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Dockets #0195, 0247, 0363-0365, 0689, 0859-0860, 0910 -
Grants to fund various Transportation Projects in the City of Boston
A
Open
and
physically
accessible
to
the
public
city
council
will
be
conducting
this
hearing.
Virtually
this
enables
the
council
to
carry
out
its
responsibilities
while
adhering
to
public
health
recommendations
and
ensuring
public
access
to
deliberations
through
adequate
alternative
means.
This
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
live
streamed
on
the
city
website.
It
will
also
be
rebroadcast
at
a
later
date
on
xfinity
8,
rcn,
82
and
fios
964..
A
A
A
Okay,
here
we
go.
Please
bear
with
me
because
there
are
several
documents
here
to
read
in
a
lot
of
language.
A
Grants
to
fund
various
transportation
projects
in
the
city
of
boston,
docket,
number
0195
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
2019
transportation
planning
grant
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
gaming
commission
to
be
administered
by
the
boston.
A
Docket
number:
zero:
two
four
seven
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston:
to
accept
and
extend
the
amount
of
406
299
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
the
mass
massachusetts
department
of
transportation.
Pursuant
to
the
federal,
safe,
accountable,
flexible,
efficient
transportation,
equity
act,
a
legacy
for
users.
A
North
washington
street
bridge
project,
docket
number
0364
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
from
nsar
electric
company
doing
business
as
eversource
energy
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
three
million.
Eight
hundred
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
cost
related
to
construction
of
the
north
washington
street
bridge
docket
number
zero,
three
six
five
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
from
the
boston
gas
company
doing
business
as
national
grid
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
two
million.
Eight
hundred.
A
The
purpose
of
this
grant
is
to
fund
the
cambridge
street
and
mafia
way.
Portions
of
the
lost
village
project.
In
the
charlestown
neighborhood
docket
number
zero,
eight,
six
zero
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expend
the
amount
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
2020
transportation
planning
grant
awarded
by
the
massachusetts
gaming
commission
to
be
administered
by
the
boston
transportation
department.
A
The
purpose
of
the
grant
is
to
fund
a
portion
of
the
design
cost
under
the
tetra
tech
contract
for
the
sullivan
square,
rutherford
ave
project
and,
last
but
not
least,
docket
number
zero.
Nine
one
zero
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
boston
to
accept
and
expand
a
grant
from
the
massachusetts
bay
transportation
authority
mbta
in
the
amount
not
to
exceed
30
million
dollars
for
costs
related
to
the
construction
and
implementation
of
dedicated
bus
lanes
and
similar
bus
priority
measures
in
various
locations
within
the
city
of
boston.
A
These
matters
are
sponsored
by
the
mayor
and
referred
to
the
committee
on
planning,
development
and
transportation
on
various
dates,
and
I
think
we
can
dive
right
in
okay
great,
so
we
have
acknowledged
all
the
counselors
who
are
here
before
I
go
to
our
administration
panel.
Would
any
of
my
colleagues
like
to
make
an
opening
statement,
especially
if
you
have
to
to
run
later
or
okay,
I'm
not
seeing
takers?
So
we
will
go
right
to
chief
osgood.
C
Council,
thank
you
so
much
members
of
city
council
thanks
so
much
for
for
hosting
this
hearing,
I'm
chris
haskin
of
the
honor
of
serving
as
mayor
walsh's,
chief
of
streets
and
I'm
joined
today
by
par
jaya
singh.
C
Our
city
engineer
by
commissioner
rooney,
boston,
transportation,
department,
vinnie,
gupta,
charlotte
fleetwood,
bill
conroy
and
matt
moran
all
of
btd
and
we're
going
to
briefly
introduce
the
nine
accepted
expense
orders
that
council
rui
just
went
through
and
the
six
projects
they
helped
advance
and
then
just
connected
to
the
team
members
who
are
leading
each
of
those
projects
and
then
I'll
turn
it
over
to
matt
for
a
little
bit
extra
context
about
the
final
exception,
expand
order
and
then
happy
to
take
all
your
questions
from
there.
C
So
the
first
project
is
the
north
washington
street
bridge
project.
This
is
actually
probably
the
largest
and
most
significant
public
works
project.
That
is
certainly
happening
in
the
city
right
now
that
has
happened
in
the
city
for
quite
some
time.
There
are
three
accepted:
expand
orders
associated
with
this
project
as
folks,
I
think,
are
very
well
aware.
This
is
a
bridge
which
is
a
project
that
is
currently
under
construction.
C
The
result
of
this
project
is
going
to
be
an
entirely
new
bridge
that,
in
design
is
going
to
complement
the
beauty
of
the
zika
bridge
and
in
function
really
support
a
lot
of
the
city's
long-term
transportation
goals
are
laid
out
in
go
boston,
2030,
including
an
inbound,
dedicated
bus
lane,
new
cycle
tracks
on
both
sides
and
a
far
better
pedestrian
experience
for
everybody,
who's
crossing
the
bridge,
including
everybody
who's
on
the
freedom
trail
that
is
crossing
that
bridge.
This
is
a
project
which
has
been
led.
C
C
Two
of
those
accept
and
expend
orders
as
you
read,
are
funded
through
utility
companies,
and
this
is
in
recognition
of
the
infrastructure
that
that
bridge
carries
either
for
national
grid
or
forever
source
and
the
resulting
cost
impacts
that
holding
that
infrastructure
on
this
bridge
has.
C
The
second
project
is
the
rutherford
haven
solvent
square
project.
There
are
two
exception:
expand
orders
for
this
project.
This
project
is
approaching
25
design.
C
The
result
of
this
project
is
going
to
be
a
completely
reimagined,
rutherford,
ave
and
sullivan
square
corridor,
where
we
will
be
reducing
the
number
of
general
travel
lanes,
increasing
the
amount
of
pedestrian
bike
accommodations,
something
in
design
somewhat
akin
to
the
southwest
corridor.
C
Design
we'll
be
setting
aside
space
for
potential
future
dedicated
bus
lanes
in
this
corridor,
redesigning
the
fair
area
rotary
and
putting
in
more
pedestrian
friendly
street
grid,
allowing
for
a
real
growth
in
the
orange
line
corridor
along
this
path
process,
subject
is
being
led
by
process
led
by
bill
conroy
the
two
accepting
spend
orders,
which
are
zero
one,
nine
five,
eight
six
zero
are
both
grand
gaming
commission
and
our
that's
the
the
design
of
this
really
critical
street
redesign
project.
C
Third
project
completes
sort
of
a
roadway
project,
starting
with
the
north
bridge.
Moving
on
to
rutherford
ave.
C
This
project
is
also
being
led
by
and
essentially
it's
looking
at,
designing
some
of
the
key
intersect
that
are
end
to
the
lost
village
street
along
waffle
way,
making
them
better
for
for
the
res
village,
particularly
seeing
increased
congestion
overall
project
is
a
project
of
boylston
street,
and
this
is
really
looking
at
improving
pedestrians
and
cycling.
Accommodation
on
a
transforming
stretch
of
the
west
fence
from
ipswich
street
all
the
way
to
pogba
mode
on
the
far
side
the
park
drive
section.
C
This
is
a
project
by
charlotte
fleetwood
in
the
acceptance
here
is
from
master
number
247.,
the
fifth
project,
key
street
and
huntington
huntington.
Sorry.
C
Intersection,
this
is
actually
looking
at
a
place
that
were
recently,
which
is
the
the
terminus
of
the
e-line
key
street
and
looking
at,
we
can
improve
the
design,
intersection
and
accessibility
to
the
e-line
and
also
helps
advance.
Something
which
I
think
is
the
collective
goal
of
all
of
ours,
which
is,
we
are
not
only
ensuring
great
transit,
va
hospital
into
heath
street.
Also,
thinking
about
how
that
transit
and
elan
service
could
extend
up
the
height.
C
That
project
is
being
branded
by
bill
conroy
and
has
one
exception,
expand
which
is
eight
nine
and
that
is
negation,
vpda
and
then
project.
That
is,
as
an
accepted
extent
associated
with
the
bus
lanes
and
bus
priority,
and
it
is
actually
a
an
accepted
expand
for
serious
improvements.
Other
fighters
in
the
city
of
boston
actually
turn
it
over
to
matt.
Moran
lead
the
city's
transit
team
and
talk
about
the
purpose
of
this
accepted.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
chief
and
good
morning,
madam
chair
members
of
the
as
the
chiefs
and
I
serve
as
the
director
of
the
boston
transportation
department
to
these
bus
prayer
programs,
specifically
to
docket
number
09.
E
So,
as
you
might
remember,
transition
was
formed
in
february
with
the
goal
of
class
mbta
improving
transit.
Our
guide
is
2030
and
the
prior
priorities
and
mission
of
that
transform.
E
E
Recently,
we've
installed
bus
on
dale,
bright
nav
in
austin
or
washington
street
in
the
north
end,
our
south
station
and
tree
for
the
silver
line,
they've
saved
riders,
time
and
improvement
ability,
in
addition,
usually
with
communications
to
plan
for
other
multimodal
corridors
such
as
bike
loading
zones
and
improved,
currently
we're
hard
at
work
on
additional
bus
lane
projects.
In
the
coming
months,
we
plan
to
complete
columbus,
ave
and
jamaica
and
outbound
street
in
roslindale
and
north
washington
street
in
the
north
north
end.
E
If
the
city
performs
the
installation
for
bus
partners,
the
mbta,
then
the
bulk
of
those
project
costs
we're
before
you
today
for
the
council
for
bt's
ability
to
defend
upon
receipt
funds
from
the
purpose
of
supporting
the
city's
priority
programs.
E
Approval
ensures
planning
work
is
now
under
completed
in
a
swift
entirely.
Once
community
consensus
is
reached,
this
approval
allows
move
quickly
and
funding
robust
priority
construct
finally
allows
for
us
to
continue
our
succession
with
the
mbta
plan
implementation.
C
Thanks
so
much
matt
guess
who
turned
over
for
questions.
A
Thank
you
very
much
everyone.
I
think
we
counselors
and
others
who
might
have
questions
projects
rather
than
go
project.
Let's
just
go
counselor
I
think
that'll
be
more.
The
order
is
george.
F
F
You
do
a
lot
of
planning
just
for
a
ballpark
figure.
There's
a
dedicated,
bustling,
a
stretch
like
from
uni
package
corner.
E
I
know
a
stretch,
that's
and
dear
to
your
heart,
really
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
as
well,
so
a
very
good
question
and
to
your
point
it
really
varies
on
the
quarter
length.
It
really
varies
on
what
sort
of
implementation
is
happening
on
the
corridor.
So
quarter
can
be
sort
of
relatively
simple
to
implement,
which
brightness
to
some
extent
was
because
we
were
switching
out
signage.
We
were
doing
new
pavement
markings.
A
quarter
could
be
also
really.
E
You
know
a
bit
more
complicated
implements
so
columbus
ave
where
we're
moving,
curb
and
adding
new
bus
islands
for
projects
like
bright
nav,
though
we're
looking
at
roughly
in
the
order
of
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
just
the
striping
and
curbside
regulations.
So
you
know
it's
a
two-thirds
of
a
mile
stretch,
so
it's
roughly
600
thousand
dollars
for.
E
For
that
stretch,
we
are
hoping
to
come
back
in
the
spring
to
work
on
some
curb
bump
outs,
we're
still
working
on
a
cost
for
that,
and
we're
still
working
with
the
t
to
finalize
that
design
and
obviously
we're
still
working
on
the
community
process
for
that.
But
that
will
cost
some
additional
amount
of
money
as
well.
F
That's
good
and
and
and
looking
forward.
I
know
that
the
mobility
study
is
proposing
an
extension
of
the
bike.
Dedicated
bus
lanes
and
you
know,
sort
of
from
right
center
down
to
down
to
union
square.
Is
that
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
other
really
important
projects
that
maybe
get
priority,
but
is?
Is
there
a
timeline
for
thinking
about
extending
the
dedicated
bus
lane
in
austin,
brighton.
C
G
H
Thank
you
again,
and
I
do
appreciate
sort
of
the
insight
that
the
district
councilors
have
on
these
projects
in
their
own
districts,
but
just
thinking
sort
of
ahead.
What
and
this
is
maybe
not
the
most
appropriate
place
to
ask
this
question
but
specific
to
the
bus
lanes
what's
next
in
the
pipeline.
What
are
we
looking
for
to
add
down
the
road
because
the
I
mean
I
don't
see
how
any
of
us-
or
we
won't
be
opposing
these.
So
I'm
curious
what's
next,
so
we
can
look
forward
to
it.
G
E
Ahead
sure
so
I
I
could
take
the
first
stab
ad
and
then
chief
vanity
feel
free
to
add
in
anything
that
might
that
I
might
have
missed,
but
in
general,
what
we're
looking
at
over
the
next
few
months
is
to
complete
work
that
we've
started
in
roslindale
to
work
a
bit
more
in
the
north
end
to
do
the
outbound
north
washington
street
bus
lane
and
then
to
work
with
the
t
on
completing
the
columbus
ave
corridor
and
then,
as
I
alluded
to,
we
are
in
planning
for
several
other
corridors
which
really
involve
you
know
in-depth
community
process.
E
I
think
we
still
have
to
work
out
so
blueholab
is
you
know,
first
and
foremost
on
our
list,
we're
looking
at
the
corridor
from
grove
hall,
all
the
way
down
to
mattapan
square
and
we're
looking
at
trying
to
you
know
fine-tune
with
the
community
the
design.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
it
right
from
a
safety
perspective
from
a
sort
of
merchant
and
community
perspective
and
then
also
from
a
mobility
perspective.
E
G
Yeah,
but
I
would,
I
think,
in
addition
to
bloat
avenue,
I
would
add
warren
street
and
then
there's
that
section
of
columbus
avenue
from
malcolm
x
to
to
ruggles.
Did
I
get
that
right
exactly?
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
there's
a
lot
of
community
process
that
has
to
take
place
to
make
those
a
reality.
That's
one
and
two
that
most
of
these
would
also
include
making
sure
that
there's
a
protected
bike
lane
as
part
of
the
project
and
also
making
sure
that
traffic
flow
continues
efficiently.
G
H
H
But
when
the
changes
come,
are
we
doing
education
in
our
communities
about
how
that
space
is
used?
Because
you
know
in
in
some
parts
of
the
city
things
that
are
underway?
I've
seen
cars
parked
in
bike
lanes
or
inappropriately
parked.
You
know,
because
that
there
is
a
learning
curve
when
learning
how
to
parallel
park
in
a
in
a
parking
spot.
That's
now
was
separated
for
a
separated
bike
lane
and
then
you
know
the
turning
lane.
C
I
think
it's
a
fantastic
point
and
one
which
we
you're
right,
that
we
probably
do
more
outreach
on
the
front
side
than
we
do
kind
of
sort
of
post
implementation.
We
have
deployed
recently
a
set
of
bms
boards
and
commissioner
craig
come
off
on
this.
I
think
they're,
currently
on
american
legion
highway,
essentially
with
exactly
this.
This
intent
in
mind.
I
think,
there's
a
lot
more,
that
we
can
do
that
is
really
oriented
towards
the
driver
on
a
lot
of
the
corridors
that
we're
redesigning.
C
H
And
I'd
also
just
say
that
there's
been
some
sort
of
controversy
in
some
of
the
changes,
especially
among
along,
I
think
it's
cummings
highway
and
just
you
know,
as
that
work
goes
forward
sort
of
celebrating
and
promoting
the
positive
impacts
that
those
changes
have
had,
because
I
think
it's
until
you're
in
the
midst
of
that
it's
it
is,
you
know
we're
we're
unaccustomed
to
change.
We
don't
like
changes
as
people,
but
the
education
and
the
the
continued
positive
messaging
around
those
changes.
H
What
the
benefits
are
slowing
down
traffic,
creating
more
opportunities
for
bicyclists,
for
example,
but
really
you
know
making
the
area
safer
and
slowing
down
traffic,
because
traffic
along
a
lot
of
these
corridors
is
very
fast.
So
I
would
encourage
I'd,
encourage
that
education
and
sort
of
that
celebration
of
of
the
the
benefits
of
these
changes.
B
Mummy
good
morning
all
so,
I
just
have
a
few
questions
in
regards
to
the
process.
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
the
bidding
process
in
particular.
Have
you
guys
earmarked
and
have
developed
any
cons,
any
plans
to
ensure
that
the
folks
who
are
going
to
be
doing
this
work
are
minority
businesses
and
women?
I'm
just
curious
about
how
intentional,
how
you're
being
in
that
space
and
what
that
process
looks
like
and
to
counsel,
asapi,
george's
question
in
regards
to
the
at
community
education.
B
B
C
I
appreciate
those
questions,
they'll
gladly
start
and
then
others
feel
free
to
to
add
in
on
on
the
bidding,
we'll
absolutely
hope
to
be
following
the
equitable
procurement
process,
and
we,
if
there
are
potential
design
firms,
construction
firms
etc,
that
we
should
make
sure
that
are
are
on
the
list
that
we
should
be
doing
outreach
to
we
are.
We
obviously
welcome
that.
I
would
say
a
a
a
small
note.
C
We
are
very
much
looking
for
probably
there's
a
there's,
a
small
number
of
respondents
in
some
of
the
things
which
we
are
we're
doing,
a
small
number
of
businesses.
We
we
do
welcome
sort
of
more
businesses
who
would
enter
this
space
and
doing
things
like
helping
us
create
dedicated
bus
lines.
Those
sort
of
things
would
actually,
I
think,
have
have
great
value.
There's
some
opportunities
there
for
for
for
more
companies
to
be
to
be
in
that,
in
that
particular
space
on
notification,
education
and
outreach.
C
There's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
have
tried
new
over
the
last
couple
of
months,
with
lots
of
credit
to
zapara's
team
to
the
commissioner
benite
lots
of
we've
done
videos,
we've
done
community
meetings
in
multiple
languages,
we're
doing
flyers
in
multiple
languages
by
no
means
counseling.
We
sort
of
talked
about
this
before.
Do
we
think
that
we've
sort
of
gotten
all
of
that
outreach?
Correct,
though,
and
so,
if
there's
specific
thoughts
of
other
outreach
tools,
that
we
should
be
leveraging
things
we
should
be
doing.
C
We
are
we
very
much
welcome
those
suggestions
as
well
we're
trying
a
lot
of
new
things
in
that
in
that
space,
and
I
think,
we've
been
very
excited
to
kind
of
embrace
these
new
tools,
but
still
looking
to
kind
of
refine
the
toolkit
in
the
months
and
years
ahead.
C
Another
things
that
other
members
of
the
team
want
to
touch
on
in
terms
of
outreach
tools,
we've
been
we've
been.
G
Using
I
think,
in
addition
to
all
that,
all
the
techniques
you
mentioned,
chief
oscar,
you
know
we're
also
along
major
corridors.
We
literally
go
door
by
door
and
make
sure
that
a
flyer
is
there
and
and
particularly
with
small
businesses.
We
make
sure
that
we've
made
person-to-person
contact
socially
distanced,
of
course,
to
let
people
know
that
there's
change
coming
in
their
corridor
and
to
work
with
them
to
address
any
of
their
kind
of
hyper
local
issues
that
they
might
have
for
that
particular
block.
G
And
so
it's
a
block
by
block
establishment
by
establishment
process
as
well.
But
again
we
need
to
improve
our
outreach
as
much
as
we
can
and
we'd
love
to
get
more
ideas.
B
C
Matt,
do
you
want
to
talk
through
either
right
now
as
an
example
of
some
of
the
other
work
which
which
you
guys
have
done.
E
Yeah-
and
I
think
bright
ave
is
a
good
sort
of
template
that
we've
been
using
for
other
projects.
You
know
that
my
team's
working
on,
I
know
my
sort
of
cohort
and
active
transportation
and
community
planning
have
been
doing
as
well,
so
on
brighton
avenue,
we
were
very
intentional
about
going
door
to
door,
and
this
was
obviously
pre-coveted
and
speaking
with
every
single
business
on
the
corridor,
giving
them
both
a
flyer.
We
also
did
mailings
for
all
the
businesses,
because
we
know
sometimes
the
flyer
doesn't
get
to
the
right
person.
E
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
covering
all
the
bases
there
and
you
know
in
one
area
in
particular,
we
spoke
with
an
auto
repair
dealer
who
was
had
an
issue
with
sort
of
the
placement
of
the
bus
stop
in
front
of
his
business.
We
walked
a
few
doors
down,
there's
another
another
business
who
said:
oh
I'd,
actually
like
a
bus,
stop
in
front
of
my
business,
and
so
we
were
able
to
slide
the
bus,
stop
down
half
a
block
which
I
think
worked
well
for
both
businesses.
E
So
I
was
doing
that
very
intentional
outreach
to
understand
what
the
needs
were
in
that
individual
block
and
working
with
those
business
owners
on
that.
So
I
know
my
colleague,
william
moos
did
that
recently
in
eggleston
square
with
the
columbus
app
project
where
he
spoke
to
the
business
associations.
I
think
he
went
to
three
different
associations
and
he
speaks
one
spanish,
so
he
was
able
to
speak
to
one
of
those
associations
as
well,
and
then
he
also
you
know
we
went
door
to
door
and
fired
and
spoke
with
the
businesses
individually.
B
Think
my
internet
froze
a
little
bit,
but
I
I
don't
know
I
think
I
I
did
have
one
more
question:
oh
go
for
it.
I
know
you
guys
listed
a
list
of
all
the
community
projects
and
then
I
noticed
that
dorchester
roxbury,
mattapan
and
east
boston
were
at
the
end
of
that
list
and
I'm
just
curious
if
they
were
at
the
end
because
they're
the
last
to
get
any
love
or
that
we're
just
rattling
off
names.
I'm
just
curious
about
those
neighborhoods.
C
Okay,
so
and
matt
griffin,
I
think
it
was
just
simply
in
sequence
and
in
fact,
the
places
that
we're
focusing
really
are
our
first
major
projects
in
the
community.
Engagement
which
we're
really
most
focused
on
right
now
are
the
blue
lab
corridor,
the
warren
street
corridor
and
the
sort
of
the
malcolm
x
columbus
ave
connection
between
nubian
square
and
and
station
that
those
are
sort
of
the
in
many
ways.
C
The
principal
areas
we're
focusing
on
in
2021
and
to
your
question
and
a
bit
to
counselors
abby
george's
question
in
many
ways
our
prioritization
process
right
now
for
a
lot
of
our
bus
related
work
is
where
there
are
the
most
number
of
riders
who
are
experiencing
the
most
delay
and
it
actually
tends
to
be
in
the
very
corridors
counts
for
which
you
said
and
that's.
Consequently,
why
we're
focusing
first
there,
even
if
in
the
in
the
list
of
neighborhoods,
they
were,
we
put
them
at.
B
B
A
Great.
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
mejia
next
up,
counselor
bach.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
to
the
department
for
being
here,
I
just
gonna
run
through
a
few
of
the
ones
that
are
in
my
district,
so
I
mean
on
the
on
the
boylston
street
corridor
from
ipswich
to
brookline.
I
don't
really
have
questions.
I've
had
very
thorough
briefings,
as
has
the
community
from
charlotte
fleetwood
on
that,
and
I
think
we're
really
excited
about
it.
D
I
I'm
happy
to
take
this,
so
we
have
a
short-term
plan
that
would
be
from
ipswich
to
park
drive
that
is
it's
at
100
design
and
we're
hoping
to
install
it
next
year
and
then
there's
the
longer
term
plan
which
would
involve
more
capital
improvements
on
land
owned
by
dcr
and
especially
the
muddy
river
crossing
area.
I
So
that's
going
to
take
a
bit
longer,
but
our
hope
is
that
we'll
have
continuous
protected
bike
lanes
from
brookline
avenue
to
to
ipswich
street
by
the
end
of
next
year,
in
a
tactical
sort
of
quick,
build
way,
we're
working
with
dcr
to
see
what
we
can
do
in
the
muddy
river
section,
quick
build
so
that
they
can
catch
up
and
do
something
next
year
as
well.
D
I
It's
a
it's
a
state
funding
source
that
the
tip
it's
called
so
yeah.
The
tip
keeps
sort
of
moving
us
out
farther,
but
I
think
the
reality
is
once
we
have
a
design
completed,
and
you
know
a
lot
of
community
support.
The
tip
funds
can
can
move
forward
a
little
bit
so
we're
you
know
we're
hoping
that
the
longer
term
project
can
happen
in
2022.
I
D
Absolutely
yeah,
I
know,
and
it's
all
coming
back.
I
remember
some
of
the
yeah
the
details
about
that
piece.
I
guess
I
the
thing
I
was
asking
about
was:
I
had
heard
that
obviously
we
had
the
meeting
with
the
community
about
the
quick,
build
boylston
street
stuff
and
and
one
question
I
have
about
that
is
where
we've
landed.
D
I
know
there
was
definitely
a
preference
for
curbing
that
kind
of
cast
curb
and
over
over
what
are
they
called
flex
posts,
select
posts
yeah
where,
where
we
landed
on,
that
is
one
question,
and
the
other
was
that
I
had
heard
through
the
grapevine
that
we
might
be
a
little
delayed
on
that
first
piece
because
of
something
related
to
construction
on
the
street.
So
I
just
wanted
to
chase
that
down
whether
that's
the
case
or
not.
I
Yeah
there
is
a
lot
of
construction
happening,
especially
right
at
ipswich
and
boylston
street,
but
we're
we're
going
to
try
to
work
it
out
so
that
that
doesn't
slow
us
down
on
the
quick,
build
piece.
Okay
and-
and
we
are
still
you
know-
we're
experimenting
with
the
precast
concrete
curbs.
We
have
had
some
issues,
I
mean
for
the
most
part,
they've
been
very
successful,
but
we
are.
We
are
starting
to
see
some
some
crashes
on
mass
ave
between
harrison
and
melnia,
and
so
we're
trying
to
figure
out.
I
Why
that's
the
case
with
these
precast
curbs,
and
you
know
whether
we
need
to
make
some
adjustments
or
modifications.
But
you
know
I
I
think
they
work
especially
well,
where
there's
parking
and
on
boylston
street
there
will
be
parking
on
one
side
of
the
street,
so
so
we're
still
kind
of
learning
from
from
this
new
material
and
if,
if
we
think
it
makes
a
lot
of
sense,
we'll
we'll
use
that
for
the
quick
build.
Okay.
D
Great
well
definitely
we'd
love
to
continue
to
partner
on
this
and
both
in
nudging
dcr
to
more
bicycle-friendly
designs
as
necessary
and
anything
any
help.
You
guys
need
on
this
sort
of
construction,
smoothing
front
as
well
happy
to
talk
to
people.
It's
really
you
know.
As
you
know,
I
don't
have
to
tell
anybody
on
this
call
like
that
section.
It
has
been
so
dangerous
for
bicyclists
for
so
long.
Obviously,
you
know.
D
Obviously
we
had
a
death
at
the
at
the
major
intersection
that
we're
building
towards
here,
but
boylston
street
itself
is
just
very
fast,
and
I
think
you
know
there
were
a
lot
of
folks
on
the
call
when
we
met
a
few
months
back,
who
you
know
even
non-bicyclists
are
just
excited
about
ways
to
kind
of
slow
and
narrow
the
street
a
little
bit
and
and
I'm
still
very
interested
in
that
mid-block
crossing.
Am
I
right
that
it's
not
part
of
the
initial
delivery.
I
That's
correct,
but
it's
we're
including
it
in
the
longer
term
plan.
Okay,.
D
Great
awesome
and
then
a
question
about
the
north
washington
bridge.
D
D
Well,
I'm
just
saying
you
know:
there's
there's
a
piece
of
it
that
I'm
gonna
assert.
You
know
connection
to,
and
specifically
it's
this,
so
I'm
curious
about
the
pedestrian
connection
for
the
harbor
walk
across
there,
because
I
recently
noticed
that
at
lovejoy
wharf
you
know
the
harbor
walk
runs
along
the
harbor
and
then
you
hit
that
you
hit
a
block
and
then
you're
sort
of
where
night
shift
brewery
is
and
love
joy
wharf
and
there's
actually
a
sign
that
says
24
hour
public
access
to
continue
the
harbor
walk
by
crossing
through
a
building.
D
If
you
ring
the
doorbell,
that's
supposed
to
give
you
24
hour
access,
they
tell
you
it's
out
of
hours
and
they
won't
let
you
through,
which
is
a
problem
that
I
have
to
take
up
with
building
management.
But
it
made
me
wonder,
on
the
other
side,
how
we're
thinking
about
the
pedestrian
experience
of
connecting
there,
because
every
time
I've
tried
to
make
that
pedestrian
connection,
it's
a
little
fraught.
K
Yes,
chief
counselor
good
to
see
you,
it
is
a
little
bit.
What's
the
word,
I'm
looking
for
not
money
complicated.
There
are
even
going
underneath
the
north
washington
street
bridge
there's
a
pedestrian
bridge
that
is
owned
by
the
department
of
conservation
and
recreation,
even
though
the
bridge
belongs
to
them.
The
city
has
elected
to
rebuild
that
bridge,
so
there
are
multiple
entities
that
connect
the
two
sides
of
that
bridge,
including
going
through
that
building.
D
Right
sounds
great,
no
and
honestly,
obviously
very
excited
about
the
that
it's
a
huge
project.
I
know
that
it
is
going
to
be
a
real
traffic
constraint
for
charlestown.
That
was
something
I
worried
about
in
my
prior
job
at
the
bha,
but
but
I
know
that
you
know
coming
out
the
other
end
with
a
new
bridge
and
with
the
bicycle
lanes
and
kind
of
hopefully,
better
connections
on
the
pedestrian
front
would
be
amazing.
D
My
last
question
chris,
is:
if
you
could
talk
a
bit
or-
and
it
might
also
be
for
matt
about
the
huntington
south
huntington
intersection.
I
mean
I,
I
definitely
got
questions
from
neighbors.
Just
trying
to
understand
you
know:
what's
was
the
city
thinking
just
confirm
that
that
isn't
work
that
we
did
in
concert
with?
D
It's
just
like
you
know.
The
idea
of
closing
them
is
really
a
nightmare,
but
I
think
also
so
on.
On
top
of
just
a
frustration
and
fear,
there
there's
also
just
a
lot
of
confusion
about
sort
of
these
mixed
messages
from
the
t,
and
then
I
know
that
a
long-term
reason
people
have
feared
that
the
t
wants
to
walk
away
from
the
line
is
questions
about
kind
of
the
facility
of
the
new
cars
as
part
of
green
line
transformation.
D
Is
I'm
all
here
for,
let's
you
know,
let's
make
the
forest
stations
that
are
not
accessible
accessible,
let's
be
talking
about
islands,
let's
pull
the
traffic
the
tracks
up
against
the
sidewalk,
like,
let's
like
give
people
who
rely
on
this
line,
better
access,
but
the
idea
of
sort
of
solving
the
problem
by
taking
the
transit
away
and
then
saying
poof
we
no
longer
have
accessibility
or
timeliness
problems
just
seems
to
me
really
backwards,
but
I
I
am
very
interested
in
how
we
can,
as
the
city
be
the
best
possible
partners
on
you
know,
saying
to
the
mbta
look
like
we
want
this
line
to
last,
to
continue
to
extend
and
to
be
reliable
and
like
how
can
we
help
you
with
the
built
environment
there?
D
So
I
just
would
love
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
that
plan
and
like
where
it
is
in
sequencing,
confirm
it
hasn't
already
happened
and
just
kind
of
get
some
more
information
to
bring
back
to
folks
in
the
neighborhood.
C
Matter
bill:
do
you
want
to
walk
through
where
we
are
on
in
south
huntington.
E
I'm
sure
I
can
and
bill
happy
to
defer
to
you
as
well.
If
you
wanna
give
us
some
more
insight,
especially
on
the
grant
side.
You
know,
I
know
from
a
process
standpoint
with
the
t
we
are
working
towards
enhancing
pedestrian
safety,
specifically
around
accessibility
on
the
huntington
south
bennington
corridors.
E
Massdot
recently
launched
a
study
to
look
at
how
to
make
those
stops
accessible,
and
I
know
that,
they're
being
there
there's
a
they're
trying
to
to
accelerate
that
and
they're
trying
to
make
that
design.
That
study
happen
sooner
so
still
waiting
to
hear
back
about
what
exactly
the
time
looks
like,
but
I
know
that
they're
going
to
be
starting
a
community
process
around
that
very
soon
and
chief
happy
to
defer
to
you
on
sort
of
the
city's
response
on
the
service
cut
proposals.
C
As
council
black
knows,
I
mean
we're.
Obviously
we
very
much
want
to
preserve
service
to
the
e-line
for
all
the
reasons
what
you
what
you
said,
and
I
think
that
this
we're,
obviously
all
making
investments
that
support
the
e-line
beyond
brigham
circle
and
both
for
the
needs
now
and
to
address
the
understandable
concerns
that
residents
have.
If
it's
taken
away,
it's
not
coming
back.
C
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
improving
the
elan
experience
after
brigham
circle,
not
eliminating
it
bill
is
there
anything
you
want
to
add
on
the
on
the
grant
side.
L
Yeah,
just
from
the
grant,
the
200
000
came
from
the
developer
of
105,
a
south
huntington
avenue
project.
The
thought
behind
that
grant
back-
and
this
was
a
long
quite
a
while
ago-
was
the
to
get
a
crossing
at
he
street
there
a
signalized
crossing.
That
being
said,
you
know,
200
000
went
a
long
way,
maybe
about
four
or
five
years
ago,
but
it
doesn't
go
as
far
this
year.
You
know
this
this
day's
standard.
L
So
that
being
said
and
with
the
the
mbta
is
thinking
about
creating
a
new
station
there
at
history,
they
want
to
build
a
new
station.
That's
been
spoken
about
and
we
thought
rather
than
go
forward
with
this
money
right
now
to
create
a
crossing,
albeit
a
signalized
crossing.
We
were
waiting
to
see
the
mbta's
plans
for
the
news
station.
That
being
said,
once
we
see
those
plans,
then
maybe
we
can
somewhat
incorporate
this
crossing,
so
it
doesn't
conflict
with
the
the
development
of
that
station.
L
You
know
and
who's
who's
to
say
when
that
station's
going
to
be
completed,
I
kind
of
defer
to
matt
and
others
on
that
one
I
mean
things.
Definitely
it's
in
a
working
environment
over
at
the
mbta
right
now
so
who's
to
say.
If
the
station
does
get
pushed
out
longer,
could
we
go
back
in
there
roll
our
sleeves
up
and
use
the
money
to
create
the
crossing
where
you
particularly
wanted
to
do
there
earlier?
That
could
be
so.
L
There
was
some
improvements
that
we
did.
Public
works.
Did
we
rant?
We
were
able
to
run
some
conduit
underneath
the
tracks
during
the
the
track
work
over
there.
So
we
did
get
our
signal
signal
conduit
under
the
tracks,
which
was
a
big
you
know
plus
for
us.
So
we
did
take
advantage
of
that.
L
We
we
didn't
go
full
with
any
other
plans
in
that
area.
At
this
point
in
time,.
C
E
Chase
is
doing
a
emergency
repair
situation
because
of
the
deteriorating
shape
of
the
tracks,
so
they
they
pushed
out
improvements
to
that
later,
study
that
I
mentioned
before,
where
they
would
really
look
at
the
accessibility
needs
for
the
corridor.
D
E
So
what
they
will
tell
you
is
that
they
are
one
agency.
So
but
it's
it's
a
gentleman
over
there
who's
a
project
manager,
who's
going
to
be
working
very
closely
with
the
green
line
transformation.
Folks,
I'm
not
entirely
sure
how
it
ended
up
in
the
mast
outside
of
the
house,
but
I
will
be
working
very
closely
with
the
green
line.
Transformation
team
on
it.
D
Okay,
well,
I
guess
I
would
just
say,
like
I,
you
know,
would
love
to
be
in
the
loop.
I
understand
that
there's
a
lot
of
cooks
in
the
kitchen
of
us
and
the
mbta,
and
apparently
also
massdot
vis-a-vis
this
curve.
But
I
just
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
community
interest
a
lot
of
again.
I
think
it's
it's
infrastructure.
That's
really
heavily
used
proportionate
to
kind
of
its
quality.
D
Frankly,
and
you
know,
and
one
of
my
frustrations
again,
I'm
preaching
the
choir,
but
one
of
my
frustrations
about
about
the
idea
of
of
suspending
the
line
there,
because
it's
redundant
with
a
39
bus
is
that
it's,
the
busiest
section
of
the
39
bus
line
like
in
the
39
buses
whole
run,
and
so
it's
actually
it's
not
really
redundant.
It's
essential
capacity
and
it
takes,
as
we
know,
people
from
very
different
parts
of
the
city
and
even
region
right
to
the
to
the
heat
street
infrastructure,
but
yeah.
D
I
just
would
love
to
be
in
the
loop
on
that
and
I
guess
my
only
concern
bill
would
be.
I
wouldn't
want
us
to
wait
indefinitely
to
use
that
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
such
that
it
you
know,
dwindles
away
such
that
our
purchasing
power
in
it
declines
and
declines.
I,
unless,
of
course
you
know,
you
know
unless
we
can
put
in
an
interest-bearing
account
or
whatever,
but
I
I
I
just
want
to
be
careful.
D
I
do
think
like
there's
enough
need
for
improvement
in
that
neck
of
the
woods
that
if
we
can
find
something
useful
to
do
with
it
for
people
right
now,
that
would
be
good,
but
I
think,
madam
chair,
those
are
all
my
questions.
J
Sorry,
I
meant
I'm
not
in
my
wi-fi.
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
actually
a
lot
of
my
questions.
Kenzie
bach
had
talked
about
with
the
north
washington
bridge,
but
I
I
think
in
general.
I
would
really
like
an
update
and
also
wondering,
if
there's
going
to
be
another
community
meeting
to
come
back
or
a
zoom
about
this.
I
think
that
that
has
been
one
of
the
more
helpful
patients
building.
C
C
I
we
do
want
to
sort
of
roll
in
in
some
ways
the
communication
that
we're
doing
around
north
washington
street
with
the
work
that
will
be
coming
on
rutherford
ave,
the
work
that
will
be
coming
on
one
charlestown,
just
just
so
that
folks
are
not
looking
at
three
different
places
to
understand
projects
and
to
understand
how
they
all
they
all
actually
are
connecting
together
but
feel
free
to.
J
See
and
if
you
I'm
sorry
and
also
I
see
that
the
corridor
in
front
of
the
lost
village
and
also
the
tetra
study
for
the
for
rutherford
ave,
I
think,
maybe
in
general
that
ideally
there'd
be
a
kind
of
a
traffic
update.
If
you
will
for
charlestown,
you
know
how
controversial
rutherford
ave
was
and
the
bridge
added
to
that
and
there's
a
real
sense.
J
I
mean
we,
we
dodged,
I
guess
you
could
say
we
dodged
a
bullet
with
the
casino
and
how
that
has
when
it
was
up
and
running
and
we
were
at
normal
capacity
of
life.
It
didn't
seem
to
have
a
huge
impact
on
the
traffic
of
of
charlestown
kudos.
That
really
demonstrates
we
can.
We
can
design,
we
can
move
and
we
can
overcome.
J
But
I
I
really
am
encouraging-
maybe
a
kind
of
an
updated
traffic
breakdown
not
so
much
by
quarter
by
quarter
but
like
by
charlestown
and
just
from
the
bridge
on
all
the
different
ways
in
which
they're
marrying
together
and
how
they're
headed
in
the
in
the
right
direction
in
general.
I'm
sorry
to
cut
you
off
just
one
more
thing
about
east
boston's.
I
know
we
had
a
community
traffic
task
force
being
put
together
and
jerome
was
kind
of
spearheading
that.
J
So
I
I
think
I'll
just
follow
up
with
aisha
on
that
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
kind
of
making
sure
that
the
east
boston
has
kind
of
its
eye
towards
day
square
and
things
like
that.
C
Absolutely
the
need
has
also
been
involved
in
the
east,
boston
transportation
action
plan.
I
don't,
I
don't
think
if
you
want
to
give
a
quick
update
on
that
or
are
there's
any
sort
of
charlestown
wide
update.
You
want
to
provide.
G
We
also
have
some
funding
allocated
through
the
capital
budget
to
help
with
that
process,
and
the
goal
of
this
committee
would
be
to
prioritize
the
implementation
of
projects
that
come
out
of
the
plan.
East
boston,
ongoing
process.
K
Absolute
sorry
pj
here
so
on
the
transportation
site
related
to
the
north
washington
street
bridge
and
the
rutherford
avenue
corridor.
There
are
three
buckets
which
I
can
put:
one
is
traffic
transportation
during
construction
of
the
north
washington.
I
think
that
is
going
very
well
thanks
mainly
to
the
drop
of
traffic
during
the
virus.
K
So
a
tiny
bit
concerned
about
the
ongoing
impacts
of
the
construction
noise
seems
to
be.
You
know
way
up
there,
and
so,
if
we
hold
any
meetings,
we
might
hear
an
earful
on
that
run
then
the
so.
The
second
part
is
how
traffic
is
all
going
to
be
stitched
together
when
everything
is
done,
which
would
be
in
the
sullivan
square,
rutherford
avenue
north
washington
state
so
working
with
our
partners
in
the
transportation
department.
K
We
we
might
want
to
give
an
update
as
to
where
things
are
so
that
that's
second
and
happy
to
continue
this
conversation
from
impact
of
the
development
projects
council
that
are
in
charlestown,
especially
the
the
housing
projects.
So
again,
hopefully,
there's
enough
capacity
on
the
side
streets
that
approach
the
russian
avenue
corridor
to
manage
that
so
happy
to
continue
this
conversation.
Hopefully,
in
a
structured
manner,.
J
Just
and
one
last
point-
and
you
can
redirect
me-
and
I
really
would
like
to
know
what
conversations
you
guys
have
or
do
we
have
communication
regularly
with
the
mbta
and
the
biggest
concern
being
about
the
ferry
in
charlestown
and
if
that
is
cancelled,
which
I've
gotten
many
emails
about.
You
know
total
opposition
to
that,
but
how
the
pros
and
cons
or
the
impacts
and
how
you
guys
are
preparing
for
that.
J
C
Council,
I
can
start
and
then
and
matter
of
feel
free
to
jump
in.
That
is
one
of
the
the
mbta's
proposed
service
reductions,
charleston
ferry,
hingham,
ferry
etcetera.
We
have
mayor's
been
so
clear
about
this.
That
we
are,
we
are
against
these
proposed
service
cuts.
The
t
is
sort
of
explicitly
expecting
that
the
92
and
93
bus
service
will
sort
of
take
the
place
of
the
charlestown
ferry,
but
obviously
we
won.
C
We
would
much
rather
have
the
charlestown
ferry
running
rather
than
putting
similar
as
councillor
box
said,
putting
more
people
on
what
may
be
sort
of
already
well-filled
buses,
but
matt.
E
Yeah
we
go
to
charleston
ferry,
so
there's
a
critical
link
for
folks
they're,
going
from
downtown
over
to
the
charlestown
navy
yard,
and
so
in
sort
of
the
responses
thing
that
we
are
putting
together
we're
trying
to
catalog
some
of
those
specific
harms
that
it
will
cause
and
include
that
in
our
our
overall
response.
So
that's
certainly
something
that
we're
considering
and
is
near
and
dear
to
what
we're
planning
for.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
back
to
the
austin,
the
the
corridor
and
the
bus
lane
between
union
square
and
and
brighton
or
packard's
corner,
and
this
may
be
something
you
need
folks
need
to
take
up
with
the
bpda.
But
there's
there's
some
development
along
that
corridor.
F
That
has
essentially
blocked
the
the
bustling
and
made
it
you
know
basically
taken
up
the
whole
bus
lane,
and
this
has
been
going
on
for
almost
since
the
bus
lane
was
laid
out
on
the
outbound
section,
and
you
know
it
seems
like
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
developments
along
our
corridors
and
the
fact
that
a
developer
can
build
a
building
right
out
onto
the
sidewalk
and
then
take
up
a
whole
lane
of
your
bus.
F
Take
away
your
bus
lane
for
years
seems
to
be
so
counterproductive,
and
I
really
feel
that
the
developers-
maybe
we
need
to
be
talking
about
some
serious
mitigation.
F
So
I
think
that's
something
we
need
to
take
up
with
our
friends
over
at
the
bpda
and
see
if
we
can
make
it
clear
that
adequate
setbacks
are
really
critically
important
because
it
if
they
build
right
out
to
the
edge,
then
there's
no
room
no
space
for
future
changes
like
adding
a
bicycle
lane,
just
as
we
see
down
on
the
corner
of
leo
birmingham
and
western
ave,
the
radius
project
is
right
out
to
the
edge
and
we
could
really
do
with
some
extra
space
there
to
put
in
a
bicycle
lane
or
some
other
improvements,
but
it's
not
possible
because
the
developer
has
built
right
out
to
the
edge.
F
F
It's
a
comment:
can
we
do
more
to
stop
this
and
and
and
to
make,
and
and
can
we
do
something
to
to
ensure
that
our
bus
lanes
aren't
just
made
totally
and
totally
impossible
to
be
used
when
you
have
in
that
corridor?
It's
a
two-thirds
of
a
mile,
there's
two
big
projects
that
are
blocking
the
bus
lanes
right
there,
so
it
makes
it
almost
useless.
Thank
you.
C
Councillor,
I
appreciate
the
point
and
we're
happy
to
sort
of
be
part
of
that
conversation
as
well.
I
think,
and
matt
correctly,
I'm
wrong
on
this.
The
the
development
that's
closer
to
packard's
corner,
essentially
than
the
construction
management
plan
for
that
building
was
essentially
approved
prior
to
the
actual
implementation
of
the
bus
lane,
so
the
so
it
is
sort
of
figuring
out
how
it
was
going
to
build
its
building.
We
then
put
down
the
bus
lane,
then
it
started
construction
so
that
one
is
like
the
sequencing
makes.
C
It
look
particularly
kind
of
out
of
step
with
the
mobility
improvements
we
were
trying
to
get
through
that
improved.
That
quarter,
I
think,
there's
a
way
in
which
we
can
work
collectively
on
construction
management
plans
to
make
sure
that
they
are
minimizing
any
impact,
temporary
impact
on
bus
lanes
going
forward-
and
I
appreciate
your
broader
point
too
about
thinking
about
how
we
build
that
flexibility
as
the
needs
of
our
of
our
streets
change.
E
Yeah
exactly
it
was
a
case
of
bad
timing,
but
also,
I
know
our
construction
management
team
did
a
pretty
thorough
traffic
analysis
and
transportation
analysis
before
the
project
started
and
after
the
bus
lane
had
gone
in
to
ensure
that
there
would
be
that
level
of
delay
would
be
mitigated
and
so
forth.
I
can
tell
you.
The
construction
engine
plan
also
includes
a
restoration
plan
for
the
bus
lane,
so
it'll
be
put
back
to
exactly
as
it
was
before.
F
A
Thank
you
councillor
braden,
before
we
go
to
finish
the
rest
of
second
rounds
for
everyone.
I
want
to
recognize
that
counselor
flynn
has
joined
us
and
gave
councillor
flynn
the
chance
to
ask
his
first
and
second
round.
If
you
wish.
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you
councilwoo
and
apologize
for
being
late.
I
had
another
meeting
I
had
to
attend,
but
I'll
be
listening
to
the
tape
watching
the
tape.
Thank
you
to
my
colleagues
and
to
the
city
administration,
for
your
testimony
and
leadership.
M
C
The
one
that
would
be
and
matt
tell
me
if
I'm
off
on
this,
the
one
that
I
think
we
would
be
looking
at
from
from
this
exception
expand,
would
be
any
pilot
version
of
a
work
along
the
summer
street
corridor.
C
So
obviously
in
council,
we've
had
a
number
of
conversations
about
this,
but
if
we
were
to
look
to
do
something
along
the
summer
street
corridor
between
the
reserve,
channel
or
first
street,
and
essentially
the
four-point
channel,
that
would
likely
come
through
this,
we
obviously
have
a
lot
of
community
process
in
front
of
us,
though,
before
we
think
about
what
a
pilot
version
of
that
would
look
like.
M
Yeah
and
chief,
could
you
could
you
give
a
little
bit
of
background
or
the
commissioner
with
the
bus
lane
and
bike
lane
added
what?
What?
What
can
we
do
to
help
businesses
that
might
need
to
unload
delivery
packages
or
or
trucks
that
might
need
to
visit
to
drop
off
packages
to
a
particular
business?
I
have
many
of
them
in
the
downtown
area,
and
some
of
them
are
not
able
to
make
deliveries
because
of
proposals,
I'm
just
trying
to
think
of
ways.
M
We
can
be
helpful
to
these
business
owners
and
to
see
what
what
might
work,
what
compromise
might
work
so
that
they
can
get
deliveries,
and
so
that
you
know
these.
These
business
people
also
pay
high
property
taxes
as
well.
We
just
want
to
do
everything
we
can
to
be
helpful
to
to
them,
but
also
to
the
workforce,
to
to
our
bus
lane,
riders
and
in
bicyclists
as
well,
so
wonder
what
what
your
thoughts
might
be
on
that
chief.
C
It's
a
great
question
and
one
which
we
obviously
are
really
want
to
think
through,
because
that
that
curve
use
is
really
important
to
support
the
businesses
that
our
residents
rely
on.
One
positive
example
of
this
and
matt
gave
one
earlier
alone
right
now,
but
to
give
one
which
is
sort
of
in
the
downtown
core
on
washington
street,
between
boylston
street
and
avery
street.
C
When
that
bus
lane
went
in,
we
actually
created
a
whole
set
of
loading
commercial
loading,
essentially
that
entire
entire
block
length
on
the
cbs
side
on
the
sort
of
the
boston,
common
side,
sort
of
to
sort
of
expand
the
amount
of
commercial
loading,
and
I
think
matter,
if
I'm
wrong,
I
don't
think
there
was
designated
commercial
loading
prior
or
might
have
been
a
smaller
stretch
in
that
in
that
area.
C
We've
had
some
conversations
with
the
the
downtown
residents
association
about
thinking
about
other
loading
opportunities
in
that
corridor
on
things
like
avenue
to
lafayette,
not
totally
focus
on
that
corridor.
But,
to
your
point
is
something
which
we're
very
mindful
of
and
want
to
think
about
how
we,
how
we
allow
for
commercial
loading
and
curb
access,
knowing
that
it's
a
need,
particularly
sort
of
in
in
the
commercial
areas
of
your
district
matt,
anything
else
or,
commissioner
of
anything
else.
You
guys
are
doubting.
E
Just
one
more
example
to
add
is
on
as
the
chiefs
of
avid
lafayette.
We
worked
closely
with
the
theater
owners
and
associations,
and
also
with
legal
crossing
and
some
of
the
other
businesses
there
to
get
a
what's
what's
the
loading
zone
during
the
day
and
then
turns
into
pickup
drop
off
in
the
evening,
so
it
sort
of
does
double
duty.
E
It
serves
businesses
that
need
to
load
there
during
you
know
more
commercial
hours
and
then,
when
theater
patrons
are
showing
up
for
shows
or
leaving
at
the
end
of
the
the
show
it
starts
to
pick
up
drop
off.
So
you
know,
I
think,
being
flexible
with
curb
space
and
having
it
do
double
duty
depending
upon
the
time
of
day,
is
a
strategy
that
works
well.
There.
M
Thank
you
appreciate
the
feedback
I
just
want
to
add.
If,
when
we
do,
engage
the
residents
or
the
business
community,
could
you
send
me
an
email
just
so
I
could.
I
could
be
on
the
meeting
or
a
member
of
my
staff
could
be
on
the
meeting
as
well.
M
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilwood.
Thank
you
to
the
city
administration.
That's
here.
Thank
you
to
the
to
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
flynn,
okay,
we'll
resume
second
rounds
now
and
then
I'll
add
my
questions
at
the
end.
So
I
see
counselor
bach
has
a
question
just
slightly
before
her
in
the
order
of
counselor
mejia.
If
you
had
a
second
round
or
any
other
outstanding
questions,.
B
No,
I
don't
have
any
outstanding
questions
just
wanted
to
thank
again
the
administration,
a
big
shout
out
again
to
chief
osgood,
he's
one
of
the
best
public
hearing
participants
from
the
administration.
You
get
the
gold
star,
so
thank
you
for
being
all
in
at
all
times.
We
appreciate
you.
D
Thanks
sorry,
this
is
just
a
really
quick
question.
It
occurred
to
me
that
you
all
might
know
the
answer.
So,
in
terms
of
I
mentioned
that
there's
this
building,
that's
meant
to
have
harbor
walk
through
access.
That
has,
I
effectively
blocked
it
for
much
of
the
day
and
I
have
to
follow
up
with
the
building
management,
but
it
would
be
helpful
for
me
to
understand.
D
Is
that
requirement
and
easement
that
you
know
or
something
that
came
down
likely
through
our
city
processes
through
the
bpda?
Or
is
it
because
it's
right
adjacent
to
all
the
dcr
projects?
Actually
a
state
side
thing
just
like,
so
I
can
invoke
the
right
concerns
when
I
have
that
conversation.
K
Council,
it
is
entirely
possible
that
it's
a
chapter
91
a
license
requirement.
We
will
work
with.
I
will
follow
up
on
this
one
counselor
it
would
he
ask
you
it
would
bother
irritate
us
if
they
are
denying
these
chapter
91
requirements.
K
Sometimes
I
hear
all
the
wrong
reasons
as
to
why
these
things
are
closed
when
you're
supposed
to
give
24
hour
access
so
I'll
follow
up
with
your
guidance
counselor
with
the
bbda
staff,
who
are
in
the
position
to
a
monitor
those
chapter
91
license
requirements,
because
when
we
do
include
those
requirements
through
the
bbta
article
80
process,
it
is
supposed
to
be
24.
7
access,
not
not
when
the
sun
goes
down.
D
Yeah
and
the
frustrating
thing
here
is
they
have
a
giant
sticker
that
says
24-hour
access
and
then,
when
you
ring
the
bell,
they
say
sorry,
we
only
allow
that
during
hours,
so
it's
just
sort
of
a
misadvertisement
and
not
compliant
with
the
conditions.
So
it's
160
north
washington,
ave,
northwestern
street,
sorry
I'll,
oh
yeah,
I'll,
follow
up
with
you
para,
but
I
would
like
to
I
think
I
think,
those
as
we
all
know
those
public
access
rights.
If
you
don't
watch
them,
can
get
eroded
away.
K
A
Thank
you
councillor
bach,
I'm
told
counselor
edwards
is
good
and
will
defer
her
time
in
in
terms
of
second
round.
So
I
just
have
a
couple
questions
because
my
colleagues
have
already
asked
so
many
important
points
on
the
rutherford
ave
sullivan
square
project
just
to,
I
think,
a
similar
question
from
me,
as
we
had
been
discussing
with
the
melania
cass
project
that
it
had
felt.
A
I
don't
know
a
year
ago,
year
and
a
half
ago
at
this
point
there
was
this
big
rush
of
we
couldn't
do
the
surface
option.
We
can't
dramatically
change
things
because
the
federal
funding
will
will
go
away
and-
and
we
need
to
seize
on
that,
could
you
just
give
an
update
in
terms
of
you
know,
what
is
the
federal
funding
picture
is?
Are
there
deadlines
to
use
that
up
and
and
what
are
kind
of
the
very,
very
specific
next
steps
and
timelines.
L
So
so
currently,
where
we're
at
with
funding
this,
this
project
is
fully
funded,
beginning
in
2022
up
to
151
million
dollars.
The
funding
is
available.
So
if
the
project
is
real,
the
25
submittal
has
already
been
submitted
to
massdot.
L
L
L
A
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
bill.
That's
really
really
helpful
and
then
just
to
clarify
in
terms
of
community
engagement
around
these
next
steps
as
well.
So
in
terms
of
the
75
percent
and
100
submittal.
Is
it
meetings
before
or
you
know
how
far
before
the
april
may
and
october
november?
Is
there
anything
public.
L
We're
going
to
there
was
talk
about
having
another
meeting,
but
since
we're
fast
approaching
the
25
public
hearing,
I
think
we're
going
to
let
massdot
go
ahead
with
that.
This
option
right
now
that
we've
all
agreed
on
basically
takes
the
roadway
from
existing
eight
lanes
down
to
five
lanes.
So
we
have
three
southbound
and
two
northbound
there's
been
so
with
that
design.
We've
definitely
spoken
to
the
t
in
regard
to
brt
on
rutherford
avenue,
but
speaking.
L
There
was
not
a
big
push
for
brt
on
rutherford
avenue
at
this
time,
not
that
we
wouldn't
preclude
that
in
the
future,
but
they
want
to
connect
all
their
buses
to
sullivan
square
at
this
point
in
time,
so
we
are
providing
some
vrt
lanes
on
in
sullivan
square.
I
should
say.
A
Okay,
so
so
one
hearing
in
terms
of
the
the
25
submittal
and
then
should
the
public
expect
any
others.
You
know
before
any
of
these
other
checkpoints
or
not.
I
would
say.
L
Being
very
close
to
the
community,
we
would
have
as
many
meetings
as
they
would
like
to
see.
We,
you
know
that
this
will
be
kind
of
it's
fresh
for
some,
but
it's
not
fresh
for
others.
It's
been
a
long
time
since
we've
been
somewhat
out
to
the
community.
So
that
being
said,
once
we
do
get
quite
a
bit
of
feedback
at
that
initial
meeting,
we'll
have
to
meet
the
appropriate
meetings
number
of
meetings.
I
should
say
that
makes
the
public
feel
comfortable
how
we're
pursuing
we're
going
with
this
design.
F
L
Have
I
have
to
stress,
we
do
have
a
very
tight
deadline
and
time
restraints
with
this
project,
and
that
being
said-
and
I
say
this
and
I
do
have
concern
we
do
this-
money
is
programmed
in
the
tip
in
2022.
That
being
said,
there's
other
major
projects
in
infrastructure
projects
in
the
state,
they're.
Definitely
looking
for
additional
funding
for
their
projects,
but
through
the
mpo.
L
This
money
has
been
put
aside
for
the
rutherford
avenue
project
at
this
point
in
time,
so
the
city
as
well
as
other
agencies,
need
to
make
sure
we
meet
these
goals
to
make
sure
that
this
money
is
spent.
If
not,
this
project
could
be
pushed
out
to
other
years
or
years.
So
I
just
want
to
put
that
on
record.
A
L
L
The
project's
going
to
be
about
a
five-year
project
so,
but
those
monies
that
are
allotted
for
this
particular
project
in
the
state
there's
other
other
projects
need
to
take
a
back
seat
because
we,
the
city
of
boston,
is
receiving
this
large
amount
of
money
for
this
project.
A
Great
okay,
okay,
thank
you
and
then
my
other
question
was
around
just
moving
to
the
dedicated
bus
lane
grant.
So
can
you
all
just
just
I,
I
think
you,
maybe
you
kind
of
ran
through
the
corridors
quickly
earlier,
but
how
many
miles
of
dedicated
bus
lanes
do
we
have
at
this
moment
in
the
city.
C
Vanita
or
matt
might
be,
I
don't
know
man
you
might
know
by
my
legs.
We
can
sort
of
walk
through
what
the
corridors
are
counselor
but
matt.
You
may
no
mileage
off
the
top
of
your
head.
E
Yeah
so
right
now
we
have
about
four
miles
of
dedicated
bus
lanes
in
the
city,
so
this
includes
the
silver
line
corridor
down
toward
you
know
from
downtown
to
new
being
square,
the
brighton
avenue
corridor
and
then
some
shorter
corridors,
north
washington
street
and
a
small
one
block
of
summer
street
over
by
the
federal
reserve.
E
Sure
so
we
I
can
tell
you
roughly,
this
will
we'll
be
able
to
paint
roughly
800
000
square
feet,
which
I
know
that
number
might
sound
very
specific,
but
you
know
I
don't
necessarily
want
to
talk
about
the
the
mileage
of
it
right
now
because
we're
still
working
through
the
community
process.
So
if,
if
we
look
at
an
individual
corridor-
and
we
say
you
know,
this
might
be
a
transit
priority
corridor
with
signals
as
opposed
to
bus
lanes,
this
might
be
bus
lanes
or
it
might
be
curved
bump
outs.
E
Each
of
the
quarters
might
look
somewhat
different
depending
upon
what
the
design
and
community
process
looks
like.
So
I
I'm
not.
I
don't
want
to
give
a
number
of
miles
right
now,
but
just
to
say
we're
working
on
a
number
of
corridors:
blue
lav,
warren
street,
the
columbus
extension
from
jackson
square
towards
ruggles
malcolm
x,
as
was
highlighted
earlier,
the
austin
brighton
corridor
along
cambridge
street
and
washington
street
in
austin
brighton.
So
those
are
the
corridors
that
we're
looking
at.
C
And
just,
and
that
maybe
is
a
point
of
context.
So
if
the
bright
nav
stretch
was
six
hundred
thousand
dollars,
the
edison
square
stretch,
which
is
much
more
capital
intensive,
is
probably
about
10
times
that
in
terms
of
cost
roughly,
and
so
it
does
depend
a
little
bit
upon
what
we're
building
sort
of
in
the
quarters
that
matches
went
through.
A
Okay,
that
makes
sense.
I
yeah
I
was
just
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
you
know.
It
sounds
like
we
have
five
ish
quarters
that
you
point
to
now.
Some
of
them
are
smaller
than
others
or
shorter
than
others,
and
you
mentioned
another
five-ish.
So
is
it
that
we
are
probably
going
to
double,
or
is
it
that
they're
all
much
longer
and
therefore
it
will
feel
like
there's
a
lot
more
priority
across
the
city?
A
C
It
will
be
a
little
bit
community
process
dependent,
but
it
it
could
potentially
be
at
least
a
doubling,
I
think
in
terms
of
overall
mileage,
in
fact
anyway,
maybe
even
maybe
even
a
little
bit
more
than
that
and
given
sort
of
the
nature
of
the
community
process,
it
may
be
sort
of
that.
It's
there's
elements
of
greater
construction
rather
than
things
that
are
leading
where
we're
leading
with
red
paint.
C
So
it's
hard
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
know
what
will
be
completed
within
sort
of
next
construction
season
versus
started
with
the
next
construction
season
completed
at
a
later
date,
but
all
of
those
pieces
are
are
anyway,
all
three
sort
of
worked
out
in
the
community
process
ahead.
I
would
note
in
that
we
actually
do
have
north
washington
street
bridge
bus
lane
under
construction
and
then
as
bill
referenced
as
well.
The
sullivan
square
bus
lanes
there's
actually
a
set
of
small.
G
A
Okay,
great
and
mama,
okay,
I
hear
you
just
in
terms
of
the
how
that
you
know
just
as
bill
was
walking
through
the
timeline
with
federal
funding
or
the
through
the
you
know,
regional
allocations
drying
up,
we
don't
hit
certain
timelines.
Is
this?
Is
this
funding
from
the
t
just
for
the
next
year
and
therefore,
if
we
don't
use
it
up,
does
it
go
away
or
or
do
we
sort
of
just
have
it
and
it?
You
know
it's
just
in
the
t's
budget
for
the
next
year.
C
Yeah
and
others
feel
free
to
recommend
this,
but
I
think
we've
gotten
every
indication
of
a
really
frankly
strong
partnership
with
the
mbta.
C
Appreciate
their
their
support,
so
this
is
not
the
sort
of
thing
where
this
is
it's
that
it's
only
about
this
year.
In
many
ways
it
is
more
representative
of
kind
of
what
would
be
an
ongoing
partnership
between
the
city
and
the
mbta
to
not
only
talk
about
sort
of
address
the
quarters
that
matt
went
through,
but
to
think
about,
then
what
the
next
generation
of
quarters
would
be
after
that
matt.
Is
that
a
fair.
C
So
on
this
portion
of
their
capital
program-
yes,
we've
not
heard
them
pull
back
from
this
portion
of
their
capital
program.
There
are
some
other
capital
program,
adjustments
which
they've
indicated
or
sort
of
changes
that
make
to
their
capital
program,
but
not
with
their
accelerated
bus
program.
A
That
is
ridiculous,
just
their
planning.
It
is
what
it
is
okay
anyway.
So
if,
for
whatever
reason,
okay,
sorry
and
just
to
clarify
this
doesn't
cover
maintenance
of
you
know,
patching
up
the
the
paint
or
the
lanes
or
anything
it's
just
to
put
down
new
lanes.
A
Okay-
and
you
know
if,
if
there
is
a
change
to
their
budget,
if,
if
they're,
you
know
all
of
a
sudden
deciding
that
there
won't
be
these
funds
moving
forward,
does
the
city
have
a
backup
plan
for
how
we
would
continue
our
our
dedicated
bus
lane,
expansion.
C
C
So
I
think
that
there
would
be
some
capacity
to
be
able
to
do
it
and
obviously,
with
examples
like
the
north,
washington
street
bridge
we've
been
able
to
roll
elements
of
it
into
our
own
capital
project,
our
own
capital
budget,
but
having
this
additional
outside
funding
really
does
make
a
difference
for
us
the
sort
of
umbrella
funding
that
allows
us
to
pursue
a
bunch
of
different
projects
that
are
not
line
itemed
out
within
the
btd
or
public
works
capital
budget
is
very
helpful.
A
Great
thank
you
very
much.
I
will
open
it
up
to
colleagues
for
any
last
questions
or
thoughts.
A
D
No,
I
was
just
gonna
say
thank
you
so
much
to
the
team
and
just
that
I
think,
every
time
we
talk
about
projects
like
this,
we
just
realize
how
much
appetite
there
is
in
the
city
for
even
more
of
them
and
to
accelerate
them,
and
especially
as
we
you
know,
especially
in
terms
of
like
you
know,
thinking
about
both
from
a
climate
change
and
a
density
perspective,
really
prioritizing
transit
pedestrians
bicyclists
to
get
people
around
our
our
city.
D
You
know
in
a
more
environmentally
friendly
and
way
and
frankly,
a
way
that
can
move
more
people
more
efficiently,
and
I
just
I
just
wanted
to
flag
again,
because
that's
the
nature
of
most
of
the
improvements
that
we've
talked
about
today,
how
disastrous
the
idea
of
sending
our
region
hurtling
back
to
a
more
car
based
economy.
Is,
I
just
think,
like
you
know,
we've
been
talking
about
all
the
people
on
the
ground.
D
We
have
lots
of
folks
who
don't
have
the
option
of
getting
in
their
cars,
and
so
this
is
just
going
to
result
in
worse
service
for
them,
but
we
as
a
city
are
going
to
be
affected
by
everyone
in
outlying
suburbs
who
now
drives-
and
I
just
I
it's
really
concerning
in
this
week,
where
we've
got
the
public
comment
deadline
on
friday
for
the
mbta's
cuts
to
kind
of
be
juxtaposing
these.
These
types
of
projects
with,
I
think,
a
very
backwards
lurch
threatened
at
the
state
level.
D
A
Thank
you
very
much
councillor
bach,
okay,
I
believe
councillor
edwards
has
signed
off
so
just
want
to
thank
everyone
again
and
very
grateful
for
your
time.
This
will
conclude
today's
hearing
on
various
transportation
grants
sponsored
by
the
mayor,
and
this
hearing
will
be
adjourned.