
I
think
I
think
would
be
helpful
to
almost
every
neighborhood
in
Boston
to
have
a
PSA
informing
people
exactly
what
whatever
the
blinking
red
light
means.
B
J
Absolutely
education
in
my
notes
and
skipped
over
it,
unfortunately,
but
absolutely
having
a
PSA
program
particularly
focused
on
distracted
driving,
is
a
key
component
of
of
this
initiative.
We
don't
want
people
should
be
looking
at
this
pedometers
and
not
act
at
their
phones,
and
there
are
several
ways
to
to
kind
of
launch
a
campaign.
Other
cities
are
tried
to
do
this.
J
It
can
start
at
the
fundamental
level
we're
working
with
the
RMV
so
that
people
who
are
getting
licenses
can
can
be
given
some
training
on
this
issue,
or
we
can
do
some
outreach
through
the
RMV
to
to
get
to
all
people
who
have
licenses.
It
also
means
creating
educational
materials
for
our
neighborhood
residents,
and
you
know
when
we
take
the
20
miles
an
hour.
Excuse
me
25
miles
an
hour,
speed
limit
change.
J
B
J
B
J
B
What
does
what
decision?
What's
a
decision-making
process
for
the
Department
of
Transportation,
if
you're
going
to
add
a
stop
sign
at
a
location
or
not,
or
you
can
add
a
a
light
at
a
location
or
not,
what
type
of
input
do
you
gather
what
type
of
neighborhood
processes
they're
in,
for
example,
on
on
L
Street,
which
is
a
critical
Street
in
in
South
Boston?
Would
it
benefit
to
have
more
stop
signs
on
that
Street?
B
J
Far
there
two
parts
to
the
true
the
decision-making
process.
One
is
a
technical
analysis
that
we
are
required
to
do
and
follow
state
and
federal
guidelines
and
our
engineers
once
we
have
a
request
for
a
stop
sign
or
our
engineers
will
do
the
requisite
analysis
to
see
whether
it's
whether
it
qualifies
for
for
a
stop
sign
can
be
located.
B
Thank
you,
I
think
Nick
would
be
very
helpful
to
my
neighborhood
to
have
especially
on
L
Street.
To
have
more
stop
signs
is
I
know.
You
mentioned
state
and
federal
guidelines
of
recommendations
that
are
also
part
of
the
decision-making
process
would
ask
some
of
those
state
and
federal
guidelines
that
would
prohibit
a
stop
sign
on
a
on
a
major
street
such
as
L
Street,
yeah.
J
I,
don't
have
the
exact
technicalities
of
my
head,
but
in
general
the
goal
is
to
see
how
effective
they're
going
to
be,
and
if
on
a
major
street,
you
have
stop
signs
at
every
intersection.
Sometimes
the
expected
effect
of
that
is
not
an
anticipated,
but
it's
something
that
we
like
I
said.
If
it's
coming
from
the
community,
we
obviously
look
at
it
seriously.
It's
it's
it's
after
some
time.
B
Notice,
if
you're
traveling
in
on
certain
streets
and
you're
going
25
miles
an
hour,
it's
almost
impossible
to
stop
at
a
crosswalk
with
someone
crossing
your
brakes.
Just
won't
allow
it,
depending
on
how
close
you
are
to
the
crosswalk,
but
I
also
know
that
if
you
are
going
20
miles
an
hour
in
that
same
situation,
you
have
a
obviously
a
better
chance
of
stopping
that's
that's
where
I'm
coming
from
is
I
see
so
many
elderly
people
in
crosswalks
I
see
children
going
to
school
in
crosswalks.
B
My
own
parents,
who
are
elderly
with
a
disabled
grandson
are
in
crosswalks
in
I,
see
so
many
times
that
drivers
will
just
drive
right
by
you
when
you're
in
the
crosswalk.
That's
that's
my
main
concern.
It's
a
public
safety
issue
for
me
and
that's
why
I
really
want
to
see
us
do
a
reduction
of
the
speed
limit
again
I
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here.
B
I
know
you
are
working
hard
on
this
issue
and
thanks
for
giving
us
the
the
opportunity
to
to
talk
with
you
and
I
do
envision
it,
as
you
mentioned
in
your
opening
comments,
that
this
is
maybe
just
a
first
step,
it's
an
ongoing
dialogue.
We're
not
you
know,
there's
more,
we
have
to
do
more
discussions
we
have
to.
We
have
to
have
more
data.
B
We
have
to
look
at
more
input
from
the
community,
but
again
it's
a
first
step,
and
hopefully
soon
or
maybe
down
the
road
we
can
get
to
that
place
where
we
do
reduce
the
speed
limit
from
25
to
20.
Again,
we
just
want
to
say
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
being
here
and
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue.
B
D
J
J
J
J
D
Through
is
there
anything
that
Public
Works
can
be
doing
that
we
can
keep
in-house
like,
for
instance,
let's
talk
about
the
rubber
strips
that
are
on
our
street?
How
much
do
those
cost?
How
would
it
be
to
send
a
crew
out
train
Street,
daughter,
Bowden,
Street,
Dudley
Street
bar
there's,
an
ad-hoc,
Street
Virginia's
tree
I
mean?
How
can
we
get
public
works?
Absolutely.
J
D
D
J
D
I
mean
something
as
simple
as
that
would
help
exactly
would
help
on
a
lot
would
help
on
a
lot
of
streets
and
that's
and
I,
don't
think
we
need
to.
You
know,
have
a
million
dollar
budget
for
that
in
it,
and
if
I'm,
pointing
at
that
chair,
I
see
Chris
Osgood
there
I
see
Gina
there
or
whoever
else
is
is
gonna,
say
yeah.
That
sounds
like
a
good
idea,
and
you
know:
let's
can
we
can
we
do
that?
D
Can
you
bring
that
message
shut
up,
flips
the
rubbish
tricks
in
around
street,
they
can't
be
I
mean
you
could
fill
up
a
pickup
truck
and
do
it
in
a
weekend.
You
could
get
it
you.
You
could
make
a
lot
of
neighborhoods
happy.
You
know
by
doing
a
simple
measure
like
that
and
then
and
then
we
can
start
talking
about
bringing
the
speed
limit
down
and
pumping
side
walks
out
and
speed
bumps,
but
there
should
be
something
happening
now.
D
This
is
a
long
long
conversation
going
on
here,
so
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
video
enforcement.
So
so,
like
those
that
that
sort
of
thing
and
I
know
we
need
state
approval,
that
would
happen
just
at
red
lights
or
not
more
cameras
all
over
voice.
What
are
we
talking
about
there?
What
does
that?
Look
like
first.
J
D
I
know
you
agree
and
I've
been
told
that
everybody
agrees,
but
I
still
don't
see
anything
and
I'm.
You
know
people
are
asking
for
if
they
see
things
happening
around
and
you
know
whether
it's
a
priority
corridor
or
whether,
if
it
fit
into
that
data
set
that
you
guys
came
up
with
people
that
live
there
know
what
needs
to
happen
on
their
streets
and
will
and
they're
looking
for
relief.
You
know
it
shouldn't
be
okay:
a
three-year-old
got
killed
in
Southie.
Now
now,
let's
go
now,
let's
go
flood
that
whole
area.
D
You
see
what
I'm
saying
like
and
again.
This
conversation
should
probably
be
happening
in
private,
but
that
seats
empty
that
seats
empty
that
seats
empty.
So
video,
can
you
talk
about
before
video
enforcement?
Let's
talk
about
Nancy
brought
up,
Nancy
brought
up
uber
and
lyft,
and
all
those
do
we
have
any
intention
as
a
city
to
to
try
and
get
a
handle
on
that.
Is
there
any
do
you
have
any
ideas?
I
know
it's
not
about
20
20
miles
an
hour.
D
J
Absolutely
is,
and
it's
something
that
we
are
very
aware
of,
we
are
having
direct
conversations
with,
for
example,
lyft
and
uber
mm-hmm,
to
see
what
we
can
do
so
that
their
two
issues,
one
is
congestion
yeah
and
that
is
congestion-
is
created
on
the
one
hand,
by
a
larger
number
of
vehicles
on
our
streets
and,
on
the
other
hand,
by
uber
and
lyft,
just
double
parking
to
pick
up
passengers
and
that
backs
up
our
streets.
And
so
there's
some
conversations
about
setting
aside
curbside
space
so
that
they
can
actually
pull
into
the
car
yeah.
K
D
J
We
don't
control,
who
bows
and
lifts
directly
to
state
legislation,
so
we
don't
have
any
direct
management
and
correct
enforcement
or
oversight
on
lyft
and
uber,
but
we
are
trying,
in
addition,
getting
them
on
the
curb
so
that
our
double
parking
and
blocking
traffic.
The
other
piece
is
to
incentivize
people
sharing
these
vehicles.
So
there
are
fewer
cars.
If
you
know,
as
opposed
to
picking
up
one
passenger,
if
they
can
pick
up
two.
That's.
J
You
know
I
think
that
it's
almost
a
third
of
all
uber
right,
exactly
I
can
I
can't
don't
quote
me
on
this
statistic,
but
it's
are
actually
shared
shared.
So
if
you're
at
Logan
Airport
for
example-
and
you
want
to
go
to
Newton
yeah,
you
can
actually
share
a
ride
with
another
passenger.
So
you
save
money
and
it's
one
less
car
on
our
streets.
But
that's
that's
one.
You
know
right.
J
D
D
J
So
what
we're
doing
currently
is
we
are,
and
we
are
following
the
example
of
all
major
cities
in
the
country.
Well,
we
are
identifying
what
we
call
high
crash
corridors,
so
there
is
good
data
now,
as
you
can
see
on
our
website,
and
we
can
easily
identify
our
major
roadways
that
have
a
high
rate
of
crashes
on
them,
and
so
once
we
have
this
high
crash
network,
we
are
calling
it
will
have
all
the
streets
in
the
city
that
we
believe
should
get
immediate
attention.
D
J
It's
a
it's
again:
it's
a
combination
of
measures.
I'd
say
it
might
be.
Some
Road
died
so
that
you
know
if
it's.
If
it's
somebody
mentioned,
if
it's
four
lanes
of
traffic
everybody's
speeding
so
right,
a
road
diet
will
in
decrease
the
number
of
lanes
it's
providing
that
it's
appropriate
raised,
raised
intersections
where
cars
have
to
slow
down
when
they
come
to
the
intersection.
It's
providing
speed,
humps,
where
it's
appropriate
to
slow
cars
down.
It's
improving
signage,
it's
regulating
our
traffic
lights
to
prioritize
pedestrians
when
they're
crossing
the
street.
J
So
they
have
enough
time
and
enough
warning
in
the
signal
phase.
You
know
there
are
number
of
measures
we
can
do.
Well.
One
very
effective
measure
we've
seen
is
what
we
called
a
lighting,
which
is
when
you're
trying
to
cross
the
street
and
there's
a
if
there's
a
car
park
right
next
to
the
crosswalk.
You
can't
see
a
car,
that's
in
the
travel
lane.
We
are
so
we
block
out
the
space
with
a
parked
car
is
so
a
pedestrian
can
kind
of
have
better
sight
line
or
approaching
vehicles.
J
Mm-Hmm
we've
done
that
up
in
Dorchester
in
other
parts
of
the
city
in
Boston
there,
so
there
are
several
measures
that
we
that
people
seal
we
could.
We
have
a
good
team
of
engineers
and
planners,
so
I
have
learnt
how
these
things
can
be
done
effectively
and
quickly,
mm-hmm.
So
that's
our
project,
vennett.
D
Sure
somebody
here
know
has
seen
them
knows
about
me
and
I
think
it's
I
think
based
on
what
we
do
with
them.
Do
we
have
to
go
out
and
take
them
out
in
the
wintertime
for
the
plows,
but
even
if
that's
just
fasteners
that
are
in
the
that
are
in
the
ground,
it's
it
seems
like
better
than
what
we're
doing
now.
Okay,
thank.
L
So
one
problem
is
that
we
just
have
a
lot
of
cars
on
the
road.
We
have
a
lot
of
people
using
our
roads
who
are
distracted,
whether
through
telephones
or
other
things
that
people
are
doing
and
the
more
cars
that
we
have
and
the
more
congestion
we
have
more
traffic.
The
angrier
people
seem
to
be
with
each
other.
Unfortunately,
and
unfortunately,
you
know,
rather
than
really
trying
to
abide
by
the
the
rules
of
the
road,
you
have
people
who
are
trying
to
outsmart
each
other
and
can
obviously
cause
crashes.
L
J
3.1
million
for
designing
and
implementing
our
neighborhood
slow
streets,
as
well
as
our
priority
corridor
projects,
just
just
to
kind
of
make
make
one
point
on
that.
Any
new
speed
design
we
do,
which
is
doesn't
have
to
be
part
of
the
3.1
any
new
street
design
any
resurfacing
project
that
we
do
always
considers
safety
safety
measures,
as
we
would
do
with
that
3.1
million.
So
it's
just
not
that
3.1
million
it's
practically
every
project
that
we
do
know.
L
I
hear
that
so
your
what
you're
saying
is
it's
not
just
slow
streets
or
other
projects
beyond
that,
but
with
slow
streets
which
is
neighbors
come
together,
they
submit
a
proposal
saying
that
this
is
what
they'd
like
to
see
in
their
neighborhood
and
they
get
chosen.
So
how
much
money
would
you
need
to
meet
the
demand
like
what
was
the
demand
for
slow
streets
and
how
much
money
would
you
need
to
meet
the
demand?
But
it's.
J
L
J
L
We
need
a
lot
more
money
and
a
budget
tell
me
how
how
how
do
you
then,
so?
How
do
we
get
away
from
the
squeaky
wheel
gets
the
oil?
How
do
we
get
away
from
the
neighbors
who
just
know
how
to
organize
themselves
and
put
forth
a
great
proposal,
gets
their
application
request,
met
and
the
neighbors
who
maybe
have
a
more
dangerous,
let's
say
intersection
or
there's
a
park
or
school
or
whatever
the
issue
is:
how
do
you
account
for
equity
right
making
this
decision?
Thank.
J
You
Bob
and
we
we
can
do
that
through
look
analyzing
data
about
where
the
crashes
have
being
which
neighborhoods
have
been
historically
underserved,
which
neighborhoods
have
the
most
number
of
young
people
are
the
most
number
of
older
people,
which
are
the
most
vulnerable
populations.
We
have
all
that
data.
We
have
very
good
crash
data
now,
so
we
can
identify
patterns
in
different
parts
of
the
city
and,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
are
identifying
a
what
we're
calling
our
crash
network
of
corridors,
which
kind
of
a
high
crash
corridors.
J
So
we'll
know
based
on
data
which
areas
are
the
most
vulnerable.
A
lot
of
data
on
how
communities
have
expressed
their
concerns
is
available.
Also
on
our
website.
We
have
a
community
and
Suns
map
where
people
can
just
very
quickly
drop
in
a
pen
that
says
they
they've
noticed
an
issue
on,
in
that
particular
intersection
or
on
the
street.
J
We're
also
going
out
to
neighborhoods
proactively,
pin
apiece
in
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
to
kind
of
talk
about
what
issue,
what
what
the
issues
are
to
increase
awareness
that
we
can
try
and
help
from
City
Hall
if
they
feel
that
there
are
issues
about
not
being
able
to
cross
the
street.
We
are
working
with
our
various
departments,
whether
it's
the
aldini
Commission,
whether
it's
the
school
department
with
police
and
EMS,
to
the
mayor's
vision,
zero
task
force
to
proactively
find
areas
that
need
our
attention
and.
L
I
think
that's
great
I
think
you
definitely
have
to
be
proactive
and
intentional
I
worry
about
in
some
neighborhoods
and
under
reporting.
So
sometimes
a
car
could
be
hit.
A
parked
car
could
be
hit.
Someone
never
reports
it
because
they
know
nothing's
gonna
happen
and
they
just
tried
to
deal
with
it
through
their
insurance
or
if
it's
a
minor
fender-bender,
they
don't
call
the
police
and
report
it
because
they
know
nothing's
going
to
happen,
and
so
they
just
exchange
information.
L
And
so,
as
you
rely
on
data
I
think
it's
also
important
to
acknowledge
and
recognize
that
there
is
under
reporting
that
happens
and
often
times
in
certain
neighborhoods
people
kind
of
just
try
to
handle
things
themselves
because
they
don't
they
don't
trust
that
something
will
happen
by
reporting
it.
Let's
come
back
to
I
noticed
on
Albany.
L
J
We
call
those
flashing
beacons
and
we
are,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
in
the
process
of
stocking
up
with
more
of
those
so
that
they
can
be
located
at
major
corridors.
Maybe
we're,
apart
from
the
community,
where
we
have
data
that
there
is
excessive
speeding.
So
that's
something
that
we
will
continue
to
do
to
install
in
new
locations
throughout
the
city
and.
L
What
about
changes
to
our
traffic
lights?
You
know
you
get
the
walk,
sign,
that's
white,
with
an
image
of
a
person,
and
then
it
starts
to
blink.
Like
sometimes
you
get
the
hand,
but
you
don't
necessarily
get
a
true
understanding
of
how
many
seconds
you
have
left
to
cross.
Sometimes
you'll
get
a
countdown
of
seconds
and
then
before
it
ends,
you'll
get
the
hand,
so
you
don't
necessarily
know,
and
what
I
find
is
that
people
when
they
see
the
hand
rather
than
stop
it's
like
the
yellow
light.
L
Rather
than
stop
you
you
speed
up,
so
you
can
kind
of
go
through
and
I.
You
know,
I
worry
that
it
creates
the
wrong
kind
of
incentive
and
that
people
are
less
safe
without
knowing
the
actual
amount
of
time
that
they
have
to
cross
the
street
rather
than
you
know
so.
Putting
the
actual
time
out
there
I
think
is
a
better
way,
a
safer
way
of
communicating
with
pedestrians
around
how
much
time
they
have
to
cross
the
street.
Rather
than
that
that
blinking
hand
yep.
J
Absolutely-
and
we
are
installing
more
and
more
of
what
we
call
a
pedestrian
countdown
signal,
so
that
actually
tells
you
the
number
of
seconds
left
to
cross
the
street
and
you'll
probably
see
these
and
in
throughout
the
city.
We
continue
to
retrofit
all
our
graphic
signals,
so
pedestrians
know
how
many
seconds
they
have
to
cross
the
street.
It's
as
you
point
out,
it's
a
very
effective
way
of
of
making
our
streets
safer
to
cross,
giving
confidence
to
pedestrians
relative
to
when
they
should
leave
the
curb
and
get
into
the
street
right.
L
Now,
and
so
you
know,
I
noticed
when
you
travel
to
other
cities,
they
have
a
more
accurate
district
description
in
their
traffic
lights.
I
also
noticed
on
my
trip
to
Seattle
around
the
the
art
learning
journey
that
they
had
traffic
signals
for
cyclists.
Are
we
moving
more
in
that
direction
as
well?
Yes,.
J
We
have
several
locations
already
throughout
the
city
where
we
have
installed
new
bike
facilities
with
traffic
signals
just
for
bikes,
so
whether
it's
a
commercial
street
in
the
north
end,
whether
it's
out
near
Forest,
Hills,
mietek
AC
over
the
Casey
Ave,
where
some
new
bike
facilities
have
been
provided,
you'll
see
actually
bike
signs
on
Commonwealth
Avenue
we're
putting
some
wherever
upon
menu
casts
you'll
get
some
when
it's
finished
totally
Street
will
have
some.
So
it's
something
that
we're
doing
as
a
matter.
Of
course,
you
know.
L
I
think
that's
great
and
I
mean
I
think
as
councillor
Flynn
has
already
said
that
this
is,
you
know
a
huge
public
safety
issue
particularly
concerned
about
our
seniors,
our
children,
those
are
who
are
disabled
and
how
they
really
navigate
our
city,
and
so
I
certainly
appreciate
the
work
that
you
do
and
understand
that
we
have
a
long
way
to
go
and
making
sure
that
everyone
can
use
our
streets
safely,
but
I'd
certainly
appreciate
what
that's
fine.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Thank,.
C
M
Don't
want
to
repeat
everything:
I
really
only
have
a
vineet.
How
are
you
I
really
only
had
one
question
regarding
ways
in
garment
and
wayfaring
devices
there
are
the
towns
who've
they've
they've
worked
with
those
companies
to
not
allow
them
on
certain
streets
at
certain
times.
Have
we
started
to
talk
about
we're.
J
Absolutely
talking
about
that,
like
I,
can
give
you
an
update.
I'll
have
to
check
back
on
what
what
the
state
of
the
conversation
is,
but
absolutely
no
one
should
be
cutting
through
residential
streets
or
they
should
they
should
remain
on
major
arterials.
So
we
want
to
put
a
stop
to
that.
Okay,
yeah.
M
Cuz
I
do
there
was
a
yesterday
in
the
news.
I
was
watching
on
Black
Friday
Wrentham
is
blocking
out
ways
in
Garmon
and
actually
they're
putting
police
officers
on
side
streets
to
make
sure
that
everybody
doesn't
cut
through
to
go
shopping
at
the
Wrentham
outlets
and
the
neighbors
were
saying
how
grateful
they
were
because,
generally
on
the
side
streets,
there
were
30,
40,
50
cars
packed
they
couldn't
even
get
out
their
own
driveways
during
black
Black
Friday,
so
on
so
don
dodge
the
rent
them
out.
A
A
J
Yeah,
yes,
but
well
we're
also.
You
know
you
don't
have
to
go
to
the
state,
the
slow
streets,
application
process.
We
are
trying
to
make
changes
simultaneously
as
part
of
a
broader
effort
and,
like
I,
said
any
Street
reconstruction
project,
any
roadway,
surfacing
project.
We
also
go
to
specific
intersections,
rather
than
have
to
do
a
whole
process
for
a
zone
where
we
can
make
a
intervention
just
specific
to
that
particular
location,
whether
it's
a
crosswalk
or
or
a
full
intersection.
A
So
that
is
my
hit.
My
thoughts
on
that
program.
I
did
have
one
question
that
someone
had
asked
me
to
note
specifically
on
signs
and
why
there
are
some
20
mile
per
hour,
speed
limit
signs
around
playgrounds
that
have
the
the
20
and
then
a
playground
tag
underneath,
but
but
not
all
of
those
do
so
are
those
triggered
by
again
community
asking
in
particular
or
it's.
J
A
A
When
we
did
the
last
go-around
of
the
changing
the
default
speed
limit
to
25
miles
an
hour,
there
was
a
set
of
legal
document
memos
that
the
administration
had
given
to
the
council
explaining
why
how
there
was
actually
city
authority
to
do
more
in
terms
of
bringing
down
the
speed
limit
separate
from
the
state
or
not
needing
to
go
to
the
state.
What
was
the
latest
resolution
of
where
city
authority
stands
in
relation
to
the
municipal
modernization
act
and
our
ability
to
bring
down
the
limit
further
I.
J
J
A
A
J
J
A
Most
of
the
time
when
the
community
is
asking
for
it,
there's
some
other
trigger
anyway,
so
I
mean
if
the
sponsors
were
interested.
That
could
be
one
follow
up
with
a
working
session
to
talk
about
that
type
of
criteria
for
how
we
can
do
more
proactively.
Does
that
apply
only
for
a
default
and
not
for
posted
or
if
something
were
designated
it
could
it.
A
J
J
A
A
Audit
coordinated
through
ons,
maybe
and
go
with
the
local
neighborhood
association,
walk
through
the
area
to
hear
from
people
what
their
concerns
are
and
have
that
feedback
into
all
the
other
data
that
you're
making
design
decisions
based
on,
but
it
just
really
feels
like
it
becomes
almost
a
political
or
the
perception
can
be
that
that
you
need
to
have
a
certain
amount
of
in
or
or
that
it
is
you
know
either
squeaky
wheel
gets
the
grease
and
it
all
I,
hear
from
communities
are
frustration
about
that
Oh
councillor
Edwards
welcome!
Would
you
have
any
questions.
N
For
me,
no
I
just
wanted
to
we've
been
listening
in
on
the
hearing
and
in
our
office
and
I
just
want
to
appreciate
that
you're
here
and
just
I'm
excited
to
hear
about
the
conversation
and
the
ways
in
which
we
are
going
to
implement
or
look
at
different
ways
in
which
we
move
around
the
city
and
speed
limit
being
one
of
them.
So
thank
you.
Thank.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Edwards
will
go
to
public
testimony
for
now
and
if
councillor
Mele
pops
back
in,
we
can
make
sure
he
gets
his
questions
as
well.
So
if
you
have
time
today,
okay-
well
just
in
case
counselor,
Matt
ley
comes
back
so
we'll
move
to
public
testimony.
I'll
ask
if
one
could
grab
the
other
sheet
for
me.
In
the
meantime,
Christine
vaillancourt
and
Eliza
peraud
feel
free
to
come
to
the
microphones.
O
Building
at
300
Summer
Street
and
were
the
only
residential
building
on
that
historic
part
of
Summer
Street
I've
witnessed
a
motorcycle
accident.
I've
witnessed
a
friend
of
mine
almost
get
killed
by
a
car
at
the
crosswalks
before
a
car.
Would
one
car
would
stop,
but
the
other
car
lane
wouldn't
and
my
friend
almost
got
killed,
I'm
so
thankful
for
the
cross
roads
initiative.
O
If
the
lanes
are
narrower,
there's
landscaping
going
in
there's
bike
trails,
we're
hoping
that
that
will
slow
people
down
it's
hard
to
know
right
now,
because
there's
construction
there
and
that
always
slows
people
down
the
fact
that
there's
more
crosswalks
with
pedestrian
activated
crosswalks
with
the
signs
that
blink,
sometimes
people
still
don't
stop,
though
I've
even
used
the
blinking
ones.
Now
and
I
have
to
still
wait
for
someone
to
stop.
O
I
noticed
that
the
new
25
mile
an
hour
speed
limit
what
signs
have
gone
up
and
we're
grateful
for
that,
because
I
think
they
were
30
before
I'm
in
agreement
with
everyone
that
or
councillor
Flynn.
Thank
you
for
the
speed
limit
being
20
miles
an
hour
in
many
parts
of
the
city.
There's
places
that
people
use
as
runways
and
you're
right
is
from
frustration.
There's
too
many
cars
on
the
street.
The
transportation
needs
to
be
better
I.
Try
not
to
take
my
car
I
like
that.
O
There's
no
parking
left
for
residents
or
people
in
I
would
probably
get
killed
for
this
in
the
South
Boston
area,
I,
not
that
a
lot
of
people
need
them
for
families
or
that's
abled,
but
the
less
cars
the
better.
If
the
transportations
better
people
will
take
that
instead
of
driving
around
Boston,
we
need
that
drastically.
O
The
idea
of
educating
pedestrians
and
educating
folks
driving
many
years
ago
in
the
70s
I
was
in
Seattle
and
I
was
in
a
neighborhood
and
I
was
cross
walking
because
there
was
absolutely
no
traffic
around
and
I
was
cross.
Walking
in
my
20s,
a
car
police
car
pulled
up
and
said
that
they
would
find
me
for
doing
that
again
and
I
explained
I
was
from
Boston
and
they
let
me
go,
but
that
was
in
the
70s
that
they
were
ticketing
pedestrians.
O
I
sat
through
numerous
lights
at
South
Station
waiting
for
pedestrians
to
stop
crossing,
they
block
the
lights
and
nothing
is
done.
I
think
pedestrians
should
also
be
ticketed
and
also
be
educated.
It
increases
the
frustration
of
people
trying
to
go
where
they
need
to
go.
I
agree
that
the
data
should
show
where
the
safe
roads
should
be
should
identify
those
streets.
O
I
agree
with
video
enforcement
and
I
also
wanted
to
say
that
I
was
lucky
enough
to
go
to
London
and
got
back
about
two
weeks
ago,
and
I
did
notice
that
they
also
had
bike
lanes
with
traffic
lights
and
all
the
bike
bike
people
were
actually
following
them.
It
was
like
one
of
the
most
astonishing
things.
It
was
very
sane.
There
was
hardly
any
I
didn't,
don't
even
remember
it.
O
P
Hi
good
morning,
everyone
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn
councillor
Baker
for
holding
this
important
hearing
and
chairperson
wu,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
councillors
who
are
here
today.
My
name
is
Eliza
prod
I
work
at
the
Boston
cyclists,
Union
I
live
in
Jamaica
Plain
I
ride
a
bike.
I
take
the
bus,
I
Drive,
a
car
I
use
all
modes
of
our
transportation
and
I'm
a
lifelong
Boston
resident
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
our
1,300
dues-paying
members
and
tens
of
thousands
of
more
people
who
cycle
and
care
about
safe
cycling,
infrastructure.
P
P
We
ride
because
it
keeps
our
diabetes
and
our
depression
under
control.
We
ride
because
it
keeps
us
healthy
revived
because
is
it.
It
is
often
the
fastest
and
cheapest
way
to
get
where
we
need
to
go.
We
ride
when
and
where
public
transportation
cannot
take
us
where
we
need
to
go
revise
to
make
a
living,
especially
folks
in
East
Boston
and
our
neighborhoods
of
color
as
bike
messengers
and
delivery.
P
Cyclists
we
ride
because
it
brings
us
joy
and
even
according
to
one
Dorchester
resident
in
your
district
councillor
Baker,
because
it
makes
me
feel
free
is
what
someone
said
to
me
recently.
So
when
someone
is
killed,
riding
their
bike,
like
men,
Megan
was
killed
at
the
Boston
Cambridge
Line
on
Friday
near
the
Museum
of
Science.
We
are
scared,
because
all
these
wonderful
things
that
it
brings
to
our
lives.
P
We
feel
that
they're
threatened
and
we
know
and
I
know
vineet
knows,
and
everyone
at
BTD
knows
that,
like
vision,
zero
says,
traffic
deaths
are
preventable
and
we
know
how
to
prevent
them.
So
some
of
the
things
that
that
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
have
been
said
here
today
are
Thank
You
councillor
Wu,
for
your
comments
about
the
neighborhood
slow
streets
program.
We
agree.
It
needs
to
be
done
based
on
data
and
equity,
and
we
actually
have
a
problem
with
our
data
right
now
and
right
now.
P
We're
only
getting
our
data
from
EMS,
so
when
someone
calls
an
ambulance
and
even
that
shows
4500
injuries
a
year
across
all
modes
of
transportation,
and
we
did
have
data
from
BPD,
but
we
no
longer
have
that
and
we
need
the
position
that
analyzed
that
data
to
come
back
and
to
be
funded
and
to
share
that.
So
it
crosses
over
I.
P
There's
also
new
technologies
that
at
high
crash
intersections,
can
look
at
crashes
so
that
we
capture
the
ones
like
someone
mentioned
that
go
unreported
where
the
police
and
EMS
are
not
called
we
actually
in
in
grieving.
The
cyclists
death
over
by
the
Museum
of
Science
also
found
out
that
a
second
cyclist
died
on
Friday.
That
is
not
in
either
of
those
systems.
So
to
this
point,
she
was
hit
in
a
hit-and-run
and
and
died
two
days
later
in
the
Fenway,
and
so
we're
still
trying
to
find
out
what
happened.
P
But
we
know
that
those
sort
of
deaths
are
occurring,
that
serious
injuries
are
occurring
and
we
don't
even
know
about
them
and
they're
not
even
captured,
and
so
we
need
to
get
the
data
right
and
then
we
need
to
improve
our
streets
based
on
that
data
in
an
equitable
way
that
gets
to
your
district
councillor,
Baker
that
gets
to
all
the
districts
across
the
city.
I
just
wanted
to
actually
quote
the
mayor
from
the
vision:
zero
Action
Plan.
P
He
said
that
driving,
walking
and
riding
a
bike
on
Boston
Street
should
not
be
a
test
of
courage.
We
know
how
to
build
safer
streets.
We
know
how
to
protect
our
most
vulnerable
road
users,
who
are
suffering
disproportionately
because
of
speeding
traffic
and
distracted
drivers,
and
it's
true
and
vineet
mentioned
many
of
the
things
that
the
tools
that
the
city
has
and
other
councillors
as
well
daylighting,
speed,
humps,
Road
diets,
narrowing
our
streets
and
we
and
while
we
support
the
20
mile
per
hour,
speed
limit.
P
We
want
to
suggest
that
it
always
come
paired
with
the
infrastructure,
improvements
and
I.
Some
I
live
right
by
the
KC
over
by
KC
and
by
the
Arbor
way
and
I
Drive
my
car
on
the
arbor
way
all
the
time
it's
25
miles
per
hour.
If
I
go
25
miles
per
hour,
I
feel
unsafe,
because
everyone
around
me
is
going
40
so
that
you
know
we
have
many
arterial
roads
like
that
where,
even
though
the
speed
limit
is
lowered,
it's
not
until
the
infrastructure
meets
it.
P
So
again,
we
really
want
to
see
some
focus
on
that
and
finally
I'd,
just
to
echo
what
councilor
Jeanne
said
that
there
are-
and
this
woman
before
me
is
that
people
there
are
too
many
cars
and
people
will
make
other
choices
when
they're
presented
with
safe
options
when
they
have
safe,
connected
routes
to
bike
from
their
home
to
their
job.
When
they
have
reliable
public
transportation,
we
need
to
invest
in
our
buses.
P
We
need
to
invest
in
our
public
transit
so
that
people
have
those
options
as
well
and
and
although
I'm
representing
the
cyclist
community,
we
work
really
closely
with
the
rest
of
the
advocates,
walk,
Boston,
livable
streets
and
on
behalf
of
the
vision
zero
coalition.
I
did
want
to
end
by
inviting
you
all
to
hear
from
all
the
people
who
have
been
affected
by
crashes.
P
A
K
You
very
much
councilor,
whoa
and
and
other
councillors
good
to
see
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
this
hearing
I.
Think
it's
really
important
to
have
the
discussion
about
safety
on
our
streets
and
the
streets
in
general.
I
do
want
to
note
and
I
think
it
is
very
notable
that
most
of
the
discussion
has
been
about
issues
other
than
the
twenty
mile
per
hour.
Speed
limit
we've
talked
about
distracted
drivers,
we've
talked
about
capacity,
we've
talked
about
alternatives,
bicycling
and
I.
K
Think
that
that's
important
for
us
to
think
about,
because
in
many
ways
I
think
are
the
signature
issue
of
reducing
the
speed
limit
of
20
miles
per
hour
is
more
of
feel-good
measure
than
an
actual
useful
policy.
It's
a
good
lightning
rod
to
have
the
discussion
about
the
other
issues
I.
You
know-
maybe
maybe
I'm
cynical
but
I
do
remember
the
2016
discussions
which
led
to
the
speed
limit
coming
down
to
25.
They
were
very
similar
to
today's
discussions.
Now
we're
here.
K
Taking
the
speed
limit
rationing
down
another
five
miles
an
hour,
I
hesitate
to
think
about
the
2020
discussion.
We
could
have
talking
about
lowering
the
speed
limit
to
15
miles
an
hour,
because
nothing
much
has
changed
and
I
want
us
to,
while
I
don't
oppose,
taking
the
speed
limit
down
and
in
many
neighborhoods
that
need
a
lower
speed
limit.
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
take
very
seriously
the
other
issues
that
that
have
come
up.
I.
Think
distracted
driving
is
a
really
big
issue
that
we
don't
talk
enough
about
talking
on
the
phone
texting.
K
Gps
people
are
doing
this
cellphones
and
driving
just
don't
mix,
and
we
need
to
do
something
about
that.
I
think
poor
adherence
to
traffic
laws,
people
routinely
run
red
lights
as
we've
as
we've
talked
about,
people
run,
stop
signs,
I
have
a
friend
in
the
north
end
that
was
struck
by
a
car
that
ran
through
a
stop
sign
broke
a
leg,
fortunately,
is
back
and
active
again,
but
you
know
I
think
all
of
us
can
think
about
all
the
people
we
know
who
have
been
hit
by
vehicles
and
oftentimes.
K
It's
not
the
speed
limit
in
the
north
end
you'd
be
hard-pressed
to
find
a
place
where
you
can
get
a
car
up
to
20
miles
an
hour.
It's
other
issues
that
we
have
to
take
just
as
seriously
also
driving
out
of
lanes.
People
are
just
drifting
from
one
lane
to
another,
causing
problems
stopping
in
the
middle
of
the
street
because
they
don't
understand
what
ways
is
telling
them
double
parking
to
check
their
navigation
system.
These
all
things.
These
are
all
things
that
need
to
be
examined
and
corrected,
at
least
with
equal
intensity.
K
K
We
have
more
tree,
have
more
population,
we
have
more
office
space,
you
can
just
see
it
in
the
skyline
and
yet
we
we
have
more
cars
than
streets,
and
we
really
have
to
address
the
issue
of
how
we
can
control
this
I
think
it's
useful
and
I
remember
talking
to
councilor
Baker
about
uber
and
lyft,
and
the
issue
of
did
the
promise
of
ride-sharing
actually
bring
down
the
number
of
cars
or
on
the
street,
or
has
it
gone
up?
I
think
we
all
know,
and
it
says
Nancy
reference.
K
It
has
gone
up
a
lot
and
we
need
to
think
about
that
and
we
need
to
think
about
how
we
can
control,
perhaps
the
number
of
cars
in
in
creative
ways.
The
other
thing
that's
been
mentioned,
as
public
transportation
and
I
think
we
in
Boston
should
all
take
very
seriously
the
lack
of
subway
expansion
that
we,
uniquely
as
a
city,
are
looking
at
when
you
compare
us
to
New,
York
or
or
Philadelphia
or
other
cities,
they're,
actually,
building
mass
transit
systems,
certainly
San
Francisco
and
Washington
DC
are
way
ahead
of
us.
K
People
don't
take
the
public
transit
system
seriously.
There
and
I
think
we
need
to
address
that
and
change
it,
and
all
these
issues
are
interrelated,
so
I'm
hoping
we
can't
have
an
a
serious
issue.
We
could
take
time
to
understand
these
other
serious
issues.
We
can.
We
can
at
least
with
equal
vigor
to
the
speed
limit
issue.
We
can
try
to
understand
how
the
interrelatedness,
between
lack
of
public
transportation,
the
the
street
safety
issues
and
how
many
cars
should
be
on
our
roads
and
how
do
we
get
there
again?
K
I
think
it's
great
that
we're
having
the
discussion,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
rather
than
focusing
solely
on
the
sugar
high
of
ratcheting
down
the
speed
limit,
yet
again
by
five
miles
an
hour,
we
really
take
very
seriously
coming
up
with
real
solutions
that
encompass
all
of
these
issues.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
E
And
I
will
be
brief.
I
apologize,
I
had
to
step
up
for
a
conflict
but
and
we'll
go
over
the
recording,
but
just
had
a
couple
questions
Vineet
and
wanted
to
thank
everyone's
testimony
that
I
heard
before
I
had
to
step
out
and
now
I
think
it
has
been
said.
E
Clearly
how,
while
the
the
possibility
of
lowering
the
speed
limit
to
20
miles
per
hour
is,
is
one
tool
there
are
so
many
other
things
that
we
need
to
be
focused
on
and
I
know
that
Vineet
you
share
that
desire.
So
hopefully
that
can
come
of
this
as
well.
First
things:
first,
you
had
mentioned
that
the
Commissioner
has
the
right
to
set
the
20
mile
per
hour
zone
in
school
zones,
which
would
not
require
a
home
roll
petition
and
I
guess
is
the
definition
of
school
somewhat.
E
Yeah
I'm
just
I'm,
just
curious
to
see
what
we
can
do
now
without
the
home
roll
petition,
although
if
there
is
a
home
rule
petition
that
could
be,
and
then
secondly
I
think
in
the
first
round
of
public
testimony,
someone
had
mentioned
neglect
straight
on
his
name
about
the
need
of
red
light
cameras,
feed
like
cameras,
which
is
something
that
that
I
know
other
cities
and
other
countries
have
done
to
great
success.
It
is
my
understanding
that
there,
some
First
Amendment
prohibition
that
would
prevent
a
speed
camera.
Is
that
correct,
so.
J
E
J
E
E
So
again,
I
want
to
be
brief
because
other
people
have
to
testify,
but
want
to
thank
the
makers
again
and
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
here
to
look
at
a
number
of
strategies,
some
of
which
may
require
Home
Rule
petition,
others
of
which
could
just
be
sort
of
a
directive
of
the
mayor
of
the
commissioner,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
J
Q
Morning,
I
apologize
for
not
signing
in
my
name
is
John
Provenzano
I
live
in
South,
Boston
and
I
basically
came
here
to
support
the
gentlemen
that
are
up
there,
that
that
I
know
well
and
I.
Guess
it's
like
a
poker
player.
If
you
talk
about
poker,
your
adrenaline
gets
going,
and
this
is
very
similar
to
it
because
of
all
the
things
that
I
can
relate
to
and
what's
happened.
My
god
was
also
hit
by
a
car
on
the
corner
of
Farragut
Road
and
Broadway.
Q
No
stop
the
fellow
blew
through
the
stop
sign,
and
that
was
20
years
ago.
So
I'll
selflessly
selfishly
talk
about
my
town.
The
statistics
that
we
got
from
Katie
was
that
30,000
more
people
have
come
into
our
town
since
2010,
so
the
first
thing,
I
would
say,
is
I
think
we
have
to
start
thinking
like
we're
like
New
York
City.
Now
we
are
so
congested
that
we
have
to
start
changing
things
in
a
way
that
they've
changed
things.
Q
For
instance,
one
thing
at
20
years
ago,
I
was
here
with
the
late
councilor
Kelly
and
it
was
about
L
Street
about
putting
speed
bumps
Frank
and
he
did
his
research
and
came
back
and
said.
They
tell
me
that
it's
a
Thruway,
we
can't
put
speed
bumps
well
change
it
make
it
a
one-way
I
think
in
New,
York,
City
and
I
think
this
is
what
we
have
to
do
and
selfishly
I
would
say.
South
Boston
is
that
we
have
to
change
a
lot
of
the
streets
to
one
way.
Q
We
were
all
blind
into
sections,
so
automatically
people
coming
up
the
street.
It's
a
blind
intersection
two
weeks
ago.
You
guys
but-
and
you
know,
I-
should
thank
you
for
what
happened
since,
since
this
little
boy
got
killed
and
he's
in
our
mind
every
day,
and
we
have
to
do
things
to
change
that
I,
don't
care
what
the
money
cost
is
I,
don't
care
what
the
money
cost
is.
We
have
to
find
a
some
way,
a
federally
state,
whatever
will
take
collections
if
we
have
to,
but
we
have
to
change
it.
Q
Two
weeks
ago,
after
you
guys
put
the
white
poles
in
at
the
intersections
as
few
of
the
intersections,
so
that
there's
less
parking,
which
is
another
problem
altogether
in
our
town
on
the
corner
of
marine
row,
where
I
live
in
your
dad
and
your
mother
live
from
the
corner
of
marine
Road
Nell
Street
two
cars
collided
off
the
street
into
the
white
poles
and
three
out
of
the
four
cars
three
out
of
the
four
homes
on
the
corner.
Three
of
them
have
already
been
hit.
Q
Foundation's
been
wiped
out
on
two
of
them
now,
I
know
these
people
personally.
So
it's
it's
something,
let's
think
about
the
21st
century
for
a
minute.
Believe
me,
any
I
didn't
plan
on
speaking
this,
but
the
adrenaline
is
even
going
further.
It's
a
council
rule
no
disrespect,
but
it's
falling
on
deaf
ears.
Your
complaints
are
falling
on
deaf
ears
and
if
you
have
to
get
people
together
to
go
to
this
commission
or
whatever,
whoever
they
are
and
protest
or
whatever
all
you
have
to
do
is
call
we're.
Q
In
the
21st
century
and
my
day
we
had
what
they
called
governors.
You
know
you
had
I
hope,
I'm
not
taking
too
much
time
just
they
had
governors
on
what
you
called
carburetors
and
on
the
engines
and
I
had
neighbors
that
had
them
that,
literally
literally,
when
you
got
into
the
thick
what
we
call
with
the
Laura's
as
dickly
settled
the
area
the
car
automatically
slowed
down
and
wouldn't
go
any
more
than
20
or
25
miles
an
hour
and
back
then
we
had
engines
that
were
four
hundred
horsepower
engines.
I
mean
these
things
flew.
Q
Q
You
know
computer
stuff,
that
on
intersections
that
in
different
areas
or
whatever,
just
as
a
pilot
program
where,
as
soon
as
the
car
comes
off
of
a
highway-
and
it
gets
into
the
thickly
settled
area-
that
electronic
beam
slows
that
car
down
to
whether
they
like
it
or
not,
it
can't
go
any
more
than
20
miles
an
hour,
a
25
mile,
whatever
the
whatever
the
speed
limit
that
speed
limit
that
you're
gonna
set
it
on.
Why
couldn't
that
happen?
Q
Q
Q
They
have
stop
signs
as
soon
as
you
step,
and
this
happened,
because
it's
it's
a
real
good
area
for
futurus.
So
you
know
through
the
winter
it
just
blows
out
of
proportion,
and
then
we
haven't
so
many
car
accidents
that
they
had
to
do
something
they
took
the
stop
signs
in
the
crosswalks
and
I
think
it
was
through
because
I
went
down
a
town
hall,
I.
Think
it's
true.
The.
Q
We
call
it
the
the
Sun
yeah,
so
love
little
solar
panels
that
as
soon
as
you
step
on
the
crosswalk,
the
stop
sign
illuminates
the
crosswalk
illuminates
little
tiny
red
lights,
20
seconds
25
seconds,
so
I
went
down
to
Town
Hall,
so
it's
not
a
counselor,
but
whatever
they
were
official
is
done.
I
am
excuse
me
I'm,
nervous,
cuz,
I,
don't
speak
that
much,
but
this
fella
told
me
it
came
down
to
95
percent
difference
and
having
people
getting
hit
by
cars
that
we're
getting
hit
left
and
right.
Because,
obviously
you
know
cars
are
speeding.
Q
You
know
if
you
watch
TV
and
all
of
the
advertising
advertising
automobiles
their
advertising
and
flying.
You
know
a
little
caption
down
the
bottom.
This
isn't
a
training
whatever
everybody
is
driving
too
fast,
so
you
have
to
control
it.
That
way.
You
have
to
do
something
like
that
with
a
pilot
program
for
whatever
it
costs
in
one
part
of
one
town.
Why
don't
care
which
one?
It
is
because
we're
all
neighbors
doesn't
matter
whether
it's
JP,
East,
Boston,
South
Boston,
is
definitely
got
to
be
on
the
list,
the
top
of
the
list.
Q
So
that's
what
I
would
suggest
as
five
stop
signs
and
crosswalks
for
what
for
a
pilot
program,
the
congestion
one
way
streets,
I,
believe
you
have
to
start
doing.
We
did
it
a
few
years
ago
because
of
the
snowstorms
in
South
Boston.
Yes,
you
had
some
complaints,
but
because
they
were
all
blind
intersections
and
every
town
is
like
that
we
have
to
stop
going
thinking
like
New
York,
and
it
you
you
just
do
the
statistic
you'll
find
out
the
statistics.
I
mean
one
way:
it's
just
it's
everywhere
that
helps
it.
Q
Look
nice
I
kept
on
writing
things
down
because
it's
just
crazy.
How
much?
Oh,
the
diversion
Edie
to
your
your
comment
about
day
Boulevard
and
we've
gone
through
a
couple
of
community
meetings,
but
is
there
a
possibility
that
in
the
morning
say
from
six
six,
two,
nine
six
to
ten
that
the
expressway
that
a
lot
of
the
traffic
that's
coming
in
to
town?
Q
Can
we
can
block
off
the
exits
that
are
getting
off
at
Columbia
Circle
and
if
anybody
is
for
me,
with
Columbia
Circle
from
1/2
from
1:30
to
say,
6:00,
you
can't
get
through
that
because
there's
so
much
traffic
could
we
stop
the
traffic
from
getting
off
into
South
Boston,
because
most
of
that
traffic
is
going
downtown
to
work,
which
is
fine,
but
if
they
couldn't
get
off
at
those
intersect
at
those
two
exits
and
they
have
to
get
off
downtown.
Would
that
be
a
good?
You
know?
J
Q
J
Q
Q
Q
If
you
go
down
summer
Street
the
bridge
right
before
you
get
to
Flynn
terminal,
there's
a
it's
a
nice-looking
barrier
too,
but
it's
only
about
two
feet.
But
that's
gonna
prevent
someone.
The
next
fatality
on
des
Boulevard,
I
guarantee
it
and
you've
got
to
take
it
into
consideration
that
that
barrier
go
along
staple
of
our
down
towards
Castle
Island.
Thank.
R
So
I
think
this
is
an
important
piece
of
it,
making
sure
that
we're
supporting
and
bolstering
our
traffic
divisions
in
each
one
of
our
police
districts
and,
at
the
same
token,
put
more
funding
into
that
safe
streets
program
that
so
many
neighborhoods
very
much
desire
to
participate
and
be
involved
with.
But
so
many
don't
get
that
opportunity
for
either
lack
of
funding
war
they
get
tonight,
and
then
they
have
to
continue
to
reapply.
So
I
think
we
know
where
the
hot
spots
are
in
the
city.
We
hear
them.
R
You
know
Council
when
I
hear
them
as
at-large
councils,
but
all
my
district
colleagues
here
know
where
those
spots
are
in
their
respective
districts
and
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
giving
community
residents
the
support
that
they
need.
Whether
it's
through
these
speed,
humps,
the
signs
your
speed
is
enforcement.
All
those
things
are
a
part
of
lowering
the
speed
limit
and
so
I
appreciate.
You
know,
time
attention
to
detail
and
for
the
lead
sponsors.
Thank.
D
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
your
work
for
so
many
years.
We
appreciate
your
leadership
with
that
and
just
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
to
council
of
Baker
say
called
thank
you
to
council
of
wolf
for
your
strong
leadership
on
this
issue
for
many
years
and
may
be.
My
final
comments
might
be
that.
B
Could
we
possibly
not
in
his
a
statement,
not
really
a
question,
but
could
we
consider
establishing
a
city,
a
city
task
force
or
a
working
group
made
up
of
the
elderly,
commissioned
the
school
department
BHA?
We
see
a
lot
of
these
elderly
developments
right
into
the
neighborhoods,
whether
it's
fully
our
powers,
castle
square
they're,
unmade,
main
streets
in
South,
Boston
da
Chester
in
the
Bay
Village
in
Chinatown,
there's
one
across
from
the
Park
Plaza
Hotel
throughout
Chinatown
and
the
South
End
as
well.
Could
we
establish
a
a
working
group
of
city
departments?
B
You
know,
especially
for
our
elderly,
for
young
kids
walking
to
school,
for
people
going
to
work
for
every
resident
in
that
neighborhood,
just
something
something
we
we
can
have
a
conversation
about
again.
Thank
you
for
being
here,
and
this
is
our
first
step
and
we
will
continue
to
talk
with
you
and
again,
thank
you
for
being
here
and
your
y'all
leadership
on
this
issue
as
well.