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From YouTube: American Legion Virtual Meeting 2020-0917
Description
Virtual Meeting held on September 17th at 6:00 PM to discuss American Legion from the Boston Transportation Department. In this presentation we review:
What’s informed our work so far, including what we’ve heard from you.
Safety tools we can use on American Legion.
Near-term design strategy for the corridor.
Other projects and initiatives.
Questions from attendees.
For more information visit boston.gov/american-legion
A
Okay,
we'll
begin
once
again
welcome
to
the
american
legion
meeting.
If
you
haven't
completed
the
census,
it's
10
questions
less
than
10
minutes
and
the
website
is
my2020census.gov.
A
The
deadline
for
that
is
september
30th.
So,
if
you
haven't
yet
make
sure
you
do
it
as
you
come
into
this
room
or
in
this
meeting,
your
camera
and
microphone
are
turned
off,
but
you
can
type
any
questions
you
have
for
us
in
the
q,
a
box.
Let
us
know
if
you
want
to
ask
your
own
question
and
someone
will
call
on
you
during
the
q
a
time
this
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
for
more
information.
You
can
always
go
to
boston.gov,
american-legion
or
email
me
at
daniela.com.
A
A
My
name
is
daniela
sanchez
amoda
and
I
am
an
active
transportation
center
with
the
city
of
boston
with
me
is
dan
merrell
john.
Would
you
like
to.
A
C
I'm
dan,
I
am
the
lead
engineer
on
this
project
and
I
work
in
the
active
transportation
department
with
daniella
and
the
rest
of
the
folks
here.
E
A
planner
on
the
active
transportation
team
in
supporting
daila
on
this
project.
E
C
Everyone
I'm
nathaniel
fink.
I
am
an
active
transportation
planner
and
I
am
also
supporting
daniela.
A
So
we'll
begin
in
today's
meeting,
we
will
review
what's
informed
our
work
so
far
for
american
legion,
including
what
we've
heard
from
the
community
the
safety
tools
that
we
can
use
on
american
legion
and
we'll
go
over
sort
of
what
those
are,
the
near-term
design
strategies
for
the
corridor
and
other
projects
and
initiatives
that
are
near
american
legion.
A
Region,
so
briefly,
I
want
to
show
you
what
the
area
of
the
project
is.
We
are
studying
specifically
american
legion
from
blue
hill
ash
to
comets
highway.
As
you
can
see
in
your
screen,
two
of
the
open
resources
are
franklin,
sorry,
open
spaces
and
parks
that
are
near
our
franklin
park
and
the
boston
nature.
A
So
what
led
to
this
project
to
may
ask
yourself,
so
the
city
of
boston
has
identified
american
legion
as
a
corridor
that
needs
to
be
worked
on
in
several
of
planning
initiatives,
including
green
links,
boston,
which
identified
it
as
a
as
a
great
as
a
potential
low
stress
corridor
for
people
of
all
ages
and
additives,
to
connect
to
green
spaces
and
in
the
go
boston,
2030
plan
as
well.
It
has
been
identified
as
as
an
important
corridor
and
sorry.
A
I
got
ahead
of
myself,
so
the
I
apologize,
the
franklin
park
action
plan
also
is
envisioning
how
the
park
is
going
to
be
for
the
next
100
years
and
is
one
of
the
places
where
american
region
is
also
being
studied.
A
So
specifically,
I
just
went
over
these
three
planning
efforts
and,
as
I
mentioned
previously,
these
three
planning
efforts
all
identify
american
legions
for
its
potential
in
connectivity
for
the
city
as
a
by
corridor
for
pedestrians
and
for
connectivity
to
green.
A
Space
so
we've
we
really
want
to
thank
all
the
neighbors
and
community
members
that
have
reached
out
to
us
and
that
through
the
years
have
been
really
involved
in
making
american
change.
We've
heard
from
you
a
lot
of
comments,
and
so
we
want
to.
We
want
to
communicate
to
you
what
we've
heard
so
far
to
make
sure
that
we
are
not
missing
anything.
Some
of
the
comments
that
we've
heard
is
that
driving
drivers
are
speeding
at
all
times
of
the
day.
A
These
things
that
we've
heard
from
the
community
are
also
a
good
on
the
louisville
streets
alliance
survey
that
they
did
this
year.
Louisville
streets
alliance
went
collected,
415
surveys
from
the
summer
between
july
and
september,
and
the
top
concerns
that
were
identified
was
speeding
and
drag
racing
over
60
of
the
surveyed
wanted
drivers
to
adhere
to
the
city's
default
speed
limit,
which
is
25
miles
an
hour.
A
A
So
hearing
from
you
and
hearing
from
the
survey
we've
developed
some
drafts
project
goals
which,
for
for
this
project,
which
would
be
a
safer
street
for
everyone.
So
american
legion
will
be
a
streets
that
where
people
drive
slower
all
day
long,
which
will
lead
to
fewer
crash
injuries,
a
street
that
is
welcoming
and
comfortable.
So
people
feel
comfortable,
walking
and
cycling
and
waiting
for
the
bus
and
a
place
that
connects
you
to
green
spaces.
B
A
So
I
want
to
briefly
go
over
some
of
the
data
that
our
engineers
have
collected
and
have
also
been
very
crucial
in
informing
the
study
and
the
goals
for
this
project.
They
collected
traffic
volumes
recorded
all
day
and
all
night
traffic
speeds
modeled.
The
traffic
flow
on
american
legion
conducted
observations
along
the
corridor
and
then
also
evaluated
the
available
crash
data.
A
So,
as
some
of
you
may
know,
safety
is
tied
to
traffic
speeds.
What
that
means
is
that
when
speeds
are
lower
and
interest
driving
the
likelihood
of
being
suffering,
a
fatal
or
severe
injury
are
lower.
So
at
20
miles
per
hour,
for
example,
the
likelihood
of
suffering
an
injury
that
is
fatal
or
severe
is
17
versus
30
miles
per
hour.
The
likelihood
goes
up
to
47.
A
As
mentioned
by
the
neighbors,
it
is
there's
an
issue
with
feeding
an
american
legion,
and
our
research
and
our
data
collection
also
shows
that
we'll
go
over
three
different
parts
of
the
corridor
and
how
the
speeds
have
affected
it.
So
at
franklin,
hill
ave
23
of
drivers
are
driving
over
35
miles
an
hour.
A
As
you
can
see
on
this
chart,
the
speed
limit
is
35.
Sorry,
it's
30
miles
per
hour.
So
in
red
you
see
everybody
who's
going
35
and,
above
as
you
can
see
it's
not
only
at
nighttime.
This
is
like
a
24-hour
look.
It's
at
all
hours
of
the
day
between
morning
street
and
walk
hill,
59
of
drivers
are
going
at
40
miles
an
hour
or
more,
and
the
speed
limit
in
that
court
in
that
part
of
the
corridor
is
35
miles.
An.
A
Hour
and
just
north
of
long
hope,
streets,
the
speed
limits
are
30
miles
an
hour
and
45
percent
of
drivers
are
going
35
miles
per
hour
or
more
and,
as
you
can
see
in
both
in
the
three
parts
or
in
the
three
charts
that
we
showed
it
is
an
all
day
issue,
not
just
during
the
night
time
or
during
the
middle
of
the
day
or
during
rush
hour.
A
And
in
a
similar,
the
data
also
shows
that
there's
a
lot
of
frequent
caches
and
serious
consequences
to
these
crashes.
As
the
neighbors
mentioned,
we've
reviewed
all
the
information
available
for
the
past
two
years.
Between
september
1st
and
august
30th
of
2020
and
all
the
pedestrian
crashes,
all
the
crashes,
I'm
sorry
all
the
crashes
that
involved
pedestrians
had
a
100
injury
rate,
all
the
crashes
that
involved
cyclists
had
a
hundred
percent
injury
rates
and
all
the
crashes
that
involved
motorists
at
50
57
injury
rates.
A
As
you
can
see,
and
well,
if
you're
joining
us
by
phone,
you
won't
be
able
to
see
it.
So
it
is
a
heat
map
that
we're
hoping
will
also
be
displayed
on
our
website.
It's
not
every
crash,
so
there's
certain
intersections
that
have
more
crashes
than
others,
but
all
along
american
region.
There
are
a
lot
of
crashes.
A
A
So
the
first
thing
that
we
wanna
do
is
create
more
time
to
cross
the
street,
currently
the
traffic
lights.
So
what
we
can
do
is
update
the
traffic
lights
to
give
more
times
to
pedestrians,
to
cross
the
street,
currently
they're
very
short,
and
so
pedestrians
are
struggling
to
get
through
from
one
side
to
the
other
in
a
safe
way.
These
changes
can
be
done
immediately
before
this
year.
A
We
can
also
do
is
reallocate
travel
lanes.
Traffic
flow
is
controlled
by
signals
and
the
pace
of
other
drivers
around
you
so
meaning,
if,
if
you
have,
for
example,
one
travel
lane
and
there's
a
car
traveling
at
a
certain
speed,
all
the
others,
cars
have
to
pass
it.
I
have
to
follow
that
speed
because
they
can't
pass
that
car.
So
by
reducing
the
number
of
trouble
lanes,
the
drivers
will
need
to
travel
at
a
lower
speed
between
signals.
A
A
A
These
bike
lanes
are
generally
would
be
wide
enough
to
ride
side
by
side
with
family
or
friends,
and
the
addition
of
these
bike
lanes
would
create
a
connection
from
the
southwest
corridor
all
the
way
to
tokyo.
A
Another
issue
that
we've
observed
has
been
safer
turns
safe.
Sorry,
turning
on
the
streets
is
sometimes
very
unsafe
at
some
intersections
drivers
trend
very
fast
and
they're,
not
able
to
see
the
people
walking
so
in
order
to
make
safer
stern
turns
what
we
can
do
is
restrict
some
of
the
locations
in
which
people
are
turning
making
the
drivers
go
to
a
signalized
intersection
to
make
these
trends.
Instead,
some
of
these
changes
can
be
implemented.
This
fall
as
well
with
some
of
the
upgrades
being
done
in
future
years.
A
We
are
also
looking
at
adding
new
crosswalks.
Some
of
the
locations
that
have
been
identified
are
near
circuit
drive
and
at
stella
road,
so
we
are
also
looking
into
studying
other
locations
such
as
near
the
haley
pilot
school.
This
requires
construction,
but
it
will
take
a
little
bit
longer
to
build.
A
Another
change
that
we
are
looking
to
do
and
can
be
implemented.
This
fall
is
pedestrian
protection
islands
in
order
for
people
to
cross
when
cars
are
turning,
you
will
have
a
space
to
wait
or
to
feel
protected
as
these
cars
are
turning
in
the
short
term,
we
can
make
these
out
of
temporary
materials,
but
they
can
also
be
built
permanently
in
the
long
term.
A
Another
issue
that
has
been
identified
is
the
accessibility
of
the
bus
stops
on
american
legion.
Currently,
the
bus
stops
ideally
are
to
be
accessible
to
all
people
with
all
different
abilities,
and
they
need
to
be
comfortable
for
people
waiting
for
the
bus,
so
we
will
be
working
with
mbta
to
locate
the
best
places
to
put
these
bus
stops
and
to
build
accessible
and
to
make
them
accessible,
we're
also
exploring
the
purchasing
of
benches.
A
So
in
the
intersection
or
in
the
section,
between
blue
hill
ave
and
morton
street,
as
you
can
see,
we've
identified
three
different
scenarios.
The
one
at
the
bottom
would
be
what
most
of
the
corridor
will
look
like
well
in
some
of
the
areas
or
this
portion
specifically,
which
is
two
separated
bike
lanes,
one
in
each
direction,
with
the
travel
lanes.
A
In
this
section,
between
morton
street
and
walk
hill
streets,
I'm
showing
we're
showing
three
different
scenarios
that
you
will
see
on
the
bike
lane.
For
example,
when
there's
a
bus
coming
and
there's
a
bus,
stop
the
bike.
Lane
will
share
the
space
with
the
bus.
Stop
so
that
you
will
the
bike.
The
bus
will
pull
in
pick
up
the
passengers
and
then
pull
out,
and
then
the
bike
lane
will
continue
to
protect
it
in
those
directions.
A
The
thing
with
the
event
will
be
similar,
and
in
this
section
you
have
to
narrow
the
streets
to
one
lane
in
each
direction
for
cars,
as
well
as
have
a
wide
enough
lane
to
write
country
as
a
cyclist
in
each
direction,
both
likely
separate
as
well,
and
once
you
get
to
the
intersection
in
walk-in
lag
here,
we're
showing
a
very
similar
scenarios
up
as
in
in
the
top
one,
which
would
be
if
there's
a
bus,
stop
the
bus
will
pull
into
the
bike
lane
or
into
that
section
to
share
with
the
with
the
cyclist
that
would
have
to
yield,
and
then
the
bike
lane
will
continue
to
protect
it.
A
So
we
are
leaving,
as
shown
enough
space
for
cars
to
turn
safely.
A
And
in
the
section
between
walk
to
lab
and
comments
highway,
we
are
also
able
to
accommodate
parking
where
possible
and
we
are
able
to
also
keep
the
turn
lanes
so
that
people
are
able
to
turn
into
the
neighborhood
streets.
A
Okay,
I
want
to
briefly
go
over
other
initiatives
and
projects
that
are
happening
near
american
region,
as
I
mentioned
at
the
beginning.
The
franklin
park
action
plan
is
currently
happening
this
this
project
or
this
action
plan,
hopes
to
imagine
and
put
interaction
with
the
next
hundred
years
from
franklin
park
will
be
like.
A
So
it
would
be
a
great
time
to
get
involved
right
now,
they're
in
the
process
of
synthesizing,
a
lot
of
the
information
that
they've
received
so
to
get
involved,
you
can
always
go
to
the
website
franklinparkactionplan.com,
and
there
will
be
information
on
their
next
upcoming
meetings
and
how
to
get
involved.
A
We
also
want
to
briefly
mention
that
blue
hill-
I'm
sorry.
I
already
mentioned
that
that
blue
bikes
has
discount
passes
available.
There's
a
free
90
day
pass
currently
for
for
anybody
who
works
in
grocery
stores,
pharmacies,
restaurants
or
shops
in
boston.
We're
offering
three
negative
passes.
You
can
visit
boston.gov,
slash
bike.share
in
order
to
find
more
information
about
this.
This
time
passes
a
lot
of
employees
in
the
city
of
boston
also
offer
employee
discounts.
A
Those
are
some
corporate
programs
and
you
can
find
information
for
that
on
bluehill,
I'm
sorry
on
bluebikes.com
and
if
you
receive
any
type
of
public
assistance,
you
qualify
for
5,
30
day
passes
or
50
annual
passes
and
for
more
information
on
on
those
passes
you
can
visit
as
before.
Boston.Gov
slash
fight
bike
share
natural.
A
We
also
want
to
provide
some
mbta
updates.
Some
september
1st.
You
will
be
paying
the
same
amount
for
a
ride
as
you
if
you
pay
for
cash
over
the
charlie
ticket,
that
is
on
paper,
as
you
were,
paying
with
a
charming
card
for
more
information
on
that
you
can
go
to
mbta.com
shares
sorry
and
there's
also
some
service,
some
bus
service
level
updates,
meaning
that
a
lot
of
buses
are
running
at
a
more
frequent
schedule
than
before,
or
they
are
running
at
a
regular
schedule
from
their
coverage
times.
A
A
Okay,
I
wanna
before
we
go
into
q,
a
let
you
know
how
you
can
stay
in
touch
with
us.
We
have
some
upcoming
events.
You
can
meet
us
in
person
for
in
some
of
our
pop-up
or
drop-in
sessions.
A
You
can
stay
as
long
as
you
need
ask
any
questions
and
review
some
of
the
material
that
we've
gone
over
today.
These
are
coming
in
the
next
few
weeks.
The
first
one
is
on
tuesday
september
22nd,
and
it
will
be
at
the
intersection
of
stellar
at
american
legion
and
we'll
be
there
from
seven
to
nine
a.m.
A
A
around
and
then
on
saturday
september,
26th
we'll
be
at
the
franklin
park
playground
on
american
legion,
so
the
closest
one
to
american
legion
from
noon
to
3
p.m,
and
then
again,
on
tuesday
september,
29th
will
be
at
the
stella
road
at
american
legion.
This
time
in
the
evening
from
4
to
so
feel
free
to
drop
and
ask
us
any
questions,
then
as
well
and
any
other
time
where
we
won't
be
in
person
or
here
originally,
you
can
visit
this
website
and
there
you'll
find
information
on
the
virtual
meetings.
A
We'll
have
the
recordings
available,
as
well
as
the
questions
that
you
ask
in
this
meeting,
you'll
be
able
to
review
materials
and
sign
up
for
our
email
list.
The
website
is
boston.gov,
slash
american
legion,
and
you
can
always
get
in
contact
with
me.
My
email
is
daniela.sanchez
at
boston.gov
or
leave
me
a
voicemail
and
I'll
get
back
to
you
at.
D
D
F
E
This
is
kim
allen.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
hosting
the
meeting.
It's
very
interesting
to
hear
about
all
of
your
great
plants,
I'm
very
interested
in
what
your
planter
or
the
rationale
for
not
including
the
section
of
american
legion
that
leads
toward
hyde
park
avenue.
I
actually
just
the
helicopters
just
stopped
roaring
around
roaring
around
there's
a
bad
accident
at
that
intersection,
and
this
is
probably
the
second
about
the
last
three
years
that
have
been
fatal
and
have
a
huge
impact
on
the
families
in
our
community
to
lose
people.
C
Sure
so
we
are
focused
on
the
section
of
american
legion
that
our
city-wide
high
crash
network.
I
understand
that
there
was
just
a
crash
there
tonight,
and
that
is
unfortunate,
but
it
is
not
in
our
our
high
crash
network.
This
section
includes
north
of
cummins
along
the
franklin
park
edge,
and
these
sections
were
identified
as
higher
priority
for
better
bike
lines
and
go
boston
2030
as
a
barrier
to
accessing
franklin
park.
We
are
not
saying
we
will
not
get
there
in
the
future.
C
We
can
always
investigate
and
add
to
it
where
we
can
evaluate
our
potential
projects
every
year,
while
developing
a
proposed
capital
budget.
D
Okay
thanks
dan,
let's
see
next
question
coming
in
is
from
james
hill
dan.
Would
you
want
to
meet
james.
G
Okay,
thanks
thanks
for
hosting
this,
my
question
has
to
do
with
the
live
music
that
starts
anywhere
from
eight
to
ten
o'clock
at
night.
It
sounds
like
when
they
have
like
carnival.
You
know
carnival
with
the
west
indian
bands
and
stuff
it's
that
loud.
I
mean
it's,
it's
ridiculous.
It
goes,
it
starts
at
10,
maybe
goes
to
12..
G
G
That
time
of
night
to
have
is
that
it's
ridiculous
to
have
that
that
music,
that
loud
at
any
time
at
any
time-
and
I
understand
from
my
state
rep
mr
holmes-
holmes-
that
the
people
who
are
responsible
for
this
don't
even
live
in
boston.
They
live
in
lawrence
and
if
they
have
vans
with
with
loud
speakers
and
that
the
the
police
were
hesitant
to
stop
it
right
away
because
they
didn't
want
to
escalate
or
anything,
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
was
defused.
G
You
know
there's
nothing,
nothing
bad
happen,
but
I
mean
I'm
wondering
why
can't
those
folks,
if
they
have
loud
speakers
on
vans,
why
can't
they
not
be
giving
tickets?
Why?
Why
can't
they
be
arrested
for
for
disturbing
the
peace
I
mean
it
just
doesn't
make
any
sense.
A
Thank
you
dad
and
thank
you
james
for
asking
that
question.
We've
definitely
heard
about
the
loud
gatherings
and
the
corridor,
and
I
understand
that
it's
very
disruptive
and
frustrating
for
the
neighbors.
A
This
project
doesn't
address
the
loud
music,
but
we
hope
that
with
reducing
the
speed
it
discourages
both
these
loud
and
dangerous
sounds
that
tend
to
happen
with
the
crashes
and
everything.
D
All
right,
next
up,
if
she's
still
here,
polly
firth,.
D
Okay,
then,
I
will
read
her
question
aloud
to
get
an
answer.
So
polly
says
I'm
a
teacher
at
brooke,
which
is
at
150
american
legion.
I
bike
to
work
and
lots
of
our
students
walk
or
take
the
tea.
Many
kids
get
off
the
bus
on
morton
street.
Will
there
be
safe
crosswalks
for
them
to
get
to
school?
Thanks
and
sorry,
I
have
to
leave
early
so
dan.
Do
you
want
to
answer
that?
One.
C
Sure
so
we
are
looking
to
add
at
least
two
new
crosswalks
along
american
legion
in
places
you've
asked
for
them
one
near
the
circuit
drive
entrance
to
franklin
hill
park
on
american
legion
and
an
additional
one
by
stella
road.
D
Pedestrians
dan
I'll
also
add
that
if
there
are
other
suggestions
for
crosswalk
locations
or
crossing
safety
to
please
let
us
know,
as
daniella
mentioned,
we
can
look
at
additional
locations
as
we
continue
this
work
in
the
civil
engineering
side.
C
F
Thank
you.
Let
me
go
so
I
can
read
it
because
I
was
driving
actually
a
second
ago,
so
I'm
excited
to
hear
about
all
these
changes.
I
really
like
all
the
ideas
that
you
guys
have
put
forward.
C
Sure
so,
unfortunately,
this
intersection
to
make
significant
changes
to
would
require
a
complete
reconstruction
of
the
whole
thing,
including
all
of
the
islands,
all
the
sidewalks
and
all
the
signals
that
are
throughout
the
the
whole
intersection,
and
this
level
of
effort
is
beyond
the
slight
signal
changes
as
well
as
the
striping
that
we
are
trying
to
put
down
quickly
as
soon
as
possible.
It
is
possible
in
future
years
that
this
intersection
will
be
prioritized
through
our
annual
capital
budget
development
process.
C
But,
more
importantly,
here
we
are
trying
to
provide
bike
connections
east
via
cummins
and
as
well
as
entirely
up
american
legion
highway,
which
should
which
should
dramatically
increase
bike
connectivity,
which
will
hopefully
get
less
more
people
off
of
the
road
and
out
of
vehicles
and
biking
along
this.
Instead
of
climbing.
D
Okay,
there's
a
next
question
is
from
mod
wright.
H
Hi
I've
been
an
american
I've
lived
on
american
legion
highway
for
over
40
years.
I
do
a
lot
of
walking,
I'm
recommended
by
my
doctor
because
of
my
age,
and
I
also
see
a
lot
of
elderly
walking
people
with
carriages
mothers
with
carriages.
H
I
see
handicapped,
disabled
people
and
it's
very
discouraging
that
several
of
the
businesses
on
american
legion
highway
and
their
car
related
businesses
park
on
the
sidewalk
and
we
have
to
walk
around
that
all
the
time
I've
submitted,
and
I
know
other
people
have
submitted
to
3-1-1
this
problem
and
it's
not
getting
better
and
it
gets
colder
you're
finding
ourselves
oftentimes
walking
into
the
street
and
it's
already
dangerous.
So
is
there
any
plan
for
notifying
the
businesses
saying
that
you
cannot
park
there?
This
is
a
sidewalk.
H
You
know
people
have
to
walk
the
end
there,
a
lot
of
people
walk
in
and
jogging,
and
it's
not
safe.
C
Yes,
thank
you
mod,
so
as
part
of
this
project
we're
trying
to
create
protected
bike
lanes
along
the
side
of
each
of
the
streets,
these
will
have
flex
posts,
as
well
as
painted
buffer
zones
to
push
vehicles
away
from
the
sidewalk.
So,
with
this
new
condition,
you
won't
be
people
who,
where
we
are
retaining
parking,
it
won't
be
directly
against
the
curb,
so
it
will
be
much
harder
for
them
to
park
on
the
curb.
C
Additionally,
I
am
trying
to
put
up
more
park,
no
parking
signs
where
it
is
necessary
so
that
people
understand
where
they
can
and
can't
park.
If
you
have
any
specific
areas,
you
think
that
are
definitely
limited.
Please
write
them
in
and
I
can
address
it,
hopefully
in
our
design.
D
So
powerful
dan
all
right,
so
we
have
a
couple
of
people
who
are
have
a
lot
of
great
questions.
So
ann
you
are
next,
I'm
happy
to
come
back
to
you.
I
know
you
have
four
questions
in
there
so
far.
So
if
you
wanna
ask
one
or
two
that
we
can
answer
now
and
we
can
come
back
to
you
once
I've
gotten
through
a
few
other
people.
I
Oh
great,
can
you
hear
me
yes?
Well,
my
first
question
is:
is
just
just
the
naming
thing
the
the
roads
that
we've
been
talking
about?
Are
the
american
legion
highway
to
cummings,
highway
they're
called
highways,
and
I
think
that's
a
very
odd
thing
to
name
a
street
that
you're
trying
to
slow
down
to
city
traffic.
I
So
my
first
question
is:
can
they
just
be
called
american
legion
road
cummings
road
street,
just
something
that
doesn't
indicate
the
people
that
they
should
be
traveling
at
a
high
rate
of
speed
on
that
stretch
of
road.
C
Sure
so.
C
So
more
than
what
a
street
is
called
its
design,
the
design
of
american
legion
encourages
fast
speeds.
Most
of
the
lanes
are
12
to
13
feet
wide,
which
is
you
know,
highway
widths
for
for
travel
lanes,
so
we're
focused
on
using
tools
to
better
control
speeds
like
narrower
and
less
lanes,
and
this
should
help
slow
down
the
the
vehicles.
Now,
that's
not
the
answer
to
your
your
question
about
name
changing,
but
that
is
hopefully
to
get
us
away
from
the
highway
connotation.
C
Unfortunately,
we
ourselves
right
now
can't
change
the
name,
but
a
large
coordinated
group
of
neighbors
may
petition
the
public
improvement
commission
for
a
name
change.
Information
on
this
process
can
be
found
at
a
website
that
I'm
not
going
to
say
out
loud
to
you,
but
it's
the
public
improvement
commission
website.
If
you,
google,
boston
public
improvement,
commission,
I'm
sure
you'll
find
it
there.
C
I
Great,
thank
you.
So
that's
that's
up
to
the
neighbors.
If
they
like
living
on
a
highway,
they
can
keep
it
yes,
if
they
don't,
they
can
work
to
change,
but
that
segues
into
my
second
question,
which
is
I
I
understand,
you're,
going
to
make
some
changes
to
the
road.
But
it's
still
a
four-lane
road.
I
I
you
know
there's
plenty
of
four-lane
roads
that
in
theory
have
25
miles
per
hour
and
they're
narrow,
I'm
thinking
of
center
street
in
west
roxbury,
where
people
are
speeding
constantly
all
the
time
and
they're
quite
dangerous,
even
though
they're
narrow.
So
what
will
change
behavior?
What
can
I
haven't
heard
a
word
about
enforcement.
You
know
I
I
just
don't
see
anyone
driving
on
a
highway.
That's
driven
on
this
road
for
decades,
probably
is
going
to
change
any
behavior.
C
You,
you
are
correct.
The
speeds
on
american
legion
highway
are
higher
than
almost
everywhere,
where
else
in
the
city.
So
what
we
can
do
is
again.
Yes,
when
there
are
two
lanes
next
to
each
other.
C
It
is
very
difficult
to
lower
the
speeds
completely,
but
by
narrowing
them
we
can
make
it
slower
and
wherever
we
can
we're
going
to
try
and
bring
it
down
to
one
lane,
which
dramatically
decreases
the
speed
that
people
are
traveling
because
you're
stuck
behind
the
slowest
person
at
that
point,
if
somebody's
following
the
speed
limit
everybody's
following
the
speed
limit
and
that's
the
best
way
that
we
can
build
physical
barriers
to
actually
have
people
stop
speeding
is
by
having
the
one
travel
lane
in
each
direction
as
far
as
enforcement,
there's
not
a
lot.
C
We
can
do
on
that
front,
but
you
can
always
call
in
and
speak
to
your
your
local
police
precinct
to
get
information
about
if
they
can
help.
You
know
deal
with
this
problem
at
high
speeding
times.
D
All
right,
we
will
come
back
for
questions
three
and
four
from
you
and
I'm
gonna
go
to
jennifer
next.
She
also
has
multiple
questions
so
jennifer.
If
you
want
to
stick
to
to
two,
which
I
think
is
actually
how
many
you
have
in
there,
we
can
get
them
both
done
now
and
then
move
to
the
next
person.
J
Sure,
thanks
and
thanks
for
this
opportunity
to
talk
to
some
folks
about
this-
I'm
a
hailey
parent
and
coordinated
the
drop
off
in
the
mornings
for
kids,
because
there
was
no
way
for
parents
to
be
able
to
pull
over
and
safely
drop
off
their
kids
without
really
horribly
backing
up
traffic
or
just
causing
a
lot
of
problems.
So
I've
seen
a
lot
of
accidents
and
I've
seen
a
lot
of
near
misses
that
have
happened
there
and
I
watch
the
drivers
every
morning
texting
the
entire
time
they're
driving
and
it's
wild.
J
So
a
couple
of
things.
Our
crossing
guard
is
asking
at
the
intersection
of
canterbury
and
american
legion
highway.
If
that
can
be
one
of
the
places
where
the
no
turn
on
red
is,
if
that
is
planned
for
for
cars
that
are
going
from
franklin
park
towards
clements
highway
they're
turning
right
there,
where
the
forest
is-
and
there
have
been
a
lot
of
near
misses,
my
nephew
was
almost
hit
by
a
car,
because
cars
are
just
flying
down
american
legion
highway
and
then
taking
a
quick
right.
C
I
can
I
can
answer
that
right
now:
okay,
so,
while
we're
out
in
the
field
that
you
know
it
matches
what
I
saw
when
I
went
up
and
down
the
corridor,
there
aren't
a
lot
of
no
turn
on
red
signs
out
there
generally.
We
include
these
turn
restrictions
at
intersections
with
exclusive
pedestrian
phase,
which
is
not
the
case
or
sorry
stephanie.
Can
you
tell
me
if
that
is
or
is
not
the
case
there?
I
apologize.
I
don't
remember
the
top
of
my
head.
J
D
We
have
been
out
there,
but,
as
everyone
knows,
it
has
been
a
while
since
school
was
in
session.
So
certainly
totally
agree
with.
What
you
have
seen
is
what
I
have
seen
just
going
through.
I
think
what
dan
is
saying
is
that
at
this
intersection
we
can
add
no
turn
on
red
restrictions.
D
So
yes,
and
also
if
you
have
other,
I
know
you
have
a
second
question
that
you
can
get
to,
but
again
a
reminder
for
everyone.
If
you
have
additional
specific
information
or
knowledge
that
you
want
to
share
with
us,
feel
free
to
be
in
touch
with
daniella.
D
Send
her
an
email
give
her
a
call
leave
a
very
long
voicemail
whatever
you
would
like
to
do,
because
the
more
that
we
hear
about
your
experiences,
the
better
that
we
can
tweak
the
design
that
we
can
do
this
fall
and
going
forward
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
as
much
of
it
as
we
can.
J
Great
thanks,
daniella.
I
will
definitely
be
calling
you
so
the
other
one
that
I'll
put
on
here,
just
because
I've
never
been
able
to
find
someone
that
can
answer.
This
is
the
bus
route
for
route
14,
so
there's
at
least
three
schools
that
are
along
this
route.
It's
brook
haley
pilot,
boston,
latin
academy,
and
it's
it.
J
I
you
mentioned
that
the
schedule
is
back
on
routine
schedule,
but
the
schedule
is
every
45
to
50
minutes,
it's
a
really
horrible
schedule
and
it
doesn't
line
up
for
when
the
schools
start,
so
kids
are
either
having
to
get
to
school
really
early
or
they're.
Late
and
kids
don't
get
an
excuse
when
mbta
buses
come
late,
they
only
get
an
excuse
for
a
yellow
bus
tardy.
J
D
I'll
take
that
question,
so
the
mbta
is
managed
by
as
a
state
agency.
So
as
the
city,
we
can
certainly
advocate
with
the
staff
there
around
schedule
changes,
but
ultimately
we
don't
make
the
decisions.
I
think
there
are
a
few
opportunities
to
engage
directly
with
the
mbta
every
month.
There
is
a
fiscal
and
management
control
board
meeting
that
I
believe,
takes
public
comments
and
you
can
speak
up
about
these
inequities
in
school
busing
during
those
meetings.
D
I
believe
that
they're,
I
know
with
the
coronavirus
things
have
changed.
There
were
supposed
to
be
some
additional
public
meetings
and
hearings
around
the
changes
to
the
bus
schedules
that
were
made
for
this
fall
schedules
can
change
quarterly,
so
definitely
recommend
advocating
to
the
t
directly
and
or
to
your
state
representatives,
and
we
will
pass
this
along
to
our
transit
team
within
btd.
D
D
C
C
C
C
Maybe
just
said
that
our
design
tool
is
significantly
lower
speeds
during
the
hours
when
people
are
walking
to
the
park
visiting
shops
and
bringing
kids
to
school.
Sorry,
if
I
sounded
a
little
robotic
reading
that.
D
D
No,
no
sorry,
not
canterbury,
king
bird,
the
other
canterbury.
C
The
other
canterbury
one
yes,
so
what
we
are
doing
in
that
location
is
unfortunately
many
of
you
have
been
down
there
there's
a
lot
of
traffic
there.
We
are
doing
everything
we
can
to
reduce
the
road
down
to
one
lane
in
some
areas
there
but
approaching
intersections,
and
between
a
couple
intersections.
We
can't
do
that
because
the
amount
of
traffic
is
just
too
high.
C
If
we
reduce
it
to
one
lane,
it
would
end
up
backing
up
to
another
intersection,
as
we
kind
of
call
breaking
the
intersection
and
then
there'll
be
cars
backed
up
in
many
different
ways,
and
we
don't.
We
can't
predict
the
traffic
gridlock
that
that
will
cause
so
right
now
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
to
lower
as
many
as
much
of
it
to
one
lane
as
we
can
in
that
area.
C
D
D
So
with
your
sorry,
40
of
residents
wanted
protected
in
continuous
bikeways,
but
your
plans
show
a
bike
lane
with
the
buses
dan.
Can
you
speak
to
that?
What
that
cross
section
looks
like.
C
C
They
do
this
a
lot
on
streets
and
until
we
have
the
until
we
can
actually
build
a
separated
bus
facility
on
the
other
side
of
the
bike
lane,
which
is
which
is
out
of
the
scope
of
this
they'll,
have
to
come
into
the
bike
lane
when
the
buses
stop,
as
was
mentioned
at
us
by
another
resident.
Those
buses.
Don't
come
that
often
so
this,
hopefully
won't
be
a
problem
that
often
for
people
biking.
D
Right
but
it
does
ensure
accessibility
for
people
who
are
using
wheelchairs
or
other
mobility
devices,
and
then
ann
was
also
wondering
about
ray's
crosswalks.
She
says
that
they
improve
accessibility
and
visibility.
C
She
is
right,
I
love
ray's
crosswalks.
Unfortunately,
the
speeds
on
this
corridor
are
right.
Now.
Sorry,
that's
not
the
right
answer.
The
the
right
answer
is
on
signalized
intersections.
We
don't!
No,
that's
not
the
right
answer
either
except
you've.
Given
me
a
face,
no.
C
D
C
There
there
are
too
many
vehicles,
unfortunately,
to
put
race
crossings
across
american
legion
highway.
That
does
not
stop
us
from
revisiting
the
future
and
putting
them
on
the
side
streets
where
people
will
be
turning
right
and
left
off
of
the
street
and
that's
what
we
do
with
a
lot
of
our
race
crossing
projects
put
them
where
people
are
crossing
on
the
left
and
right,
so
that
vehicles
are
forced
to
slow
down
and
stop,
as
well
as
providing
a
better
accessible
surface
for
people
continuing
down
the
corridor.
C
D
Now
and
just
to
be
clear,
we
don't
put
ray's
crosswalks
on
streets
that
have
the
volume
that
american
legion
does
it's
not
just
that
they're
out
of
scope,
it's
that
they're,
not
a
tool
that
we
can
use
on
streets
that
have
nearly
30
000
vehicles
a
day.
D
So
we
have
just
a
few
minutes
left
daniela.
Do
you
want
to
remind
everyone
about
how
to
find
you
and
others
on
the
team
in
the
coming
weeks
as
we're
outside
and
share
your
email
address
and
such
again.
A
My
pleasure
well,
if
I
can
get
to
this
light,
okay,
so
in
the
coming
weeks,
which
is
the
next
week
and
the
one
after
we
would
be
doing
in-person
events
or
not
events,
but
sessions
where
we
are
coming
to
the
neighborhood
and
you
can
come
visit
us,
you
can
review
the
materials.
You
can
ask
us
any
questions
on
tuesday
of
next
week,
which
is
september,
22nd
we'll
be
in
the
morning
from
7
a.m.
A
To
9
00
am
at
the
intersection
of
stella
road
in
american
region
or
near
it
on
thursday
september
24th,
which
is
next
thursday,
we'll
be
at
shendon
road
at
fairmont
heights,
which
is
the
franklin
hill
playground
and
ball
area
and
we'll
be
there
from
4
30
to
7
30.
A
on
saturday
september,
26th
we'll
be
at
the
franklin
park,
playground
on
the
one
closest
to
american
legion
and
we'll
be
there
from
noon
to
3
p.m,
and
the
tuesday
after
which
is
september.
29Th
will
be
we'll
be
back
at
stella
road
at
american
legion,
but
this
time
in
the
evening
from
4
p.m,
to
7
p.m,
so
feel
free
to
tell
your
friends
your
family,
your
neighbors,
that
they
can
come
and
hear
about
the
project
they
can
visit
the
materials.
A
They
can
ask
us
any
questions
and
you
can
stay
as
long
as
you
need
and
we'll
stay
there
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
But
if
you
can
make
it,
you
can
visit
the
website
there.
You
will
find
as
soon
as
we
get
them
up
the
virtual
meetings
as
they've
happened
along
with
the
materials,
so
you
can
review
them.
You
can
also
sign
up
for
the
email
list
and
all
this
information
will
also
be
available
in
spanish.
A
A
A
Okay,
thank
you,
everybody
for
coming.
We
really
appreciate
you
and
all
the
wonderful
questions
you
asked
us
and
again
you
will
be
able
to
review
them
and
any
questions
we
didn't
get
to
on
our
website
when
we
upload
it
and
we'll
send
an
email
reminder
to
everybody
once
the
all
the
material
is
up
on
the
website.