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From YouTube: Public Health and Cummins Highway Reconstruction
Description
Virtual meeting held on October 5th at 6:30 P.M. by the Boston Public Works Department, Boston Transportation Department, and Boston Public Health Commission. We introduced the work on the Boston Public Health Commission and discussed the relation between the built environment and health and well-being. We explored how racism impacts street design and how we can work towards transportation equity.
This event is part of a series of community conversations the Public Works Department and Transportation Department are hosting to inform the final design for the reconstruction of Cummins Highway
For more information visit boston.gov/cummins-highway
A
Have
to
pop
up
in
the
meantime,
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
this
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
will
then
be
shared
and
posted
on
our
website.
A
A
A
And
then
one
last,
if
you're
joining
us
while
driving,
please
don't
look
at
your
screen,
you
can
hear
us
and
always
you
can
watch
the
content
and
we'll
share
it
later
on
once
we
have
it
once
we
process
it.
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
again
for
coming.
My
name
is
daniela
sanchez
and
I
work
in
the
active
transportation
team
in
the
transportation
department,
along
with
my
colleague,
ken
fong,
and
usually
you've
met
jeff
alexis
who
joins
us
in
these
meetings,
but
in
his
place,
is
zach.
A
A
So
because
mary
is
joining
us
for
this
meeting,
we'll
be
talking
about
public
health
and
what
the
public
health
commission
does
and
why
their
work
is
important
for
street
design,
so
we'll
be
going
through
the
connections
between
street
design,
health
and
well-being
and
then
discuss
transportation
and
health
equity
and
then
continue
to
inform
you
and
update
you
on
the
cummins
highway
reconstruction
project,
the
goals
and
opportunities,
and
then
your
ideas
and
workers
to
hear
your
ideas
for
healthy
streets
approach
in
uncommons
and
then,
as
I
said,
we'll
recap
what
we've
done
so
far
and
next
steps.
C
Thank
you
daniella,
as
daniella
said,
jeff
couldn't
be
here
tonight,
so
I'm
my
name
is
zach
wasmuth.
I
am
the
chief
design
engineer
for
the
boston
public
works
department
and
I
will
be
filling
in
for
just
role
tonight
and
some
of
you
if
you've
attended
some
of
our
other
meetings.
Recently,
you
may
have
seen
some
of
these
slides
before,
but
if
you
haven't,
welcome
and
and
I'll
just
go
over
some
things
real
quickly
about
the
project,
what
you
see
on
cummins
highway
right
now
is
a
temporary
trial.
C
It's
not
the
final
design
since
we've
implemented
the
temporary
trial
on
cummins
highway.
We've
been
collecting
data
and
comments
from
folks
like
yourself,
and
that
information
can
all
be
found
on
our
website.
Boston.Gov
slash
cummins
highway
on
the
next
slide,
we'll
discuss
some
of
the
history
of
cummins
highway.
C
So
cummins
highway
hasn't
been
updated
really
since
1955.
at
that
time.
Around
that
time
in
the
50s,
the
streetcars
were
removed
to
create
more
space
for
cars,
which
really
reflected
the
priorities
of
the
1950s,
and
it
was
really
to
prioritize
non-residents
of
the
area
to
get
through
the
neighborhood
quickly
and
on
the
next
slide,
we'll
talk
about.
What's
the
come
for
cummins
right
here,
so
for
this
project,
what
we're
looking
at
is
to
completely
reconstruct
cummins
highway.
That
includes
new
sidewalks
street
lights.
C
Traffic
signals
resurfacing
the
roadway
coordinating
with
utility
companies
to
update
as
necessary,
I'm
sure
you've
all
been
familiar
with
the
work
that
the
gas
company's
been
doing
out
there.
That's
all
in
anticipation
of
the
work
that
we
that
we
want
to
do
to
reconstruct
cummins
highway.
Currently,
the
design
for
cummins
highway
is
budgeted
at
approximately
12
million
dollars
and
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide
and
we'll
show
how
we're
what
we're
doing
to
shape
up
the
design.
C
So
we
obviously
we
need
your
input
on
the
design.
That's
critical!
We
want
to
get
the
input
of
members
of
the
community
because
your
input
will
help
to
shape
the
design
of
cummins
highway
for
the
next
70
years.
C
We're
currently
still
in
the
community
outreach
phase,
and
we
have
not
started
the
design
so
we're
still
gathering
the
input
from
from
you
all
at
meetings.
Just
like
this
in
the
next
project,
we'll
discuss
some
of
our
project
goals
in
the
next
slide,
I
mean
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
at,
of
course
is.
Is
our
goal
go
boston?
2030
goals
go
bust
in
2030
is,
is
the
master
transportation
plan
for
the
city
of
boston?
C
Cummins
highway
is
part
of
this
effort
and,
as
and
as
part
of
the
go
boston,
2030
effort
and
specifically
for
cummins
highway,
we're
looking
at
improving
safety
on
our
streets,
reducing
emissions
and
investing
in
our
communities
to
achieve
equity
and
access
to
opportunities
in
our
next
slide,
we'll
show
how
we're
working
towards
working
with
you
to
achieve
these
goals.
One
of
the
key
components
is
is
working
with
our
partner
city
agencies
on
the
collective
plan
that
includes
agencies
like
tonight.
C
B
All
right,
thank
you
all
right,
I'm
happy
to
be
with
you
all
this
evening,
so
I
guess
we
will
start
here.
What
is
the
boston
public
health
commission
for
those
who
haven't
heard
of
us
before?
So
we
are
the
city's
local
health
department
and
bphc
uses
a
health
and
racial
equity
approach
to
lead
and
partner
on
public
health
programming.
We
provide
services
to
residents
and
we
support
policies
that
increase
health
equity
within
boston.
B
B
B
B
B
This
kind
of
analysis
is
important
because
sometimes
we
make
a
policy
thinking,
it
will
be
good
and
then
there
turns
out
to
be
unintended
consequences.
So
I
have
a
a
couple
of
examples
to
share
one
example
in
that's
one
of
my
favorite
public
health
examples
in
1989,
mexico
city
started
a
driving
restriction
policy
to
reduce
emissions,
so
they
assigned
cars
were
assigned
a
particular
day
that
they
could
drive.
B
So
they
restricted
cars,
not
people.
So
what
happened?
People
bought
a
second
car
so
20
years
later,
researchers
determined
that
the
restriction
not
only
didn't
improve
air
quality,
it
made
it
worse
and
it
led
to
an
increased
number
of
vehicles
in
the
city.
So
this
is
an
example
of
a
policy
that
has
unintended
consequence
that
you
would
take
and
look
at
a
public
health,
a
health
and
all
policy
approach
and
amend
it.
Another
is
a
policy
might
be
good
for
like
a
number
of
years
and
then
the
context
changes.
B
So
let's
say
you
have
a
a
parkway
type
of
road
and
there's
nothing
along
it
and
it's
fine
to
drive
through,
but
then
we
start
developing
and
now
there's
houses
and
schools
and
development.
So
we
need
to
build
the
infrastructure,
the
sidewalks,
the
crosswalks,
the
bike
lanes
for
folks
and
in
many
cases
policy
is
inequitable
and
it
was
done
that
way
on
purpose.
B
B
So
another
way
to
we
achieve
this
goal
is
by
designing
physical
spaces
that
make
it
easier
to
make
the
healthy
make
healthy
choices
and
create
spaces
for
community.
B
We
want
to
make
the
healthy
choice
the
easy
choice:
if
transit
is
easy,
easily
accessible
and
reliable,
it
might
be
easiest
cheaper
or
faster.
If
you
choose
to
take
transit
instead
of
drive
and
if
sidewalks
are
inviting
and
wide
and
well
lit,
you
might
be
more
likely
to
choose
to
walk
or
roll
for
an
errand.
Instead
of
jumping
in
your
car
next
slide.
B
And
finally,
we
want
to
change
the
status
quo
mindset
which
I
think
we're
all
guilty
of
in
boston,
especially
of
the
we've
always
done
it
this
way.
So
we
want
to
ask
ourselves:
why
was
it
done
this
way
who
benefited
at
what
cost
and
has
the
world
the
context
change,
since
it
was
done
that
way?
Should
we
adjust
to
the
new
context
so,
a
few
minutes
ago,
in
the
zac's
opening
slides,
we
gave
the
example
of
cummins.
B
Highway
hasn't
been
updated
since
1955.,
and
it
was
designed
for
the
health
and
safety
and
priorities
of
1955..
So
we're
we're
in
a
really
different
space.
Now
seat
belts,
weren't
in
weren't,
didn't
become
law
until
1968.
So
this
is
what
we're
talking
about
and
to
zach's
point.
In
1955
car
ownership
was
growing,
and
especially
among
kind
of
wealthier
folks
who
wanted
to
drive
through
the
city
and
easily.
B
B
So
I
want
to
take
a
pause
here
and
we
have
a
kind
of
a
question:
how
does
street
design
impact
health
and
well-being,
so
I
don't
take
a
pause
and
invite
anyone
who
wants
to
chime
in
to
take
yourself
out
off
mute
and,
in
your
opinion,
your
experiences.
A
If
you're,
not
able
to
admit
yourself
just
raise
your
hand
and
you
will
make
sure
to
meet
your
requests,
hi.
D
But
I
do
want
to
tell
you
that
for
many
years
coming
was
not
an
inviting
place
to
me
because
of
their
you
know
their
speed
with
some
of
the
vehicles
rolled
down
at
really
narrow
space
right
somebody
jump
in
the
curb
or
it
I
pretty
much
it's
a
since
covet.
D
It
has
been
a
freeing
space
to
me
where
I
go
out
during
my
lunch
hour
and
I
either
run
or
walk
on
it,
and
the
great
part
of
it
is
sad
to
say
that
the
bike
lanes
are
not
heavily
utilized,
so
I'm
able
to
run
an
asphalt
and
a
bike
lane
so
in
terms
of
street
design,
impact
and
health
and
well-being.
For
me,
it
has
just
really
been
a
savior
during
covert
when
there's
been
a
race.
D
B
E
Yeah
I'm
a
bicyclist.
I
live
in
roslindale.
I
frequently
go
over
to
the
neponsen
river
trail
to
ride
and
I
used
to
very
reluctantly
ride
on
cummings
highway,
even
though
I
am
skilled
at
writing
urban
writing.
Now.
It's
so
much
safer,
so
much
so
that
I've
been
able
to
convince
people
who
would
never
ever
have
ventured
out
over
to
to
ride
over
to
ponce
greenway
to
come
riding
with
me,
so
I
think
we'll
see
more
and
more
bicycle
traffic,
especially
as
the
cummins
highway
rebuild
is
completed.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
and
we've
got
a
couple
of
ideas
in
the
chat
as
well:
walkability
green
space
ability
to
for
fitness
safety
ability
to
stay
fit
so
yeah
all
good,
all
good
and
similar
themes.
Brandi.
Do
you
want
to
add
something
sure.
F
I
mean
the
I
guess.
The
thing
I'm
thinking
about
is
that,
while
I
agree
with
the
walkability
the
safety
aspects
of
it,
I
do
also
see
on
the
negative
end
of
it
with
respect
to
health.
Is
that
when
you
add
the
bike
lanes,
when
you
update
the
streets,
you
do
the
safety,
it
also
lends
itself
to
gentrification
aspects,
and
so,
on
the
other
end
of
it,
it
is
a
question
of
financial
safety
and
financial
security
of
the
communities
that
live
in
the
area.
F
D
I
I'm
sorry
this
is
scale
again,
pardon
me.
So
if
I
heard
correctly,
what
you're
saying
is
that
where
from
what
this
is
my
interpretation
of
it?
So
I
just
need
clarity,
so
we're
not
worthy
of
beautification,
because
apparently
us
so
so
back
up
a
little
bit.
Matapan
has
the
highest
percentage
of
blacks
in
all
of
our
boston
communities,
highest
percentage
of
home
ownership
and
single
condo
home
ownerships.
A
lot
of
us
have
been
here
for
since
jesus
was
born.
D
I
personally
feel
that
we
are
long
overdue
for
beautification
and
for
street
designs
or
anything
else
that
beautifies
their
neighborhood,
because
man
menino,
that
was
in
his
plan
before
he
died,
and
I
did
bring
it
up
before
city
council
at
a
meeting
about
two
months
ago.
So
we're
long
overdue.
For
this
I
don't
see
being
a
threat
of
gentrification
in
any
way.
If
anything,
our
community
is
the
last
to
get
it
and
we're
extremely
deserving
of
it.
F
Yeah,
I
clarified
definitely
yeah.
No,
it's
not
even
a
clarification
gail.
I
absolutely
agree
with
you.
I
do
not
disagree
at
all.
All
I
all
I'm
saying
is
that
there
definitely
are
concerns
with
respect
to
how
much
community
input
is
going
into
this
process,
and
so
some
of
those
concerns
does
lend
itself
to
certain
parts
of
the
neighborhoods
being
more
renter
based.
So
yes,
you
mentioned,
you
know
areas
of
matapan
being
home
ownership,
but
other
areas
of
district
4
district
7
are
more
renter
based,
and
so
where
is
their
input?
F
D
Okay,
sorry
dennis
I'm
coming
upon
this
particular
project
manager,
since
leading
this
project
is
to
ensure
that
everybody
has
been
touched,
because
what
you
should
have
done
is
done
a
walk-through
and
put
fliers
up
for
everybody
who's,
not
who
doesn't
have
a
computer
because
we
have
us.
We
have
a
very
aged
community
here
in
la.
G
D
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
gail,
and
thank
you
everyone.
I
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
isn't
the
only
way
that
people
are
engaging
with
us.
We
also
have
other
events
and
we
walk
the
street
and
meet
with
people
and
we've
been
doing
pop-ups.
So
this
is
a
we're
doing
a
multi-prong
approach
in
which
we
have
different.
You
know
we're
walking
the
corridor
and
talking
to
people
that
are
on
the
street,
we're
flyering
we're
sending
mailers.
A
We
are
hosting
virtual
meetings,
we
also
have
written
material,
so
I'm
very,
I
think
part
of
this
crucial
point
that
we've
been
talking
about
is
that
all
neighborhoods
are
deserving
of
improvements,
and
this
is
a
crucial
part
and
part
of
you
know
the
history
of
boston,
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
providing
all
of
these
services
and
all
these
improvements
to
everyone.
A
But
maybe
that
wasn't
the
case
before
and
part
of
the
reason
why
we're
also
coordinating
with
all
of
the
other
departments
is
because
this
isn't
like
we
understand
that
things
have
repercussions
and
so
we're
working
together
to
make
sure
we're
addressing
everyone's
needs
and
that
we're
communicating
these
concerns
to
also
other
departments,
so
that
we
can
work
together
to
sort
of
find
solutions.
Another
one.
A
B
Was
just
going
to
say,
I
appreciate
this
discussion
and
maybe
I
could
get
through
some
more
of
the
slides
and
then
we
have
some
more
space
for
discussion
at
the
end
erica
and
do
you
want
in
a.m?
Do
you
want
to
chime
in
real
quick
before
we
keep
moving.
G
I
mean
I
hope
I
can
get
everything
out
that
I
need
to,
but
I
would
like
to
just
comment
because
go
back
to
where
we're
talking
about
safety
and
health
and
what
have
you?
G
My
grandparents
and
my
parents
have
owned
the
home
for
over
42
years
in
matapan,
so
we've
been
here
for
years
and
my
concern
is,
although
the
bike
lanes
are
great
for
people
that
ride
bikes,
but
now
you
have
them
big
enough,
where
cars
are
actually
going
down
the
bike
lane,
because
they
don't
want
to
wait
in
the
main
traffic
which
is
causing
huge
concern.
G
My
brother
actually
resides
on
cummins
highway
and
they
have
had
three
cars
totaled
lost
because
people
aren't
paying
attention
are
or
either
not
from
the
neighborhood
driving
in
this
area
and
those
accidents
have
occurred.
And
then
you
also
have
me
who
I
stroll
the
baby,
I'm
concerned.
If
a
car
is
in
the
bike
lane
and
how
close
they
are
to
the
sidewalk,
if
they
get
an
accident,
I'm
going
to
get
hurt
even
killed,
and
I
know
there's
been
two
people
already
killed
on
cummins
highway.
The
traffic
is
horrendous,
it.
It
doesn't.
G
Look
appealing,
you
have
poles
that
are
up,
and
I
know
this
is
temporary.
I
I
understand
that,
but
the
way
that
the
streets
look
and
the
condition
and
these
poles
are
just
tossed
away.
You
know
the
bike.
Lane
is
extremely
too
wide
for
a
car
to
actually
fit
down
in,
and
then
you
know
health-wise.
So
when
there
is
days
that
the
garbage
truck
they
put
the
trash
out
on
the
street.
Now
you
have
all
these
rodents
and
things
like
that.
G
G
Unfortunately,
the
times
that
they
have
it
is
when
I
work
so
today
I
made
it
a
priority,
but
I
wish
that
people
would
actually
get
around
to
other,
because
I
have
neighbors
that
are
elderly,
that
don't
have
computers,
and
I
heard
another
person
that
it's
just
not
getting
like.
You
think
it
is
for
the
people
that
actually
live
here
and
reside
here,
the
people
that
own
business
are
not
affected
by
that
because
they
run
their
business
and
they
go
home.
G
But
the
people
that
have
lived
here
for
years
should
have
some
input
and-
and
those
are
the
people
that
should
be
a
part
of
these
meetings
and
having
zoom
and
things
like
that.
The
technology
yes
has
changed,
but
the
people
are
still
alive
and
they
shouldn't
be
ignored.
They
own
property,
we
own
property.
I
love
where
I
live.
That's
why?
I'm
still
here
but
again,
I'm
concerned
about
the
hate,
the
health,
the
safety,
I'm
a
social
worker.
G
B
You
so
I
do,
I
know,
there's
a
couple
more
folks
with
questions
I
do
want
to
keep
moving
on
the
slides,
I'm
sorry
just
so
we
can,
I
think,
it'll
be
important
to
kind
of
set
this
context
for
the
rest
of
the
discussion.
If
that's
okay,
daniella,
is
that?
Okay
with
you?
Okay?
So
if
you
could
just
hold
hold
your
the
thoughts
and
then
we'll
get
to
them
towards
the
end
and
if
danielle,
if
you
could
keep
track
of
who's,
got
questions.
B
Thank
you
all
right.
We
can
go
to
the
next
next
one.
Okay,
so
I
think
you
know
what
some
of
the
things
that
came
up
right
there
in
the
discussion
are
pieces,
that
design
elements
of
a
street
right
that
can
that
can
help
with
traffic.
It
can
hurt
traffic.
It
can
help
with
walking
make
it
make
it
easier
make
it
harder.
B
So
what
we're
talking?
What
we
want
is
a
a
complete
streets,
design
and
complete
streets,
make
it
easier
and
safer
for
residents
to
move
and
to
breathe.
So
we
encourage
walking,
bicycling
and
using
public
transit.
They
can
support
us
to
be
more
physically
active,
prevent
injuries
and
deaths
and
prevent
crashes.
B
They
can
help
make
keep
people
better
connected
to
the
neighborhood
which
supports
lower
stress
levels
and
better
mental
health.
It
can
make
public
transit,
more
reliable,
fewer
cars
and
and
less
idling
and
better
traffic
flow
leads
to
fewer
emissions
and
better
air
quality
and
more
green
space
and
trees
lead
to
better
air
quality,
lower
temperatures-
and
it's
just
nice
to
be
outside
when
your
your
neighborhood
is
beautiful
next
slide.
B
So
if
it's
safe
for
an
eight-year-old
and
it's
safe
for
an
80
year
old,
it's
safe
for
everyone
and
here's-
you
know
this.
I
think
this
graphic
shows
what
is
it
eight
different
ways
people
are
using.
The
street
people
are
walking
people
waiting
for
the
bus
people
on
bikes,
people
in
cars,
people
you
know
meeting
at
a
business
outside
a
cafe
people
living
here,
the
houses
and
people
worker
there's
some
workers
in
the
back.
I
think
working
on
the
road,
so
this
is
kind
of
thinking
about
all
of
these
users
in
mind
next
one.
B
So
this
is
a
similar
graphic
from
the
california
bicycle
coalition
and
just
cities
all
over
the
country
and
different
states
have
adopted
complete
streets
policies
and
guidelines
for
all
different
types
of
modes.
So
this
is
not
new.
It's
not
unique
to
boston,
it's
a
kind
of
a
best
practice
across
the
world,
so
we
have
a
complete
streets
policy
that
I'm
sure
some
of
you
hopefully
know
about.
In
2013,
the
city
adopted
boston,
complete
streets,
and
these
guidelines
direct
us
to
consider
all
types
of
people
and
their
needs
when
designing
a
street.
B
So
how
does
street
design
impact
our
health,
and
so
there
are
many
chronic
conditions
and
health
behaviors
related
to
the
our
street
design
and
I'll
say
you
know
it's
really
important
to
note
that
street
design
is
not
the
only
impact
on
one's
health
and
it
does
not
cause
these
conditions
directly.
B
B
So
the
next
slide,
so
these
are
two
examples
of
health
outcome
trends
that
we
see
in
boston.
The
map
on
the
left
is
the
percentage
of
adults
in
the
city
who
report
having
hypertension,
which
is
also
known
as
high
blood
pressure,
and
the
map
on
the
right
is
the
percentage
of
adults
who
have
had
diabetes.
B
The
orange
color
denotes
kind
of
its
its
rates
similar
to
boston
overall
and
the
red
color
are
the
areas
where
boston
is
higher
in
the
cities
in
or
sorry
where
the
rates
are
higher
than
the
rest
of
boston,
the
red
color.
So
what
are
these
maps
telling
us?
B
So
I'm
going
to
go
into
this
in
more
detail
on
the
next
couple
of
slides,
but
we
know
the
legacy.
I
think
it's
important
to
mention
this.
As
we
look
at
this
data,
we
know
the
legacy
past
and
president
of
racism
in
our
country
impacts.
Health,
inequities
that
we
see
by
race
and
racism
impacts.
The
social
determinants
of
health,
which
impact
health
outcomes,
and
so
it's
just
kind
of
important
to
keep
that
focus
as
we're
looking
at
this.
B
So
our
goal
here
is
to
achieve
health
equity
and
the,
which
is
the
bphc,
defines
it
as
the
opportunity
for
everyone
to
attain
their
full
health
potential,
no
matter
and
have
no
one
disadvantaged
from
achieving
this
potential
because
of
their
social
position
or
socially
assigned
circumstance.
B
B
All
right
next
slide,
so
what
we
really
want
to
do
is
address
root
causes
of
health
inequities,
and
I
you
know,
will
kind
of
reiterate
that
these
health
inequities
are
not
caused
by
personal
choices,
behaviors
or
by
one
person
or
problematic
policy
or
practice.
They
are
caused
by
a
system
of
inequitable
policies
and
practices
and
how
that
system
impacts
the
community
over
time.
B
So
the
differences
in
health
outcomes
that
we
see
by
race
are
due
to
racism,
not
race,
and
when
we're
talking
about
experiencing
the
built
environment
I
think
experiencing
racism
is
a
factor
not
like
someone's
race
is
not
so
there's
nothing
inherent
about
people
of
color
that
make
them
more
susceptible
to
having
higher
rates
of
diabetes,
hypertension,
asthma
or
any
chronic
disease,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
state
that,
because
I
think
that
that
is
often
a
myth
that
we
see
show
up
in
in
public
health
data.
B
B
Remember
what
we
talked
about
in
the
health
and
all
policies
stuff
earlier,
it's
up
to
us
to
identify
and
change
our
policies
and
practices
so
people-oriented
design.
This
is
what
what
we
want
in
street
design.
These
are
streets
that
are
designed
to
be
walkable,
easily
accessible
to
commercial
areas
and
to
downtown
by
public
transit
in
boston.
Historically,
many
of
our
predominantly
white
and
wealthier
neighborhoods,
like
beacon,
hill
and
back
bay,
are
people
oriented
designed
and
on
the
flip
side
of
that
we
have
auto
oriented
design.
B
So
these
are
streets
that
are
designed
to
create
cut
through
neighborhoods
they're
designed
to
drive
through
and
they
physically
divide,
neighborhoods
and
historically,
we
all
know
this.
Many
of
our
predominantly
black
neighborhoods
are
auto
oriented,
creating
cut
throughs
between
other
neighborhoods.
So
you
know
we
have
to
think
about
this.
Who
was
the
street
designed
for
and
I'll
bring
up
the
name?
You
know
what
is
the
word
commons
highway.
It's
one
of
the
few
highways
that
we
have
by
name
in
the
city,
and
what
does
it
imply?
B
B
We
have
to
intentionally
and
purposefully
change
policy
and
practice
in
street
design,
want
to
focus
on
people-oriented,
environmental
friendly
design
and
recognize
that
our
streets
are
a
building
block
for
a
healthier
community,
so
it
they
improve
the
environment,
traffic
and
safety
in
the
neighborhood
street.
Design,
improves
transit
access
to
jobs,
education
opportunities,
food
and
other
necessities,
and
supports
our
physical
activity
and
mental
health.
Keeping
us
all
connected
to
the
neighborhood.
B
So
how
is
bphc
supporting
transportation
equity
in
2020?
The
mayor
declared
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis
and
in
2021
the
phc
developed
an
anti-racism
policy
and
action
plan.
We
work
closely
with
the
city's
equity
department
on
particular
parts
of
the
plan
and
we're
working
with
other
departments
as
well
on
policies
and
practices.
B
Next
slide
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
active
and
well
living
and
wellness
program
which
sits
in
my
office
at
the
commission.
So
we
organize
work
with
boston
parks
on
the
boston
park
summer.
Fitness
series
that
you
hopefully
everyone
on
this
call
knows
about
we
actually
just
finished
for
the
year,
but
it's
free
physical
activity
classes
it
for
residents.
B
All
right
and
next
one,
so
that's
it
for
me.
I
know
we
got
a
lot
going
on
in
the
in
the
chat
as
well.
So
I
wanted
to
open
it
up
to
discussion
and
I'm
not
sure
how
exactly
we
want
to
do
this.
I
think
we
can
start
with
the
folks
who
didn't
get
to
talk
earlier.
B
Thanks
for
letting
me
finish
the
slides,
I
think
it's
important
to
kind
of
set
that
that
context
as
we
get
into
discussion
and
I'm
also
not
quite
sure
how
much
time
we
have
for
this
part,
if
any
or
if
we
just
want
to
go
and
see
where
we
end
up
yeah.
A
A
All
right
so
alenza
was
had
her
hand
raised,
but
I
just
saw
in
the
chat
that
she
had
to
leave
unless,
if
you're
still
with
us
to
raise
your
hand,
so
I
can
locate
you
again.
A
If
not,
we
can
sheila
also
had
her
hand
raised
sheila.
Are
you
still
with
us.
C
I
think
from
a
you
know,
from
a
technical
perspective,
we
have
the
resources
to
clear
the
facilities
and
then
longer
term
where
the
design-
this
is
not
the
final
design.
So
what
we're
looking
at
in
the
future
addresses.
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
specific
concerns
in
the
chat
talking
about
the
design
and
everything
and
and
what
we're
looking
at
for
the
future
is
continuing
to
work
with
the
community
to
un,
understand
those
concerns
and
to
adapt
them
and
bring
them
into
the
final
design.
C
So,
regardless,
whatever
we
build,
we
want
to
have
something
that
can
be
maintained
so
plowing,
and
everything
is
definitely
something
that
we
have
that
we
want
to
take
into
consideration
and
do
take
into
consideration.
I
think
you
know
specifically
to
just
to
jump
to
this
topic.
You
know
what
aspects
you
know
some
of
the
stuff
that
mary
was
just
talking
about
in
those
healthy
street
slides
and
the
stuff
that
she
showed
from
complete
streets
as
we
kind
of
take
on
as
we
take
a
look
at
this
trial.
What
worked?
C
What
did
and
everything,
but
what
we
want
to
look
at
for
the
final
design
is,
is
really
what
we're
interested
in
gathering
from
you
folks.
We
certainly
heard
a
bunch
of
concerns
about
this,
but
were
there
anything
in
the
complete
street
stuff
and
everything
that
that
mary
was
just
going
over
that
that
interested
you
that
you'd
like
to
see
us
consider
as
we
continue
these
conversations.
I
A
Just
chat
through
I
see
jasmine
has
raised
her
hand,
so
you
can
ask
for
that.
J
I
guess
my
question
first
is:
how
do
we
find
out
about
these
meetings?
I
see
a
lot
of
comments
that
say:
we've
been
having
meetings
about
this
since,
like
2018,
2018,
2019
or
whatever.
This
is
the
first
time
I've.
The
second
time
excuse
me
that
I've
even
heard
about
a
meeting
for
reconstruction
plans
for-
and
I
understand
that,
yes,
we
can
look,
but
older
people
may
not
get
on
the
internet
and
things
like
that.
A
Very
good
question,
so
we
sent
out
a
mailer
to
about
4
000
addresses
around
commons
highway
to
let
them
know
that
these
meetings
are
coming.
We
send
those
about
every
two
months
or
so
so
that
we
can
provide
a
long-term
like
sort
of
schedule.
So
these
meetings
tend
to
be
scheduled
well
in
advance
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
notice.
A
We
flyer
the
corridor
that
usually
happens
about
a
month
in
advance,
and
then
I
walk
the
corridor
every
like
every
almost
every
week
or
every
other
week,
and
I
give
out
flyers
like
this
one
where
you
can
see
sort
of
like
well,
you
can't
see
it
now,
but
it
has
the
information
sort
of
refund.
What
is
comments,
and
then
I
talk
about
like
what
the
meetings
that
are
happening,
and
I
also
talk
to
people
in
that
moment
and
gather
their
feedback
and
write
it
down.
A
We've
also
been
going
to
the
matapan
farmers
market
and
there
we've
talked
to
people
we
bring
along.
I
speak
spanish,
so
I
do
interpretation
of
anybody's
in
spanish
and
we
have
esther
who's
our
interpreter
tonight,
who
also
comes
to
speak
to
anyone.
The
speak
station
creole
to
make
sure
they
can
talk
to
us.
A
I
also
communicate
with
other
departments
to
make
sure
that
they
get
the
word
out
on
their
channels
and
we
have
a
pretty
big
email
list
at
the
moment,
which
we
also
send
out
notice
well
in
advance,
as
well
as
like
a
week
before,
to
sort
of
let
people
know
that
this
meeting
is
happening
so
that
they
can
sign
up
and
attend,
and
I'm
sure
there
might
be
other
methods
that
I've
forgotten.
C
Neighborhood
association
meetings:
we
attend
a
ton
of
those
as
well
and
work
through
our
neighborhood
services,
folks
as
well
to
make
sure
it
gets
in
neighborhood
newsletters,
and
things
like
that.
K
Hello,
thank
you
daniella,
and
I
raised
my
hand,
so
I
could
piggyback
on
to
that
answer
that
you
guys
just
gave
about
ways
to
find
out
about
this.
I'm
here
representing
the
greater
matapan
neighborhood
council,
and
we
have
a
bunch
of
different
mailing
lists
that
send
out
notifications
about
not
just
for
this
project
but
for
everything
going
on
in
matapan
and
I'm
very
happy
to
get
you
added
to
that.
K
If
you
want
to
put
an
email
in
the
chat
and
I'll
I'll,
add
my
email
in
the
chat
too
it
I.
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
people
not
necessarily
being
online,
which
makes
it
tough,
especially
during
covid,
I
can
say
for
the
neighborhood
council:
we've
basically
gone
to
everything
being
online,
but
we
we
do
contact
people
with
phone
calls
and
text
messages.
K
So
you
know,
if
there's
somebody
who,
who
it's
better
to
reach
out
to
you
that
way,
we're
happy
to
try
to
you
know,
connect
people
to
things
that
the
neighborhood
council
itself
is
doing,
but
also
definitely
to
what's
going
on
with
the
city
that
you
know
all
the
various
departments,
all
the
different
things
that
they
have
going
on,
which
is
a
lot
especially
in
manikin.
I
want
to
also
ask
a
question.
K
I
just
want
to
throw
this
out
there,
since
we
have
the
you
know
our
public
health
experts
here,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
heard
in
the
public
services
committee
of
the
greater
mattapan
neighborhood
council
meetings
when
we've
been
discussing
this
project
over
the
last
couple
years
is
basically
I
I
don't
know,
I'm
summarizing
a
bunch
of
different
comments
that
a
lot
of
people
have
made.
So
it's
not
verbatim,
but
to
kind
of
summarize
it
I
would
say
that
people
aren't
really.
K
People
are
worried
that
you
know
emergency
vehicles
aren't
going
to
get
through
that.
It's
just
going
to
take
a
much
longer
time
like
it's
going
to
take
longer
to
get
from
one
end
of
the
corridor
to
the
other,
like
what?
How
does
that
balance
in
with
on
the
public
health
spectrum?
Is
that
something
that's
being
considered
here,
or
is
it
just
that
you
know
clean
air
is
just
much
more
important
than
you
know,
travel
times.
B
Thank
you,
it
is
considered
and
I
think
zach
do
you
want
to
say
a
little
bit
about
or
danielle
about
the
process.
I
know
we,
you
guys
do
like
some
type
of
audit
right
to
make
sure
that
that
emergency
vehicles
can
that
there
isn't
isn't
a
problem
with
emergency
vehicles
when
you're
in
the
design
process.
C
The
final
design
absolutely
will
absolutely
needs
to
accommodate
emergency
vehicle
access
so
that
emergency
vehicles
can
get
through
one
of
the
major
things
that
we've
always
talked
about
when
we
talked
about
the
final
design
is
the
median
right
now
with
the
one
lane
concept
and
the
way
that
the
bicycle
lane
is
configured.
C
The
median
is
there
if
you're
stuck
behind
a
garbage
truck
or
if
you're,
stuck
in
traffic
or
whatever,
that
that
inhibits
that
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
we've
always
been
looking
for
in
the
final
design
is
the
removal
of
the
median
so
that
vehicles
are
allowed
to
pass
and
have
that
safe
access.
So
we've
definitely
heard
about
the
congestion,
the
backups,
the
getting
behind
the
trash
truck
the
emergency
vehicles
to
get
through.
C
That's
a
concern
to
us,
as
it
is
a
concern
to
you
and
it's
actually
absolutely
paramount
to
any
design
that
we
want
to
look
at.
So
we
are.
We
absolutely
hear
that
loud
and
clear,
and
that
absolutely
will
be
part
of
the
final
design
is
to
make
sure
that
that
comment
is
addressed.
B
Thank
you,
and
I
will
say
you
know
that
is
part
of
the
kind
of
complete
streets.
Public
health
guidelines
is
to
make
sure
that
that
their
space
is
always
that
it's
easily
accessible
to
emergency
vehicles.
J
I
think
I
think
my
hand
was
just
up
from
before,
but
okay
yeah,
I
guess
my
I
think,
just
to
piggyback
off
my
first
thing
is
you
guys
said
that
you,
you
know
you,
you
talk
to
people
in
high
park
and
matapan
and
you
engage
them,
but
cummins
highway
doesn't
just
affect
people
who
live
in
high
park
in
matapan.
There
are
people
who
live
in
dorchester
and
other
parts
and
we
need
to
get
through
and
having
one
lane
is
just
not
enough
for
us
or
whatever.
J
But
you
need
to
engage
all
of
the
city
of
boston
when
making
these
decisions,
not
just
the
4
000
people
that
you
reached
out
to
and
if
you're
reaching
out
to
4
000
people,
and
you
see
that
only
50
people
are
joining
these
community
meetings.
Maybe
you
guys
need
to
try
some
other
ways
to
get
your
communities
engaged,
because
maybe
what
you're
doing
isn't
working.
A
Thank
you
jasmine,
so
this
isn't,
as
I
mentioned
before,
this
isn't
the
only
way
in
which
you
can
provide
input
actually
in
everything
that
we
print
and
everything
that
we
share.
We
also
have
a
phone
number
where
people
can
call
us,
and
people
certainly
call
us
people
send
us
emails.
A
We
I
talk
to
people
on
the
street
all
the
time,
so
I
I'm
just
I'm
I'm.
What
I'm
saying
essentially
is
that
this
isn't
this.
A
I
understand
that,
yes,
there's
only
50
people
that
come
to
this
meeting,
but
this
isn't
like
a
one
and
done
like
you
can
always
provide
your
feedback
later
on.
We've
created
like
a
feedback
for
the
last
meeting,
which
I
will
share
later
on,
so
that
you
know,
if
you
miss
the
last
meeting,
you
can
see
the
recording
and
you
can
send
us
feedback
on
a
form
or
you
can
talk
to
me
when
you
see
me
on
the
street
they're
really.
A
This
is
a
process,
but
your
feedback
is
sort
of
like
necessary
for
us
in
order
to
move
forward
because
we've
been
hearing
about
the
current
design
that
is
happening
there
as
a
trial.
A
But
if
we
are
not
focusing
on
sort
of
like
the
feedback
that
we
need
for
to
get
into
the
final
design,
then
we
can
sort
of
move
forward
with
that.
So
it's
really
crucial.
This
is
a
crucial
moment
for
us
to
really
be
able
to
hear
what
you
have
to
say
about
what
you
would
like
to
see
in
the
next
70
years.
C
D
Yeah,
yes,
thank
you,
so
a
couple
of
things
that
were
said
that
so
as
a
project
manager,
myself
a
certified
project
manager,
I'm
just
wondering
so
I
saw
that
the
cost
of
this
project
is
17
million
dollars
and-
and
I
I
hear
that
you
guys,
are
being
a
little
defensive
about
the
input
from
the
stakeholders.
We,
the
community,
are
the
stakeholders
right.
This
is
our
tax
dollars
that
are
actually
funding
us
and
maybe
some
federal
dollars
thrown
in.
So
we
are
the
stakeholders
at
the
end
of
the
day.
D
You
guys
walk
away
from
this
project,
you
deliver
it
and
we
have
to
live
with
it.
Now.
Here's
a
couple
of
things
for
there's
a
few
things
for
you
to
consider.
So
the
issue
with
traffic
way
before
you
design
your
temporary
design
and
cummins
highway,
grew
exponentially
in
the
last
five
years
that
I've
been
living
here
where
folks
traffic
is
backed
up
in
harvard
trying
to
get
down
onto
cummins
highway.
D
So
what
they
would
do
is
circumvent
it
and
come
down
my
street,
which
is
the
next
3rd
street
onto
maestro's
itascar
onto
cummins
highway.
So
we
have,
it
is
non-stop
traffic.
It's
literally
blue
hill
avenue
in
the
524
hours
a
day,
people
speed
down
our
street
right
instead
of
trying
to
circumvent
the
traffic
backup
previously
before
you
designed
and
now
they're
really
trying
to
circumvent
it.
Now,
with
this
temporary
design
right,
there's
always
traffic
where
I
live
less
than
the
800
meters.
D
D
I
don't
see
our
emergency
v,
there's
no
outlet
for
an
emergency
vehicle
unless
it's
crossing
one
of
the
intersection
of
the
side
streets
coming
off
of
cummings
and
I've
witnessed
all
of
your
plastic
dividers
being
plowed
over
from
time
to
time
or
somebody's
car
being
hit
uncommons
highway.
So
it
hasn't.
It
has
in
any
way
mitigated
the
speeding
issues,
all
the
traffic
violation,
issues
that
you
are
attempting
to
remedy
with
this
temporary
design.
C
C
We
had
gone
over
what
was
the
initial
preferred
concept,
which
was
the
which
was
the
two
lane,
and
we
had
done
an
extensive
traffic
modeling
analysis
at
that
point
in
time
to
take
a
look
at
what
what
that
would
actually
look
like
and
what
the
impacts
would
be
and
at
the
time
with
the
with
the
numbers
and
everything
that
that
was
working
with
with
the
volumes
to
process
the
traffic
through
and
what
we're
always
looking
at
is
to
have
slower
speeds.
We
understand
that
there's.
C
Obviously
you
know
issues
when
you
implement
something
like
this,
that
you
know
now
that
you
know
if
people
get
hung
up
in
traffic
or
something
that
they
may
try
and
take
another
way
and
everything.
We've
definitely
heard
that
loud
and
clear,
through
some
of
for
through
many
of
our
engagements
with
folks
about
itasca
and
other
side
streets
and
everything-
and
I
see
stuff
coming
in
in
the
chat
so
yeah
we've
we're
also
taking
a
look
at
those.
C
Both
you
know
globally,
but
also
in
the
city
about
how
covet
has
affected
traffic
patterns
and
everything
to
see
how
they
were
from
our
baseline
numbers
that
we
took
back
in
2018
2019
to
how
they
are
now-
and
you
know,
we've
noticed
you
know
a
little
bit
of
a
drop
with
the
traffic
volumes
as
women
remained
fairly
consistent,
actually,
surprisingly,
well,
not
maybe
not
surprisingly,
but
on
commons
highway,
so
there's
definitely
volume
out
there,
and
we've
also
noticed
that,
since
we've
implemented
this,
that
there
have
been
slower
speed.
C
Again,
we've
heard
it
loud
and
clear
about
the
emergency
vehicles,
the
ugly
plastic
posts,
the
clearing
of
the
snow
and
all
of
that
and
everything-
and
that's
just
that's
absolutely
stuff
that
we're
taking
back,
and
we
want
to
incorporate
into
the
final
design
to
make
sure
that
the
street
you
know
works,
works
for
the
residents
and
the
people
who
live
here
and
the
people
who
pass
through
here
and
that's
why
you
know
we're
talking
here
tonight
about
the
elements
of
complete
street
design
and
how
it
relates
back
to
public
health
to
try
and
show
you.
C
You
know
some
of
the
things
that
we're
trying
to
accomplish
in
the
tools
that
we
can
use
as
part
of
this
project
to
get
your
feedback
on
the
types
of
things
that
that
you
feel
will
work
for
this
project.
So
again,
some
a
lot
of
the
things
that
mary
mentioned
about
the
complete
streets
and
everything.
That's
we
want
to.
You
know
be
able
to
incorporate.
So
we
can
balance
that
with
the
traffic
with
all
the
other
needs
in
the
community,
so
that
we
can
have
a
healthy
street
here
in
the
community.
M
Okay,
I've
heard
everything
tonight
and
there
are
a
couple
of
comments
that
I
have
you
talk
about
slowing
traffic
down
on
cummins
highway,
but
what
you've
actually
done
is
you've
stopped
traffic
on
cummins
highway
and
if
there
is
a
concern
about
the
cars
idling,
will
you
you've
caused
more
cars
to
idle
because
of
the
way
the
design
is
now?
M
It
has
taken
me
on
many
occasions
to
get
from
harvard
street
down
to
river
street.
Almost
40
minutes
almost
45
one
day,
and
it
was
because
between
the
traffic
design
and
the
construction
and
all
the
other
things
going
on
on
cummins
highway,
it
became
a
parking
lot.
Cars
are
idling,
which
now
brings
the
whole
issue
of
clean
air
up
in
smoke.
M
If
you
will,
the
other
thing
is
that
I
don't
think
you
know
the
the
idea
of
being
people
friendly
and
and
and
all
of
that
is
a
wonderful
pipe
dream,
but
we
live
in
a
city,
especially
in
our
neighborhoods,
where
people
may
not
always
have
the
the
choice
of
taking
public
transportation
if,
where
they
need
to
go,
is
further
than
a
bike.
Ride
or
a
bus
ride
and
and
par
and
driving
is
necessary.
M
M
I'm
just
concerned
that
you're
throwing
these
designs
at
the
community
and
even
though
you're
saying
you
want
our
participation
knowing
the
city
as
I
do,
because
I've
worked
for
the
city,
you
want
our
input,
but
in
the
end
you're
going
to
do
what
you
want
to
do
or
the
city
is
going
to
do
what
they
want
to
do
and
as
it
was
stated
before
it,
the
city
will
walk
away
and
tell
the
community
here
it
is
live
with
it
too
bad.
So
sad.
C
Again,
I
mean
we're
trying
as
part
of
this
process
is
taking
all
of
these
concerns
in
I
understand
the
concerns
about
traffic
congestion
and
everything
and
again
the
the
design
that's
out
there
now
is
a
temporary
design.
C
It
is
not
perfect.
There's
been
utility
work,
there's
been
utility
work
that
cut
loop
detectors
for
traffic
signals
that
made
them
perform
in
a
non-optimal
way.
Those
are
things
that
we've
worked
to
address.
However,
it
hasn't
been
perfect,
so
there
certainly
has
been
traffic.
Delays
has
been
people
caught
behind
a
garbage
truck.
C
We've
been
monitoring
the
traffic
situation,
we've
been
monitoring
travel
times,
we've
been
gathering
actual
data
on
that
as
well
as
hearing
from
from
you
all
again,
our
goal
is,
you
know,
to
create
a
transportation
system,
not
just
on
cummins
highway,
but
citywide
that
works
for
people.
We
want
to
provide
safe
and
equitable
opportunities
for
people
to
take
alternative
modes
of
transportation,
because
supporting
an
infinite
demand
for
vehicles
is
not
a
direction.
That's
that's
sustainable!
C
That's
going
that's
going
to
work
so
like
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
constantly
providing
the
opportunity
for
safer
travel
for
walking
and
biking
as
well
as
transit
and
being
able
to
make
those
connections,
so
all
of
that
is
is
certainly
not
lost
on
us.
That's
why
we're
trying
to
get
these?
You
know
trying
to
show
you.
C
You
know
what
we're
thinking
of
for
our
ideas
where
the
complete
streets
mentality
is
coming
from
in
meetings
like
this
and
hearing
from
you
all
so
yeah
we
under
we
under
certainly
understand
the
concerns
of
the
temporary
design,
but
we
also
want
to
you
know,
share
with
you
our
thoughts
and
also
get
feedback
on
some
of
the
stuff
that
we've
shown
tonight.
So,
like
the
types
of
things
that
we
can
include
with
this
project
that
you
that
you
all
feel
would
hopefully
make
it
a
success.
A
A
The
people
walking
the
people
who
need
to
cross
the
street
to
get
to
wherever
they're
going
the
people
who
are
biking,
the
people
who
are
just
wanting
to
hang
out
outside
their
their
doors
just
for
a
bit
in
the
summer
or
in
the
winter,
or
the
need
to
get
to
places
in
other
ways
or
to
catch
the
train
at
the
blue
hill,
ave
commons,
train
station
or
who
are
just
waiting
for
the
bus
and
in
my
experience
you
know,
walking
the
corridor.
A
A
Or
the
man
who
died
while
cycling
last
year
on
comments
before
the
templar
design
was
implemented.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
sort
of
taking
all
of
these
people
into
accounts.
A
A
L
A
So,
what's
next
for
cummins
highway,
the
goal
for
cummins
highway
is
a
street
that
is
safer
and
more
accessible
for
everyone.
We
want
to
transform
comments
highway
into
a
tree-lined
neighborhood
streets
that
is
safer
for
families,
to
walk
for
people
to
wait
for
their
bus,
for
riding
bikes
and
for
traveling
by
vehicle.
A
Sorry,
and
before
I
move
on
to
our
timeline,
what
you
see
here
are
some
of
the
proposed
elements
of
the
design
that
we
last
month,
we
had
a
conversation
on
lighting,
we'll
be
having
a
conversation
on
green
infrastructure
and
sort
of
some
of
those
elements
that
we
could
see
in
the
design
moving
forward.
A
So
what
does
the
timeline
for
this
reconstruction?
Look
like
the
first
public
meeting
that
we
had
was
in
2019
in
april
at
the
mata
hunt
in
person.
Then
we
had
a
second
meeting,
so
the
project
was
sort
of
presented
in
that
session.
A
Then
we
came
back
with
some
feedback
that
people
had
received
and
refined
some
of
those
project
goals
and
talked
a
little
bit
about
designs
and
the
goals
of
the
project
and
then
in
the
third
meeting.
The
concept
designs
were
presented
and
sort
of
elements
were
weighted
in
that
meeting,
where
the
preferred
the
word
the
design
concepts
were
presented.
There
was
a
lot
of
questions
about
sort
of
what
would
a
layout
of
one
lane
in
each
direction.
A
Look
like
so
a
design
trial
was
sort
of
created
in
order
to
address
that
and
see
what
that
concern
would
be
like.
So
we
had
done
studies,
we
had
measured
traffic
in
our
studies,
but
we
also
wanted
to
do
it
in
first
time
because
people
had
asked
us
as
well
in
order
to
see
that
so
the
first
phase
of
the
trial
started
in
july
of
2020
and
went
through
october.
A
Many
of
you
probably
remember
that
which
are
the
barrels
with
water,
and
we
received
a
lot
of
feedback
on
that
that
it
was
difficult
to
see
when
turning.
It
was
difficult
just
to
sort
of
come
into
commons.
A
The
visibility
for
pedestrians
was
really
difficult,
and
so
we
moved
we
sort
of
upgraded
the
trial
with
the
flexpose,
and
this
is
the
changes
of
the
street
layout
and
which
is
what
you
see
now
and
then
we
began
sort
of
a
more
consistent
engagement
of
the
final
design
in
june
2021,
which
was,
and
then
we
sort
of
been
working
on
starting
design
back
on
july
of
2021.,
and
as
I
said,
this
is
an
ongoing
process.
A
So
we
are
right
now
talking
about
public
health,
we'll
be
talking
about
the
infrastructure
in
two
weeks,
then
we're
hoping
to
schedule
some
meetings
around
trees
and
pedestrians,
improvements
and
roundabouts
and
other
design
elements.
A
So
I
just
sort
of
wanted
to
give
a
brief
wrap
of
what
these
focused
conversations
have
been
and
of
what
your
input
has
been
and
what
we've
been
working
on.
So
your
input
during
these
conversations
is
used
to
inform
the
design
and
we'll
be
sharing
with
other
departments
to
inform
their
work
as
well.
A
So
in
june,
we
host
it
with
matterport
fitness
and
special
edition
of
t-talk,
with
charles
t
brown,
to
discuss
black
mobility
and
how
it's
been
limited
in
the
us,
through
police,
the
policies
that
have
been
enacted
and
continue
to
be
enacted
and
the
public
at
large
and
sort
of
what
can
be
done
to
fix
that.
A
And
then,
in
july
we
hosted
two
public
meetings
with
the
help
of
the
environment
department.
We
talked
about
heat
brazilian
studies
that
has
been
going
on
and
they're
focused
on
metaphase,
and
then
we
sort
of
talked
about
how
to
incorporate
designed
heat
resistant
design
elements
into
the
commentary
design
design.
A
You
asked
us
to
look
at
how
to
add
more
shade
and
we've
been
looking
into
trees,
expanding
the
tree,
canopy
that
we
can
add
and
bus
shelters
where
possible,
and
also,
if
you
have
any
more
feedback
on
that,
we're
happy
to
hear
where
also
the
project
of
heat
resilience
is
moving
ahead.
So
they
will
let
your
input
at
certain
points
and
we'll
hear
what
people
have
said
and
how
we
can
incorporate
it.
A
We
talked
also
about
air
quality
in
july
and
how
transportation
policies
and
design
influence
air
quality.
You
are
interested
in
us
monitoring,
air
quality
on
the
corridors.
We've
been
looking
at
locations
and
sort
of
how
to
incorporate
and
share
that
information
and
sort
of
bring
you
forward
into
installing
this
air
quality
monitors
to
process
to
to
monitor
air
quality.
As
I
said
before,
during
and
after
the
project,
and
then
we
continue
to
have
discussions
on
the
temporary
redesign
and
how
it's
affecting
air
quality.
A
In
that
conversation,
we
heard
a
lot
about
comments
being
part
of
a
larger
network,
which
is
another
discussion.
A
That's
come
up
today
and
that
we
need
to
sort
of
think
we
need
to
take
a
look
at
the
site
streets
as
well,
and
we've
conducted
some
traffic
counts
on
those,
and
you
also
wanted
us
to
be
more
proactive
and
make
sure
that
we're
working
with
the
mbta
trustwork
removals,
the
school
buses
and
traffic
management
before
the
new
design
is
implemented
and
also
make
sure
that
you
know
we're
keeping
all
of
them
all
of
these
different
elements
in
mind
as
we
move
forward
with
the
design
process,
so
we've
been
coordinating
meetings
to
try
to
work
with
them
and
then
soon,
we'll
probably
bring
a
conversation
forward
and
sort
of
buses
and
the
shelters
and
sort
of
these
conversations
that
we've
been
hearing.
A
And
then,
in
september,
which
is
last
month,
we
talked
with
the
city's
street
lighting
division.
We
talked
about
the
goals
of
the
city
for
street
lighting
in
general
and
then
the
opportunities
that
on
comments
highway,
specifically,
you
were
in
that
conversation
we
sort
of
talked
about
the
preferred
alternatives,
but
like
what
the
city's
lighting
should
look
like,
you
will
express
some
concerns
and
brightness
and
the
color
of
the
lights.
A
You
will
be
continuing
to
work
with
you
on
the
appropriate,
brightness
and
color,
so
that
you
can
have
visibility
and
safety
also
be
an
attractive
feature
for
the
streets,
and
you
also
wanted
to
know
where
these
lighting
elements
are
similarly
have
been
installed
already
that
have
been
proposed.
A
So
currently
you
can
see
them
on
river
street
from
cummins
highway
to
high
park
way
street
is
called
and
then
they've
been
installed
on
medium
square,
and
these
include
dependent
the
hits
on
the
street
and
also
the
pedestrian,
and
then
stephanie
will
drop
the
link.
Thank
you.
So
if
you
just
want
to
go
in
there,
you'll
be
able
to
take
a
see
a
picture
of
this
proposed
light
answer
and
share
your
feedback
with
us.
A
Okay,
next
steps,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
a
meeting
on
green
infrastructure
and
the
communist
highway
redesign
on
october
20th
at
6.
30
make
sure
you,
if
you
can
to
sign
up
for
that,
but
if
you
can't
make
it
we'll
always
have
these
recorded
and
available
on
our
website
and
then,
as
I
said,
we've
been
going
to
the
mattapan
farmers
market,
we'll
be
there
every
saturday
in
october,
from
10am
to
1pm,
so
that
you
can
come
and
talk
to
us
tell
your
neighbors,
your
friends.
A
Anybody
we're
happy
to
be
there
and
sort
of
walk
through
and
meet
with
everyone
who
passes
by
and
then
you
can
always
set
an
appointment
to
have
one-on-one
discussions
with
us.
We've
been
having
this
for
almost
a
year
now
I
feel,
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
sort
of
just
drop
in,
ask
a
question:
get
a
one-on-one
time
with
us
to
sort
of
walk
through
any
concerns
or
and
get
your
feedback
in,
and
we
always
keep
track
and
look
through
those
comments.
A
We
can,
let
me
check
what
time
it
is.
We
have
just
nine
minutes.
If
do
people
want
you
to
to
for
us
to
go
over
the
resources,
or
do
we
continue
a
conversation
on
them
over
the
resources,
thoughts,
feelings.
A
A
Great
hannah:
do
you.
L
Yeah,
so
we
wanted
to
just
help
other
city
departments
share
out
information,
so
we
just
wanted
to
share
our
help.
Bphc
share
out
that
covid
vaccines
are
free
in
the
city
and
in
matapan
you
can
get
one
at
morningstar
baptist
church
at
12,
57,
blue
hill
avenue
next
slide
and
there's
an
election
coming
up
on
tuesday
november
2nd
the
last
day
to
register
to
vote
is
tuesday
october
13th
and
stephanie
is
going
to
drop
that
link
on
how
to
register
to
vote
in
the
chat.
A
I
L
So
please
go
check
out.
There's
more
information
about
this
pilot
project
at
boston.gov,
28
bus
and
plan
matapan
is
looking
for
property
owners
who
are
interested
in
having
a
mural
on
their
wall
for
their
public
art
project.
L
Stephanie
can
drop
kenya's
contact
info
in
the
chat,
and
we
also
want
to
share
about
boston's
public
bike
share
program,
ride
blue
bikes,
there's
a
discounted
pass
for
people
who
participate
in
public
assistance
programs
such
as
snap
mass
health
or
live
in
public
housing
as
an
example
and
discounted
passes
are
just
50
a
year
or
five
dollars
a
month,
and
it's
great,
if
you
don't
have
a
bike,
if
you
just
use
your
bike,
if
you
just
ride
a
trip
twice
every
week
that
ends
up
being
50
cents
per
ride,
so
please
check
out
how
to
apply
for
this
discounted
membership
at
boston.gov,
slash,
discounted,
blue
bikes.
L
L
If
you
have
more
questions
you
can
reach
out
to
mary
by
email
or
find
out
more
information
about
the
public
health
commission
and
our
next
chat
in
this
series
of
topical
chats
is
going
to
be
about
green
in
infrastructure,
and
so
that's
how
you
build
things
like
tree
pits
and
rain
gardens
into
a
street
design
and
so
to
sign
up
for
that
chat
and
to
share
with
your
friends
and
family
go
to
cummins
highway.
A
L
So
you
can
talk
to
us
in
person.
We
are
going
to
be
at
the
matapan
farmers
market
every
saturday
in
october.
L
L
Yeah
all
right
I'll
pass
it
back
to
you.
Daniela
thank.
A
You,
and,
as
I
mentioned
previously,
we'll
also
esther
will
be
there
with
us
and
and
for
haitian
cruel
interpretation,
and
I
will
be
there
as
well
in
order
to
have
conversations
in
spanish.
If
somebody
would
like
to
talk
to
us
okay,
so
we
have
a
few
minutes,
so
we
can
continue
the
conversation
I
will
unmute
barbara
or
what
you
can
talk
now.
H
G
H
Have
my
cummins
highway
project
three-ring
binder
here
and
I
know
when
I
went
to
the
meeting
at
the
manna
hunt
school
back
in
2018
2019.
We
had
a
lot
of
proposal
presented
to
us.
I'm
looking
at
concept
number
one
concept,
number
two
concept,
number
three
concept,
number
four
and
then
I'm
looking
at
come
into
highway
greenfield
road
traffic
signal
cummins
highway,
greenfield
road
roundabout.
What
happened
to
all
of
these
plans?
Because
what
happened
was
when
you
guys
came
out
and
with
the
with
the
design?
That's
up
there.
H
Now
none
of
the
the
design
that's
on
cummings
highway
now
was
not
presented
to
us
at
any
of
the
meetings
at
the
manohan
school.
So
my
question
to
you
guys
is
what
happened
with
all
of
those
presentation
that
you
did
before
what
you
have
up
there
now
and
I
think
the
same
thing
is
going
to
happen
again,
you're
showing
us
all
of
these
designs.
H
But
then,
when
the
final
project
is
up,
it's
going
to
be
something
totally
different
from
what
we
agreed
upon
and
the
other
thing
I
want
to
say
to.
I
think-
and
I
think
zach
said
it.
What
other
ideas
do
we
have
that
could
help
slow
down
the
traffic
on
cummins
highway?
H
I
think
the
only
way
we
can
do
that
is
to
take
away
that
left
turn
when
people
are
coming
from
milton
and
brock
and
all
and
all
that
when
they
make
that
left
turn
on
to
cummins
highway,
they
should
be
able
to.
They
should
go
down
to
morton
street
and
make
a
left
turn
to
get
into
the
city,
not
on
cummins
highway.
But
I
I
just
want
you
guys
to
think
about,
and
I
think
maybe
you
need
to
show
it
to
the
audience.
C
Yes,
we
have
those
in
our
possession
and
we
presented
to
those
and
yeah.
That
was
the
meeting
that
I
alluded
to
back
in.
I
think
it
was
february
2020,
where
we
presented
different
options.
I
I
believe
the
ones
that
you
have
showed
you
know
there
was
essentially
a
two
lane
option
which
didn't
do
much
in
in
the
way
of
transforming
the
street
other
than
probably
adding
street
lights,
but
maintaining
the
two
lanes.
So
we
talked
about
how
that
really
didn't
mitigate
much
of
the
safety
issues
that
were
brought
up.
C
As
far
as
you
know,
high
speeds-
and
you
know,
crossing
the
street
and
all
those
type
of
factors,
and
I
think
we
showed
other
options
that
you
know
had
had
the
median
in
there
didn't
have
the
median
in
there.
The
the
picture
that
you're
seeing
on
the
screen
is
essentially
the
preferred
concept
that
we
were
talking
about
at
that
time,
which
is
the
two
lanes
and
removing
removing
the
median
and
adding
the
protected
bicycle
facility.
On
the
side.
As
I
said,
we
tried
to
duplicate
this
as
best
we
could
with
the
trial.
C
However,
it's
not
a
hundred
percent
perfect
and
one
of
the
major
things
that
we
weren't
able
to
duplicate
was
the
removal
of
the
medium,
which
I
think
is
which
I
know
is
one
of
the
major
reasons
for
the
issues
that
a
lot
of
people
have
brought
up
about
the
traffic
congestion
and
the
emergency
vehicles
and
all
of
that
type
of
thing.
C
But
we
wanted
to
implement
it
because
we
wanted
to
test
out
the
safety
component
of
it
to
test
out
how
how
people
behaved
as
far
as
as
driver
speeds
and
everything,
and
we
found
that
it's
had
slower
speeds.
We
have
noticed
the
issues
that
folks
have
brought
up
and
we're
all
taking
all
of
those
issues
and
everything
into
account.
So
it's
really
just
a
trial
to
test
out.
C
You
know
the
the
concept
of
reducing
the
lane,
but
knowing
that
that
all
the
stuff
that
we
talked
about
at
those
meetings
still
rings
true,
and
so
what
you're
seeing
here
on
the
screen
is
more
along
the
lines
of
what
we're
looking
at
and
more
consistent
with
exactly
what
we
were
talking
about
with
what
I
think
you're
looking
at
in
your
in
your
binder
right
now
and
as
far
as
as
far
as
sorry,
just
to
respond
to
your,
I
believe,
you're
talking
about
the
matapan
square
intersection
and
the
left
turn
coming
in
from
milton.
C
So
we
do
have
another
project,
not
this
project,
but
we're
obviously
working
very
closely
with
that
project
that
the
transportation
department
is
leading
to
look
specifically
into
the
functionality
and
of
of
the
mattapan
square
intersection
itself.
So
that
will
be
done
in
close
coordination
with
this
project
to
increase
the
safety
and
efficiency
of
that
intersection.
As
well.
H
Okay,
thank
you
and
the
other
thing
I
just
want
to
say
when
we
started
these
meetings
was
about
cummins
highway.
Let's
keep
it
above
cummins
highway.
All
of
the
other
information
that
you're
giving
us
about.
You
know
food
and,
and
all
this
stuff
we're
getting
that
information
through
our
neighborhood
association
so
and
and
highlighting
and
summarizing
you
know
about
previous
meeting.
I
personally
I
don't
see
that
as
being
necessary,
you're
taking
away
time
from
other
people
who
would
like
to
comment
about
cummins
highway.
H
You
know
about
the
farmers
market
and
all
these
other
things
that's
happening
in
the
community.
We
are
getting
that
information
from
our
neighborhood
association.
We
have
two
three
neighborhood
association,
so
if
I
would
just
like
to
keep
this
meeting
about
cummins
highway,
okay,
thank
you.
C
Sure
we
hear
you're
not-
and
you
know,
one
of
our
goals
is
to
continue
to
share
information.
A
lot
of
folks
at
this
meeting
said
that
they
might
not
have
heard
about
some
of
our
previous
meetings
and
everything.
So
we
like
to
you
know
interagency
as
we're
always
talking
to
each
other
make
sure
that
that
information
is
out
there
for
folks.
But
yes,
I
I
understand,
and
we
definitely
want
obviously
to
make
sure
that
we're
hearing
specifically
about
cummins
highway,
so
understood.
C
A
Last
point
see:
this
is
why
the
resources
are
important.
I
forgot
to
add
that
there's
going
to
be
a
meeting,
so
please
put
a
pin
on
it.
We
don't
have
a
meeting
invite
yet,
but
for
the
18th
of
october
there
will
be
a
meeting
on
penn
square
about
that
intersection
and
sort
of
walk
through
some
of
those
elements
and
things
and
goals
to
determine
for
that
project.
So
just
put
up
put
a
reminder
to
yourself
and
we'll
share
out
that
information.
C
There's
a
lot
of
stuff
going
on
and
we
just
want
to
make
sure
everybody's
connected
to
all
of
it.
So
if
you,
if
you
hear
one
thing
at
one
meeting,
then
you
can
be
connected
to
anything
and
anything
that
anything
and
everything
that
you
want
to
participate
in
so
you're
engaged
in
your
community
and
we
really
appreciate
the
engagement
here
tonight
as
well.
So
thank
you.
I
Yeah,
okay,
you
can
hear
me
so
the
connection
that
was
being
made
about
the
health
relative
to
high
incidences
of
high
blood
pressure
and
diabetes
in
this
community.
I
It's
like
there
is
this,
this
just
design
of
these
little
white
things
that
are
forcing
people
into
one
lane
and
and
there's
nobody
in
the
in
the
bike
lane
so
that
you
have
to
avoid
it.
It's
like
an
obstacle
course
that
raises
high
blood
pressure
and
forces
people
to
go
and
eat
junk
food
and
raise
their
diabetes
to
lower
the
stress
of
riding
on
coming
thai
way
in
other
areas.
I
So
that's
the
first
comment
that
I
would
like
to
make
that
I
don't
see
why
there
was
this
connection
saying
you
know
implying
that
my
diabetes
or,
if
I
have
it
in
my
blood
pressure,
if
I
have
it,
is
going
to
be
decreased
because
of
this
safe
street
design.
I
I
That's
the
other
thing
that
I
would
hope
that
you
stay
off
of
the
side
street,
just
stick
to
come
what
you're
doing
on
cummins
highway
but
stay
off
the
side
street.
I've
noticed
that
some
of
these
side
streets
and
in
roslindale,
jamaica,
plain
you
put
these
little
white
things
up
and
you
can't
go
down
these
streets.
I
They've
made
them.
You
know
you
blocked
them
off.
They
become
dead
ends.
Please
stay
off
of
the
side
street
because
you're
gonna
make
it
worse
just
focus
on
coming
to
highway.
B
Thank
you
sheila.
I
just
wanted
to
jump
in
and
say
that
about
to
to
your
point
around
the
health
and
and
stress
and
heart
disease
and
diabetes.
I
I
did
absolutely
did
not
want
to
make
the
point
that
the
street
design
is
causing
that
or
that
changing
the
street
design
can
can
take
it
away
because
it's
what
where
what
the,
because
that
that
is
not
not
it
at
all
true
and
I
apologize
if,
if
that's
the
implication
that
I
made
that's
my
my
own
communicating
I
I
you
know
what
we're.
B
What
we're
thinking
about
in
the
public
health
is
all
about
big
picture
population,
it's
not
about
in
one
person's
individual
health
or
individual
experience.
So
when
we're
thinking
about
it,
it's
like
how
how
a
group
of
people
population
are,
how
they
interact
with
their
environment
and
how
that
impacts
their
health.
B
So
it's
not
about
this
particular
street,
and
I
will
say
that
you
know
I.
I
didn't
intend
for
my
presentation
to
be
specifically
about
cummins
highway,
but
about
like
how
our
interacting
with
our
built
environment
and
the
ability
to
to
be
to
be
safe
can
impact
our
health
as
a
as
a
community
and
then
it's
kind
of
across
across
the
board.
Not
just
specifically
so
it's
not
it's.
It's
not
a
causal
effect
at
all.
B
I
think
what
we,
what
we
know
is
that
you
know
the
built
environment
the
which
your
street
is
part
of
is
one
of
the
social
determinants
of
health,
and
it's
one
of
the
things
that
impact
your
health
and
so
when
we
think
about
like
development
of
chronic
diseases.
These
are
our
it's
it's
one
of
the
things
that
influence
it,
but
it
is
not
a
cause.
B
It
is
not
something
that
can
be
reversed
and
I
think
it's
not
really
it's
not
about
any
one
particular
person's
or
even
groups
decisions
about
about
like
decisions
about
health
behaviors,
it's
how
the
whole
environment
impacts
us
over
a
lifetime
that
impacts
whether
or
not
you
know
we
develop
certain
diseases
for
what
period
of
time,
and
I'm
happy
if
I
know
we're
out
of
time.
I'm
happy
to
talk
more
specifically
or
feel
free
to
to
email
me.
If
there's
any
particular
questions
about
about
that.
C
You
know
I'll
just
add
to
that,
and-
and
thank
you
mary,
I
think
you
know
the
the
correlation
that
we're
trying
to
bring
is
we
want
to
make
this
a
comfortable
and
safe
street
for
for
all
users,
which,
I
think
in
general,
like
you
know,
adds
to
you
know,
enhances
your
your
healthy
lifestyle,
so
you
know
more
opportunities
for
people
to
walk
more
opportunities
for
people
to
bike,
but
also
you
know
with
the
built
environment,
as
you
said,
mary
just
providing
that
space
that
people
can
enjoy
more
freely
without
having
to
be
stressed
about
this
and
this
and
that
so
I
I
understand
where
people
are
coming
from
with
the
stresses
of
traffic
and
we've
heard
a
lot
about
that
and
everything
here
tonight.
C
But
you
know
we're
also
just
we're
looking
at
that
safety
component
and
keeping
people
safe
and
and
promoting.
You
know
that
complete
street,
where
people
feel
safe
and
have
that
opportunity
to
enjoy
the
public
space
in
in
a
different
way
than
they
had
before.
You
know-
and
you
know,
maybe
you
want
to
take
a
walk
on
cummins
highway,
because
it's
a
more
beautiful
environment
and
engage
with
your
neighbors
and
and
everything
like
that.
So
that's
sort
of
the
goals
that
we're
trying
to
go
with
with
this
project
and
any
any.
A
Okay
on
that
note,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
tonight
and
for
sharing
with
us
and
for
talking
with
us.
I
just
want
to
be
mindful
as
well
that
it's
8
11
and
people
have
other
things
to
attend
to
dinner
children.
A
So
with
that,
I
will
bring
us
to
an
end
of
this
meeting
and
thank
you
all
for
coming
and
we
hope
to
see
you
again
at
the
green
infrastructure
meeting.
We
will
be
talking
with
dave
quilley
from
cotton
square,
so
this
is
again
another
person
that
will
sort
of
bring
a
point
of
view
and
an
idea,
and
then
we
will
talk
about
how
green
infrastructure
connects
the
common
highway
and
so
does
those
opportunities
there.
A
So
yeah
again,
thank
you
for
coming.
If
you
have
any
questions,
if
you
have
any
feedback,
you
can
come
see
us
on
saturday.
You
can
email
us
stephanie
if
you
have
a
chance
to
drop
our
emails
in
the
link
or
just
even
even
if
you
respond
to
just
that,
zoom
link
that
you've
got
today.
A
It
will
get
to
me
and
we
can
sort
of
work
through
any
other
thoughts
that
you've
had
that
you
haven't
been
able
to
have
today
so
I'll,
give
a
second
for
stephanie
to
drop
off
all
of
our
emails.
Before
I
conclude
the
meeting,
thank
you
again
for
coming.