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From YouTube: American Legion Virtual Meeting 2020-0910
Description
Virtual Meeting held on September 10th at 12:00 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.
B
Everyone,
my
name
is
daniela,
I
guess
we'll
get
started
with
the
presentation
we
just
wanted
to
give
in,
as
jen
mentioned
a
few
minutes
to
everybody
who
is
still
figuring
out
how
to
log
into
webex.
B
As
john
mentioned,
if
you
haven't,
had
a
chance
to
complete
the
census,
please
do
so
it's
10
questions
and
it
takes
less
than
10
minutes.
Any
questions
that
you
may
have
please
ask
in
the
q
a
box
and
we
will
get
to
them
towards
the
end
of
the
presentation.
There
will
be
a
time
for
question
and
answers.
As
mentioned
again,
your
microphone
and
camera
are
off
so
that
we
can
go
through
this
presentation
and
then
we
will
go
through
a
q.
B
A
this
meeting
will
be
recorded
and
will
be
available
to
review
laughter,
and
if
you
have
any
questions,
you
can
always
go
to
our
website.
Awesome.Gov
american,
well,
american
legion.
As
you
see
there
and
or
you
can
contact
me
at
daniela.sanchez,
boston.gov
and
again.
A
B
So,
thank
you
all
for
coming.
This
is
a
presentation
about
american
legion
and
how
do
we
get
safer
and
slower?
I
will
go
briefly
through
an
introduction.
C
I
apologize,
I
don't
know
how
to
change
to
presenting
myself
on
the
top,
but
my
name
is
dan
marrow.
I'm
an
engineer
on
the
project
working
with
daniella
on
the
american
legion
highway
at
btd.
D
A
Thank
you,
john.
E
Hi
there,
john
monicelli,
I'm
the
other
engineer
on
our
active
transportation
team
working
with
jan
murrow
and
daniella
the
american
legion
project.
B
Okay,
so
in
today's
meeting
we
will
go
over
what's
informed
our
work
so
far,
including
the
many
comments
that
we've
received
from
the
public,
the
safety
tools
that
we
can
use
in
american
legion
in
a
more
short-term
and
long-term
basis,
the
near-term
strategies,
design
strategies
that
we
can
implement
on
this
corridor
and
other
projects
and
initiatives
that
are
around
happening
around
american
region.
B
B
Okay,
so
this
is
what
you'll
see
in
the
slide
is
american
legion,
and
this
is
the
area
that
we
are
studying
from
blue
hill
ave
to
cummins
highway
in
blue.
You
will
see
the
intersections
with
an
s
is
if
they're,
signalized
and
unsignalized
intersections
that
are
along
the
corridor.
B
There's
been
planning
efforts
around
american
legion,
which
includes
greenland's
boston,
which
discussed
creating
parks
paths
for
all
people
of
all
ages
to
connect
different
parks
around
boston,
the
boston,
the
go
boston,
2030
plan,
which
is
our
transportation
plan,
which
informs
our
our
vision
for
the
city
of
boston
to
create
more
equitable
travel
choices
and
the
franklin
park
action
plan
which
essentially
is
working
towards
determining
what
franklin
park
will
look
like
for
the
next
30
years.
B
So
both
the
three
of
the
three
lands
have
identified
american
region
as
an
important
corridor.
Green
links,
as
you
can
see.
On
the
left
hand,
side
of
your
screen
identifies
it
as
a
great
connector
to
other
to
green
spaces
because
of
its
location.
Next
different
than
park
and
its
connectivity
to
to
other
green
spaces.
B
B
We've
heard
from
you
that
the
drivers
are
speeding
at
all
times
of
the
day.
The
drag
racing
is
a
very
large
issue,
they're
just
keeping
the
neighbors
up
at
night
and
it's
causing
a
lot
of
damage
on
the
corridor.
We
we've
also
heard
that
there's
a
lot
of
crashes
happening
continuously.
That
walking
doesn't
feel
safe,
that
just
essentially
being
an
american
region,
doesn't
feel
safe
for
any
users,
but
that
walking
especially,
doesn't
feel
safe
and
doesn't
allow
you
to
access
resources
by
foot
that
are
on
the
corridor,
and
that
biking
is
very
scary.
B
B
This
will
include,
you
know,
for
drivers,
for
pedestrians
and
for
cyclists,
that
is
comfortable
and
welcoming
for
all
types
of
ages
and
people
and
abilities,
and
that
connects
to
green
spaces,
not
only
the
great
ones
that
are
around
american
legion,
but
also
to
other
the
connection,
not
only
in
the
community
that
is
around
american
legion,
but
also
to
other
areas
around
town
such
as
mattapan,
rosendale,
rochester
and
beyond.
B
So
I
wanted
to
go
over
briefly
the
information
that
we
have
been
gathering
and
the
research
that
has
been
done
to
inform
this
project.
We've
collected
traffic
volumes
and
recorded
all
day
and
all
night
traffic
speeds
we've
modeled.
The
traffic
flow
that
currently
exists
and
conducted
observations
along
the
corridor
as
well
as
evaluated
the
available
crash
data
over
the
past
two
years,
and
we
will
go
over
that
data
that
we've
gathered
so
far.
B
Okay,
so
I
think
it's
important
to
mention
that
safety
is
very
much
tied
to
traffic
speeds
when
so
the
cities
overall
for
a
lot
of
the
city
streets,
it's
25
miles
an
hour
at
25
miles
an
hour,
there's
a
30
likelihood
of
having
a
fatal
or
severe
injury
when
you're
involved
in
a
crash
at
30
miles
an
hour
that
goes
up
to
almost
50
percent
and
if
it's
less
than
20
or
if
it's
at
20
the
likelihood
is
17
percent.
B
So
what
we've
learned
is
that
it
is
too
easy
to
speed
on
american
legion.
So
one
of
the
first
places
that
we
did
speed
accounts
were
was
franklin
hill
avenue,
where
23
of
the
drivers
are
traveling
at
over
35
miles
or
more.
As
you
can
see
on
this
chart,
the
speed
limit
for
this
area
is
30
miles
an
hour
on
in
red
orange
and
yellowish.
B
You
will
see
that
those
are
the
drivers
that
are
going,
10
speeds,
10
miles
per
hour
or
above
the
speed
limit
and
then
in
blue
is
add,
speed,
limit
or
five
between
the
first
five
miles
an
hour
that
you're
speeding.
B
At
the
intersection
of
mourne
street
and
walk
hills,
sorry,
so
the
second
count
we
conducted
was
an
american
legion
between
morton
and
walk
hill.
Here,
the
speed
limits
are
35
miles
an
hour
as
you
can
see
by
the
red
and
the
lighter
red
orange
color.
It's
over
59
of
the
drivers,
who
are
speeding
and
traveling
over
40
miles
an.
B
B
And
in
the
the
third,
the
third
count
that
we
did
was
on
american
legion,
just
north
of
mount
hope
street,
and
here
45
percent
of
drivers
were
going
35
miles
an
hour
or
more,
which
is
again
five
miles
over
or
more
the
speed
limit
which
is
listed
at
30..
B
This
is,
we
looked
at
also
the
crashes
that
are
happening
on
american
legion.
This
is
for
the
past
two
years.
We
reviewed
all
the
data
that
is
available
currently,
so
this
is
a
heat
map,
so
you
will
be
able
to
see
sort
of
where
they're
most
concentrated,
so
the
dots
that
are
in
purple
and
in
blue
are
where
there
was
a
pedestrian
or
a
bicyclist
crash,
and
from
the
data
that
we've
gathered
there,
we
found
that
any
crashes
that
involve
pedestrians
are
cyclists.
B
100
of
them
resulted
in
injuries,
which
means
that
an
ambulance
had
to
be
called
in
and
the
person
had
to
be
taken
to
a
hospital
or
for
treatment,
and
that
was
also
the
same
case
for
motorist
crashes,
57
of
the
time
which
is
very
high
in
comparison
to
other
streets
around
boston
and
the
only
reason
why
you
see,
maybe
one
dot
or
two
that
doesn't
see,
say
the
frequency
they're
just
piling
on
each
other.
B
Okay,
sorry,
so
before
we
move
on
to
our
safety
toolkit,
I
want
to
briefly
sort
of
emphasize
that,
as
you
can
see
from
this
data,
there
is
speeding
at
all
hours
of
the
day
and
really
way
beyond
what
the
speed
limit
is
and
there's
a
lot
of
crashes
happening
in
american
region
which
the
data
that
shows
exactly
what
we've
heard
from
constituents
that
live
on
this
area.
B
So
one
of
the
first
things
we
can
do
or
one
of
those
the
things
we
can
do
is
create
more
time
to
cross
the
street,
currently
at
signalized
intersections
that
the
time
is
very
short.
So
we
can
update
the
traffic
signals
to
provide
more
time
for
pedestrians
to
cross.
B
We
can
also
reallocate
travel
lanes.
This
is
in
terms
of
safety.
This
helps
control
the
speed
at
which
people
are
traveling
by
pacing
drivers,
one
behind
the
other,
so
essentially
one
driver
decides:
where
is
it
able
to
pace
the
rest
of
the
drivers
and
his
strategic
reductions
of
travel
links
have
shown
that
it
could
reduce
the
number
of
crashes
by
up
to
40
percent
47.
I'm.
B
B
B
These
bike
lanes
would
be
generally
wide
enough
to
ride
side
by
side
and
have
families
write
them
right
on
them,
and
we
will
be
able
to
provide
bike
lanes
from
from
commons
to
madokan
square.
That
would
create
a
link
to
the
southwest
corridor
and
through
through
franklin
park
and
to
john
paul
ii
park
down
to.
B
B
So
we
would
also
be
looking
into
how
to
create
safer
turns
on
the
corridor,
as
we've
noticed
now.
The
turns
are
the
amount
of
travel
lanes
that
are
there
create.
These
very
unsafe
turns
where
people
are
walking
and
they
might
not
be
able
to
be
seen
and
because
of
the
high
speeds,
it
just
creates
a
lot
of
opportunity
for
crash.
So
in
order
to
reduce
that,
we
restrict
the
number
of
turns
at
some
of
the
locations
that
have
been
identified.
B
Trends
and
we
will
also
be
looking
at
how
to
add
new
crosswalks
at
key
locations
along
the
corridor.
This
includes
near
circuit
drive
at
franklin
park
and
it's
still
a
road
for
themselves
on
the
corridor,
we're
also
looking
at
other
locations
that
we've
heard,
such
as
the
haley
pilot
school,
and
we
welcome
working
back
on
this
locations
where
new
crosswalks
might
help
access
to
pedestrians.
B
Another
thing
in
our
safety
toolkit
is
pedestrian
protection,
islands
and
along
the
corridor.
Some
some
crosswalks
do
have
protection
islands,
but
not
all
so
in
the
short
term,
we
can
make
these
through
temporary
materials,
and
this
makes
turning
movements
more
protected.
I
mean
the
pedestrian
is
more
protective
from
the
turning
movements
of
the
vehicles,
but
in
the
long
term
we
would
ideally
like
to
build
this
permanently.
B
And
one
of
the
other
things
we've
been
working
and
we've
noticed
along
the
corridor
is
that
the
bus
stops
are
not
accessible
to
people
with
different
disabilities,
so
we'll
be
working
with
the
mbta
on
which
is
the
best
bus.
Stop
locations
and
building
accessible
stops,
incorporating
benches
figuring
out.
B
On
so
on
your
as
you
can
see
from
google
images,
usually
the
right
one,
you
will
see
that
there's
only
there's
a
bike
lane,
sorry,
maybe
the
best
one
to
start
with,
is
what
a
typical
intersection
will
look
like,
which
is
the
one
on
the
bottom
right,
which
is
a
bike
lane
in
each
direction,
going
northbound
and
southbound
at
certain
locations
near
franklin
park.
B
What
we
want
to
do
is
move
the
bike
lane
to
the
left-hand
to
the
to
the
location
where
the
cell
phone
bike
lane
is
and
have
that
be
two
ways
that
we
will
help
us
preserve
the
parking
that's
on
that
side,
but
also
provide
a
safe
access
for
people
to
get
into
franklin
park
and
be
able
to
access
circuit
drive
without
having
to
go
through
all
those
lanes.
B
There's
also
a
signalized
intersection
there,
which
would
be
a
safer
crossing
for
everyone
which
will
lead
us
to
the
top
in
which,
where
you
can
see
a
bike
lane
only
heading
saffron
because
he
can
go
on
park.
B
From
martin
to
walk
hill,
our
intention
for
most
of
the
quarter
is
to
make
it
on
one
vehicle
travel
lane.
This
will
provide
bike
lanes
in
each
direction,
as
you
can
see
on
the
top
and
the
bottom
image.
There
is
a
bus.
This
indicates
that
when
there
is
a
bus
stop,
there
is
an
interaction
between
the
cyclist
and
the
bus.
B
The
bus
will
pull
in
pick
up
the
site,
click
up
the
the
people
waiting
for
the
bus,
and
then
it
will
fall
into
the
traffic
lane
into
the
travel
lane
and
continue
on
this
journey,
and
the
cyclists
will
be
able
to
continue
unprotected
like
this.
The
the
goal
is
to
provide
as
much
protection
for
all
users.
B
Okay
and-
and
this
is
on
the
lower
mount
hope
side,
as
you
can
see
in
these
three
scenarios
again,
our
hope
is
to
provide
protection
but
also
accommodate
the
different
uses.
So
on
this,
inter
in
the
area
where
the
mall
is
there's
a
lot
of
different
uses
and
a
lot
of
different
shopping
and
amenities.
B
So
we
want
to
make
sure
we
accommodate
the
traffic
as
well
as
provide
protective
bike
lanes
for
this,
and
for
this
court
for
this
park
and
in
the
lower
side
in
the
lower
part,
there's
some
parking
that
we
would
really
like
to
keep
as
well,
because
it
is
there
currently
as
well
and
in
the
bottom
side
you
can
see.
B
This
is
one
of
the
scenarios
where,
because
of
how
that
intersection
looks
like
it
would
be
very
difficult
for
us
to
have
enough
space
in
the
width
of
the
current
street
to
provide
protective
bike
lanes.
So
in
that
situation,
the
flexible
is
good
to
go.
B
B
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
there's
a
franklin
park
action
plan.
This
is
a
lot
of
information
that
you
see
on
the
screen.
Don't
worry
about
it,
but
essentially,
as
I
mentioned
before
this,
what
they're
working
on
is
the
vision
and
action
that
will
inform
how
the
part
will
look
like
for
the
next
100
years
and
how
it
will
work.
So
if
you
want
to
get
involved,
make
sure
to
visit
their
website
franklinparkactionplan.com
and
there's
also
some
information
and
they're
doing
public
videos
as
well,
and
then
there's
two
projects
happening
on
city
streets
near
american
region.
B
D
B
And
I
also
briefly
wanted
to
mention
that
we
are
offering
some
blue
bikes
discount
passes.
There's
a
free,
90-day
pass
currently
available
to
anybody
who
works
at
a
grocery
store
pharmacies,
restaurants
or
shops
in
boston.
B
B
Access
you
can
get
a
5
30
day
pass
for
an
annual
pass
for
50
and
be
able
to
use
toolbox.
B
And
we
also
wanted
to
provide
some
mbca
updates.
As
of
september
1st,
the
in
fairs
that
you
pay
cash
or
with
a
charlie
ticket,
which
is
the
paper
ticket,
will
be
the
same
rate
as
with
the
charlie
card
and
there's
going
to
be
some
bus
services
changes
happening.
This
fall
and
bus
14
will
be
running
at
regular
service
levels,
and
some
other
routes
will
be
sorry
will
become
more
frequent
than
they
were
before.
B
Okay,
so
before
we
go
into
the
q
a
I
just
wanted
to
provide
you
again
with
the
opportunity
to
know
how
you
can
stay
in
touch
so
we'll
be
having
more
in-person
events
on
the
week
of
the
21st
to
the
27th,
we'll
be
at
stella
road
and
the
mornings
on
tuesday.
There
will
be
on
thursday
will
be
at
the
franklin
hill
park,
playground
area,
which
is
on
shandon
road
and
thermal
heads
and
then
we'll
be
at
the
franklin
park,
accessible
fragrance.
B
So
just
encourage
anybody
that
you
think
should
be
informed
about
this
to
sign
up
and
register
for
those
meetings,
and
you
can
visit
our
website
for
the
summary
of
this
virtual
meeting,
as
well
as
to
review
the
material
that
we've
covered
today.
B
And
you
can
also
sign
up
to
our
email
list
about
this
project
and
which
we
will
send
out
the
information
that
you're
seeing
right
now.
And
if
you
have
any
questions
after
this
meeting
that
warrant
answer
or
you
don't
get
a
chance
to
add
to
the
q
a
you
can
always
contact
me,
my
name
is
daniela
sanchos
and
my
email
is
daniela
sanchez
or
daniela.centralboston.gov,
and
that
is
my
phone
number.
D
Thank
you
daniela.
So,
since
jen
again
I
am
going
to
be
reading
questions
that
were
submitted.
We
have
received
a
lot
of
questions,
so
just
wanted
to
note
that
anything
that
we
don't
aren't
able
to
cover
within
the
time
period
we
have
for
this
meeting.
We
will
kind
of
get
in
touch
via
email
to
make
sure
those
questions
are
answered.
So
I'm
gonna
start
out
with
a
question
that
came
in
from
rick
yoder.
D
Oh
sorry,
I
I
passed
that
to
you
stephanie.
F
Sure
so,
with
this
project,
we
have
focused
on
the
areas
in
the
city
that
are
on
the
high
crash
network.
Segments
of
american
legion
are
in
the
top
three
percent
of
streets
city-wide
for
motor
vehicle
crashes.
Those
segments
are
north
of
cummins
and
along
the
edge
of
franklin
park.
F
D
Square,
thank
you.
Stephanie
now
move
to
a
second
question
from
rick.
Where
is
the
funding
coming
from
for
this
round
of
improvements
I'll
pass?
This
question
to
daniela.
B
Hi,
thank
you
for
meeting
me.
I
was
looking
for
the
onion,
so
this
the
budget
is
coming
from
their
general
funds
and
I
think
stephanie
will
have
more
clearance
around
that.
A
F
Yeah,
that's
fine.
American
legion
is
funded
in
the
fy
21
capital
budget
for
the
city
of
boston.
It
was
included
upon
the
recommendation
of
chief
of
streets
chris
osgood
and
commissioner
greg
rooney,
based
on
danielle
you're,
showing
the
wrong
screen
or
diana's.
B
F
F
Yeah
you're
fine,
now
the
sorry,
the
chief
of
streets
and
our
commissioner
recommended
american
legion
be
included
in
the
fy
21
budget
about
nine
months
ago,
when
the
budget
process
begins
for
the
city
of
boston
based
on
the
safety
concerns
on
the
corridor.
F
The
our
understanding
of
the
conditions
of
the
assets
as
well
as
looking
at
our
existing
plans
so
go
boston.
2030.
The
green
links
plan
the
franklin
park
action
plan.
F
It
is
not
included
as
its
own
line.
It's
within
the
strategic
bike
network
budget.
D
Stephanie
the
next
question
again
from
rick
that
came
in
was,
should
we
be
thanking
any
of
our
elected
officials
for
helping
to
find
funding,
and
I
can
answer
this.
One
mayor,
martin,
j
walsh,
included
this
project
in
his
cap
proposed
capital
plan
for
the
this
fiscal
year
upon
the
recommendation
of
chief
of
streets,
chris
osgood
and
acting
transportation,
planner
active
transportation,
commissioner
gregory
rooney.
D
The
next
question
was
from
david
wein.
What
is
the
highest
speed
that
was
recorded
during
your
day
or
night
measurements?
I
will
turn
that
over
to
john
engineer,
to
answer
that
question.
E
E
All
right
there
we
go
so
the
difference
will
show
the
different
locations
that
we
took.
The
they're
called
automated
traffic
recording
devices,
the
rubber
tubes
that
you
see
across
the
street.
We
did
three
of
those
walk
through
the
different
segments
of
the
corridor
until
the
ladies
kind
of
changed.
So
this
one
here
is
the
northern
section
that
shows
the
this
section
that
is
south
of
franklin
park,
but
does
have
residences
along
the
south
side
and
then
goes
into
having
a
couple
educational
facilities
over
there.
E
As
you
move
further
south
down
the
corridor,
if
you
can
nope,
so
you
you
can
see
the
time
of
day
is
on
the
bottom
there
and
then
the
right
most
is
that
bright
red.
So
you
can
see,
even
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
in
the
times
when
school
buses
are
around
or
people
are
driving
to
the
market.
After
work,
five,
six
seven
o'clock,
you
can
see
that
top
bar,
it's
visible,
even
at
the
scale.
E
You
can
see
how
many
vehicles
are
actually
going
over
45
miles
an
hour
here
and,
as
daniella
mentioned
in
a
35
mile
an
hour
zone,
we
understand
that
it
is
higher
than
the
city
wide
posted
limit,
and
we
do
have
a
comment
later
on
to
explain
about
that
differentiation.
E
C
So
I'm
just
going
to
eat
real
quick
to
just
get
to
the
the
point
of
the
questions,
because
we
got
a
lot
to
go
through.
He
was
just
asking
what
the
highest
recorded
was
and
during
the
recording
we
did
capture
a
few
vehicles,
two
or
three
going
between
70
and
80
miles
per
hour
on
the
corridor.
C
As
john
was
explaining,
we
see
very
high
percentages
of
people's
traveling
faster
than
35
miles,
an
hour
which
drastically
increases
the
amount
of
severe
injury
or
death,
but
75
to
80
was
the
highest
speed
that
we
saw
on
the
corridor.
I'm
gonna
pass.
It.
D
Thanks,
john
and
dan,
the
next
question
came
from
adam.
Were
there
any
tickets
issued
for
speeding
violations
during
these
counts,
and
I
can
answer
that
one.
We
do
not
have
access
to
bpd's
database
of
violations,
but
they
are
active
on
the
quarter
to
deter
drag
racing.
D
The
following
question,
also
from
adam,
has
any
consideration
been
given
to
renaming
american
legion
highway
has
connotations
to
drivers
that
they
can
drive
fast
and
more
so
than
what
the
street
is
called
its
design
allows
and
even
encourages
fast
driving
with
this
project,
we're
focused
on
using
design
tools
to
better
control
speeds
and
improve
safety
and
comfort
for
people
who
are
walking
bicycling
and
waiting
for
the
bus.
D
The
next
question
came
in
from
david,
and
it
was
regarding
extending
the
signal
crossing
times.
Are
the
ped
signals
currently
concurrent
or
exclusive,
and
are
there
no
turn
red
restrictions
to
avoid
conflicts?
What
changes
would
be
contemplated?
I'm
going
to
hand
this
one
to
john
again.
Are
you
able
to
answer
this
one.
E
Thank
you.
So
we
did.
We
went
through
and
looked
at
each
of
these
civilized
intersections.
Some
of
them
were
lacking
in
the
amount
of
time
that
was
being
given
across
either
american
legion
or
the
side
streets.
So
we
did
update
those
timings
to
provide.
The
standard
guidance
adhere
to
the
statement
of
guidance
for
the
transportation
department.
There
franklin
hill
ave,
walk
hill
canterbury.
E
Those
intersections
are
to
be
kept
as
exclusive
pedestrian
phases
and
then
mount
hope
and
canterbury.
King
bird,
those
are
both
remaining
as
concurrent
as
far
as
the
new
turn
on
red
signs,
while
in
the
field,
when
we
were
doing
our
field
walk,
we
didn't
see
many
of
those
signs
at
the
civilized
intersections
whether
they
were
supposed
to
be
there
or
they
should
be
added.
E
D
C
Yes,
one
moment
so
there
are
many
breaks
currently
in
the
median,
especially
along
the
shopping
plaza,
and
we
are
going
to
look
to
try
and
close
some
of
those
medians,
either
partially
or
fully.
C
This
will
restrict
people
from
traveling
across
having
to
cross
two
lanes
of
traffic
to
go
in
the
opposite
direction
and
would
instead
have
people
have
to
go
to
the
intersections
and
then
make
a
left
and
another
left
in
some
places
like,
like,
I
just
said,
we'll,
look
to
completely
close
the
median
to
prevent
to
prevent
turns,
and
we
don't
want
to
unnecessarily
limit
access.
D
C
Sure
so
what
we
have
used
in
the
past
is
just
singular.
Stick
flex
posts
that
are
small
and
stick
up
once
are
in
one
area
and
the
the
concern
was
that
these
flex
posts
tend
to
disappear.
C
C
D
Another
question
from
david
was
whether
it's
necessary
to
maintain
four
lanes
of
traffic
on
american
legion,
noting
that
the
four
lanes
invite
speeding
and
so
wondering
whether
reducing
the
number
of
lanes
could
reduce
the
traffic.
I
again,
could
you
take
that
one
as
well
your
perspective.
There.
C
Yes,
so
wherever
we
can,
we
are
trying
to
reduce
american
legion
down
to
one
lane
where
it
is
safe
and
effective.
Unfortunately,
american
legion
carries
between
25
and
30
000
vehicles
a
day,
so
while
we're
reducing
them,
where
we
can,
the
volumes
are
very
high
and
we
see
very
long
queues
at
the
intersections
which
can
tend
to
break
them
if
the
vehicles
get
backed
up
through
additional
intersections.
C
So
we
are.
We
are
working
to
get
it
out
of
four
lanes
as
much
as
possible,
but
for
this
condition
that
we
are
presenting,
we
won't
be
able
to
get
that
everywhere.
D
Thank
you,
dan.
The
next
question
is
more
about
the
the
meeting
setup,
which
is
david,
asked
why
this
meeting
is
set
up
so
that,
like
we
receive
your
questions,
but
attendees
can't
see
each
other's.
This
is
kind
of
standard
meeting
practice.
We
are
we'll
be
reading
the
questions
aloud
and
we'll
also
share
summaries
online
in
the
following
days.
Okay,
keep
the
lookout
for
that
daniella.
Did
you
have
something
dad.
B
Yes,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
mention
that
in
previous
public
meetings,
this
is
a
a
question
of
security
as
well.
When
the
beginning
of
the
virtual
meetings
happened,
a
lot
of
people
were
getting
bombed
in
which
means
that
they
would
be
inappropriate
behavior.
So
it's
not
about
it's
about
keeping
everybody
safe
in
this
meeting
in
context
as
well.
D
Thank
you
for
adding
that
formula.
The
next
question
is
from
christian
malia:
what's
the
schedule
for
making
these
changes
daniella,
would
you
take
that
one
too.
B
Yes,
thank
you,
so
it
sort
of
depends
on
what
the
treatment
is.
Let
me
briefly
go
back
to
the
toolkit.
We're
making
we're
hoping
to
make
some
of
these
changes
as
soon
as
possible,
like
adding
more
time
to
the
traffic
signals
for
pedestrians
to
cross,
and
other
ones
can
be
made.
B
This
fall,
such
as
reallocating
the
travel
lanes
and
creating
projected
bike
lanes
and
other
things
take
more
time,
because
they
need
different
construction
and
more
planning
and
design,
such
as
the
safer
turns
and
adding
new
crosswalks
or
building
the
pedestrian
islands
in
concrete
and
more
long-lasting
materials.
Although
some
temporary
measures
can
be
done
and
this
one
because,
for
example,
the
accessible
bus
stops
requires
coordination
and
construction,
they
would
also
take
more
time.
D
Okay,
thank
you.
The
next
question
came
from
amner
and
vanilla
and
the
the
question
is
there.
Many
people
are
complaining
about
drag
racing.
D
C
Sure
so
drag
racing
is,
unfortunately,
common
activity
in
boston.
We've
looked
at
strategies
around
the
city
as
well
as
other
possible
lessons
from
other
streets
in
boston.
D
Thank
you
dan
next
questions
from
david
again,
even
if
there
aren't
high
crash
rates,
wouldn't
it
be
a
huge
improvement
for
pedestrians
and
cyclists
in
the
air,
the
part
of
american
legion,
that's
south,
of
cummins
highway.
I
will
pass
this
on
to
daniela.
B
Thank
you
for
inviting
me.
Yes,
the
goal
of
this
project
is
to
address
the
concerns
that
are
happening
as
stephanie
mentioned,
and
that
were
identified
in
the
planning
documents
that
have
been
drafted
before
so,
and
it
is
what
is
currently
in
this
project
scope
in
future
years
or
in
other
projects.
It's
gonna
be
maybe
extended.
D
Wait
great.
Thank
you.
We
have
a
question
from
adam
again.
Why
are
cars
prioritized
over
walking
and
biking?
If
there
isn't
space
for
two
car
lanes
and
protected
bike
lanes,
then
the
city
must
reduce
the
car
space,
not
the
bike
space.
Is
this
not
a
priority
quarter
for
biking
and
walking?
I'm
going
to
pass
this
to
stephanie.
C
Okay,
yeah-
I
can
take
this,
so
we
are
fitting
protected
bike
lanes
absolutely
everywhere
that
we
possibly
can
along
this
corridor
without
making
constructed
changes,
because
that's
what
we
can
do
in
the
short
amount
of
time
that
we
have
sorry.
C
C
There
are
a
couple
spaces
where
we
may
not
be
able
to
fit
it
because
of
space
constraints
and
getting
rid
of
two
lanes
in
those
areas
would
cause
large
traffic
delays
that
would
back
up
through
other
intersections,
and
I,
as
in
you
know,
I
can't
actually
make
make
those
changes
without
going
through
a
much
much
larger
process,
which
we
can't
do
in
the
time
frame
that
we
have
so
to
answer
your
question,
I'm
doing
everything
I
can
to
get
protected
bike
lanes
on
this
whole
corridor.
D
It's
dan
this
next
one
is
for
you.
How
will
you
assess
the
outcomes
of
this
project
if
the
design
fails
to
reduce
crashes
and
speeding
to
nominal
levels?
What
will
you
do
to
mitigate
vehicular
violence
on
the
street.
C
Sure
so
we
are
using
every
tool
available
at
us
this
time
to
improve
safety
and
slow
speeds.
All
of
these
tools
are
backed
by
significant
research
and
should
have
an
impact,
we'll
also
be
looking
at
qualitative
results.
From
these
interventions,
for
example,
do
people
feel
more
comfortable
waiting
for
the
bus?
Will
people
live
along?
The
corridor
feel
safer
crossing
the
street
things
like
that,
and
we
will
of
course
come
back
and
we
will
measure
these
things
after,
after
the
effect
to
see
how
they
have
have
worked
upon
the
corridor.
D
Get
in
next
question
again
from
adam.
Oh
actually
remind
me,
we
did
answer
that
one,
my
apologies,
we
did
have
a
second
question.
This
survey
could
be
done
by
anyone.
Was
it
restrict?
Oh,
I
believe
this
is
in
reference
to
the
the
survey
results
from
livable
streets.
I
believe
was
it
specific
to
our
neighborhood
along
american
legion
highway?
If
not,
how
can
we
do
an
accurate
survey
for
people
that
live
in
the
neighborhood
daniella?
Would
you
take
that
one.
B
Sure,
thank
you.
Yes,
liveable
streets
was
there
for
six
weeks.
I'm
sorry
if
it
wasn't
clear
on
the
slideshow
and
they
went
all
along
the
corridor
from
blue
hill
ave
to
in
highway
and
all
the
neighbors,
I
believe,
a
couple
and
they
had
student
ambassadors,
which
means
they
were
on
foot,
but
they
also
had
this
survey
available
online
and
they
reached
out
to
different
community
organizations
to
try
to
get
as
wide
of
a
pool
as
possible
that
lives
along
the
corridor.
D
C
We
are
planning
on
including
the
bike
lanes
in
that
in
that
along
american
legion
from
those.
C
D
Instead
christian
mcneil
asked
are
there
any
plans
for
simplifying
cummins
highway
american
legion
intersection
and
I'll
pass
that
to
dan
as
well.
C
No,
to
simplify
that
intersection
would
require
a
lot
of
reconstruction,
which
we
are
not
doing
at
this
time,
because
again,
that
would
take
time
and
money
to
get
through.
All
of
that
which
we
cannot
do
in
this
accelerated
timeline
that
we're
trying
to
accomplish.
D
Thank
you
dad
all
right.
Looking
for
the
questions
again,
question
is:
is
there
street
cleaning
available
for
cleaning
the
protected
bike
lanes?
Damn
that's
for
you
too,.
C
D
Awesome
thanks
dan,
the
questions
again
all
right,
a
question:
it's
been
common
practice
to
make
testimony
publicly
available
in
archive
archives
to
hold
city
officials
accountable.
Will
our
questions
be
archived
and
publicly
posted
or
we
have
to
submit
a
foia
to
gain
access?
I
can
actually
answer
that
question.
The
meeting
is
being
recorded.
It
will
be
available,
we'll
post
a
summary
of
this
discussion
and
answer
any
questions
we
could
not
get
to
within
the
hour
available
to
this
meeting,
speaking
of
which
we
are
kind
of
approaching.
D
On
that
hour,
daniella
did
you
have
any
closing
words
for
kind
of
wrapping
things
up.
B
Hi,
yes,
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
go
over
again
the
information
that
we
have
on
how
to
stay
in
touch
and
there
will
be
other
schedule,
events
which
we
will
go
over
on
this
material,
and
you
will
have
a
chance
to
ask
us
more
questions.
We
will
be
not
only
virtually,
which
is
on
september
17th,
which
will
be
the
same
content
available
in
spanish
and
english.
So
please
encourage
anybody
that
you
know
might
be
interested
to
register.
B
As
you
can
see,
on
the
on
your
screen
and
at
different
times
for
your
convenience
as
well
and
as
jen
mentioned
the
summary
of
these
virtual
meetings,
as
well
as
the
material
and
the
questions
that
we
couldn't
get
to
as
well
as
the
questions
we
did
get
to
will
be
available
at
american
region
and
all
dancers.
B
So
that
was
my
short
catch
up.
D
One
quick
reminder
before
we
sign
off
for
everyone
to:
please
do
take
the
census
if
you
haven't
already
it's
crucially
important,
towards
making
sure
that
our
city
receives
our
new
share
of
resources.
So
we
can
do
projects
like
this.
So
thanks.