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Description
At this public meeting, staff from the City's Age Strong Commission joined the Public Works Department to discuss the upcoming reconstruction of Cummins Highway. We learned about “Age-Friendly Boston” and discussed street design strategies that support people as they get older. We talked about specific aspects of the Cummins Highway reconstruction project that incorporate age-friendly street design. Learn more: boston.gov/cummins-highway.
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Yes,
thank
you
jen
once
again
welcome
everyone
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
to
give
you
a
quick
update
on
the
cummins
highway
project.
If
you've
attended
this
meeting,
I'm
sure
you've
seen
these
slides
before,
but
we've
ended
the
trial
on
comments
highway
in
october
of
2021,
so
until
the
construction
or
the
reconstruction
of
this
roadway
begins
come
inside
will
be
what
it
was
prior
to
the
pilot
which
which
provided
four
travel.
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Two
four
travelings
along
the
corridor
two
in
each
direction
as
well
as
parking
during
the
last
year
we
collected
data
on
the
traffic
speeds
the
travel
times
and,
of
course
we
wanted
your
feedback
about
your
experience
and
looking
for
the
one
lane
in
each
direction.
If
you
have
any
questions
and
would
like
to
review
the
data
that
we
collected,
please
visit
the
boston.gov
backslash
cummins
dash
highway
website.
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So
with
the
cummins
highway
reconstruction,
as
I
mentioned,
your
feedback
is
very
vital.
We
cannot
produce
a
design
without
your
input.
Your
input
will
help
shape.
How
comments
how
how
come
it's
highway
will
be
for
the
next
78
70
years
and,
as
you
know,
we're
still
currently
doing
community
outreach
to
the
forum
on
the
final
design.
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So
during
the
reconstruction,
what
we
plan
to
do
is
completely
rebuild
the
street,
so
that
includes
sidewalks
new
curbs
street
lights
traffic
signals.
We
will
be
repaving
the
roadway
and
replacing
any
utilities
as
necessary.
National
grid,
I
believe,
is
still
out
there,
but
we
also
believe
we
have
some
telecommunications
that
are
that
have
reached
out
to
say
that
they
want
to
upgrade
their
utilities
along
the
corridor
as
well,
so
they'll
be
doing
that
prior
to
us
going
out
on
cummins
highway.
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C
We
did
a
series
of
listening
sessions
in
23,
neighborhoods
and
those
listening
sessions
and
surveys
and
conversations.
Then
beca
became
the
game.
The
action
page
from
the
action
plan,
umass,
boston,
gerontology,
it's
umass,
boston
on
social
and
demographic
research
on
aging
they.
Basically
they
did
all
of
our
research
for
us
and
helped
us
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
it
all
meant
and
put
it
together
for
us.
C
We
also
spoke
with
many
community
organizations
and
other
city
departments.
We
gathered
information
from
every
boston
neighborhood.
As
I
said,
we
hosted
many
different
listening
sessions
and
we
did
have
listening
sessions
in
spanish,
haitian
creole,
mandarin
and
cantonese
the
dominant
languages
in
boston
and
for
older
adults
top
three
and
then
we
had
our
survey
was
also
conducted.
It
was
also
given
in
six
different
languages.
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C
So
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
in
matapan
and
I
see
a
couple
of
people
that
I
know
on
the
caller
see
their
names
and
it's
wonderful
to
see
what
we've
done
a
lot
with
matapan
and
love
the
neighborhood
dearly.
I
think
our
listening
session
was
in
the
matapan
branch
library.
So
that
was
the
first
time
that
I
guess
we
really
got
got
data
and
heard
from
residents.
C
We
did
our
our
listening
session
in
haitian
creole
at
the
greater
boston,
nazarene
compassionate
center
and
huge.
It
was
the
largest
listening
session
that
we
had
was
incredibly
exciting.
I
remember
having
to
run
out
and
get
more
coffee
and
fish
patties
from
a
local
bakery,
because
we
ran
out-
and
I
didn't
want
everybody
to
you-
know.
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C
All
right,
I'm
also
happy
to
take
the
time
to
I
just
yeah,
so
the
listening
sessions.
We
started
with
the
same
questions
and
those
were
what
are
the
strengths
of
boston
as
a
as
a
city
to
grow
older
in
and
what
are
the
weaknesses,
and
we
asked
the
same
questions
in
every
single
listening
session,
and
so
clearly
we
heard
that
there
were
a
lot
of
advantages,
as
everyone
can
imagine.
C
Proximity
to
medical
services,
major
one
proximity
to
education,
to
cultural
opportunities
to
parks,
walkability
actually
was
a
strength
that
was
identified,
but
there
was
also
a
lot
of
weaknesses
and
areas
for
improvement,
and
one
of
the
major
findings
really
was
around
walkability
and
safe
and
maintained
sidewalks.
We
heard
a
lot
about
sidewalks
the
need
for
benches
and
the
need
to
identify
where
public
restrooms
were.
C
Another
area
was
just
to
have
information
in
multiple
languages
and
in
in
all
of
the
different
media
outlets
that
are
available
in
the
city,
and
you
know,
I
think,
there's
there's
a
high
level
of
social
isolation
amongst
older
adults
and
so
to
really
do
a
better
job
with
reaching
people
that
are
not
already
connected
or
who
may
be
dealing
with.
Health
issues
and
conditions
that
make
it
hard
for
them
to
be
connected
was
also
identified
as
a
weakness.
C
So
one
of
the
three
neighborhoods
that
we
decided
to
celebrate
the
release
of
our
action
plan
was
again
matapan
square
and
we
went
to
almond
park
and
we
shared
the
results.
We
shared
the
data
that
that
we
had
collected
and
the
major
findings,
and
we
also
at
the
same
time,
wanted
to
show
what
are
examples
of
age-friendly
and
an
age-friendly
city
age-friendly
environments.
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So
we
invited
the
clark,
fowler
farm
and
the
urban
farming
institute
to
come
and
they
gave
away
seedlings
and
plants
and
talked
about
the
clark
fowler
farm
that
wonderful
place.
We
had
a
meditation
by
a
woman
from
northeastern
that
was
also
really
wonderful
and
we
had
input
on
sidewalk
safety
as
well
as
bench
placement
at
that.
Listening
at
that
celebration,.
C
Over
the
pandemic,
we
did
a
project
to
map
age
friendly
walks,
and
this
was
a
collaboration
with
mass
general
to
address
isolation
and
the
effects
of
the
pandemic
lockdown
on
older
adults,
health
and
we
did
hear
the
desire
for
age
friendly,
walking
places
within
the
city
and
so
working
with
boston,
centers
for
youth
and
families
with
boston,
public
health,
commission,
with
parks,
sports
and
tourism
disabilities.
Commission,
we
assembled
a
group
of
walks
a
couple
per
neighborhood
where
they
were
fairly
easy
to
get
to.
There
was
parking.
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C
C
C
Actually
it's
more
than
three
so
yeah,
the
bpl
bpd
district
b3
people
don't
realize
that
most
of
our
fire
stations
and
police
stations
are
open
for
public.
The
public
restrooms
are
are
open
and
available
and
they're
deep
into
the
night.
You
know
so
people
didn't
realize
that
I
didn't
realize
that
and
then
the
bcyf
at
gallivan
boulevard
and,
of
course,
we're
always
looking
to
add
more
initially,
we
were
just
going
to
add
the
the
restrooms
that
the
city
maintains,
but
we've
also
integrated
restrooms
from
you
know.
C
Other
entities
like
boston
harbor.
Now
they
mapped
their,
they
mapped
their
restrooms
and
we've
added
those.
But
we're
looking
to
add
more.
It
has
not
been
easy.
The
last
couple
of
years
with
covet
a
lot
of
people
have
actually
closed
their
restrooms
for
public
use,
and
I
hope,
hopefully,
that's
going
to
change
back
but
clearly
we'd
like
to
have.
I
think
we
have
over
100.
We
would
like
to
have
many
more
than
that.
C
The
issue
of
benches
is
one
of
the
most
controversial
that
I
had
no
idea
what
tert
would
become.
What
was
going
to
be
that
initially
we
thought
we
would
just
put
that
in
our
in
our
plan.
It
wouldn't
be
any
any
big
deal.
Actually
we
in
our
in
our
action
plan
we
had
just
to
use
the
word,
use
the
words
places
to
rest.
We
couldn't
even
use
the
word
bench,
and
so
we
kind
of
put
it
aside
for
a
while.
C
We
thought
well,
let's
see
what
we
can
do
with
this,
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
get
some
benches.
But
we
don't
want
to
push
the
issue
right
now,
but
when
it
ended
up
happening,
was
one
of
these
fortuitous
kinds
of
partnerships
where
urban
mechanics,
the
mayor's
office
of
urban
mechanics
had
a
couple
of
fellows
that
had
come
for
the
summer
and
they
were
generous
enough
to
to
offer.
B
C
We've
also
done
a
series
of
walk
audits
with
with
vision,
zero
and
the
transportation
department
and
charlotte
fleetwood
and
her
amazing
team.
They
worked.
We
we
did
a
series
of,
I
think
we
did
three
walk
audits,
one
of
which
was
in
mattapan
square
and
also
with
the
disabilities,
commission
and
walk
boston.
Walk
boston
has
been
an
amazing
partner
for
the
city
on
range
of
things.
Benches
work
they
were
really
were
really
advocated
for
benches.
C
They
also
would
would
prepare
these
these
sheets
with
different.
You
know,
features
of
you
know
an
age-friendly,
walking,
environment
and,
and
the
audits
were
you
know,
people
could
take
the
sheet
and
sort
of
mark
it
off.
You
know
is
this:
is
this
safe?
Do
I
fee?
Is
there
broken
sidewalks?
Are
there
broken
windows
and
businesses
and
just
various
different
different
things
that
that
went
into
this
walk
audit
and
that
was
done
by
walk,
boston
and
again?
C
So
this
was
mainly
an
initiative
of
the
department
of
transportation
department
and
vision
zero,
but
we
certainly
were
in
strong
support
of
lowering
boston's
default
speed
limit
and
just
really
emphasizing
the
connection
between
driving
speeds
and
safety
for
people
of
all
ages
and
abilities,
and
knowing
that
you
know
basically
through
vision,
zero
and
the
work
that
they
did.
Just
knowing
the
you
know,
just
how
different
you
know
between
two
20
miles,
an
hour
car
going
20
miles
an
hour
being.
B
C
By
a
car
going
that
speed
versus
40,
for
example,
yeah
this
is
that
that
graph
just
a
really
dramatic
difference
and
then,
of
course,
as
an
older
adult,
I
think
these
these
numbers
are
even
higher.
So
I
don't
think
that
that's
age
that
accounts
for
age,
but
it's
you,
know
a
dramatic
difference.
So
the
the
lowering
of
the
default
speed
limit
to
25
was
a
huge
accomplishment
for
the
city
and
for
older
adults
and
the
the
placement
of
the
solar
powered
speed
feedback
signs.
C
B
C
Because
of
the
various
sidewalk
safety
issues,
and
we
really
did
a
lot
of
outreach
about
how
to
use
311
how
to
download
the
app
for
those
people
that
used
that
had
smartphones
and
once
that
app
came,
I
don't
remember
exactly
when
that
was
like
five
or
six
years
ago.
That
was
a
really
a
big,
I
think
really
accelerated.
The
city's
response
and.
B
C
All
of
our
events,
we
have
hundreds
of
events,
we
had
hundreds
of
events
per
year
in
our
department
and
we
would
be
pro
we
promoted
3-1-1
heavily
because
we
just
feel
like
it
was
a
really
good
way
for
people
to
get
to
get
some
some
immediate
changes
if
they
were
possible,
like
broken
concrete,
like
tree
roots,
tripping
hazards
obstructed
sidewalks,
so
I
think
that's
been.
That
has
been
effective.
I
believe.
B
C
The
one
of
the
students
in
our
civic
academy
was,
we
hosted
a
a
series,
actually
a
series
of
civic
academies
where
people
could
join.
I
think
was
six
weeks.
They
were
six
week
courses
and
they
would
learn
all
about
local
state
and
federal
government
and
how
to
interact
with
those
different
forms
of
government.
How
to
give
us
the
stump
speech,
how
to
advocate
how
to
find
out
about
legislation
and
effectively
advocate
for
it,
and
I
think
I
think
that
was
really.
C
I
think
people
really
enjoyed
that
it's
something
that
people
have
continued
to
a
lot
of
those
core.
The
groups
that
that
joined
the
civic
academy
continue
to
meet
and
they're
contin.
They
continue
to
be
involved
with
our
department,
and
hopefully
you
know
other
city
processes
as
well
as
a
result
of
taking
that
enrolled
being
enrolled
in
the
civic
academy.
C
C
It
was
very
unsafe
there
and
just
people
were
just
fly
by
it's
cut
through
between
blue
hill
and
columbia,
road
and
and
so
because
there
were
more
seniors
who
were
using
that
space.
They
were
very
concerned.
They
were
extremely
creative
and
really
trying
to
get
safe,
safer
crossing
there.
There
was
a
parking
lot
across
the
street.
A
lot
of
the
older
adults
would
park
there,
and
so
it
was.
You
know.
C
So
yeah
so
other
ways
that
we've
tried
to
work
with
the
various
city
departments
is
really
in
an
advocacy
basis
to
you
know
something
that
has
become.
I
believe
the
standard
practice
now
is
to
use
concrete
as
a
sidewalk
surface.
I
don't
know
that
that
was
always
the
case,
but
I
remember
when
I,
when
we
started
out
talking
about
sidewalk
safety
and
materials
and
best
best
practices.
Concrete
was
something
that
kept
being
kind
of
mentioned,
and
I
believe
now
that
the
city's
policy
is
to
use
concrete
as
much
as
possible.
C
I'm
still
doing
this
right,
okay,
so
why
age,
friendly
street
design,
so
from
aarp
who's?
One
of
our
partners,
transportation,
is
the
vital
link
that
connects
older
adults
to
social
activity,
economic
opportunity
and
community
services
that
support
their
independence.
Without
it,
people
are
less
able
to
remain
in
their
homes
and
communities
as
they
age.
C
B
C
We
also
have
done
a
lot
of
travel
training
and
and
having
older
adults
accompany
other
older
adults
on
different
bus
and
train
routes,
to
kind
of
help
with
with
demystifying
that
process
that
people
didn't
know
how
to
do
it,
especially
if
someone
had
been
recently
retired.
He
used
to
drive
a
lot
just
really,
knowing
that
our
transportation
system
has
so
much
that
you
know
clearly,
even
in
more
rural
parts
of
the
state,
don't
have
those
kinds
of
transportation
options
in
boston
does
so
another
big.
C
A
variety
of
safe,
affordable,
dependable
and
user-friendly
travel
options
enable
people
of
all
ages
to
stay,
active
and
engaged
in
their
communities,
and
if
I
could
bring
in
one
more
element,
it's
the
element
of
social
isolation
which
we
are
currently
is
one
of
our
themes
that
we're
continuing
to
work
on
in
age,
friendly
boston
is
just
knowing
that
how
dangerous
social
isolation
is
and
the
adverse
impact
on
health
and
well-being
on
health
outcomes,
mental
and
physical
and
emotional
health.
So
the
more
people
know
how
to
use
transportation.
C
B
C
C
C
Just
like
the
city
aarp
endorses
a
complete
streets
approach.
Complete
street
is
safe
for
all
users,
it's
usually
usable
by
people
of
all
ages
and
abilities
by
any
means,
including
walking,
rolling
biking,
riding
public
transit
and
driving
and
when
roads
are
safe
for
all
users,
older
adults
have
more
options
to
safely
and
affordably
get
around.
H
C
Where
the
majority
of
the
conflicts
happen
and
crashes
happen,
so
I
think
the
city
has
done
an
amazing
job
of
of
changing
out.
You
know:
curb
cuts,
making
ramps
more
accessible,
having
many
more
audible
pedestrian
signals
longer
time
to
cross
again.
That
was
something
that
we
heard
a
lot
a
lot
about
just
needing.
B
C
C
And
then
leaving
the
intersection
going
to
the
sidewalk,
a
wider
sidewalk
is
more
accessible.
Gentle
grades
are
more
supportive
for
walking.
Proper
drainage
is
very
important
when,
when
water
pools,
it
can
lead
to
more
ice,
which
is
treacherous
for
anybody,
especially
older
adults,
adequately.
Sized
tree
pits
and
tree
pits
that
are
as
much
as
possible
flush
with
the
with
the
street
again
a
clear
path
of
travel,
sufficient
lighting,
but
without
glare
and
safer
speeds,
which
can
often
be
accomplished
with
narrower
travel
wings.
C
And
then
comfort
is
also
important.
Comfort
and
support
age
friendly
designs
also
include
things
that
we've
mentioned
quite
a
bit
tonight:
benches
restrooms
water,
fountains
way
finding
and
significantly
as
well
our
street
trees.
That's
something
that
has
been
more
recent
for
our
for
our
initiative,
but
just
like
speed
has
a
disproportionate
impact
on
older
adults.
Heat
also
has
a
disproportionate
impact
on
older
adults
and,
as
we've
been
hearing
a
lot,
the
difference
between
a
street
with
trees
and
without
trees
can
be
many.
C
C
Controversial
issue,
but
yes,
older
adults,
do
bike.
My
colleague
who's
is
on
this.
In
this
meeting
tonight.
Melissa
berlin
was
recently
at
a
rally
for
an
e-bike
rally,
and
she
met
a
lot
of
older
adults
who
are
pushing
for
e-bike
legislation
and
just
like
with
any
mode
of
transportation.
There
is
a
wide
variety
of
ages
and
a
lot
of
people
have
been
biking
for
years
and
years
and
years
and
have
grown.
B
C
As
they've
been
biking,
some
people
are
taking
it,
taking
it
up
as
they
get
as
they
are
growing
older.
So
it's
a
wide
variety
and
in
matapan,
probably
many
of
you
know:
vivian
ortiz,
who
runs
the
wonderful
women's
biking,
group
and
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
bicyclists
who
are
older.
So
every
time
we
think
about
bicyclists,
we
don't
necessarily
think
of
older
adults,
and
I
think
we
should
just
that
that
older
folks
will
be
using
these
bike
lanes
and
facilities
as
well
as
other
ages.
C
G
C
Better
biking
networks,
because
there's
bike
share
programs,
there's
an
increase
in
e-bike
and
adaptive
bike
options.
The
e-bike
again
melissa
had
mentioned.
That
was
because
of
an
e-bike
and
because
of
its
adaptive
use
and
she
had
disa.
She
had
a
disability
and
was
older.
She
was
only
able
to
bike
because
of
her
e-bike
so
because
of
the
options-
and
I
think
the
city
has
done
such
a
lot
of
great
work
around
better
bike
infrastructure.
It
is
making
people
feel
that
it's
safer
to
bike.
C
B
C
C
C
Age
friendly
streets
include
accessible
transit,
well-designed
bus
stops
travel
training,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
bus
buddies
training
workshops
that
the
mbta
has
hosted
and
yeah
the
bus
buddies.
We
have
a
wonderful
new
film
that
I
should
try
to
find
and
send
to
everybody,
but
it's
on
bus
buddy's
adventure
that
our
rsvp
unit
has
produced.
C
Streets
that
are
safe
for
other
modes
are
also
age
friendly
for
driving
aarp's
planning
for
complete
streets
for
an
aging
america
advocates
for
slower
speeds,
particularly
where
drivers
and
pedestrians
interact
and
need
more
time
to
make
and
execute
decisions.
Clarity.
So
it's
easy
to
understand
how
to
navigate
safely
amongst
pedestrians,
cyclists
and
other
drivers.
C
C
Our
streets
can
contribute
to
an
age-friendly
public
realm
streets
comprise
the
majority
of
boston's
public
space.
People
interact
with
more
frequently
and
positively
when
walking
biking
and
taking
transit
again
to
go
back
to
the
social
isolation
aspect
we
talked
about
earlier
traffic
calm
streets,
provide
opportunities
for
spontaneous
interactions,
we're
always
looking
for
opportunities
for
pocket
parks,
plazas
and
gardens.
H
A
Was
so
impressed
getting
to
learn
all
about
all
the
age-friendly
initiatives?
You
and
your
team
have
been
working
on
and
very
grateful
to
get
to
age
in
a
city
where
all
these
things
are
being
worked
on
and
super
glad
that
you're
our
partners
on
all
of
our
projects
for
streets
and
particularly
in
this
project,
and
so
that's
where
I'll
kind
of
start
to
kind
of
look
at
how
we
are
working
to
incorporate
elements
of
age-friendly
street
design
in
cummins
highway.
A
So
first,
why
atrial
and
design
on
comments,
in
particular,
as
is
very
clear
from
andrea's
part
of
this
presentation?
We
care
about
older
adults
everywhere
in
the
city,
and
so
that
and
of
course,
older
adults
live
in
matapan
too,
and
in
fact
matapan
has
a
higher
percentage
of
older
adults
than
the
city
average.
A
A
All
right,
so
what
does
that
actually
look
like?
So
what
you
see
here
is
a
rendering
an
image
of
how
we're
thinking
about
in
typical
intersection
on
cummins
highway,
to
orient
you
a
little
bit
to
the
image.
The
cummins
is
the
straightaway
that's
receding
into
the
distance
there
and
to
walk
you
through
the
different
elements.
Here
the
you'll
see
there's
four
crosswalks,
that
each
approach
to
the
intersection
they're
very
visible
and
bright.
A
They
look
like
a
ladder
and,
at
the
end
of
every
crosswalk
you'll,
see
those
tactile
pads
that
andrea
spoke
of
and
they
those
tactile
pads,
are
at
the
base
of
a
curb
ramp.
Those
help
people
with
walkers
and
wheelchairs
and
canes
use
the
intersection
now
along
the
the
two,
the
pair
of
crosswalks
along
cummins
highway.
A
Those
are
going
to
be
race
crossings
and
ray's
crossings
are
instead
of
kind
of
dipping
down
and
then
dipping
up
again
as
one
crosses
the
street
as
a
pedestrian.
You
get
to
stay
at
the
same
level
as
you
enter
the
roadway
and
exit
the
roadway.
Of
course,
the
converse.
If
you're
in
a
vehicle
you're
going
to
go
up
and
then
go
down
again
and
that's
actually
a
good
thing,
that's
going
to
slow
people
driving
down
and
make
them
approach
intersections
more
cautiously
as
they're.
A
A
A
Much
more
visible
to
vehicles
also
serves
to
shorten
the
crossing
distance
and,
in
addition
to
the
curb
extensions
they'll,
also
now
only
be
two
travel
lanes
for
people
to
cross,
so
that'll
make
it
even
safer
and
then
finally,
those
curve
extensions
will
allow
us
to
include
more
green
space,
helping
with
the
heat
effect
next
slide.
Please
all
right,
so
that
image
I
just
showed
was
at
a
intersection
without
signals.
A
At
the
same
time,
when
we
do
have
signals
that
gives
us
some
additional
options
to
play
with
and
make
things
safer
there,
so
we
one
thing
as
andrea
referenced.
It's
really
important
that
we've
heard
quite
a
lot
about
is
to
have
sufficient
time
to
cross
the
street
and
not
for
someone
who
is
a
jogger.
G
A
A
A
And
making
sure
that
those
are
top
notch,
the
one
of
the
most
important
things
is,
we
know,
is
to
make
sure
that
the
stops
are
physically
long
enough
for
the
bus
to
pull
all
the
way
to
the
curb
and
out
of
the
travel
lane
and
once
riders
do
leave
the
bus
they'll
have
a
much
safer
pedestrian
environment
to
get
to
their
destination.
With
all
of
those
improvements
to
crosswalks
that
I
went.
G
A
A
F
D
So
the
answer
of
to
that
means
more
than
likely.
Yes,
I
we're
not
planning
on
proposing
just
one
species
of
trees
along
the
corridor
that
what
species
we're
planning
to
propose
are
still
to
be
determined
but
yeah
we're
looking
at
proposing
trees
that
will
thrive
along
the
corridor,
the
parks
we're
working
with
the
parks
department.
D
As
you
know,
I
mean
from
one
of
our
previous
meetings:
they
they
are
looking
at
revamping
their
plan,
their
their
urban
forest
plan
for
the
city,
so
we're
working
with
them,
we'll
have
more
information.
We'll
definitely
share
that
with
the
community,
but
as
of
right
now
we
don't
have
a
full
lace
landscape
plane
that
kind
of
identifies
what
speeches
we
are
along
the
corner
that
usually
comes
during
the
around
the
75
percent
design.
D
D
That's
the
discussion
that
we're
having
internally
in
terms
of
funding
and
and
where,
where
the
best
locations
will
be
but
yeah
I
mean
we're,
we're
we're
we're
hoping
that
we
can
have
the
mbta
maintain
the
show,
the
new
shelters
that
we're
hoping
to
propose
along
the
quarter.
Random
bus
stops.
I
I
know
public
works.
We
are
working
on
implementing
a
new,
I
guess
programming
initiative
where
they
do
snow
removal
at
certain
locations.
D
So
they
are
looking
at
at
providing
those
services
throughout
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
think
what
would
be
important
is
residents
contacting
us.
I
mean
through
3-1-1
to
put
in
those
requests
the
yards.
We
look
at
them
whenever
there's
a
snow
event,
not
during
the
snow
event
generally
after
but
yeah
just
reach
out
to
the
city,
the
311
and
let
us
know
what
the
issues
are
in
terms
of
maintaining
or
removing
snow
at
these
locations.
G
G
G
G
The
police
department
does
not
allow
you
to
use
the
public
backgrounds.
Let's
just
say
that
b3
does
not
allow
anybody,
the
general
public
to
use
the
bathrooms
the
public
library
does,
but
I
don't
even
know
how
many
people
in
mattapan
actually
know
where
the
gallivan
bcyf
community
center
is.
I
know
where
it
is,
but
it's
so
far
into
the
development.
G
G
C
Yeah
I
mean
I'm
not,
I
don't
disagree
with
barbara,
so
you
know
I
was
asked
tonight
to
talk
about
the
age-friendly
features
to
the
city.
So
it's
not
exactly
misinformation.
It's
that
they're.
Well,
our
understanding,
honestly
from
property
management
is
that
all
the
police
stations
are
open.
So
if
b3
is
not
open,
then
that
is
a
problem,
because
that's
why
we
included
city
run
facilities
because
we
didn't
want
to
be
putting
things.
C
You
know
on
our
map
that
that
you
know
a
business
owner
was
later
going
to
say:
no,
you
can't
use
it,
so
we
wanted
to
have
city
run
facilities
and
those
were
cleared
with
operations
and
with
with
the
public
facilities.
So
that
is
a
problem
for
us
that
that
that,
if
you're
saying
that
that's
not
allowed
so
b3
is
one
of
the
best
in.
C
What
they
do
for
older
adults,
so
I'm
I'm
quite
surprised.
So
it's
something
that
I'll
look
into
and
in
terms
of
so
I'm
trying
to
think
of
the
other
things
you
were
saying
about
bus
shelters.
You
know
again,
that
is
the
mbta
not
to
put
that
on
them,
but
they
do
maintain
those
we.
It
seems
like
a
small
thing,
like
the
few
things
that
we've
been
able
to
do
like
benches,
that
we've
been
able
to
do
it.
C
You
know
it's
not
like
everybody
wants
one,
but
again
we
do
have
some
there
and
we
work.
We
will
have
more
as
well.
We
have
about
29
coming
soon,
so
I
know
it
doesn't
maybe
seem
like
a
lot
right
now,
but
we
are
laying
the
groundwork
and
when
we're
talking
about
age-friendly
cities,
these
are
the
elements
that
help
whether
you're
gonna
see
that
that
it's
totally
age-friendly
you
know
no,
like.
I
said
we
couldn't
even
use
the
word
bench
five
years
ago,
so
it
doesn't
happen
quickly.
I
wish
it
could.
C
I've
spent
many
many
very
frustrated
days
weeks
wishing
things
could
happen
more
quickly
and
then
asking
about
why
it
wasn't
mentioned
at
the
meeting.
I
don't
really
know
I
don't
know
you
know.
There's
not
always
age
friendly
is
is
a
special
initiative
and
the
mayor's
advisory
council
doesn't
probably
hear
all
the
things
that
we
do
only
because
it's
kind
of
seen
as
a
little
bit
of
a
geeky
kind
of
initiative.
That
is
not
you
know.
C
C
A
A
I
I
will
say
we
did
and
that
these
this
conversation
series
so
definitely
not
there's
an
element
of
that,
although
I
do
want
to
say
that
we
did
send
out
an
email
of
course
about
this
meeting
today,
and
we
do
that
because
we
find
that
people
a
lot
of
people
sign
up
video
if
you
send
out
a
blast
the
day
of.
At
the
same
time,
we
did,
as
I
think,
stephanie
put
in
the
chat.
D
Yeah
and
I'll
also
add
that
I
mean
I
mean
we-
this
is
essentially
new
for
us.
I
mean
we're
doing
a
huge
amount
of
engagement
for
the
comments
highway
project
I
mean
this
is
this
is
new
for
for
my
division,
my
department,
but
yeah.
Maybe
we're
definitely
trying
to
have
a
better
relationship
with
the
community
if
there
are
any
questions
or
issues
that
you
have
in
regards
to
some
of
the
things
that
we're
showing
and
things
that
you're
not
familiar
with.
D
I
mean
age
friendly,
a
strong
initiative
that
the
city
is
working
with,
definitely
reach
out
to
us
and
we're
happy
to
share
those
those
concerns
and
and
that
feedback
with
the
with
our
respective
divisions.
I
mean
it's
it's
more
of
just
sharing
information
and
putting
everyone
with
the
right
in
touch
with
the
right
people
that
can
provide
you.
I
mean
with
I
mean
any
information
or
services
that
the
city
provides
it's
it's
definitely
trying
to
do
a
better
job
at
it
and
it
means
it's
work
in
progress.
H
Thank
you,
hello.
Everyone,
I'm
not
too
far
from
cummings
highway.
I
actually
live
on
almond
street,
the
same
street
of
the
park,
and
so
I
use
cummings
very
often
one
thing
that
kind
of
bothered
me
somewhere
within.
Maybe
it
was
in
andrea's
presentation
I
heard-
or
maybe
it
was
yours
jeffrey
somewhere.
I
just
heard
something
about
yeah
when
they
were
given
an
a
breakdown
of
the
different
intersections
with
the
arrows.
Who
did
that
just
now,
someone
did
that
yeah
yeah.
B
H
Heard
the
word
and
the
streets
will
be
a
little
will
be
a
little
more
narrower,
and
I
said-
oh
my
god
now,
as
I'm
looking
at
this
picture
of
what's
next
and
coming
for
cummings
highway
right
now
we
have
two-way
traffic
as
well
as
we
have
parking
on
the
side
and
it
seems
logical
and
I'm
just
a
little
concerned.
As
we
look
more
into
the
plans,
you
you,
I
don't
think
we
need
to
make
them
narrower
so
and
and
hello.
D
D
We're
we're
reducing
the
number
of
travel
lanes,
but
for
what
we're
planning
to
do
is
actually
effectively
make
them
a
little
bit
wider,
so
they're
they're
they're,
going
from
10
feet
to
wide
to
11
feet.
I
know
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
did
hear
from
the
community
was
that
they
may
not
have
felt
comfortable.
You
mean
coming
up
like
like
getting
out
of
their
cars.
It's
like
the
cars
were
kind
of
too
close,
so
that
that
11
foot
width
for
the
travel
lane
will
provide
a
little
bit
more
comfort.
D
I
I
think
what
we
look
at
and
when
it
comes
to
traffic,
we
don't
want
the
lanes
to
be
too
wide,
because
then
drivers
become
a
little
bit
too
comfortable
where
they
can
speed.
So
we
try
to
find
that
balance.
I
think
between
10
feet
and
12
feet.
I
mean
some
locations
and
some
streets
around
around
the
city.
You
mean
you
might
find.
D
H
Yeah,
well,
I'm
looking
forward
to
see
more
of
the
visual
things
and
well,
first
of
all,
similar
to
what
barbara
said.
I
hope,
as
we
have
more
meetings
about
this,
we,
the
residents,
get
advanced
notice
in
a
time.
I
just
got
it
through
another
friend
today
that
the
meeting
was
at
6
30.,
I'm
glad
I'd
made
it.
If
I
had
not,
I
would
have
been
a
little
upset
because
I
hadn't
heard
about
it.
H
H
I
Yes,
yes,
my
name
is
linda
and
I'm
part
of
the
west
selden
street
neighborhood
association
and
our
church
is
on
cummins
highway
born
again
evangelist
outreach
ministry
and
as
far
as
the
speeding
goals
on
coming
highways,
they
have
hit
a
couple
of
our
members:
cars,
speeding
down,
cummins
highways,
so
I'm
glad
you're
not
gonna,
make
it
any
narrower
that
you're
gonna
widen
it
a
little
bit.
But
you
know
the
plan
sounds
good,
but
I'm
in
agreement
with
the
other
two
barbara
and
the
lady.
I
That
just
spoke
that
you
need
to
engage
the
community
into
what's
happening
because
you
do
have
you
know
you
do
have
people
that
want
to
participate
and
it
wasn't
for
barbara.
I
would
not
have
known
about
the
meeting
tonight
either
and
she's
very
informative.
She
tries
to
keep
the
community
informed
about
what's
happening
in
the
metapan
area.
A
A
All
right,
yes
yeah,
so
this
conversation
series
has
been
going
on
since
june
2021,
although
our
first
public
meeting
was
in
2019
in
2021,
we
began
having
these
monthly
conversations
on
different
topics
that
are
all
informing
the
cummins
design
and
to
get
the
word
out
about
these.
We've
been
going
on
cummins
highway
and
walking
up
and
down
the
corridor.
Handing
out
flyers
talking
to
people
about
what
they're
seeing
encouraging
them
to
attend.
These
meetings.
A
G
A
Wanted
to
that's
kind
of
the
way
we've
been
kind
of
socializing
this
and
we've
had
a
lot
of
really
really
great
conversations
you
can
we'll
get
to
this
later
in
the
conversation,
but
you
can
access
all
of
these
previous
conversations
on
our
website.
You
can
listen
to
the
recordings
or
just
flip
through
the
presentations
and
as
always,
you're
welcome
to
reach
out
to
us.
With
with
questions
you
may
have,
jeff's
email
will
be
later
on
in
the
presentation.
J
J
Hi,
my
name
is
ioma.
I
live
on
cummins
highway.
I
actually
live
right
by
that
intersection
that
you
showed
in
your
presentation,
and
I
just
wanted
to
piggyback
off
of
all
the
accidents
that
happened
on
commentary,
because
several
cars
have
actually
hit
my
house
over
the
past
10
years,
and
I
really
think,
when
you're
doing
the
assessment
of
these
accidents,
that
we
need
to
reconsider,
where
we
have
the
lights
lights
on
coming
highway
or
maybe
consider
speed
bumps
or
something
because
people
really
take
the
word
highway
and
think
that's
what
it
is.
J
And
I
just
I
worry
about
the
cars
that
come
up
on
the
curb
you
know
not
just
about
our
ultra
population,
but
about
our
children
too,
that
come
from
school
and
I
see
children
passed
by
my
house
every
day
coming
off
the
bus.
It
could
be
anybody
on
that
sidewalk.
So
many
cars
just
come
up
on
the
curb.
So
I
just
I
worry
about
that
too.
D
D
Okay,
yes
yeah.
No,
that
is
one
of
the
locations
that
we
are
looking
at.
Unfortunately,
I
don't
think
that
intersection
warrants
a
traffic
signal,
but
we
are
designing
that
intersection
to
make
it
safer
for
for
pedestrians
and
also
to
slow
down
vehicles
coming
around
that
corner
or
enter
incumbents
highways.
You
can
see
I
mean
we
are
proposing
raised
crossings
on
the
approaches
so
on
savannah
and
rugby
there'll
be
a
race
crossing
which
will
require
vehicles
to
kind
of
slow
down
before
entering
the
cummins
highways.
D
I
think
that's
what
the
main
issue
is.
Is
cars
are
just
literally
just
rushing
into
the
intersection,
and
it's
it's
it's
a
bit
weird
because
I
mean
it
is
a
t
intersection
and
it
shouldn't
be
so
many
accidents
at
this
location
because
it
means
this
is
essentially
a
90
degree,
90
degree
intersection.
But
what
we're
seeing
is
that
cars
are
just
just
not
being
responsible.
Drivers
aren't
being
responsible
when
entering
here,
so
with
the
with
the
raised
crossings.
E
Hi,
my
name
is
mel
dean.
I
live
off
of
cummings
highway
on
rockingham
road.
I
just
had
a
question
about
the
side
streets
so
like
rockingham
is
one
of
the
side
streets
on
coming
high
highway
and
one
like
when
you're
coming
on
to
or
like
merging
onto
cummings
highway.
The
speeding
factor
is
an
issue
with
and
then
also
seeing
the
pedestrians.
D
D
E
D
Yeah,
no,
the
buses
they'll,
be
sharing
the
travel
lanes
with
the
vehicles,
but
when
they're
pulling
over
to
pick
up
passengers,
they
will
be
pulling
over
to
the
side,
so
there
aren't
any.
I
mean
I
know
this.
This
plan
is
showing
in
lane
bus
stop,
but
it
will
not
be.
We
will
not
be
proposing
any
in-lane
bus
stops
as
part
of
this
project.
F
B
F
So,
where
you
see
the
chat,
you'll
see
something
that
says
who
can
see
your
messages
recording
on
and
underneath
it
is
where
you
would
type
to
enter
a
chat.
There
are
three
dots
next
to
the
smiley
face.
If
you
click
on
that
you'll
see
this
save
chat,
which
you
can
click
and
it
will
save
as
a
text
file
you'll
want
to
be
careful
about
choosing
where
it's
safe,
so
that
you
can
find
it
later.
F
D
D
It
would
essentially
due
to
deflection,
would
require
vehicles
to
try
also
travel
at
a
slower
speed,
we're
working
on
on
finalizing
this
this
design
in
order
to
provide
a
safe
and
safe
accommodations
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists,
and
to
kind
of
get
through
this
intersection,
but
I
mean,
for
I
mean,
if
there's
any
specific
questions
about
the
roundabout.
This
is
this
is
the
direction
that
we're
going
in
direction
that
we're
going
in
in
regards
to
this
project.
D
It
is
my
understanding
it
is
safer
than
providing
any
traffic
civilized
intersection
and
nasa
and
actually
would
be
more
of
an
improvement
in
terms
of
reducing
the
travel
speeds
along
cummins
highway.
I
think
what
we
discussed
previously,
you
know
in
the
past
is
that
putting
the
traffic
signal
here,
because
of
most
of
the
traffic
being
on
cummins
highway.
The
the
light
would
effect
would
effectively
be
green.
Most
of
the
time
for
comings
highway,
so
vehicles
you
may
wouldn't
be
able
to
would
there
wouldn't
be
any?
D
In
fact
there
wouldn't
be
any
deflection
to
to
slow
them
down,
but
this
round
about
entering
the
roundabout,
you
would
require
to
kind
of
slow
down
in
order
to
go
around
it
and
also
the
plus.
I
mean
you
have
a
a
u-turn
if,
if
you
need
to
take
a
u-turn,
that's
also
a
a
benefit
of
providing
a
roundabout
at
this
intersection.
E
D
F
Jen
tossing
another
one,
your
way
just
from
marilyn
in
the
chat
she
recommends
or
she
she
shares,
and
I
agree
with
her
that
you
know
we
can
never
over
communicate
about
meetings
and
jeff.
You've
also
been
involved
in
promoting
the
meetings
from
day
one
for
this
project,
so
just
she's,
suggesting
that
we
use
libraries,
community-based
organizations,
the
health
center
neighborhood
groups,
businesses,
the
food
basket,
laundromats
hair
salons
to
help
promote
also
churches,
bodegas,
there's
a
very
long
list
to
help
promote
the
meeting.
B
A
D
Yeah
no,
not
to
thank
marilyn.
I
mean
we're
we're
happy
to
do
what
we
can
to
kind
of
help
promote
more
more
residential
historians
and
constituents.
You
mean
to
attend
our
meetings,
we're
not
trying
to
do
this
in
a
vacuum
or
anything
like
that.
We've
definitely
we've
definitely
done
a
a
better
job.
Since
stephanie
and
jenna
have
joined
us
in
regards
to
community
engagement
and
reaching
out,
as
as
jen
mentioned,
you
mean
we,
we
send
out
postcards
and
also
mailings
to
over
four
thousand
addresses
in
in
the
mattapan
area.
D
I
mean
along
cummins
highway
and
also
the
adjacent
streets
we
do
have.
If
you
have
an
email
address,
please
you
mean
go
to
the
the
boston.gov
cummins
dash
highway
website.
You
can
enter
your
email
address
and
we'll
we'll
send
any
up.
We
send
every
all
our
updates
in
regards
to
this
project
to
those
email
addresses.
So
please
join
our
our
contact
list.
We've
in
the
past.
We
have
done,
we've
gone
out
and
fliered
in
neighborhood.
I
don't
know
how
much,
how
much,
how
effective
they
were.
D
H
A
D
Yeah
we're
still
doing
it,
we're
we're
firing,
but
we've
we've
gone
to
american
food
basket.
We've
gone
to
abcd,
I
mean
we
tried
reaching
out
to
to
the
church
along
the
church.
Well,
I
think
one
of
the
churches
along
cummins
highway
at
I
believe,
rexford
road,
so
we're
we're
out
there
we're
trying
to
spread
word
but
yeah,
but
this
is
a
continuing,
a
continuing
conversation.
D
We're
not
done
yet
in
terms
of
community
engagement,
we're
still
meeting
with
the
community.
I
think
we
we
have
a
plan,
a
community
engagement
plan,
to
to
continue,
I
think,
into
I
think,
october
november
of
this
year,
so
I
mean,
as
I
mentioned,
I
mean
definitely
keep
your
ear
to
the
wire,
because
we
are
sending
out
notifications.
We
are
sending
out
postings,
but
I
mean,
most
importantly,
definitely
join
our
emailing
list.
It's
the
easiest
way
to
contact
you
and
we
and
we
we
send
out.
F
All
right,
I
I'm
just
gonna,
go
back
to
the
presentation
quickly,
so
that
jen
can
wrap
things
up
so
or
I
will
wrap
them
up
for
her.
So
we,
as
mentioned,
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
engagement.
Obviously
we'll
continue
to
do
more,
just
a
quick
recap
of
everything
that
you'll
be
able
to
find
on
our
website.
F
So
we
started
these
virtual
series
last
june,
where
we
talked
first
with
charles
brown,
elijah
evans
from
vicente
bombs
and
an
urban
planner
who
spoke
about
the
limitations
on
black
residents
of
boston
and
of
america
based
on
policies,
police
and
polity.
Charles
brown
can
be
found
on
twitter
at
his
website.
Equitablecities.Com
he's
also
launched
a
podcast
that
covers
and
goes
into
more
detail
on
a
lot
of
the
topics
that
we
discussed
in
june.
F
B
F
Following
that
conversation,
we
are
able
to
work
together
with
the
environment
department
and
the
office
of
nurbur
mechanics
to
install
the
very
first
air
quality
sensors
that
the
city
owns
on
city
streets.
We
installed
eight
of
them
on
cummins,
highway
to
start
measuring
data
before
construction,
we're
hoping
to
learn
after
construction.
You
know
what
the
changes
have
been,
but
we're
also.
This
is
very
much
a
pilot.
It's
the
first
time
that
we're
putting
them
up.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
residents
feel
like
this
is
helpful
to
them.
F
In
august
we
had
a
co-hosted
meeting
with
plan
with
the
boston
planning
and
development
agency
and
specifically
the
plan
matapan
team.
So
we
talked
about
how
cummins
fits
into
the
larger
planning
efforts
for
the
neighborhood,
and
at
that
time
you
know,
we
heard
a
lot
about
the
trial
and
needing
to
be
proactive
and
working
with
a
number
of
partners,
and
I
hope
you
see
that
we
have
been
bringing
in
people
from
many
different
departments
since
then
to
talk
about
how
we're
working
together
for
this
design.
F
In
january,
coming
back
from
our
holiday
break,
we
talked
about
our
bus
stops
and
where
we
plan
to
place
them
on
the
court
or
some
of
the
feedback
that
we've
heard
that
we
changed
the
design
to
better
match.
But
we
also
talked
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
do
to
make
sure
bus
stops
are
accessible,
which
jen
covered
again
this
evening,
and
then
in
february
we
talked
about
street
trees
and
the
urban
forest
plan
that
is
coming
through
the
boston
parks
and
recreation
department
in
partnership
with
the
environment
department.
F
So
we're
really
excited
to
see,
what's
coming
out
of
that,
and
obviously
we'll
continue
working
very
closely
with
the
parks
department
and
the
street
tree
team
to
plan
for
both
preserving
the
existing
trees
on
cummins
highway
and
to
make
sure
that
new
trees
can
thrive
for
the
long
term
and
then,
in
march.
Just
last
month
we
talked
about
intersection
design
across
the
city
and
how
we're
applying
that
to
cummins
highway.
F
How
we
are
adjusting
the
design
to
understand
some
of
your
concerns
around
traffic,
and
we
also
talked
in
a
little
bit
more
detail
about
that
modern
roundabout.
That
jeff.
Just
talked
about
this
evening
and
I'll
take
this
moment
to
note
that
at
our
traffic
signals
there
are
more
than
two
lanes.
There
are
usually
at
least
three
and
then
at
some
locations
there
are
four.
F
F
We
will
also
be
sending
a
postcard
to
our
4000
plus
addresses
that
are
near
the
cummins
highway
area
and
we'll
be
sending
information
via
email
and
if
you
were
registered
for
tonight's
meeting,
you
will
be
added
to
the
email
list.
If
you
weren't
already
on
the
email
list,
and
we
will
make
sure
to
double
down
on
sharing
information
with
everyone,
so
I
hope
you'll
join
us.
Next
month,
we
will
be
joined
by
the
staff
from
the
persons
for
disabilities.
A
A
A
A
A
A
There's
also
a
construction
training
program.
I
believe
this
isn't
just
use.
It's
more
broad
looks
like
a
bunch
of
really
fascinating
classes
and
so
check
that
out,
there's
going
to
be
a
naponset
river
cleanup,
although
actually
that
has
already
passed
so
scratch
that
sorry,
okay,
love
your
block
mini
grants.
The
city
is
again
providing
up
to
3
500
in
funding
for
community
beautification
projects.
All
of
these
pictures
were
ones
that
I
believe,
are
in
mattapan
or
nearby.
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A
A
And
this
was
a
late-breaking
addition
to
the
lineup
tonight.
Our
colleagues
at
the
disabilities
commission
opportunity,
there's
gonna,
be
a
forum
on
may
11th
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
government
officials,
learn
about
different
accessibility
initiatives
and
provide
input
into
the
priorities
coming
up.
A
With
that
we'd
love
it
if
you'd
stay
in
touch
with
us.
I've
put
in
this
well,
both
we'll
put
in
the
chat
and
in
the
slides
here
are
links
to
the
aged
strong
commission
website
the
email
address
and
then
for
the
cummins
highway
reconstruction
project
the
website
and
how
to
sign
up
for
the
first,
the
link
there,
the
bitly
backslash
comments.
15,
is
an
opportunity
to
book
15
minutes
with
someone
on
the
project
team
and
and
then
also
there's
jeff's
email
there.