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Description
The Boston Public Works and Transportation Departments hosted a virtual public meeting on February 28, 2022. The presentation covers our past planning and design efforts for this corridor; current planning context; and conceptual options to rethink the public right-of-way. For more information about the project, visit boston.gov/congress-street-fort-point
A
And
then
for
our
names
too,
it's
just
for
communication.
It
would
be
great
if
everyone
could
update
their
name.
First
name
is
fine,
any
pronouns
that
you'd
wish
to
use,
just
so
that
it
doesn't
say
just
you
know,
iphone
or
whatever
device
you
might
be
using.
It's
really
really
helpful
to
have
your
name.
A
We
have
everybody
muted,
but
we'll
unmute.
You
know
with
we're,
not
stifling
anyone's
free
speech.
It's
the
real
purpose
of
muting
is
just
for
the
background
noise
and
so
that
we
can
get
through
the
presentation.
Kind
of
uninterrupted
but
again
there'll
be
opportunities
with
our
polling
and
the
surveys
in
real
time
as
we
go
through.
That,
I
think,
is
a
real
great
asset
to
to
this
evening's
program
and
then,
if
you're,
using
audio
with
your
phone
just
rather
than
online,
that
the
star
six
to
unmute
yourself
and
star
nine.
A
If
you'd
like
to
raise
your
hand,
so
the
team
just
quick
introductions,
myself
again,
patrick
holy
with
boston
transportation
department,
I'm
a
transportation,
planner
I've
been
with
btd
for
a
number
of
years.
My
colleague
my
partner
in
crime,
jeff
alexis
the
the
better
looking
of
the
of
the
two
halves
of
this
management
team.
Jeff
is
the
engineering
wing,
I'm
the
planning
wing
so
together
we
make
a
great
combination
for
this
effort
to
redesign
congress
street,
but
we're
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg.
As
the
point
of
contact
managers.
A
There
are
a
host
of
other
professionals
and
colleagues
that
we
have
on
this
team
from
all
across
the
different
divisions
in
btd
and
public
works
in
the
city.
We
have
our
active
transportation
director,
stephanie
seskin.
That
many
of
you
know
know
very
well.
We
have
matt
moran
our
transit
team
director.
A
We
have
charlotte
fleetwood
from
our
vision,
zero
programming
and
and
a
transportation
planner
in
her
own
right
and
jeff's
team
at
public
works
outstanding
group
of
professionals
to
help
us
really
make
this
design
what
it
should
be
and
reflect
what
the
community
would
like
to
have
and
it
meets
our
standards.
A
Our
our
leader
in
this
really
para
is
the
city
engineer,
and
this
is
the
public
works
project,
but
we
are
collaborating.
This
is
a
collaborative
effort
and
you
know
para
is
so
kind
to
have
us
all,
participating
and
participating
in
this
manner
as
a
team,
but
yeah
public
works
is
the
lead
but
btd
we're
all
in
the
streets
cabinet
and
we
work
in
unison,
which
is
great
to
to
partner
and
and
to
team
up
the
two
departments
together.
A
So
the
big
question
again,
you
know
why
are
we
looking
at
congress
now
right?
Why
are
we
all
gathered
here
tonight
and
the
reason
this
is
history,
this
history
here?
This
is
not
new,
we're
picking
up
really
and
and
we're
continuing
work
that
was
started
under
the
the
former
crossroads
project.
A
If
some
of
you
are
on
this
call
could
remember
and
have
been
here
long
enough
to
to
recall
kind
of
the
post,
big
dig
effort
to
look
at
the
the
cross
streets
that
were
not
necessarily
within
the
scope
of
work
of
the
central
lottery,
but
were
critical
connections
to
the
greenway
and
the
new
surface
streets
so
that
they
fit
into
the
context
of
the
network
of
streets
and
we've
rebuilt
broad
street's
been
done.
Causeway
street's
been
done
summer
street
through
the
fort
point,
has
been
reconstructed
now.
A
It's
it's
congress
street,
and
this
is
the
last
of
of
the
big
four
crossroads
projects
to
be
considered
for
design
and
reconstruction.
A
So
you
know
in
that
interim
it
has
been
a
while.
It
has
been
a
few
years
since
we
had
a
community
engagement
process
over
congress
street.
We
haven't
just
been
kind
of
sitting
idly
by.
Why,
while
you
know
time
passed,
we
did
take
inspiration
from
the
you
know
original
engineered
plans.
We
did
get
to
a
75
level
around
2014.
If,
if
that
date
is
correct,
we
were
able
to
design
and
install
a
signalized
ped
crossing
at
the
children's
museum,
and
that
was
really
needed.
A
We
wanted
to
get
that
out
first
because
of
you
know
the
just
the
safety
considerations
around
the
institution
itself
and
creating
a
safe
environment
for
the
children
and
their
families
to
cross
at
that
intersection
that
really
needed
it.
So
we
took
inspiration
from
the
original
design
in
2017
and
and
rebuilt,
at
least
that
section
of
what
was
in
the
original
first
take
at
the
congress
street
redesigned
through
the
crossroads
project
in
our
team.
A
I
failed
to
mention
our
amazing
design
team
crosby
selection
here
in
small
ridge,
css
they're
on
the
call
with
us
tonight
can't
forget
about
them
and
all
the
great
work
they've
done
in
design
and
supporting
this
this
effort.
A
So
this
is
what
I
was
mentioning
about:
the
the
live
participation
in
the
polling
kind
of,
as
we
have
fresh
eyes
on
congress
street
and
a
contemporary
look
at
you
know
where
we
stand
now
in
2022
we
don't
post
pandemic
and
the
landscape
has
changed.
Participants,
populations
have
changed,
we've
grown
right
so
and
this
technology
this
technology
can
help
us.
A
So
stephanie
has
been
great
with
integrating
this
into
the
presentation,
and
if
you
see,
if
you
take
your
your
there's
two
ways,
you
can
either
log
on
to
mendy.com
right
from
your
device
open
up
another
window
or
another
device,
or
just
use
your
smartphone
and
scan
the
qr
code,
and
it
will
take
you
to
these
polling
questions.
A
What
we
wanted
to
do
kind
of
at
this
stage
of
the
presentations
get
an
idea
of
you
know
who
may
have
participated
before
who
was
involved
in
you
know
prior
iterations
of
design
of
congress
street,
and
then
maybe
what
your
vision
for
congress
street
might
be
today.
So
just
take
a
moment,
use
your
your
device
to
access
the
poll
and
see
it's
populating
already.
This
is
great.
The
date
is
coming
in.
A
A
Okay,
that's
the
results
of
the
first
one
about
the
participant,
so
we
have
some
diversity.
We
do
have
a
majority
of
four
point.
Stakeholders
makes
makes
sense,
given
the
subject
matter
and
the
scope
of
work
and
just
to
clarify
too,
while
we're
waiting
for
this
to
populate
on
the
limits
of
work.
When
we
say
congress
street
reconstruction,
we
mean
the
segment
of
congress
street
between
the
children's
museum
sleeper
street,
the
base
of
the
of
the
bridge
to
the
intersection
at
boston
watch
road.
A
So
that's
the
limit
of
work
geographically
that
we
look
to
redesign
and
reconstruct.
A
Yeah
we
did,
I
see
the
chat
we
did
have.
You
know
outreach
to
a
number
of
the
commercial
interests
we
wanted
to
get
a
good
cross-section
of
all
the
different
various
you
know
again
interested
stakeholders
or
butters.
You
know
we
have
residents
that
we
we,
you
know
we're,
always
you
know
pretty
plugged
into
reaching.
A
A
A
Now
this
these
next
two
prompts,
I
think,
are
really
useful
as
we
get
into
design
right.
This
is
about
design
and
reconstruction.
A
What
is
this
telling
us?
I'm
looking
at
the
at
the
graphic,
looks
like
there's
multiple
uses
from
the
community.
B
A
I
take
it
the
big,
the
larger
the
size
of
the
of
the
fonts,
the
more
votes,
so
to
speak.
For
that
fair
to
say
yes
in
the
word
cloud.
A
That's
great
to
see
yeah,
I
think
the
last
two
years
of
if
there
are
any
lessons
learned
it's
that
alfresco
is
an
attractive
alternative
that
people
like
to
see.
Maybe
there's
possibilities
here.
A
Spaces
yeah
and
this
this
information
will
be
saved
not
just
on
this
recording,
but
it's
documented,
the
graphics
and
the
results
for
us
yep.
B
Back
to
you,
pat
all.
A
So,
thank
you,
everyone
for
participating
in
the
polling.
I
thought
that
was
really
interesting
and
a
nice
way
to
integrate
the
participants
and
and
already
what
we're
thinking
about
a
vision
for
for
conga
street.
So
now
that
the
task
at
hand
itself
is
the
designing,
and
one
thing
that
I
really
wanted
to
bring
up
were
our
guiding
principles
so
to
speak.
And
if
you
think
about
all
the
efforts
that
we
make
in
the
city,
design.
C
A
So,
just
in
as
we
get
into
design
right
because
again,
this
is
design
and
reconstruction
of
conga
street.
Our
guiding
principles
go
boston,
2030
our
citywide
plan.
We
apply
those
principles
and
of
course,
safety
is
paramount.
Safety
is
the
most
important
thing
across
all
modes
and
obviously
we
want
to
reduce
the
number
of
crashes
that
lead
to
injury
and
fatalities,
vision,
zero
was
our
goal,
but
also
resiliency.
All
of
us
remember
we
it's,
I
think
it's
become
a
meme
at
this
point,
the
floating
dumpster
on
fonsworth
street.
A
We,
yes,
we
had
a
floating
dumpster
on
fonsworth
street
after
one
of
our
major
storms,
and
so
resiliency
is
also
a
component
of
a
design
effort
and
a
guiding
principle
as
well
as
this
last
one,
if
you
think
about
economic
opportunity-
and
this
speaks
to
equity,
but
it
also
speaks
to
again
the
the
small
business
owner,
the
commercial
interests
as
well.
As
you
know,
the
residential
component
of
you
know
this
section
and
these
blocks
of
congress
street
as
we
look
to
redesign.
A
What
so,
what
do
we
have
to
work
with
right
now
in
terms
of
a
cross-section
in
space
like
physical
space
and
again,
the
context
of
congress
street
with
other
projects
and
other
planning
efforts?
The
existing
conditions?
Today,
it's
surprising
it
seems
you
know
it's
narrower
than
other
neighboring
streets,
but
we
do
have
room
to
work
with
if
you
think
about
especially
west
of
a
street.
A
A
You
know
within
this
building
to
building
right-of-way
east
of
a
street.
You
know
we
do
have
an
additional
lane
and
there's
a
turning
lane,
but
we
want
to
present
maybe
some
alternatives
about
how
we
could
reprogram
some
of
that
lane
use.
A
Again,
the
planning
context,
just
thirty
thousand
feet-
view
kind
of
of
the
of
the
of
the
study
area
itself
and
where
you
know
this
section
of
congress
fits
within.
You
know
the
larger
planning
con
tax
we've
been
engaged
in
in
the
seaport
transit
study,
for
I
it's
close
to
three
years
now
we're
wrapping
that
up
and
there's
a
there's,
a
meeting
and
a
presentation
for
the
community
later
this
week
that
I
hope
many
of
the
of
the
participants
on
this
call
will
also
be
able
to
join
for
on
the
third.
A
But
that
project
is
wrapping
up.
We
want
to
present
the
findings
and
the
recommendations
in
the
transit
plan,
and
that
was
all
considered
as
we
took
another
look
at
congress
street
and
and
how
that
was
considered
food,
the
transit
lens,
taking
a
closer
look.
A
At
the
immediate
area
in
the
adjacency
of
this
of
the
roadway
network
sleeper
street,
as
many
of
you
know,
is
also
in
design
it's
connected,
it's
separate
but
connected.
If
that
makes
any
sense
from
this
effort.
Obviously
the
streets
connect
sleeper
and
and
they
feed
one
another
where
indesign.
Presently
again
many
of
you
have
participated
in
that
effort
to
reimagine
what
sleeper
street
could
be
redesigned
and
reconstructed.
A
Martin
richard
park
was
recently
completed
summer
street
between
the
four
point
channel,
and
you
know
the
boston
wharf
road
that
segment
has
been
reconstructed
what's
in
planning
right
now
is
immediately
adjacent
and
part
of
the
network
to
congress
street
is
seaport,
square's
undertaking
of
rebuilding
that
section
of
congress
street
east
of
of
boston
offroad,
as
well
as
boston
offroad.
A
So
the
seaport
square
team
is
working
with
massdot
in
the
city
on
designs
for
those
segments
of
the
roadways,
so
this
network
is
being
built
out
and
as
we
look
at
the
roadway
network,
we
also
consider
trying
to
get
to
the
next
slide
the
the
bike
network.
A
So
in
recent
years
we've
been
able
to
complete,
you
know
protected
facilities,
which
is
what
we
want.
We
want
the
highest
level.
You
know
the
least
stress
for
for
cyclists.
At
the
community,
seaport
boulevard
has
protected
bike
lanes
summer
street
has
the
highest
level
grade,
separated
bike
lanes
all
over
the
congo
street
bridge
is
protected
and
what's
being
planned
right
now
again,
as
part
of
the
effort
to
hit
the
seaport
square,
build
out,
boston
off
road
would
be
that
north-south
connected
connection
for
protected
bike
lanes
as
well.
A
So
just
I
wanted
to
just
go
back
again
to
the
to
the
transit
lens
and
the
transit
study
that
we've
been
engaged
in
for
the
last
two
or
three
years
and
the
community
process
on
the
transit.
A
So
when
we
looked
at
congress
street
and
and
other
roadways
in
the
district,
for
you
know,
what's
what
would
make
sense
for
transit
priority,
we
wanted
to
you
know,
look
at
the
pros
and
cons
of
both
congress
and
summer
street
northern
avenue
seaport
boulevard
and
how
they
might
fit
into
the
recommendations
coming
out
of
this
study,
and
you
know
what
we
found
is
that
when
you
consider
congress
street,
you
know
restaurant
row
so
to
speak,
the
right-of-way
that
we
have
to
work
with
approximately
75
feet.
A
Building
to
building
you
know
congress,
it
it
doesn't
have
that
direct
connection
to
cell
station,
and
it
is
in
a
little
bit
closer
proximity
to
the
silva
line
on
separate
boulevard
than
the
other
major
crossing
at
summer
street.
So
when
we
looked
at
what
made
sense
in
terms
of
transit
connection
summer
street,
you
have
a
hundred
feet
building
to
building
essentially
from
for
much
of
the
cross
section.
A
You
have
that
straight
shot
from
cell
station,
the
direct
connection
into
the
residential
community
of
south
boston
across
the
reserve
channel,
but
also
to
the
all
the
growth
that's
happening
along
that
corridor.
Where
we
have
you
know
the
seaport
square
build
out
the
omni
hotel,
the
convention
center.
So
when
we
considered
through
the
lens
of
of
of
transit
in
that
the
transit
study
it
just,
it
seemed
that
summer
street
made
more
sense
for
dedicated
transit
rather
than
congress
street.
A
So
we
do
have
that
as
part
of
our
planning
context
that
conga
street
we
haven't
really
identified,
as
as
that
connection
for
dedicated
transit
way
summer
street,
we
feel
would
be
better
served
by
brt
or
rapid
boss.
A
So,
with
the
background,
basically,
what
we
want
to
do
is
kind
of
tee
up
the
concepts
that
we
want
to
share
tonight,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
jeff,
but
given
everything
that
we
just
went
through
about
kind
of
the
planning,
that's
been
going
on
the
past,
you
know
design
efforts
via
crossroads
and
taking
a
look
at
how
we
could
you
know
maximize
the
potential
of
congress
street
for
all
modes
in
2022
and
moving
forward.
A
You
know
we
took
inspiration
again,
we
have,
we
have
a
foundation
from
the
prior
effort,
but
how
can
we
build
off
of
that?
Do
you
know
lessons
learned?
Did
we
miss
anything
or
you
know?
Did
we
get
a
lot
of
things
right
in
terms
of
you
know,
maybe
extending
the
the
curbside
to
create
more
space
for
pedestrians,
and
now
can
we
take
that
to
the
next
level
and
maybe
maybe
there's
room
for
al
fresco,
dining
and
outdoor
dining.
A
So
that
said,
I
want
to
hand
it
over
to
my
colleague
jeff
to
go
through
the
actual
plan.
Layout
plan
view
concepts
and
then
we
can
get
into
another
poll
and
then
an
open
discussion.
So
take
it
away,
jeff.
C
Thank
you
pat
appreciate
it
good
evening.
Everyone
once
again
thank
you
for
joining
us
to
talk
about
congress
street
before
jumping
in
to
the
potential
improvements
for
congress
street.
I
just
want
to
share
that
these
concepts
were
not
developed
in
a
vacuum.
C
As
pat
mentioned,
the
redesign
of
congress
street
from
sleeper
street
to
boston,
wolf
road
has
been
an
ongoing
going
discussion
with
the
four
point
child
neighborhood,
and
there
were
several
takeaways
that
the
city
gained
from
these
meetings.
One
key
key
point
that
you'll
see
in
each
of
these
concepts
is
the
removal
of
the
turn
lane
at
8th
street.
This
is
a
key
element
along
with
slight
changes
to
the
traffic
configuration
that
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
allocate
space
to
the
needs
of
the
residents
and
the
businesses
along
the
corridor.
C
Thank
you
so
taking
a
look
at
conga
street
today,
we
see
that
this
quarter
is
significantly
traveled
by
pedestrians
vehicles
as
well
as
cyclists.
The
graph
here
shows
the
correlation
between
pedestrians
and
vehicles
at
the
intersection
of
congress
street
and
a
street
in
july,
of
2021
between
7am
and
p.m.
C
Expounding
on
that's
fine
expounded
on
who
is
using
congress
street
today,
this
map
revisits
the
locations
where
outdoor
seating
was
provided
along
the
corridor
in
2021
noted
locations
here
of
the
smoke
shop,
pastoral
sportello
and
road
34.,
with
outdoor
dining
gaining
a
lot
of
popularity
over
the
past
year,
there's
opportunity
to
take
advantage
and
provide
additional
accommodations
along
congress
street
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
tonight
we
have
three
ideas:
we
want
to
share
with
you
for
congress
street
and
five
common
elements
that
each
of
these
concepts
share
includes
very
crosswords
along
raise
crosswalks
long
congress
street
at
intersections
to
be
clear,
we're
looking
at
providing
these
on
the
side,
streets
and
approaches
to
congress
street
at
intersections
without
traffic
signals,
we'll
be
providing
new
space
for
street
trees
and
significantly
widening
the
sidewalks,
we're
hoping
to
provide
shorter
crosswalks
over
congress
street
and
we'll
be
repurposing
space
from
a
right
turn
lane
at
a
street.
C
So,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
we
saw
when
we
saw
decreases
in
traffic
volumes
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
We
measured
the
average
vehicular
delays
on
congress
street
in
the
morning
and
in
the
afternoon,
as
you
can
see
at
the
a
street
intersection,
average
vehicle
delays
in
the
morning
were
measured
at
30.6
seconds
and
27.8
seconds
at
the
boston
grove,
road
intersection.
C
Next
slide
back
removing
the
left
turn
lane
has
little
effect
on
delay
with
the
removal
of
the
left
turn
lane
at
a
street.
All
models
show
the
anticipated
average
vehicle
vehicle
delays
in
the
morning
to
remain
30.6
seconds.
This
is
no
change
from
the
pre
pandemic,
existing
conditions
next
slidepad
in
the
afternoon
we
see
a
four
second
increase
from
the
pre-pandemic
existing
conditions
and
tonight
we'll
prepare
to
show
you
what
can
be
gained
from
these
slight
changes
in
regards
to
vehicle
of
delay.
C
So,
after
sharing
the
concepts
tonight,
we
will
open
up
the
floor
for
discussion.
Please
note
that
all
these
concepts
are
preliminary
and
are
intended
simply
to
open
discussion.
Our
main
goal
for
tonight
is
to
solicit
feedback
from
you
all.
We
ask
that
attendees.
Please
keep
in
mind
since
these,
since
changes
will
be
made
to
this
concept
as
we
move
forward
together.
C
So
taking
a
look
at
our
first
option,
option
a
looks
to
maintain
the
current
and
existing
functionality
of
conga
street,
with
additional
space
being
out
allocated
to
parking
on
the
northern
and
southern
sides
of
congress
street.
This
goes
for
the
east
and
west
of
8th
street.
As
you
can
see,
the
common
themes
are
present
with
wider
sidewalks
and
street
trees.
C
So
taking
a
look
at
the
plan
blue
view,
we
get
a
closer
look
at
some
of
the
potential
design
elements
like
race
cross
crossings
at
the
approaches
of
sleeper
street
and
farnsworth
street,
as
I
previously
previously
mentioned,
we're
also
able
to
widen
the
sidewalks.
As
you
can
see,
the
dashed
line
on
these
plans
represent
the
existing
sidewalk
width.
The
additional
space
where
we're
able
to
provide
for
the
pedestrian
rail
in
turns
shortens
the
crossing
distances
along
the
corridor.
C
C
Shifting
over
to
the
east
side
of
a
street,
most
notably,
is
the
removal
of
the
the
turn
lane
at
a
street.
We
were
able
to
provide
much
needed
space
from
pedestrians
at
this
corner.
C
This
is
one
of
the
sticking
points
that
we've
heard
from
the
community
in
regards
to
this
crossing
at
congress
street
and
a
street
other
elements,
as
I
mentioned,
provided
and
shown
on
this
plan,
are
the
race
crossing
at
thompson
place
as
well
as
stilling
street
and,
of
course,
the
the
curbside
parking
that
could
be
about
the
curbside
that
could
be
available
for
for
either
media
parking
ballet
and
for
loading.
C
Next
slot
all
right,
thank
you.
Shifting
gears
to
option
b
option
b
looks
at
removing
the
parking
along
conga
street
and
allocating
all
the
space
gained
from
a
redesign
to
the
pro
to
the
pedestrian
rail.
C
This
comp
set
concept
provides
significantly
more
sidewalk
space
and,
as
I
mentioned
previously,
regarding
outdoor
dining
there's
an
opportunity
to
provide
additional
accommodations
along
congress
street.
In
this
concept,
cyber
buffs
can
primarily
be
25.5
feet
wide
and
17
and
a
half
feet
wide
next
slide.
Please.
C
And
looking
at
the
plan
view,
we
can
get
a
closer
look
at
what
the
allocation
of
the
space
for
the
sidewalks
would
look
like.
As
I
mentioned,
you
can
see
the
the
race
questions
are
included
at
super
street
and
farnsworth
street.
You
can
see
the
blue
dash
line,
which
is
the
existing
curb
line,
as
well
as
where
the
proposed
curb
line
could
possibly
be
with
this
option
for
conga
street.
As
you
can
see,
we
have
majority
and
primarily
sidewalk
with
25.5
feet
on
this
section
west
of
of
8th
street.
C
In
this
section,
and
in
this
section
as
well
and
sidewalk,
whips
range
between
25.5
feet
and
17.5
feet
in
some
of
the
the
kind
of
pinch
point
areas,
I
don't
know
if
I
would
consider
them
a
pinch
point
since
they're
72.5
feet
wide,
which
is
fairly
significant.
C
Next
slide,
all
right
and
shifting
gears
again
to
take
a
look
at
the
final
option
that
we
have
to
show
show
to
show
you
tonight,
which
is
option
c.
This
option
looks
at
removing
parking
along
conga
street
and
allocating
additional
space
to
the
wider
sidewalks
and
a
sidewalk
level
bicycle
facility
on
the
northern
and
southern
sides
of
the
roadway.
C
C
Lastly,
here
is
a
summon
summary
of
the
concepts
that
we
presented
tonight:
option
a
which
is
most
similar
to
today's
conquer
street,
with
curbside
access
and
some
additional
sidewalk
width
option
b,
which
maximizes
the
sidewalks
and
pedestrian
rim,
while
significantly
reducing
the
needed
parking
or
parking
mini
to
park
along
the
corridor
and
option
c,
which
we
increase.
The
sidewalk
space
reduce
needed
parking
and
provide
separated
bike
lanes.
A
We
have
another
poll
that
we
wanted
to
queue
up
at
this
point,
I
believe
so
we
could
get
some
initial
reaction
just
to
what
zach
was
able
to
present
what
jeff
was
able
to
present
in
the
last
for
the
three
options.
Yes,.
B
Yeah
so
one
more
time
to
go
to
it
should,
if
you
still
have
it
up
on
your
phone,
we'll
just
move
it
to
the
next
slide,
and
if
you
need
the
link,
I
will
put
it
in
the
chat
one
more
time.
C
Made
from
the
looks
of
it,
I
would
say
it's
definitely
a
lot
of
interest
to
increase
the
sidewalk
sizes
for
me,
for
the
public
realm
to
provide
separated
bicycle
lanes
along
the
corridor.
A
A
Great
thanks,
so
everyone
we
had
a
chance
to
walk
through
the
planning
context.
The
background,
those
three
comments,
and
then
you
know
the
we've
had
the
polling
and
we'll
have
some
q
a,
but
also
if
everyone
would
like
to
or
anyone
would
like
to
send
an
email
or
or
or
call
the
information
is
here
for
our
public
works
email
that
will
compile
written
comments,
any
comments
that
people
have
that
would
like
to
send
along
or
if
by
phone
someone
will
head
or
wanted
to
discuss
the
different
proposals.
A
That's
my
phone
number,
my
direct
line
at
work.
If
anyone
would
like
to
hey.
E
C
D
A
So,
okay,
all
right
all
right,
we're
back
here,
just
with
the
in
terms
of
soliciting
feedback
and
comments,
we
thought
a
few
weeks
to
digest
what
we
presented
give
an
opportunity
for
people
to
correspond.
A
You
know
get
copies
of
this
presentation
to
review
and
take
a
closer
look
and
then
send
us.
You
know
emailed
comments
or
telephone
any
way
to
communicate
people's
preferences
and
their
ideas
about
the
three
different
options,
so
we're
going
to
post
the
plans.
Obviously
you
know
being
as
transparent
as
possible
to
to
get
this
information
out
in
these
different
alternatives,
and
we
want
to
hear
from
you.
We
want
to
hear
what
the
community
thinks
about
these
three
different
options.
A
So
in
terms
of
the
timeline,
we
would
expect
a
follow-up
meeting
from
this.
You
know
initial
in
in
may.
A
You
know
in
a
couple
of
months
I
think
it's
a
good
time
a
good
target
to
to
come
back
again
and
have
another
community
meeting
like
this
after
we've
heard
from
everybody
and
had
a
chance
to
to
refine
the
different
options
and
maybe
zero
down
on
on
a
preferred
option
would
love
to
get
to
a
final
design.
A
This
fall,
I
think,
that's
a
you
know
a
again
a
good
target
for
what
we
could
reach
this
project
is
is
funded
for
construction,
that's
the
great
news
and
we
would
anticipate
breaking
ground
after
a
construction
bid
to
break
ground
in
in
2023.
So
you
know
design
through
early
in
the
year.
A
We
take
the
time
to
really
engage
on
the
different
alternatives
with
the
community
for
the
next
several
months
into
the
fall
and
then
hope
to
have
a
final
design
that
we
could
advertise
for
construction
after
the
new
year.
Jeff.
Can
you
to
get
to
the
next
slide
since
so
just
again
in
context
of
of
the
other
planning
initiatives
and
other
projects
that
tie
into
this?
The
this
south
boston,
seaport,
strategic
transit
plan
meeting
is
again
this
this
coming
thursday.
A
The
third
and
we
hope
to
have
a
good
participation
like
we
had
tonight
with
you,
know
a
good
showing
and
a
good
cross-section
of
of
different
interests
and
still
stakeholders
in
the
in
the
neighborhood.
So
on
the
link
again
for
that
meeting
is
on
this
slide,
and
it's
also
on
the
web
page
too,
on
the
city's
bpda's
web
page
next
slide
too
there's
another
meeting,
the
urban
forestry
plan.
A
We
just
wanted
to
also
mention
this,
since
it's
coming
up
within
the
next
couple
weeks,
monday
march
14th
for
those
interested
in
another
city
initiative
that
relates
to
the
urban
realm,
so
next
slide
jeff.
A
I
think
you
know
at
this
point
we
wanted
to
you
know:
let
people
raise
their
hands
if
they
needed
to,
or
we
could
respond
to
some
of
the
chat
but
get
into
a
discussion
about
what
was
presented
tonight,
and
hopefully
we
can
respond
in
kind
to
all
of
the
inquiries.
A
Do
we
have
do
we
have
a
show
of
hands
stephanie,
potentially
that
we
could
go
in
some
kind
of
an
order.
B
Yeah
we've
got
a
bunch
of
hands
up.
We've
got
questions
from
the
chat,
so
we'll
just
kind
of
go
back
and
forth
between
them.
So
I've
been
trying
to
answer
the
questions
as
we
go,
but
the
questions
have
gotten
more
and
more
complicated,
so
I'm
going
to
hand
some
of
them
back
to
the
two
of
you.
B
So
there's
a
question
here
about
well
about
sleeper
street.
If
you
can
say
a
little
bit
more
about
the
schedule
there
and
the
potential
parking
impacts
and
how
that
is
being
thought
of
in
combination
with
our
conqueror
street
proposals,.
A
Yeah,
I
think
I
I
can
take
that
one,
just
real,
quick
with
the
sleeper
street
design.
We
we
looked
at
a
potential
one
way,
but
that
really
didn't
work
for
to
have
a
one-way
couplet
that
really
didn't
work
for
the
children's
museum
and
the
circulation
so
sleeper
street,
and
it's
the
current
kind
of
present
design
alternative
would
maintain
a
two-way
sleeper
street.
A
It
would
widen
the
sidewalks
to
make
them
more
accessible,
especially
for
you
know,
disabilities
to
meet
our
ada
requirements
so
that
we
would
upgrade
the
sidewalks
in
the
streetscape
given
what
we
have
to
work
with.
It
is
a
narrow
cross
section,
but
it
would
be
two-way.
A
Expand.
The
sidewalk
there'd
be
a
very
limited
impact
to
the
parking
in
there's
two
alternatives,
essentially
where
we
maintain
parking
on
the
children's
museum
side
or
we
maintain
parking
on
kind
of
the
existing
condo
association
residential
side
of
the
street.
On
the
east
side,
there
would
be
a
raised
crossing
to
allow
for
pedestrian
crossings.
A
Mid-Block,
essentially
mid-block,
raised
crossing
to
get
people
across
sleep
the
street
and
help
to
calm
traffic.
So
that's
where
we're
at
right
now,
the
design.
It's
you
know
narrowing
in
on
one
of
those
two
alternatives:
it's
limited
impact
to
the
parking
and
it
would
be
maintained
on
one
of
the
sides
of
of
sleeper
street.
E
Pat,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
I
appreciate
it.
I've
been.
I
worked
on
the
2007
crossroads
plan
back
in
2013
and
2016.,
and
I
appreciate
the
work
I'm
glad
it
actually
hasn't
been
done
until
now,
because
I
think
it's
improved
quite
a
bit
and
I'm
glad
to
see
actually
frankly
option
c.
I
think
bike
infrastructure
is
a
necessity.
I
am
a
cyclist.
I
also
support
the
seaport
access
through
cycling,
so
I
think
that's
a
great
improvement.
E
That's
an
issue
where
I
think
there
isn't
enough
necessarily
thought
right
now
into
that
area
and
the
width
of
congress
street
might
want
to
be
preserved
for
a
dedicated
bus
lane.
I
have
a
question
about
whether
or
not
thompson
street
will
continue
to
be
signalized
because
it
looked
like
you
might
have
removed
that.
If
you
could
answer
that
question
and
lastly,
I
went
to
every
single
working
group
meeting
of
the
of
the
northern
avenue
bridge
task
force
and
there
were
four
proponents
for
private
shuttles
on
the
task
force
committee.
E
There
was
only
one
independent
transit
group,
livable
streets
and
question
there
is
that
the
the
the
traffic
study
for
northern
for
the
northern
avenue
bridge
replacement
project
didn't
include
in
the
scope
of
that
study
the
possibility
of
a
congress
street
brt
to
north
station.
So
I'd
like
to
hear
a
comment
on
whether
or
not
we
could
redo
a
scoped
traffic
study
for
the
northern
avenue
bridge,
taking
into
consideration
what
you're
looking
at
for
for
congress
street,
really
appreciate
the
work
thanks
for
the
time
everyone.
A
Thank
you,
steve
and
great
comments,
great
context
for
everything
we're
trying
to
accomplish
here
with
these
other
neighboring
projects.
The
of
the
first
one
I
think
I'll
take
is
that
the
signal
thompson
place.
A
A
A
So
there's
that
the
northern
avenue
bridge-
and
you
know
I-
my
colleagues-
are
also
on
the
call
too-
that
might
be
able
to
to
help.
But
the
perspective
that
I
have
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
terms
of
the
purpose
of
the
bridge.
I
know
that
you
know
during
the
design
process.
We
we
limited
it.
A
I
think
we
didn't
want
to
have
full
kind
of
open
to
all
vehicular
traffic
and
then,
on
the
other
hand,
necessarily
have
a
completely
pedestrian
on
bike,
but
you
know
the
structure
itself
can
accommodate
a
number
of
different
uses.
So
right
now,
the
the
plan
that
I
understand
is
that
it
could
be
predominantly
ped
bike,
but
also
have
you
know
a
lane
for
hov
so
yeah.
That's
I
mean
it
can
be
programmed
in
many
different
ways:
the
structure
itself,
the
the
current
plan.
A
As
I
understand
it,
is
that
it
would
be.
You
know,
a
substantial
pet
bike,
accommodation,
but
also
preserve.
You
know
a
vehicular
lane,
but
only
for
hov
I.e.
You
know
a
a
bus
carrying
you
know
a
significant
number
of
people,
the
idea
being
moving.
You
know
more
folks
in
and
out
of
the
district
over
that
crossing
in
north
station
to
cell
station.
I
think
steve
you
congress
street
itself
absolutely
and
in
particular,
through
the
financial
districts
and
connecting
to
merrimack
and
to
north
station.
A
I
think
we've
always
had
our
sights
on
that
as
the
potential
for
a
connection,
a
good
connection.
You
know
a
rapid
one
for
for
bus
service.
I
think,
on
this
section
of
congress,
through
the
seaport
transit
study.
I
think
you
know
to
the
point
that
we
made
earlier
and
some
of
the
slides
and
the
comparison
was
that
summer
street
is
a
better
candidate
for
brt.
A
But
you
know
we
do
have
the
I
you
know
there
is
the
you
know.
The
the
city's
effort
to
you
know
engage
on
the
north
station
to
sell
station
in
north
station
to
south
boston
waterfront
for
bus,
rapid
transit
project.
That's
getting
ready
to
get
underway.
A
I
don't
know
if
my
any
of
my
colleagues
want
to
want
to
jump
in
maybe
matt
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but
I
hope
that
I
was
able
to
answer
gearing
cory,
steve.
F
Hey
this
is
matt
moran
with
the
transit
team
at
the
boston
transportation
department.
So
just
a
little
bit
about
the
trans
team,
we
coordinate
closely
with
the
mbta
on
a
variety
of
different
projects
and
we
concentrate
on
the
areas
that
we
have
the
most
control
over.
So
it's
our
city
streets
and
it's
making
our
city
streets
better
for
not
only
buses,
but
you
know
sort
of
all
multimodal
improvements
that
we
can
work
on.
So
yeah
steve
to
your
point.
F
We
are
very
interested
in
you
know
in
cobas,
in
2030
there
was
this
idea
of
this
north
station
to
seaport
connection
and
we've
been.
We
hired
a
consulting
firm
back
in
the
late
fall
hdr
to
start
working
with
us
on
thinking
through
some
alternatives
for
what
a
corridor
could
look
like.
F
So
we
are
looking
to
begin
a
public
process
around
those
alternatives
in
the
spring,
probably
in
early
to
mid
april,
and
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
sort
of
talk
through
some
of
the
pros
and
cons
of
all
of
the
sort
of
alignments
that
we
are
looking
at
a
few
key
assumptions.
We
want
to
get
folks
as
close
to
south
station
as
possible.
So
that's
why
the
summer
street
connection
I
think
for
that
north
station.
F
The
seaport
connection
makes
a
lot
of
sense
and
also
summer
street
allows
us
to
continue
out
towards
the
south
boston
waterfront
the
seaport
district
and
serve
an
area
that
doesn't
really
have
good,
dedicated
bus,
rapid
transit
service.
Today,
congress
street's
a
little
bit
close
to
seaport
boulevard.
So
if
you're
trying
to
get
to
sort
of
that
lower
level
of
the
seaport.
By
that
I
mean
you
know
summer
streets
on
the
upper
viaduct
congress
street
is
sort
of
the
same
level
as
seaport
boulevard.
F
You
can
pretty
easily
walk
between
the
two,
whereas
summer
street
gives
you
sort
of
a
unique
corridor
and
serves
a
unique
destination.
You
know
the
growing
corridor
and
a
street
pretty
efficiently
and
the
growing
corridor
out
by
the
convention
center
pretty
efficiently
too.
So
we
think
those
two
parallel
corridors,
the
silver
line,
sort
of
serving
that
end
of
the
sea
port
and
summer
street,
serving
the
other
end
of
the
seaport
act
as
two
good
transit
connections
going
out
to
towards
the
district.
F
So
I
know
it's
a
lot
but
we'll
explain
more
in
next
month.
I
should
say
in
in
april
when
we
come
back.
A
B
So
we
also,
I
want
to
lift
up
a
concern
about
the
number
of
vehicles
being
about
11
000
a
day
as
we
counted
in
july,
and
you
know
there's
a
feeling
that
maybe
we're
not
providing
enough
space
for
vehicle
traffic
to
flow
and
that
this
could
add
to
the
frustrating
traffic
experiences
that
folks
are
having
today.
So
I'm
hoping
that
either
one
of
you
or
someone
on
the
consultant
team
can
sort
of
speak
to
that
volume
of
traffic
and
how
we're
managing
it.
B
A
A
reduction,
it
means
thanks,
stephanie,
just
real,
quick
I'll
say
that
we
we
had
our
signals
team
again.
This
collaboration
that
I
mentioned
between
all
the
different
divisions
and
different
departments
and
bringing
all
the
expertise
in
when
we
thought
about.
You
know
how
we
could
maximize
space
and
we
thought
about
the
churning
lane.
A
That's
where
we
you
know
did,
ran
those
numbers
and
had
that
analysis
to
show
like
what
how
it
would
affect
the
delay
and
it's
in
the
grand
scheme
of
things
it's
really
inconsequential
in
terms
of
any
additional
delay,
there's
really
no
change,
except
for.
I
think
what
like
four
seconds,
I
think
on
one
of
the
moves
with
that
turning
lane,
but
yeah
we
have
to
consider
vehicular
traffic
too.
It's
a
major
connector,
it's
an
arterial,
it
serves
many
purposes,
but
it
does
carry
thousands
of
vehicles.
A
So
you
know
absolutely
we
have
to
consider
you
know
the
progression
of
vehicles,
the
you
know
the
congestion.
You
know
the
growth
right,
the
projected
you
know
trips
that
would
be
associated
with
new
developments.
So
yeah,
we
can't
just
you
know,
shut
down
congress
street
entirely
for
pedestrian
use.
We
do
maintain
in
all
three
alternatives.
We
we
maintain
at
least
a
lane
in
each
direction
for
travel
and
motorists.
It's
just
they're.
A
A
Next,
one
steph.
B
Sorry
yeah,
if
you
can,
if
people
who
are
speaking
can
say
where
they're
from
I
think
that
would
be
helpful,
got
that.
G
You
go
pat
from
city
point.
I
also
represent
city
point
neighborhood
association.
I
spent
many
many
years
on
the
public
realm
plan
down
there.
The
south
boston
design
advisory
committee
down
there
extremely
familiar
with
the
area
on
how
the
build
out
is
one
of
the
questions
that
was
just
my
concern
is
that
when
we
were
doing
the
build
out
on
this,
we
took
into
consideration
like
bike
lanes
and
traffic
lanes
and
being
a
data
guy
that
I
am
it
just
I'm
perplexed
as
to
how
you
can
reduce
auto,
auto
lengths
and
increase
bike
lanes.
G
Okay,
because
you
are
all
the
cars
that
are
going
down
there,
they're
only
going
to
increase
with
the
residency.
That's
out
there,
it's
just
the
way
it
is,
and
you're
reducing
down
to
bike
lanes
and
pedestrian
lanes.
I
just
don't
see
the
justification
to
do
that
because,
as
you
know,
being
from
southie
summer
street
conga
street
we're
on
a
peninsula
road
here
it
is
absolutely
impossible
to
get
in
and
out
of
our
neighborhood
right
now.
It
is
just
crazy
that
bike
lane
on
summer
street
going
over
the
bridge
is
ridiculous.
G
You
got
less
than
100
bikes
a
day,
but
yet
you
got
over
15
000
cars
and
trucks,
and
I'm
just
you
know
we
had
was
at
what
point?
Do
you
say
hey
wait,
a
minute
it
I
like
biking,
I
like
walking,
but
I
don't
see
the
justification
that,
because
it's
adding
to
the
pollution
at
that
into
the
frustration
it's
added
to
the
economic
impacts
of
any
of
the
drivers
that
are
out
there,
it's
adding
to
the
bus
delays
that
are
going
on.
So
that's
what
my
concern
is.
G
We
talked
about
this
when
we
did
the
whole
the
build
out
of
that
area
down.
There
is
that
we
need
enough
lanes
down
there
to
accommodate
the
increased
growth
in
car
ownership,
which
boston
is
number
four
right
now
in
the
country
on
automotive
ownership.
It's
not
reducing
it's
increasing
and
the
justification
that
you're
having
to
reduce
those
lanes
down
from
two
lanes
each
way
to
one
with
a
bike
lane
and
and
sidewalks
is
concerned
extremely
concerning.
It's
actually
opposite
of
how
you're
reading
the
data
right
now
it
doesn't
make
sense.
G
It's
just
adding
to
our
frustration
in
south
boston.
It's
not
it's!
Not
a
good
thing,
it's
not
a
good
thing
for
the
seaport
I'll,
follow
up
with
one
more
two
more
options
on
that
you
did
not
didn't
take
into
account
the
rideshare
options
that
are
going
on
that.
G
I
think
everybody
out
here
that,
if
you're
not
in
an
uber
or
a
lift
you're
screaming
at
an
uber
or
a
lift,
you
know
so
you
like
it
when
you're
in
the
back
seat,
but
when
you
drive
in
the
streets
and
they
stop
right
in
front
of
you
all
the
time,
it's
just
a
pain
in
the
ass,
and
it
just
adds
to
the
problem,
and
I
think
we
all
know
that
everybody's
blood
pressure
in
the
area
just
keeps
going
up.
One
more
comment
that
I
like
outdoor
dining,
is
well
alfresco.
G
I
do
not
think
it
belongs
in
the
streets
down
there.
Okay,
we
had
this
discussion
with
all
the
building
owners
and
the
potential
developers
years
ago.
If
you
want
outdoor
dining
al
fresco,
dining
build
it
into
your
property
building
into
what
you
want,
don't
make.
Every
single
taxpayer
go
out
there
without
doing
dining.
It
doesn't
belong
on
the
street.
I
love
it,
but
it
doesn't
belong
in
our
streets.
It
should
be
part
of
the
design
development.
That's
out
there.
If
you
want
outdoor
dining
in
a
restaurant,
build
it
into
your
concept.
G
When
you
build
like
you,
do
you
build
out
your
restaurant?
That's
just
how
it
is.
I
just
don't
see
how
you
can
bring
in
alfresco
dining
in
the
gutters
in
salty,
when
you're
gonna
reduce
traffic
increase
all
kinds
of
problems,
especially
down
here
in
south
boston.
Everybody
is
pushing
down
summer
street.
I
can't
tell
you
how
badly
it
is
down
here.
Pat,
you
should
know
it
just
it's
crazy,
so
that's
my
two
cents,
I'm
extremely
experienced
at
what's
going
on
with
the
traffic.
G
I'm
shocked
that
nobody
reached
out
to
me
to
ask
me
about
my
opinions
on
the
traffic
down
there,
after
putting
in
10
years
of
community
service,
to
build
out
that
area
and
what
I'm
seeing
here
right
now
from
you,
gentlemen,
ladies
that
are
in
there,
is
that
you
don't
the
dream
is
nice,
but
the
reality
it's
just
not
gonna
work,
you're,
just
gonna
make
it
extremely
extremely
unpleasant
for
everybody,
especially
us
in
south
boston,
who
can't
even
get
in
and
out
of
the
our
peninsula
right
now,
whether
it's
going
south
or
going
north
and
you're,
not
even
including
all
the
truck
traffic.
G
You
have
going
down
the
streets.
Those
trailers
coming
out
the
increased
cargo
trying
to
jump
on
93
north
out
there
through
the
seaport.
You
know
as
well
as
me:
that's
just
only
going
to
get
worse.
So
that's
my
two
cents.
I
oppose
I
oppose
just
about
everything
you
said
there
because
it
does
you're
not
applying
the
data
to
the
concept
you're
actually
going
in
the
opposite
direction,
you're
going
to
cause
more
problems,
but
I
do
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
you're
doing.
I
just
got
to
take
it.
One
more
step,
so
that's
my
two
cents.
G
I
always
love
improvements.
I'm
sorry!
I
don't
mean
to
be
a
debbie
downer
here
but,
like
I
say,
I
just
don't
see
how
this
is
improving,
especially
with
the
data
that
you
just
showed
us.
It's
just
you're,
going
in
the
complete
opposite
direction.
So.
H
G
A
I
got
it
bill
appreciate
the
perspective
and
yeah
just
just
real
quick
again
with
the
capacity
on
the
lanes
and
jeff.
You
can
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
we
have
it's
congress
street.
What
we're
redesigning
is
it's
one
lane
in
each
direction.
We
maintain.
We
still
maintain
in
all
of
these
options.
One
lane
in
each
direction
should.
I
G
G
B
We
can
process,
I
know.
D
B
Road
there
are
more
travel
lanes
available.
It
is
only
at
the
a
street
intersection
that
we're
looking
to
reclaim
a
lot
more
of
that
space
for
pedestrian
space
or
public
realm
for
trees,
etcetera.
So
I
understand
your
concern.
G
A
B
Sorry,
just
sort
of
skimming
through
questions
that
have
come
in
so
there's
a
lot
of
questions
about
the
the
current
double
parking
and
concerns
that,
if
we
don't
have
any
space
for
people
to
pull
over,
it
will
just
be
impossible
to
to
move
earlier
in
the
chat.
I
had
noted
that
these
are
like
concepts
meant
to
sort
of
like
push
the
limits
on
what
we
might
be
able
to
do,
and
but
pat
jeff.
If
you
want
to
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
more.
A
Yeah,
just
I
mean
yeah,
if
there's,
if
there's
one
link,
if
there's
curb
extension,
that
has
one
lane
in
each
direction
and
then
you
have
someone
that
puts
on
their
flashes
and
then
you
have,
you
know
essentially
down
to
one
lane.
We
have
to
consider
something
like
that
with
enforcement
and
how
that
might
work
and
that
that's
a
legitimate
issue,
so
yeah
absolutely
we're
aware
of
that,
as
we
also
don't
want
to
incentivize,
you
know
double
parking
and
create
an
opportunity,
for
you
know
that
activity
to
take
place.
A
It
creates
a
lot
of
issues
in
terms
of
you
know
again,
you
know
issues
around
traffic
that
we've
heard
about
that
are
of
concern
and
if
you
create
a
situation
where
it
invites
you
know,
deliveries
and
other.
You
know
quick
pit
stops
where
people
take
advantage
of
the
excess
space
that
just
creates
more
problems
but
yeah.
If
you
reduce
that
ability
what
other
side
effects
might
you
have
if
there
is
no
space,
for
you
know,
deliveries
and
things
like
that,
so
all
things
considered
yeah.
C
I
mean,
as
stephanie
kind
of
mentioned,
I
mean
this-
is
these
are
just
concepts
to
kind
of
start
the
conversation
we
wanted
to
get
feedback
from
the
community
about
what
would
be
preferred
for
congress
street.
We
definitely
don't
want
to
design
to
promote
any
illegal
parking
or
double
street
or
double
parking
along
congress
street.
C
Ultimately,
in
areas
where
we
are
looking
at
maintaining
or
providing
or
possibly
providing
one
lane
in
each
direction,
we're
we're
not
we're
not
going
to
design
a
roadway
to
provide
a
space
for
people
to
double
park
against
other
vehicles,
but
we're
we're
not
saying
that
we're
moving
all
the
parking
on
on
congress
street
we're
not
saying
that
we're
we're
moving
it
forward
with
any
of
these
these
concepts
and
in
the
sense
of
how
they
are
shown,
it's
more
of
us
just
what
direction
should
we
be?
C
Should
we
be
heading
to
in
regards
to
these
designs?
That's,
ultimately
what
it
is.
B
B
Worry
about
it
all
right,
stacy
thompson!
You
are
next.
J
Too
this
was,
I
was
going
to
start
by
saying,
stacy
thompson,
the
executive
director
of
livable
streets-
and
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
saying
the
way
that
you
all
started
the
meeting,
the
fact
that
we
can
all
see
each
other,
the
polling,
the
clarity
of
concepts,
the
timeline
all
great.
So
I
want
to
start
by
positive
feedback.
Stephanie
should
be
in
charge
of
all
of
our
meetings
going
forward.
J
Just
want
to
shout
it
out,
and
now
I
want
to
see
it
in
all
of
the
btd
meetings
going
forward,
but
no
and
I'll
keep
my
comments,
quick
and
we
are
planning
on
participating
in
the
transit
meeting
next
week.
So
I
don't
anticipate
or
expect
these
questions
to
be
answered
here
for
clarity,
but
I
think
one
thing
that
I
want
to
name
is
that
a
number
of
folks
were
surprised.
This
meeting
was
happening
before
this
transit
study
meeting,
because
there
are
so
many
unanswered
questions.
J
So
I
think,
given
that
the
northern
avenue
bridge
project
hasn't
had
a
public
meeting
in
two
years
and
that
we
have
no,
there
was
never
clarity
on
how
to
fix
the
approaches
so
that
they
would
be
safe
for
people
walking
and
biking
on
that
project.
That
is
still
an
open
question
for
the
community.
This
question
of
how
definitively
has
the
city
studied
congress
street
as
a
bike
pad
and
transit
corridor?
That
would
run
parallel
to
and
complement
the
already
planned
summer.
J
Street
project
is
something
that
has
not
been
answered
definitively
and
I
think
these
questions
of
accessibility
across
the
many
levels
of
this,
the
seaport
and
four-point
area-
are
really
really
important
for
older
adults.
People
who
live
there,
people
who
plan
to
age
in
the
community
and
those
issues
have
not
yet
been
addressed,
and
so
I
think
the
I
very
strongly
support
options,
two
and
option
threes
as
a
concept,
but
would
say
that
it's
really
hard
to
sort
of,
I
think,
move
forward
until
we've
answered
some
of
these
structural.
J
You
know
like
contextual
issues,
so
I
want
to
name
that
and
then
separately.
I
do
think
a
little
thinking
on
loading
zones
for
uber
and
lyft,
maybe
not
on
this
area,
but
in
the
area
be
wonderful.
Information
to
sort
of
walk
through
I'd
be
happy
to
do
a
community
walkthrough
with
you
all
about
potential
locations
for
that
as
well.
I
think
that's
great
feedback.
Okay
off
my
soapbox,
thanks
team.
A
K
Thanks,
I
also
appreciate
the
presentation,
the
thought
that
went
into
all
this
and
particularly
the
suggestion
that
we
all
approach
this
with
an
open
mind
which
is
often
something
that
we,
including
me
forget.
So
I'm
trying
to
approach
this
with
an
open
mind,
I'm
a
big
believer
in
data-
and
I
don't
want
to
criticize
mr
bailey,
but
I
think
he
may
have
driven
some
people
away
from
the
cause
and
I
just
was
so.
I
want
to
take
a
slightly
different
tack,
which
is
just
to
say
how
you
do.
K
Modeling
really
depends
upon
like
what
kind
of
data
you
have
so
to
the
you
know,
uber
lyft
delivery
point:
did
you
model
everybody
complying
or
did
you
model
significant
people?
You
know
parking
in
the
streets
and
you
know
I
live
there
and
oh
by
the
way.
Yes,
you
asked
seth
jaffe.
I
live
in
15
sleeper,
I'm
on
the
dockside
board
and
I
work-
I
guess
not
in
four
point
but
in
the
seaport
at
world
trade
center.
So
I
walk
up
and
down
congress
street
quite
a
bit.
I
like
walking.
K
K
K
A
Great
point:
seth:
I
appreciate
your
commentary
very
much,
and
this
is
great
we're
recording
all
of
this
and
we
have
all
this
documentation
in
the
chat.
This
is
all
good
stuff.
I
would
think
between
this
meeting
and
our
next
one
that
we
anticipate
in
may,
we
would
probably
again
either
capture
new
data
revisit
you
know
the
analysis
that
we've
done.
A
A
I'll
ask
my
friends
at
public
jeff.
C
So
so
the
the
sleeper
street
design
construction
will
coincide
with
what
we're
doing
on
conga
street
seafood
series.
Is
it's
more
of
a
easier
job
of
seeing
that
we
already
know
what
we
want
to
do
to
do
on
on
sleep
history,
it's
more
of
just
determining
where
the
park
is
going
to
be
either
on
the
children's
museum
side
or
on
the
resident
side.
So
I
mean
we
have
a
clear
understanding
of
what
we
want
to
do
on
on
sleeper
street
and
the
design
will
be
done
concurrently
with
the
conga
street
project.
C
So
this
this
will
be
part
of
one
package
that
we're
putting
out.
I
don't
know
which
one
would
get
built
first,
but
there
will
be
one
package
that
we're
putting
up
for
contractors
I,
but
we
just
kind
of
note.
I
mean
some
of
the
questions
about
the
traffic
data.
C
D
B
We
can
definitely
add
more
information.
I
do
want
to
just
also
clarify
that,
like
part
of
again,
we
use
pre-pandemic
traffic
volumes,
so
we
adjusted
our
2021
counts
to
really
understand
what
the
differences
were
going
to
be
at
expectations
for
additional
traffic
coming
back,
we
did
not
base
them
on
the
summertime
traffic
data.
We
also
used
the
numbers
to
help
us
understand
if
it
was
even
possible
to
reconsider
how
many
lanes
of
travel
there
were
sort
of
in
the
middle
of
congress
street
around
a
street.
B
So
it's
not
necessarily
final
at
any
point,
and
we
will
definitely
do
a
lot
more
going
to
the
may
meeting.
Once
we
have
a
concept
to
share.
It's
all
conceptual.
Will
this
work?
Will
this
not
work
kind
of
pass
fail
right
now,
so
on
to
valerie.
L
You
so
I'm
valerie
burns.
I
live
at
249
a
street
and
I
have
lived
here
for
more
than
35
years.
I
was
part
of
the
first
wave
of
folks
that
moved
into
fort
point
in
the
late
70s
early
80s
and
like
steve.
L
I've
been
on
this
with
this
crossroads
project
since
2007,
and
I
think
one
of
the
best
things
is
that
we're
still
doing
this
and
we
didn't
make
decisions
that
were
that
were
say,
10
years
old,
because
our
neighborhood
has
really
changed,
and
I
guess
for
me
the
two
biggest
changes
are.
We
have
a
grocery
store
and
we
have
two
to
three
times
more
residents
using
that
grocery
store
and
that
has
really
contributed
to
sort
of
the
life
of
the
neighborhood.
L
Both
fort
point
and
seaport
and
people
probably
know
the
grocery
store
is
on
thompson
place.
It's
it's
trader
joe's
and
the
main
way
that
people
access
trader
joe's
is
by
foot,
and
you
see
people
walking
up
and
down
a
street
congress
street
carrying
grocery
baskets
grocery
bags.
L
You
see
young
women
with
granny,
baskets,
filling
them
up
and
and
wheeling
them
down
a
street
or
down
congress
street,
and
things
have
really
changed,
and
I
think
it's
important
that
this
area
of
congress
street
respond
to
the
changes
that
have
happened
in
the
neighborhood
and
what's
what's
ahead
of
us,
which
are
more
residential
buildings
and
also
more
commercial
buildings,
because
we're
in
the
sort
of
midst
of
a
flush
of
development
in
fort
point,
which
is
which
followed
what
happened
in
the
seaport.
L
So
I
have
a
couple
of
one.
I
want
to
thank
btd
a
couple
of
years
ago.
You
rearranged
the
traffic
signals
at
a
and
congress
and
you
included
thompson
way
so
that
the
when
there
is
a
time
when
the
lights
go
red
in
all
directions
and
we
all
get
walk
lights,
to
walk
across
the
congress
and
and
a
and
to
thompson
way,
and
that
has
made
an
enormous
improvement
in
the
safety
of
the
neighborhood.
L
So
thank
you
and
we've
all
gotten
used
to
the
cycle,
so
we
actually
know
to
wait
for
it,
because
it's
really
going
to
happen.
So
I
have.
I
have,
I
guess
three
points
or
questions.
One
is
on
congress
street.
There
is
still
a
building
that
has
head
in
a
head-in
loading
dock.
It's
where,
on
the
ground
floor
is
four
point
market
and
when
those
trucks
head
in
they
block
two
to
three
one
to
two
lanes
of
congress
street-
and
this
is
on
the
south
side.
L
While
I
understand
these
concepts
and
and
the
kind
of
pedestrian
and
residential
and
even
an
environment,
it's
going
to
make
for
everyone.
I
don't
understand
the
the
speed
of
the
through
traffic,
especially
coming
from
the
seaport,
where
some
people
might
be
coming
from
the
mass
pike.
L
There's
a
lot
of
speed
and
how
is
all
of
this
going
to
sort
of
calm
traffic
in
a
way
that
won't
make
drivers
just
more
anxious
and
and
more
crazy,
because
you
know
we
do
see
drivers
pulling
into
other
lanes
when
they're
things
are
slowing
down
at
the
rate
that
they,
you
know,
they're
not
able
to
travel
at
the
rate
they
want
to.
So
really
those
I'm
I'm
delighted
I'll
be
at
the
next
meeting
I'll
be
at
the
meeting
on
thursday
to
understand
more
about
the
context.
A
Oh
valerie
appreciate
that
and
appreciate
all
you've
done
over
the
years
to
in
your
activism,
to
improve
the
conditions
in
the
neighborhood.
A
I'm
super
glad
to
hear
about
the
intersection
being
made
safer
when
we,
when
we
reconfigured
that
intersection
really
happy
to
hear
that
the
that
the
way
that
the
trucks
assets
access
that
loading
dock
is
something
that
we've
struggled
with
and
that
we
are
trying
to
sort
out
as
we
go
as
we
progress
through
this
design,
I'm
not
entirely
clear
on
if
there's
a
way
to
adjust
that
so
that
we
don't
have
trucks
blocking
the
traveling.
A
You
know
the
way
they
do
today
and
they
have
you
know
for
the
last
couple
decades.
It's
really
kind
of
crazy.
The
way
that
you
know
was
accessible
in
in
blocks
kind
of
the
pathway
that
way
so
yeah.
We
recognize
that
completely
and
we're
aware
that
we're
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
counter
that.
A
Our
idea
is
to
have
accessible,
sidewalk
and
pathway
all
the
way
from
a
to
melcher
to
your
point,
so
that
is
in
our
sites
as
well,
and
hopefully
we
can
accomplish
that
between
between
a
city,
capital
project-
and
you
know
I
developed
the
mitigation
with
these
massive
projects
that
are
happening
adjacent
to
the
to
melter
street,
and
then
I
think
your
your
other
point.
Valerie
was
on
slowing
traffic
on
what
was
the
corridor
in
particular,.
L
It's
really
cars
that
are
coming
from
the
seaport
up
through
you
know
up
on
congress,
you
know
toward
downtown
and
those
cars
at
least
right
now
are
traveling
at
quite
a
rate
of
speed,
especially
if
they
they
have
a
green
light
at
boston
wharf
road,
so
they're
they're
really
moving
and
then
suddenly
they
come
to
an
area.
That's
very
podest
has
a
lot
of
pedestrian
activity.
Okay,.
A
Well,
I
guess
there's
a
couple
ways
that
we
can
address
that
at
the
intersection
itself,
where
there
are
overlapping
projects
between
the
the
mass
dot,
slash
seaport
square.
A
You
know
redesign
of
that
section
of
congress
street
where
we
can
there's
plans
right
now
to
you
know
rebuild
that
intersection,
and
you
know
what
have
wider
sidewalks.
You
know
new
signalization
and
then
have
a
a
more
smooth
and
you
know
right
size
transition
into
the
you
know.
You
know
that
the
section
of
congress
that
we're
rebuilding
is.
L
B
L
In
a
not
in
a
engineering
way,
but
in
a
concept
toy,
so
we
can
connect
one
plan
to
another.
A
Yeah
we'll
have
I
I
there
was
an
illustration
in
one
of
my
earliest
slides
that
just
had
it
highlighted
it
didn't
show
any
detail,
but
we'll
show
one
that's
a
little
bit
in
between.
You
know
a
rudimentary
graphic
and
something
that's
more
engineered,
so
we'll
find
something
you
can
just.
You
know
look
at
an
illustration
that
you
can
see
contextually
how
this
works
between
the
different
projects.
B
Pat
is
saying,
like
both
projects
are
still
sort
of
in
design
figuring
things
out.
So
when
we
come
back
later,
okay,
great,
we'll
be
able
to
show
both
of
them
together
and
show
how
that
works.
Okay,.
A
And
then
valerie,
maybe
with
speeds,
how
we
have
this.
You
know
synchronization
between
the
a
and
congress
intersection
and
the
boston
wharf
west
service
in
congress,
intersection
where
you
could
have
intermittent,
and
you
know
instead,
you
just
have
you
know
40
mile
per
hour,
consecutive
green
signal
that
could
induce
right.
D
A
More
more
rates
of
speed,
so
things
like
that
in
our
tool
kit
and
then
just
through
the
extension
of
the
curbs
right.
So
if
we
extend
the
curbs
out
under
all
of
these
different
options,
you
know
that
creates
more
pedestrian
space
and
you
know
dude
more
public
realm
for
the
for
the
pedestrian,
and
you
know
a
little
bit
of
a
buffer
between
the
vehicles
in
the
roadway,
and
you
know
the
pedestrians
on
the
sidewalk
great.
H
Long
hey
so
so
a
couple
of
things
guys
thanks
for
having
this
again
pat
right
and
I'll
kind
of
emphasize
some
points
made
previous
and
then
maybe
an
one
or
two
others.
So
there's
been
a
lot
of
focus
in
the
chat
and
by
the
neighborhood
as
it
relates
to
parking,
obviously
because
of
the
loss
of
parking,
we're
seeing
through
other
projects
so
clearly
having
a
parking
survey
done
with
good
parking.
H
Data
in
terms
of
parking
turnover
probably
is
important,
and
I
would
highly
recommend
that
if
you
guys
haven't
done
that
to
do
it
and
do
it
over
a
sufficient
time
period
on
different
days,
so
you
guys
know
how
to
do
it
get
get
the
right
in
data
inputs.
If
you
would
do
that.
Second,
the
all
of
all
of
the
inputs
you've
been
getting
tonight
has
all
been
from
residents
that
either
live
in
this
live
in
the
neighborhood.
H
By
the
way
I'm
tom,
brady,
21
wormwood
live
in
the
neighborhood,
either
residents
from
the
neighborhood
or
live
in
other
parts
of
south
boston.
H
It's
pretty
important,
given
the
amount
of
retail
space
at
the
ground
floor
level
that
they
have
the
opportunity
to
provide
input
and
whether,
if
it
doesn't
occur
through
meetings
like
this,
the
city
is
going
to
have
to
find
a
way
or
figure
out
a
way
of
engaging
them,
so
that
they're
able
to
provide
input
on
in
terms
of
things
like
outdoor
dining
things
like
the
loading
dock
for
the
four
point
market.
H
All
of
those
that
raised
right,
the
retail
businesses
clearly
have
a
point
of
view.
We
don't
want
to
lose
that
I
I
don't
wanna,
I
wanna
make
sure
we
distinguish
curbside
management
from
sidewalks
and
bike
lanes.
H
I
think
sometimes
we
get
lost
in
in
that
I
I
I
just
like
the
city
to
be
forward
front
front
facing
forward
facing
with
regard
to
adopting
aggressive,
curbside
management
techniques
and
practices,
and
it's
kind
of
a
new
place
for
the
city
to
go
after,
and
it
would
be
fantastic
if,
if
they
could
apply
some
of
those
techniques
in
this
part
of
of
the
city
right
in
terms
of
things
like
loading
things
like
tnc,
pickup
and
drop-off
areas,
coordinated
with
parking.
That's
a
hard
thing
to
do.
H
I
understand
that,
but
but
clearly
that
would
be
fantastic
if
somebody
could
figure
that
out.
I
agree
with
with
valerie's
speed
through
the
streets
are
important.
I
don't
agree
with
bill.
Two
lanes
are
not
needed
here.
In
fact,
it
can
press
us
down
to
one
lane
just
as
a
reminder
for
everybody
as
it
crosses
the
bridge.
So,
regardless
of
what
happens,
there's
always
going
to
be
one
lane
through
the
neighborhood
I'd
like
the
city
to
consider
eliminating
trucks
other
than
for
delivery.
H
H
I'd
echo
valerie's
points
as
it
relates
to
pedestrian
and
cycle
counts.
We've
seen
that
increase
since,
since
trader
joe's
opened
more
people
traverse
a
street
to
get
to
that
market.
H
I
I
would
also
agree
with
ellery,
as
it
relates
to
scope
expansion,
including
that
stretch
of
a
street.
So
pat,
we
sent
you
something
about
a
year
year
and
a
half
ago
to
give
you
some
ideas
about,
possibly
how
you
could
get
we
get.
We
did
our
pet
counts
in
2019
back
then
so
stephanie.
If
you
don't
have
those
we
could
give
those
to
you
clearly
this.
The
approach
has
to
include
changing
parking
along
that
stretch
to
actually
get
enough
width
to
do
something
with
sidewalks.
H
We've
got
some
ideas
there
and
it
would
be
helpful
if,
in
fact,
that
a
street
that
small,
a
street
corridor
is
linked
to
a
broader,
a
street
plan
that
actually
designs
the
street
from
broadway
to
congress.
I
know
that
doesn't
exist
currently.
H
A
Well,
thank
you.
Tom
pointed
comments
as
usual.
Well
informed,
and
you
know
per
usual
appreciate
your
leadership
and
yeah.
All
those
comments.
I'll
just
ask
my
team
about
you
know:
do
we
have
in
our
scope
of
work
to
do
and
if
not,
we
have
to
find
a
way.
In
terms
of
you
know,
the
parking
study
that
that's
tom
is
is
seeking
right.
We're
able
to
do
that
on
sleeper
and
stands
the
reason
we
would
follow
suit
on
congress
right.
B
Pat,
we
have
a
lot
of
things
to
look
into
and
we
still
have
people
with
hands
up.
So
if
you
don't
mind
like
we'll
get
back
to
people
with
an
answer
on
that.
B
All
right,
ashley.
M
M
I'm
also
a
child
of
the
80s
or
I
think
geriatric
millennial
might
be
the
correct
term,
and
I
grew
up
with
the
big
dig
and
that's
really
what
my
comment
and
question
is
around,
so
the
big
dig
was
supposed
to
help
alleviate
traffic
into
and
through
the
city.
There
were
all
these
projections
of
what
was
going
to
happen
in
hov
lane,
and
what
we
know
is
that,
20
years
later,
traffic
was
still
a
big
issue
and
kept
growing
and
becoming
an
increasing
issue.
M
So
when
we're
talking
about
traffic
patterns
through
congress
street,
it's
already
a
problem,
it's
going
to
get
worse
and
I
don't
think
that
either
a
versus
c
really
makes
much
of
a
difference.
To
be
honest,
I
mean
it
might
on
a
small
level,
a
micro
level,
but
we
we
know
traffic's
an
issue.
So
I
think
my
question
is
really
around
public
transportation
and
alternative
transportation.
M
I
think,
as
we
think
about
redesigning
this,
we
should
go
for
gold
right.
We
should
make
it
what
we
want
it
to
be
and
how
are
we
going
to
address
the
traffic
through
transportation
through
alternative
transportation
is
sort
of
the
bigger
issue
and
I'll
just
add
to
that
that
my
own
family,
we
just
got
a
car
because
covet
we
didn't
have
one
before
we've
used
buses,
we've
used
bikes,
we've
used
the
tea.
M
Without
saying,
oh,
we
have
to
keep
these
already
crowded
roadways
really
meant
for
cars.
I
think
that's
short-term
thinking
and
so
I'd
love
in
may,
when
we
come
back
to
discuss
this
again,
to
maybe
hear
more
about
transportation
options
that
are
important
and
intrinsic
to
how
we
think
about
this
congress
treat
plan.
A
Thank
you
for
that
ashley
and
I
you're
a
good
candidate
for
participation
in
thursday's
meeting
and
beyond.
I
think,
as
it
relates
to
public
transit,
sounds
like
you're,
a
public
transit
user
and
yeah.
I
think
you
know
our
philosophy
not,
but
our
policy
is
reduced.
Single
occupancy
vehicles
I
mentioned,
go
boston,
2030
our
citywide
transportation
plan.
It
has
goals
and
objectives
for
reducing.
A
You
know
single
occupancy
vehicle
trips.
We
need
to
increase
the
mode
split
for
public
transit,
biking
and
walking
in
order
to
maintain
and
just
have
sustainability
in
terms
of
mobility
across
the
city,
but
in
particular
in
this
section
of
south
boston
and
the
south
boston
waterfront
and
the
four
point
channel
it's
essential.
Given
all
the
growth
we
just
can't
expand
the
roadways
to
accommodate
more
vehicles
that
will
congest
our
city.
A
We
need
to
think
about
moving
more
people
in
the
most
efficient
manner
and
that's
on
public
transit
and
walking
and
biking
in
including.
A
You
know
vehicular
mode,
so
we
can't
just
grow
our
way
out
of
our
traffic
issues
by
adding
additional
roadways
for
a
single
occupancy
vehicle.
So
great
point
appreciate
that,
and
you
know
look
forward
to
if
you
can
participate
in
discussion
on
our
separate
transit
plan.
I
Hello,
I'm
from
city
point.
I
first
like
to
thank
pat
stephanie
and
all
those
working
on
the
project.
I
particularly
like
plans,
b
and
c
a
street
has
bike
lanes
down
most
of
it,
which
end
around
melcher.
So
I
think
that
c
is
a
good
offers,
a
good
connection
between
a
street
and
boston
wharf
roads
planned
bike
lane.
Furthermore,
congress
streets
fort
point
channel
bridge
has
a
flex
post
protected
bike
lane,
so
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
continue
protected
bike
lanes
down
conga
street
instead
of
forcing
bicycles
into
this
shared
lanes
with
cars.
I
I
One
one
very
specific
thing
that
I
would
like
to
see
is
at
the
intersection
of
sort
of
a
thompson
in
congress,
a
crosswalk
between
the
southern
corner
of
congress
and
a
over
to
like
the
northern
corner
of
thompson
and
congress.
Just
because
I
believe,
as
valerie
mentioned,
there's
already
the
pedestrian
crossing.
The
way
that
signals
are
timed
is
that
all
walks
go
at
once,
so
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
connect
those
corners,
even
though
the
the
streets
themselves
are
skewed.
I
And
then
I'd
also
just
like
to
again
at
valerie's
comment
in
terms
of
the
sidewalk
on
a
street.
It
is
extremely
narrow,
especially
with
street
lights,
in
the
middle
of
the
sidewalk.
It
makes
it
like
only
like
a
foot
or
two
wide
at
most
and
then
yeah
just
continuing
the
discussion
of
you
know:
favoring
cars
or
pedestrians
or
bikes.
I
You
know
the
population
of
the
seaport
is
growing
and,
as
others
have
mentioned,
people
are
walking
to
trader
joe's
and
walking
and
we
cannot
have
everybody
driving
everywhere
it
because
it
congestion
would
be
endless
and
in
regards
to
an
earlier
comment,
I
also
live
in
city
point,
and
I
recognize
that
you
know.
I
City
point
is
a
peninsula
which
creates
some
distinct
transportation
issues
and
that
everybody's
pushing
down
summer
street,
but
I
sort
of
began
biking
when
I
was
old
enough
to
have
a
job
but
not
old
enough
to
have
a
license,
that's
sort
of
why
I
was
forced
into
it,
as
it
was
the
way
that
I
could
get
places,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
recognize
that
you
know
people
are
that
not
everybody
can
drive
or
has
a
car,
and
that
we
need
to
be
designing
these
streets
for,
for
everyone.
A
Daniel
appreciate
all
your
points-
and
I
hope
we
were
able
to
capture
all
your
comments.
I
know
again
this
is
being
recorded,
but
it's
it's
great
to
get
the
different
perspective.
One
thing
that
tom
mentioned
that
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
was
getting
the
variety
of
perspectives
and
it
like
tonight.
A
If
we
don't
have
enough
representation
from
kind
of
those
commercial
interests,
we're
gonna
have
to
go
and
seek
them
and
we're
gonna
have
to
make
the
extra
effort
tom
to
go,
and
you
know
knock
on
doors
reach
out
to
the
you
know,
business
owners
any
way
we
can
find
out
the
you
know
the
identity
of
you
know
these
major.
You
know
building
landowners
and
their
tenants
and
and
have
them
weigh
in
too.
We
don't
want
to
skew
things.
A
We
want
everybody's
perspective
and,
what's
been
great
about
tonight,
is
we've
had
a
variety
of
different
perspectives
from
everybody
and
that's
we
want.
We
want
feedback,
you
know
from
the
you
know
a
cross
section
of
everybody
so
that
we
can
really
design
this
right
and
design
it
for
everybody.
B
We
got
one
one
more
person
with
their
hand
raised.
Paula,
has
also
been
waiting
a
long
time.
N
A
N
Had
we
had
to
find
a
place
for
two
kids
and
we
were
both.
You
know
my
husband
was
working
for
the
opera
company
anyway,
in
any
case.
So
so
my
point
is
this
okay,
so
I
so
appreciate
everything
you're
doing
you
guys
are
great.
N
I
I
am
73
years
old
and
I
walk
or
take
public
transportation
and
so
living
in
this
neighborhood
for
me
becomes
about
accessibility
and
it
becomes
about
accessibility
for
I'm,
assuming
that
lots
of
people
who
have
moved
into
the
neighborhood
are
more
my
age,
but
maybe
not,
and
so
I
I
like
being
able
to
walk
down
a
street.
I
ride
my
bike.
N
I
mean
during
covet
I'm
happily
on
my
bike,
and
so
I
I
want
more
accessibility
for
walkers
and
I
do
believe
in
my
heart
of
hearts
that
that
will
bring
economic
prosperity
to
the
neighborhood,
because
if
you
have
people
walking
into
your
neighborhood,
they
know
they
can
sit
down
and
dine
outside.
All
of
those
businesses
will
prosper.
N
So
that's
my
my
complete
message.
My
only
other
question
is
this,
and
don't
because
I
have
lived
on
sleeper
street
for
so
many
years
and
because
sleeper
street
is
like
some
days,
I
swear
it
becomes
like
a
drag
raceway.
What,
when
you
consider
the
raised
crosswalk
onto
congress
street,
could
you
consider
a
way-
and
I
I
know
that
I've
been
part
I'm
on
the
board
of
dockside
along
with
seth,
and
I
have
been
part
of
the
the
planning
process
for
sleeper
street.
But
my
real
concern
is:
how
do
we
police
it?
N
How
do
we
control
it?
I
was
the
nutcase
lady
out
there
in
the
middle
of
the
street,
when
my
kids
were
learning
how
to
ride
their
bicycles
with
a
brick
in
my
hand,
going
drive
up
the
street
fast
you're
gonna,
be
you
know
I
mean
I,
you
can't
do
that
anymore.
N
Nor
would
I
ever
dream
of
doing
that
anymore,
but
that
that's
my
real
concern
is
we
come
up
with
these
wonderful
designs
that
we
all
love
and
think
will
improve
things,
but
we
need
some
kind
of
way
to
make
sure
that
it's
enforced,
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
realistic
or
particularly
naive
on
my
point.
So
that's
kind
of
all.
I
have
to
say
other
than
thank
you
so
much.
A
Appreciate
that
paula
and
yeah
that's
great
great
great
point,
and
I
think
when
you
mention
the
enforcement,
I
think
the
engine,
but
what
the
engineering
is
really
what
can
help
to
alleviate
the
reliance
on
enforcement
right
by
physical
changes
in
the
roadway?
That's
really
the
only
it's
self-enforcing
right
when
you
have
a
raised
element,
a
raised
crossing
or
a
mid-block
that
can
physically
create
something
that
the
motorists
you
know
is
required
to
reduce
the
rate
of
speed.
A
Therefore,
you
kind
of
take
out
that
you
know
sting
operation
with
you
know
a
radar,
you
know
you
know,
or
police
enforcement,
we'll
still
need
that,
and
you
know
some
of
these.
You
know
race
crossings
and
you
know
and
mid-block
crossings
that
are
have
elevation
they're,
not
as
that
drastic
that
they
would.
You
know
they
could
definitely
can
help
reduce
speeds
and
traffic
calm.
A
So
I
think
it's
a
combination
of
the
the
physical
infrastructure
and
then
what
we
can
do
in
terms
of
yeah
resources
for
enforcement,
but
I
think
a
big
difference
is
when
you
know
when
we're
rebuilding
is
to
put
in
place
the
the
physical
changes,
the
geometric
changes
that
can
help
to
slow
vehicles
down.
So
you
know
appreciate
what
you're
saying
paula.
I
don't
know.
I
we
have
mr
transit,
our
active
transit
director
on
the
co
on
the
call
matt
if
you're
still
here.
A
If
I
don't
know,
if
you
want
to
address
the
public
transit
again
component,
that
paula
brought
up
hey.
C
Before
before,
matt
jumps
in,
if
he's
still
available
in
regards
to
sleeper
street,
we
are
looking
at
providing
a
raised
crossing
at
the
congress
street
intersection,
as
well
as
the
mid
block
closer
to
martin's
part
you
mean
so
that
will
require
vehicles
and
cars
traveling
down
super
street
to
slow
down
when
going
across
these
crossings
and
and
honestly,
it
isn't
pleasant.
C
If
you're
driving
at
a
higher
speed
over
these
race
crosses
you,
you
could
possibly
damage
your
vehicle
so
that
that's
something
that
that
we
would
definitely
include
in
on
super
street.
B
Okay,
so
matt
actually
already
left
the
meeting.
Okay.
A
That's
so
far
over
time,
but
I
think
we
addressed
kind
of
like
the
importance
in
you
know
the
upcoming
meeting
and
how
that
fits
into
the
context.
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
things
happening
in
terms
of
planning,
initiatives
and
transit.
A
You
know,
so
we
could
go
on
ad
nauseum
about
that,
so
not
necessary
to
kind
of
continue
and
extend
this
unnecessarily.
I
wanted
to
give
everybody
an
opportunity
to
weigh
in
on
whatever
their
opinion
was
or
comment
or
feedback
in
any
way.
So
I,
where
are
we
at
now?
Are
we
almost
through
most
of
the
commentary.
A
A
Is
it
pat
all
right,
fantastic?
I
hope
we,
you
know
satisfactorily
addressed
you
know
and
gave
opportunity
to
everyone
to
to
answer
their
inquiries
and
allow,
for
you
know,
a
platform
and
a
voice
for
all
the
participants.
A
This
was
a
great
meeting
like
you
know,
a
great
beginning,
I
think,
to
this
process
in
developing
concepts
and
developing
engineered
plans.
It's
early
on.
This
is
this.
This
is
our
first
take
and
a
reboot
and
a
re-look
at
at
congress
street
redesign,
so
we're
off
to
a
good
start,
lively
conversation,
excellent
conversation.
A
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
tremendous
work,
stephanie
and
jeff,
putting
this
all
together,
everyone
that
showed
up
and
logged
on
tonight.
It's
tremendous,
the
civic
pride
and
civic
participation
to
have
this.
Many
people
engaged
it's
tremendous
and
it
really
gives
us
a
lot
of
energy
to
do
our
job,
so
so
we'll
take
that.
I
guess
in
the
meantime,
we'll
you
know
we'll
continue
to
solicit
feedback
in
in
any
way
through
emailed
correspondence
through
telephone
web
page.
You
know
log
on
sign
up.
A
Let's
keep
this
discussion
and
the
transparency
going
and
you
know
we'll
do
our
part
two
to
reach
more
voices
and
different
voices.
Like
you
know,
we
talked
about,
you
know
more
of
a
cross-section,
you
know
other
opinions
on
on
what
people's
you
know.
Preferred
option
might
be
depending
on
where
they
sit
in
in
the
community.
So
with
that,
I
guess
I
don't
know,
does
anyone
else
have
anything
jeff
to
close
out
of
stephanie.
C
A
Yeah
that
gets
downloaded,
I'm
pretty
sure
that
so
that's
that's
for
posterity
and
for
eye
use
to
to
to
digest
all
of
the
all
the
chat
commentary
and
to
help
guide
us.
That
is
on
the
record.