FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SHARON DURKAN, DISTRICT EIGHT CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. TODAY IS APRIL 21ST. THE EXACT TIME IS 2 P.M. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED AND IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED@BOSTON.GOV BACKSLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON XFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT SIX PLAN DMV@BOSTON.GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON AND THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY HAVE SIGNED UP AND HAVE TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON, PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE ENTER. PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PACK AT SHANE SHEA AND E.PACK@BOSTON.GOV AND UM YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0204. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS MAKING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SAFER FOLLOWING THE 30 YEAR REVIEW OF STREET PROJECTS IN BOSTON. THIS MATTER IS, UH, SPONSORED BY BENJAMIN WEBER AND ENRIQUE PEPEN AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026 DOCKET 0588 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS CITY OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY AND STATUS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THIS MATTER IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS DURKAN, PEPEN AND WEBER AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 18TH, 2026 AND DOCKET 0589 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LIZ BREADON AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 18TH, 2026. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL . OKAY COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. COUNCILOR. PEPEN. COUNCILOR. BREADON. COUNCILOR WEBER. COUNCILOR COLE. POPPER. AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHEN I INTRODUCED MY DOCKET TO THE COUNCIL FLOOR, I COMMITTED TO SCHEDULING THIS HEARING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE MIDST OF BUDGET SEASON BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE IS IMPORTANT AND URGENT. RESIDENTS EXPECT AND DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE ON OUR STREETS. MEETING THAT EXPECTATION IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY THAT DEPENDS ON CONSISTENT WORK AND CLEAR COORDINATION ACROSS CITY UM ACROSS THE CITY. BOSTON HAS COMMITTED THROUGH VISION ZERO TO ELIMINATE FATAL AND SEVERE TRAFFIC CRASHES BY 2030 AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT STREET AND SAFETY PROJECTS UNDERWAY TO HELP GET US THERE. BUT IN RECENT MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN CONCERN THAT TOO MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SLOWED DOWN OR STALLED WITHOUT CLEAR EVIDENCE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHY. CONSTITUENTS ASK ME EVERY DAY FOR UPDATES. UM AS WELL AS UM THROUGH AND THROUGH BEING THE CHAIR OF PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND I HAVEN'T ALWAYS HAD ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO PROTECT ALL ROAD USERS AND ENSURE EVERYONE CAN GET AROUND OUR CITY SAFELY, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WHERE SO MANY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS NAVIGATE BY FOOT ALL EVERY DAY. THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK ABOUT CONSISTENTLY. I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE AND MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE USING ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WALKING, BIKING OR TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT . MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING NOT TO DRIVE. WE NEED TO EMBRACE THE FUTURE AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. RECOGNIZING THAT MANY BOSTON RESIDENTS INCLUDING MYSELF DO NOT OWN A CAR, THE DELAY OF MANY OF THESE PROJECTS UM HAS ALSO PUSHED STATE AND FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AT RISK. UM ON RELATEDLY, WE LOST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION GRANTS INCLUDING THE ROXBURY RESILIENT CORRIDORS GRANT, WHICH WAS YANKED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AFTER WE PASSED IT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. SIMILARLY, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT WE WILL HAVE AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND A CHALLENGING BUDGET SEASON COUPLED WITH FEDERAL UNCERTAINTY AND DECREASING STATE FUNDING. WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SECURE EVERY DOLLAR FOR THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS AND KEEP IT. I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS TAKING STEPS TO EXPAND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. HOWEVER, THERE DOES REMAIN A LACK OF FLAHERTY, UM, ON HOW WE'RE MOVING IN AN OVERALL DIRECTION, WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY IS, WHAT OUR LONG TERM GOALS ARE AND HOW THESE PROJECTS UM ARE GOING TO BE MADE WHOLE. I LOOK FOR I FILED THIS HEARING ORDER. I'M GLAD TO HAVE COMBINED IT WITH COUNCILOR BREADON AND COUNCILOR RIVERS DOCKETS TO SUPPORT A BROADER CONVERSATION TODAY. I HOPE THAT WE CAN GAIN MORE FLAHERTY FROM CITY OF BOSTON LEADERSHIP ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS. THE STATUS OF KEY PROJECTS AND THE PATH FORWARD TO DELIVERING SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT STREETS FOR BOSTON RESIDENTS. AS CITY COUNCILORS, WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PARTNER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE THE GOAL OF SAFETY ON OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HERE. WHAT WE'RE WATCHING THIS AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY ON THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. I WANT TO THANK UH, INTERIM CHIEF CHIEF NET GOVE AND BOB ADVISORY FOR JOINING US TODAY. UM, NICK GOVE IS THE INTERIM CHIEF OF STREETS FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MOHAMED IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. I'M GOING TO GO TO OPENING STATEMENTS UM FROM MY COLLEAGUES UH, THAT ARE SPONSORS. SO UM, COUNCILOR LES BREADON YOU I'M SORRY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE LOTS OF, UH LOTS OF ROAD USERS IN THE IN THE HOUSE TO, UH, LISTEN TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. UM, I FOUND DOCKET 0589 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND STREETS PROJECTS. UH, IT IT CAME AS SORT OF A WAKE UP CALL RECENTLY WHEN WE LOST $327 MILLION CUT FROM THE I-90 PROJECT AS PART OF A, UH, BECAUSE THE PROJECT WAS YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND THE MONEY WASN'T OBLIGATED. I THINK IN THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING CITYWIDE UH, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE IN JEOPARDY. UH, AS WE AS A CITY UH, IF WE USE THE CITY DO NOT MOVE FORWARD DECISIVELY AND OBLIGATE THESE FUNDS AND SHOW FORWARD DIRECTION. WE HAVE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE PROCESS IS STALLED. AND WE ALSO, UM, FEEL THAT THIS IS A MOMENT, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR BUDGET SEASON AND UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN AND AND UH, FORCIBLY DELIVER FROM BOSTON THAT IN THIS MOMENT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PARTNER WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS AND THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE MBTA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, UTILIZE THE FUNDS AND USE THEM AS, UH AS THEY WERE INTENDED. UH, AND AND IF WE DON'T USE THEM, WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING THEM. SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT AND AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR ALL OF US ACROSS THE CITY. BUT IT'S A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MY DISTRICT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, NEXT WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE LEAD SPONSOR OF THE OTHER DOCKET. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND TWO MINUTES. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES COMING OUT TODAY. UH, AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S SHOWN UP HERE IN CITY HALL. I KNOW I FILED, UH, DOCKET ON THE 30 DAY REVIEW, UH, IN APRIL 2025. UH, AND SO IT'S BEEN A YEAR FOR US TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT REVIEW MEANT AND WHAT WE WERE DOING ABOUT IT. AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB SINCE THAT REVIEW CAME OUT AND SAID WE NEED A BETTER COMMUNITY PROCESS, UH, AROUND STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND INSTEAD WHAT WE'VE HAD IS NO PROCESS AND NO IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK FOR MY CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT SIX WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK, UH, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND SAFELY AND RIDE THEIR BIKES SAFELY ON THE STREETS. AND RIGHT NOW AS THEIR CITY COUNCILOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL THEM IN TERMS OF HOW TO HOW TO MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD, HOW TO GET SPEED HUMPS ON THEIR STREETS. UH, AND HOW TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, AREAS WHERE THERE'S DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD GLEN INGRAM WHO DIED. UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF FOREST HILL STATION CROSSING THE STREET ON A GREEN LIGHT AND IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S I THINK YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAJORITY OF MY CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS GO FORWARD. UH, AND THE ANSWER CAN'T BE THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO DO ANYTHING. UH, SO YOU KNOW, I'M HERE. I'M I HOPE WE GET SOME ANSWERS AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> UM, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR PEPEN WHO UH, IS THE CO-SPONSOR ON ALL THESE DOCKETS. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU TO THE ADVOCATES, PANELS ORGANIZERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. YOUR VOICES, YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SAFER STREETS ARE WHAT IS GOING TO KEEP THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD. BUT I'M NOT JUST HERE AS A CITY COUNCILOR WITH SOMEONE HERE THAT STANDS WITH YOU. BEFORE I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I WORK FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS TEA FOR IN MAY IN THAT ROLE. I SAW FIRSTHAND WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE COMMIT TO FOLD PEOPLE CENTERED TRANSPORTATION POLICY. AND I ALSO SAW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE PROGRESS STALLS SAFETY SUFFERS AND COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT BEHIND. THAT EXPERIENCE SHAPED HOW I SHOW UP TODAY TO THIS BUILDING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY TRANSPORTATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING FROM POINT A TO POINT B IT'S ABOUT SAFETY. IT'S ABOUT EQUITY. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER A PARENT FEELS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE LETTING THEIR CHILD WALK TO SCHOOL, WHETHER A SENIOR CAN CROSS THE STREET WITH CONFIDENCE, WHETHER A CYCLIST CAN RIDE WITHOUT FEAR AND WHETHER A PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDER ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. THAT'S WHY I MADE TRANSPORTATION ITS HIGH PRIORITY IN MY WORK ON THE COUNCIL AND WHY CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. SAFER STREETS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE WE CHOOSE THEM. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE INVEST IN TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES LIKE SPEED BUMPS. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE IMPROVE SIGNAGE AND VISIBILITY. THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE BUILD SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS, AND THEY HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE ON LARGER PROJECTS REDESIGNING OUR STREETS SO THEY WORK FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST FOR CARS BUT FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS AND DRIVERS ALIKE FROM OUR SCHOOL ZONES TO OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO OUR BUSIEST CORRIDORS. EVERY PART OF THE CITY SHOULD REFLECT THAT COMMITMENT. THAT IS WHY I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON BOTH DOCKETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TODAY. UM, TRANSPORTATION IS PROBABLY A TOPIC THAT I HEAR FROM THE MOST IN MY DISTRICT RESIDENTS CONSISTENTLY ASKING ME WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS? WHERE ARE WE GETTING MORE SPEED HUMPS WHEN OUR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE SAFER? SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM AND FOR EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT AREN'T CO-SPONSORS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET YOU HAVE A MINUTE. UM, NOT TWO MINUTES BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY. UM, BUT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO, UM WHEN WE GET TO QUESTIONS. SO COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE A MINUTE? THANK YOU. >> I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. THIS THIS. HEARING IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR EIGHT YEARS TRYING TO KEEP OUR STREETS AND SIDEWALKS SAFE . TRYING TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT WHICH WE DID FROM 25 TO 20. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REDUCED EVEN FURTHER. I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UM, TO PROVIDE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE FOR ALL PEOPLE ESPECIALLY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR SENIORS. WE NEED MORE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AS WELL FROM THE BOSTON POLICE ENFORCING ALL RULES OF THE ROAD. BOSTON CAN'T BE THE WILD WEST. IT HAS TO BE A CITY WHERE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RULES AND RESPECT THE RULES AND THE RULES ARE ENFORCED CONSISTENTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. >> SO LAST YEAR. >> IT WAS STATED WITH MY FORMER . LEAD SPONSORS. UM, I WAS THE LEAD SPONSOR IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE FILED. THE HEARING. ORDER TO GET ANSWERS ON THE 30 DAY REVIEW. AND WE KNOW THAT CAME AFTER THE NEED FOR THE SAFETY SURGE INITIATIVE. AND JUST HEARING. FROM RESIDENTS EVERY. RESIDENT IF YOU'RE WALKING BIKING IN A CAR ON A BUS YOU DESERVE TO BE SAFE AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ON THE CITY TO MAKE SURE AND WHAT DATA WE'VE COLLECTED. >> SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONVERSATION MAKING SURE THAT UM, ALSO HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND. >> MAKE SURE. THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY. UM, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, AND THANK YOU TO THE. PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE TODAY . UM, DISTRICT SEVEN THE NUMBER OF STREETS IN MY DISTRICT AND NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FROM COLUMBUS AVENUE WHERE REPAVING AND RESTORATION OF THE CENTER COBBLESTONES I WOULD DO CONCRETE SQUARED NORTHAMPTON STREET FOLLOWING BOIS'S WORK THERE SMALLER BUT IMPORTANT STREETS LIKE WELLINGTON STREET, CLAREMONT PARK, GREENWICH PARK AND THESE ARE NOT LARGE SCALE WE PROGRAMS THEIR BASIC MAINTENANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH EVERY DAY. AND WHILE WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING FUTURE PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY PARTICULARLY AROUND A BLUE HILL AVENUE WHICH IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE WHERE DESPITE THE CITY'S STATED COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY CONSENSUS THAT BLUE HILL LEFT CENTER LANE MANY RESIDENTS AND WE JUST HAD THAT LARGE COMMUNITY MEETING. MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT MEANINGFULLY . THANK YOU COUNCILOR FROM. >> THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH APPRECIATE IT. UH, AS A PARENT OF THREE YOUNG KIDS MY BIGGEST FEAR IS UH, VEHICLES UH, AND THE WAY THEY'RE DRIVING LATELY, UH, EVEN PLAYING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WE ONLY LET THE KIDS PLAY IN THE BACKYARD NOW BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF OF OF CARS COMING DOWN. SO, UH BUT I'M ALSO REALISTIC ABOUT, UH, THE ROLE OF A CAR IN MY FAMILY'S DEPENDENCY ON TRYING TO GET TO EVERYTHING WITH THREE YOUNG KIDS AS WELL. SO NOT THAT ONE'S GOING TO GO AWAY. UH, WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW THIS CAN COEXIST IN A SAFER, BETTER MODEL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANKS, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. UM, OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO. I KNOW THERE'S A PRESENTATION SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ADMINISTRATION PANEL UH, WHICH CONSISTS CONSIST OF UM SHE CHIEF GOVE AND UM DIRECTOR MISSOURI. SO UM GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. UM. WE'RE GOING TO. START OFF JUST BY TALKING ABOUT. THE STREETS CABINETS MISSION AND VALUES. UM. >> WE DELIVER THE ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES THAT KEEP BOSTON MOVING. CLEAN. >> SAFE AND VIBRANT. WE BELIEVE IN GETTING THE DETAILS RIGHT FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUTERS WHO RELY ON US IN THEIR DAILY LIVES . WE HOLD OURSELVES TO DIRECT AND THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH CLEAR STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMUNICATION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE STREETS THAT WORK FOR ALL ROADWAY USERS. FROM A. >> VISIONING PERSPECTIVE, BOSTON'S STREETS SHOULD BE SAFE ,EFFICIENT AND CONNECTED NOT CHAOTIC OR STRESSFUL. IN THE FIRST TERM WE MADE REAL PROGRESS BY MOVING. QUICKLY. >> TESTING IDEAS, LEARNING IN REAL TIME AND DELIVERING FAST, AFFORDABLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE WILL BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS WITH A SHIFT TO LASTING NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL. >> MOVE FROM TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO DURABLE, WELL-DESIGNED AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS SHIFT AWAY FROM A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MINDSET THAT PRIORITIZES SPEED OVER SPECIFICS. WE'LL FOCUS ON USING A RANGE OF TOOLS AND OPTIONS TO FIND THE WIN WIN FOR DIFFERENT ROADWAY USERS. WILL IMPLEMENT A COORDINATED RATHER THAN SILOED APPROACH INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING NEW SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE OVER A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. WE WILL LEAD WITH STREETS THAT ARE DUE FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR WORK AND EVALUATE THEM FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL DEPLOY BETTER ENFORCEMENT, FOCUSING ON KEY HOTSPOTS TO KEEP ROADS, BIKE AND BUS LANES AND SIDEWALKS UNOBSTRUCTED. THIS NEXT PHASE IS NOT ABOUT SLOWING DOWN ON PROGRESS. IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE DESIGN RIGHT AND AVOIDING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE'LL STRIVE FOR STREET DESIGNS THAT FEEL BETTER, WORK BETTER AND LAST LONGER BECAUSE THEY WERE DESIGNED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUTERS WHO ARE USING THEM EVERY DAY. OUR PRIORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. THIS INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SAFE STREETS STARTS WITH GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT SANITATION, STREET SWEEPING. FILLING POTHOLES, RESURFACING STREETS, FIXING STREETLIGHTS, REFRESHING PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND CLEAR CURBSIDE REGULATIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL DESIGN CHANGES TO STREETS TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND MOTORISTS INCLUDING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DEFLECTION MEASURES, SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN KEY CORRIDORS, WILL REDESIGN HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS AND BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PROJECTS TO REDUCE CRASHES. SEVEN OF THESE PROJECTS WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE IN. >> THE DECK. THE SAFETY SURGE SPEED HUMPS THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM RAPIDLY CONSTRUCTED SPEED HUMPS ON HIGH PRIORITY STREETS ACROSS THE CITY. THE NEXT PHASE WILL REASSESS THE CURRENT CRITERIA FOR SPEED HUMP ELIGIBILITY TO DETERMINE IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS BETTER SERVED BY SPEED HUMPS VERSUS OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES . ONLY STREETS DEEMED ELIGIBLE WILL BE CANDIDATES FOR SPEED HUMPS, SAFER INTERSECTIONS AND SIGNALS. INTERSECTIONS HELP CONNECT. PEOPLE FROM ONE ROUTE TO ANOTHER, BUT THEY ARE ALSO WHERE MOST CRASHES OCCUR. WE ARE WORKING TO REDUCE THESE CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOPLE DRIVING, WALKING AND CYCLING AT INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT BOSTON. THROUGH BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AN UPDATE ON OUR PROGRESS THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS RESURFACED OVER 105 MILES OF ROADWAY. WE FILLED OVER 27,000 POTHOLES. WE'VE CONSTRUCTED 18 MILES OF BIKE LANES NEARLY DOUBLING THE EXISTING BIKE LANE NETWORK . WE'VE CONSTRUCTED OVER 6400 CURB RAMPS AND WE'VE INSTALLED OVER 1400 SPEED HUMPS CITYWIDE . THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO RESURFACE ANOTHER 45 MILES OF, UH, ROADWAY AT LEAST WITH THE GOAL OF CONSTRUCTING OVER 1800 ADA COMPLIANT RAMPS. THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL REFERENCE LATER IN THE DECK, WE'LL CONSTRUCT OVER TWO TWO AND A HALF MILES OF NEW BIKE LANES ALONG WITH KEY NETWORK CONNECTIONS. AND NEXT MONTH WILL INSTALL OVER 100 NEW SPEED HUMPS AS WELL AS RETURN SPEED HUMPS TO ROADWAYS THAT WERE RESURFACED LAST YEAR. THE PROJECTS I REFERENCED EARLIER THERE'S SEVEN PROJECTS HERE THESE ARE ALL NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY UH, AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. UH EIGHTH STREET AND CONGRESS AND SLEEPER WHICH IS UNDERWAY. COMMONS HIGHWAY, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER UH HARRISON AVENUE INC BLOCK WHICH WILL GET UNDERWAY IN JULY. UH JONES AVE, UH LOWER ROXBURY LOST VILLAGE AND THE LESS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. FROM A PLANNING, ENGAGEMENT AND DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. WE HAVE MOVED, UH, RUTHERFORD AVE AND SULLIVAN SQUARE A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN IN PLANNING FOR OVER TWO DECADES IS NOW MOVING TO THE 25% DESIGN SUBMISSION. HYDE PARK AVE AND COLUMBIA ROAD . THOSE PLANNING EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE THIS YEAR. WE'LL CONTINUE OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON DOWNTOWN CROSSING. ANDREW SQUARE WOULD HAVE, UH, THE BOYLSTON STREETS PROJECT AND THE FENWAY THE MAVERICK AND ROSLINDALE SQUARE SQUARE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC GARDENS CROSSING PROJECT. WITH THAT WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE. UH COUNCILORS HAVE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, OUR FIRST UM, ROUND IS GOING TO BE SIX MINUTES. UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREEDEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION . UM, I THINK THE STREETS, UM, DEPARTMENT YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ON YOUR PLATE. SO, UM, I WANT TO MY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THE GRANTS FOR, UM, FEDERAL GRANTS IS SPECIFICALLY. I I THINK IT'S NOT BEYOND WE HAVE SEEN GRANTS WITHDRAWN AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO I'D LOVE TO GET A SENSE OF THE STATUS OF OF GRANTS WHERE WE'RE AT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER FOR THE FEDS TO CLAW BACK MONEY ONCE IT'S BEEN OBLIGATED AND I WAS HOW MANY ONGOING STREET MAJOR STREET PROJECTS HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE THE MONEY HAS BEEN OBLIGATED AND IT'S. IT'S SORT OF. LOCKED DOWN SO THAT WE CAN USE IT GOING FORWARD. SO COUNCIL WE CAN PROVIDE A KIND OF THOROUGH UPDATE OF ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED WITHIN THE CITY. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE THAT BACKGROUND. UH, AND I CAN GET INTO ANY SPECIFICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT IT IS A PRETTY DETAILED DISCUSSION. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE PROJECTS FROM A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE THAT HAVE BEEN EITHER PAUSED OR RESCINDED. UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE HAVEN'T ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT YET. UM. >> WHAT IF THERE'S SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT? I'M HAPPY. >> TO DO THAT. WELL, I THINK ONE ONE PROJECT THAT LAST FUNDING RECENTLY WAS THE ONE IN THE FENWAY WHEN THOSE $8 MILLION WERE TAKEN. IT WAS A HIGH CRASH ZONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE WHY IT WAS WITHDRAWN. BUT WE DID LOSE $8 MILLION. >> FROM THAT. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLOCATED. IT WASN'T LOST. UM I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHY IT WAS REALLOCATED AND AND WHY WAS IT? SURE. >> COUNCIL I THINK I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO. THE. >> UH, BOYLSTON STREET PROJECT IN THE FENWAY. YEAH. UH, WHICH IS A TIP FUNDED PROJECT. UM. >> WE HAVE NOT LOST THE FUNDS, BUT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT, UH, TO THE FEDERAL 2031, UH, SCHEDULE. UM. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WERE, UH, SHIFTED AROUND BY THE MPO, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS MOVED TO THE OUT YEARS BUT WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT LOST THE PROJECT. UH, WE DID IN FACT AS PART OF THIS MOVE UP A PROJECT WHICH. >> IS. THE UH, CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE . UM. >> THE TIME TO BUILD THAT IS IS NOW THAT THE FOR MYSTIC WAY UH ,PROJECT IS WRAPPING UP. THAT'S A PROJECT WE'D LIKE TO COMPLETE IN ADVANCE. OF UH THE. RUTHERFORD AND SULLIVAN SQUARE. SO WE HAVE NOT LOST THAT FUNDING AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLOCATED. TO THE. >> LATER YEARS. IT'S THE CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE. IS THAT THE ALLSTON BRIDGE OR THE. THE NO. THE OTHER ONE THERE'S TWO CAMPUSES. THIS IS THE CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE IN CHARLESTOWN. YEAH. >> BECAUSE WE LOST THE FUNDING FOR THE UH 327 MILLION THE I-90 PROJECT EARLY ACTION ITEMS WAS THE CAMBRIDGE STREET BRIDGE IN ALLSTON, WHICH IS IN PRETTY BAD DISREPAIR OVER A FEDERAL HIGHWAY. UM, NOT OUR PROBLEM. NOT THE CITY'S UM IT IMPACTS US BUT WE WE WEREN'T, UM, PARTY TO THAT. UM, HOW MANY HOW MANY FUNDERS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE WE HEARD FROM THAT OR CONCERNED ABOUT PROGRESS ON THESE PROJECTS AND GIVEN THE CURRENT NATIONAL CLIMATE ARE FOLKS UM IS THAT A GENUINE CONCERN OR HOW MANY HAVE WE HEARD FROM? UH. >> FUNDERS DO YOU MEAN LIKE UH OTHER PARTNERING WITH OTHER. PARTNERS LIKE MASSDOT, MBTA, UM FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ANY UM ANY OTHER UH FUNDERS AND PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO SEE THIS PROGRESS. THESE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS THAT IF WE LOSE THEM MAYBE DECADES BEFORE WE GET THEM BACK. SURE. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH WITH MASSDOT AND THE MBTA ON. >> ON. ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND PLANNING AND DESIGN. UM. >> I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME WELL PUBLICIZED PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE LOST FEDERAL FUNDING. UM. >> BUT WE ARE CONTINUE TO FOCUS. ON YOU KNOW. >> THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE FUNDED. AND MOVING. >> THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, I THINK. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CONCERN WHENEVER YOU KNOW, A PROJECT EITHER. HAS FUNDING. RESCINDED OR. DOESN'T MOVE. AHEAD IN THE GRANT PROCESS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE. SURE THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE. >> AND THAT. >> IS AVAILABLE. >> TO US IS. >> MOVING FORWARD. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A LIKE A SCHEDULE OF UM WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ? WE HAVE A COMPLETE WE CAN PROVIDE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN PROJECT BY PROJECT. OF ALL THE STATE AND. FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE. YEAH THAT ARE FUNDED FOR YOU. UH, I WAS UH ONE ONE PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CONCERN I HAVE IS WITH THE DELAY AND UH, FUNDING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE GREEN LINE. UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE COME OUT OF, UH, THE BRANCH REALIGNMENT. UH, WE HAVE TO DO ALL THAT WORK IN PREPARATION FOR GETTING NEW CARS. AND THE NEW CARS WILL WORK ON THE OLD EXISTING TRACK. SO, UM, I WAS WONDERING WHERE HAVE WE HAVE WE WRITTEN? UH, WE HAD WE HEARD FROM THE MBTA ABOUT, UM, ANY CONCERNS WE HAVE ABOUT WHY WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD IN A TIMELY WAY WITH ANY OF THAT WORK? YEAH WE ARE WE HAVE A MONTHLY STANDING. MEETING WITH THE MBTA ON. ON THAT PROJECT AND. WE YOU. >> KNOW, WE ARE WORKING. >> WITH THEM ON BOTH ADVANCING. >> THE BE IN EGLINTON PROJECTS THERE IF THEY. >> THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT. UM WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY . TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT UH. STREET UH AND NEIGHBORHOOD. SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THAT WORK. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENGAGED. >> THE WAY WE ARE. >> BUT UH, THOSE PROJECTS CONTINUE. >> TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, UM COUNCILOR WEBER NEXT. UM, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO IN TERMS OF, UH, THE 30 YEAR REVIEW, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SEEMED LIKE WE PAUSED THINGS WE WERE RAPIDLY PUTTING IN THE ,YOU KNOW, UH, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, SPEED BUMPS, SAFETY THINGS AND IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SINCE UM. UH. . I GUESS YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROCESS NOW HOW DO I TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS WHO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ALREADY IN THE PLANNED OR THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AFTER TODAY? UH, SPECIFIC TO IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU. WANT ME TO. WELL, I JUST I YOU KNOW SO I MEAN THERE THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, EGGLESTON SQUARE THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED ESSENTIALLY OR WHATEVER IT IS 60% OR UM UH, PLANNED. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT EGGLESTON SQUARE? SURE. >> SO FOR THAT EXAMPLE THAT THAT PROJECT. UM. >> IS NEARING. >> I. BELIEVE THE DESIGN MILESTONE OF. OF 70%. UH. >> CONSTRUCTION OF THE SQUARE IS NOT. CURRENTLY UH, FUNDED. THAT SAID, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT. UM. >> SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY . IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED . >> AS PART OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD UH, IN ADVANCE. >> AND AS PART OF. THE UH, WHITE STADIUM RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WELL, SO I MEAN, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES, SPEED HUMPS, CROSSWALKS LIKE WHAT GETS MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT DOESN'T. WE'RE GOING TO BE START RESTARTING SOME. ENGAGEMENT ON THAT OR. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW. WHAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED AS PART OF. THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE CAN PULL OUT. UH, TO COMPLETE AS PART OF. SOME STATE OF. GOOD REPAIR WORK. OKAY. >> UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A DOZEN DIFFERENT STREETS THAT ARE BEING USES CUT THROUGH AS PEOPLE WANT SPEED BUMPS ON THEIR STREETS. AND SO UH AND I THINK MANY OF THOSE ARE FOR REALLY YOU KNOW, THE THE IT COULD BE UH MADE A LOT BETTER WITH SPEED BUMPS ON THOSE STREETS. SO YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS? UH, UP UNTIL NOW WE'VE JUST BEEN TELLING PEOPLE TO SIGN A PETITION. YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE A PETITION ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, GET EVERYONE ON BOARD AND THEN I'LL TAKE THAT. YOU KNOW, AS OF TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PETITION. SO WHAT DO I TELL MY CONSTITUENTS IN THAT SITUATION? SURE. >> SO AS I MENTIONED WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT OUR OUR SPRING PROGRAM. ,UH, SPEED HUMPS. INSTALLATIONS NEXT MONTH. UM WE'RE HAPPY TO IF WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. UM, IF WE HAVEN'T IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY BUT. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, STREETS THAT ARE NOT ON THAT SPRING PROGRAM. UM. >> AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE. >> GOING TO. >> BE WE'RE REDESIGNING THIS PROGRAM. UM, AND. >> WE'LL BE BACK. WITH KIND OF WHAT. ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD, WHAT STREETS ARE ELIGIBLE? UH. >> BUT IN THE INTERIM YEAR PLEASE OBVIOUSLY SHARE OF THE. STREETS THAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY. YEAH. >> OKAY. SO I MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU, MOHAMMED I DON'T KNOW, BUT ,UM. YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE I THINK THERE WAS A PRESS RELEASE THIS MORNING LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT THE WHOLE 30 DAY REVIEW PROCESS WAS YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS AROUND THESE THINGS AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE AGAIN STARTING WITH THE LACK OF A COMMUNITY PROCESS TO ANNOUNCE STREET CHANGES AND HONESTLY LIKE I'LL TAKE I'LL YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE SOME ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW UH IMPERFECT AS IT IS JUST GET SOME SPEED BUMPS IN ON STREETS THAT NEED IT BUT I DON'T I'M NOT IT DOESN'T FILL ME WITH A LOT OF FAITH IN THIS PROCESS THAT THE ONE THING TO TAKE OUT A THREE DAY REVIEW IS WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS AND THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT NOT GETTING IT BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SURE ANYTHING EITHER OF YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? I WILL SAY THAT AND I'LL. LET MOHAMMED. TAKE IT AFTER. >> BUT. I YOU. >> KNOW, THE. >> THE SPRING PROGRAM THAT WE ARE. MOVING AHEAD WITH NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS. ALL OF THOSE STREETS THAT WE'RE. RECEIVING SPEED HUMPS. UM, THERE'S THERE'S BEEN. THOROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THOSE ON THOSE PROJECTS BUT. YEAH, I MEAN I WOULD SAY. EXCUSE ME, COUNCILOR, WE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ENGAGE. ALL OF YOU. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ENGAGE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I MEAN THE 30 DAY REVIEW AS YOU SAID, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT UM, YOU KNOW, MORE COMMUNITY PROCESS NECESSARILY FOR THE SAKE OF PROCESS. IT'S VERY WHAT WE LEARN FROM IT AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATES WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND COUNCILORS, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAKEHOLDERS IS THAT BOSTON IS A UNIQUE CITY. IT'S A HISTORIC CITY AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND WHEN WE ARE CHANGING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND SO WHAT WE DO IS WE ACTUALLY JUST LOOK FOR UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING THE NEEDS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO WE IDENTIFY AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU KNOW AS POSSIBLE SO THAT AND YOU KNOW, TO THE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS FOR THAT TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE SOLUTIONS THAT NEIGHBORHOODS SO IT MAY SEEM I YOU KNOW RESPECT OBVIOUSLY THAT IT FEELS UM. YOU KNOW THAT. >> IT THAT YOU KNOW APOLOGIZE THAT IT FELT THAT IT YOU KNOW TOOK SOME TIME SINCE LAST YEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE MOVED VERY, VERY FAST. WE MADE RAPID, RAPID PROGRESS AS AN ADMINISTRATION YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO MANY YEARS PRIOR. UM AND WE ARE JUST LEARNING AS WE ARE LEARNING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW ,FINISHING SOMETHING UH, TO FINISH IT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DONE REALLY WELL, UH, AND MEETING ALL THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. >> I JUST I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. I WON'T. ASK ANY QUESTIONS THIS ROUND. I HAVE ANOTHER ROUND. I MEAN, I JUST I I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD A YEAR TO LIKE WHERE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN STOPPED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. UH, AND UH, YOU KNOW, NOW'S THE TIME TO COME OUT WITH THE PLAN AND I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS IS STILL VERY VAGUE. UH, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IS THESE ARE THE WE'VE COME UP WITH A PLAN, A PROCESS AND THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO TO GET SPEED BUMPS ON YOUR ROAD OR TO GET A BIKE LANE HERE OR TO GET, YOU KNOW, HYDE PARK AVE REDESIGN OR WHATEVER IT IS AND THEN WE CAN PICK UP YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO US TO PICK THAT UP AND AND MAKE OUR CONSTITUENTS VOICES HEARD. BUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE THAT ARENA DOESN'T EVEN EXIST. AND YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND FOR PRESENTING THAT I THINK IT'S IT'S A REALLY SHOW OF GOOD FAITH BUT IT'S UM YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, COOKED. CAN I JUST ADDRESS YEAH. >> YEAH ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN I'LL JUST ADDRESS IT BRIEFLY AND WE CAN MAYBE COME BACK TO IT LATER BUT I THINK UM AGAIN LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY LIKE BOSTON THAT IS YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPARED TO SURE SOME EUROPEAN CITIES AND OTHERS YOU KNOW, NOT AS OLD BUT IT'S A HISTORIC CITY. IT'S OLD. THE ROADS ARE DESIGNED FOR MAYBE A DIFFERENT TIME. THE STREETS ARE DESIGNED FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. WE CAN'T DO A COOKIE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. WE'RE NOT A GRID. IT MAKES THINGS MORE COMPLICATED FOR SURE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AGAIN LIKE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, OTHERS WHO YOU KNOW JUST MOVED HERE. ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ARE UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT FOR US AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT IT'S ABOUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS FOR US AND IT'S NOT SORT OF LIKE OH YOU HIT THIS THRESHOLD THEN THEREFORE YOU KNOW, TRIGGERS THIS THING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD NECESSARILY BE UM, YOU KNOW, BE FAIR TO THAT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO ADVOCATES FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE WE AGAIN WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING ALL VOICES AND FINDING THE BEST SOLUTIONS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE CITY. THANK YOU COUNCIL THANK YOU CHAIR. UM SO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME NOW. UM I. I FEEL VERY MIXED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROCESS UM IS ONE THAT IS UH IT HAS UM IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CRASH OUT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS SHOWS AN UPWARD TREND IN FATALITIES AND A FLATLINE REDUCTION IN CRASHES THAT SEEMS TO BE UM TO ME THE NEED FOR GROWING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE JUST THESE NUMBERS. BUT ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACTUALLY GO WITH THE DATA SO IT'S NOT SIMPLY ABOUT YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON HAS AN INKLING THAT ON THEIR STREET THEY NEED SAFETY. THERE ARE PLACES IN MY DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY AND THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T HASN'T BEEN YOU KNOW, THAT IMMEDIATE SORT OF SALVE FOR AND AND YOU KNOW UM SO IT'S LIKE I ,I SO APPRECIATE I'M LIKE LOOKING AROUND I SO APPRECIATE LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WHO WANT ACTION ON LIKE THEIR SPECIFIC STREET BUT I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE DATA BECAUSE UM ,YOU KNOW, THERE WE WE WE'VE PROVEN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BRINGS CERTAIN VOICES TO THE TABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TIME TO BE HERE. AND I KNOW FROM LOOKING AT THE CROWD THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK OFF WORK TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT LIKE DEEPLY NEED UM THEIR ROADS TO BE SLOWED DOWN THAT AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE HERE AND AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BE IN CITY HALL. SO I NOTICED THAT THE VISION ZERO CRASH DATA UM, WHICH IS VITAL INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR AGENCIES IN THE CITY UM, HASN'T BEEN UPDATED. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE HAVE UP TO, UH, DECEMBER 31ST ONLINE. I JUST WANTED TO GET A COMMITMENT THAT THAT THAT WE COULD GET SORT OF UP TO NOW ON LINE BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT DATA FOR US ALL TO LOOK AT. YES. >> COUNCIL. >> YES WE ARE WORKING. >> THROUGH THAT. UM AND I DID WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET HOW MUCH OF THIS SLOW DOWN OR YOU KNOW THAT AS YOU KNOW SOME HAVE ALLUDED TO OR LIKE HOW MUCH OF SORT OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW WITH AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING BECAUSE I HEAR SEEING YOUR SLIDES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE OF GOOD REPAIR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC CITY SERVICES. YOU'RE LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE NUMBER ONE THINGS FIRST, UM, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS AND SORT OF THE CITY'S VISION FOR THIS DRIVEN BY THE BUDGET AND HOW MUCH RESOURCES WE HAVE UPCOMING. YEAH I MEAN THE THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PRIORITY IS IS PART. >> OF OUR MISSION. I MEAN WE YOU KNOW, WE. ARE WE. ARE FUNDED. TO COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AGAIN WE HAVE SEVEN SEVEN SMALL PROJECTS MODERATE. SMALL TO. >> MODERATE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR MOVING. INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, WE. POTENTIALLY COULD SET ANOTHER RECORD YEAR AS FAR AS RESURFACING. SO YOU KNOW, WE. WE FEEL THESE ARE PRIORITIES AND WE THINK THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES. TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER. SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM. THAT WE'RE HEARING. UH DEMAND FOR. AND THERE I MEAN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UM ASKS IN MY DISTRICT I, I DO TRY TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE THINGS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR ESPECIALLY SPEED HUMPS, ESPECIALLY ROAD REPAVING ESPECIALLY THE BASIC CITY SERVICES, THE BRICK REPAIRS UM ,SPECIFICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN UM THERE HAVE BEEN PLACES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A CRASH. YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO BE HAVING THIS HEARING BECAUSE LAST WEEK THE CONSTRUCTION MORATORIUM ENDED AND FINALLY WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK ON THE STREETS. UM, I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS. UM, I KNOW THERE WAS TALK OF YOU KNOW, WE WE COLLABORATE AND WE TALK TO EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR SPEED. UM PRIORITIES. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR. UM, SO IF I IMAGINE I'M LOOKING AROUND AT ALL MY COLLEAGUES, I IMAGINE THAT THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA? SURE. >> AS I MENTIONED, WE YOU KNOW, WE ARE REWORKING THIS. PROGRAM. YOU KNOW. THE PREVIOUSLY THE PROGRAM RELIED HEAVILY ON AN ALGORITHM BASED. APPROACH TO IDENTIFY. SPEED HUMP LOCATIONS. >> AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE CHANGING THIS PROGRAM IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. WE ARE. INSTALLING SPEED HUMPS ON THE STREETS THAT NEED THEM MOST. NOT EVERY STREET IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IS GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SPEED HUMPS. SORRY AND I DON'T WANT TO. I JUST AM RUNNING OUT OF TIME LIKE I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SPEED HUMPS LAST YEAR WITH CONSTITUENTS IN BEACON HILL, SOMEONE FROM THE STREETS CABINET SAID YOU HAVE TO DO A ZONE SO YOU HAVE TO DO LIKE WE HAVE TO DO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING NOW I, I IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO GO STREET BY STREET AND HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTRACTS. IS THAT CORRECT? UM NO WE WILL SO FOR EXAMPLE THE SPEED HUMPS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING NEXT. MONTH WE'LL DO THAT ALL IN PROBABLY OVER A COUPLE. WEEKS TIME. UH FROM AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE. BUT YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT SPEED HUMPS ALL OVER A NEIGHBORHOOD IN ORDER TO BECAUSE THAT THAT WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WE THERE ARE CASES WHERE WHERE THAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT APPROACH, BUT WE. DON'T THINK. >> THAT. THAT IS THE STANDARD. MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL TO GET ON THE RECORD. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT THERE'S A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK NEEDED OUTSIDE OF THE ROXBURY CROSSING STATION WHICH IS ON THE BORDER OF MINE AND MANY ARE CULPEPER IS DISTRICT. UM THAT IS IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY OUTSIDE OF MBTA STATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN TWO DEATHS AT THAT LOCATION. UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PRIORITIZED. I KNOW ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU PRESENTED IN THIS IT WAS NOT THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. YES. >> AND THAT THAT IS A. SMALLER PROJECT THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED UNDER ONE OF OUR ANNUAL PROGRAMS. NOT NOT A STANDALONE PROJECT. OKAY. >> AND RICARDO PETRON WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ALSO GIVEN A LIST OF CROSSWALKS THAT NEED TO BE REPAINTED IN MY DISTRICT. IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS, OUTSIDE OF CHURCHES, OUTSIDE OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING UM THAT WE HAVE JUST LIKE THE PAINT AND THE SNOW AND THE ICE AND THE HAS JUST UM REALLY WORN OUT ALL OF OUR CROSSWALKS ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SMALL SCALE IMPROVEMENTS, I JUST THINK WE REALLY NEED TO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SEE UM, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS COME TO COME TO FRUITION SOON. UM SO OKAY SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM UM, UH, COUNCILOR PEPEN. YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF GALVIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AND THEIR PROJECT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND WE WANT UPDATES. I'M NOT GOING TO LIST THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS MORE OF A GENERAL QUESTION AND IT'S THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE ON THE LIST. BUT WE WANTED TO ASK ARE THERE BENCHMARKS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH OR BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS? HOW DO YOU CALCULATE THAT? BECAUSE WHAT I GET IF I GET A QUESTION ABOUT HIGH PARK AVENUE, IF I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROSIN OR SQUARE REDESIGN OF WOOD AVENUE COMMONS HIGHWAY, YOU NAME IT IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER ON WHO THIS IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW . UM YOU CAN EXPECT SOME SOME TYPE OF UPDATE ON I DON'T KNOW, AUGUST OF THIS YEAR IT'S COMING TO THE SITUATION WHERE I'M NOT ABLE TO GIVE ANYTHING. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT IS YOUR MECHANISM OF CALCULATING THE RIGHT. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUR GOALS FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. CAN YOU KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN FOR US? SURE. >> SO UH. ALL OF THE PROJECTS. THAT WE'VE. LISTED HERE WE. CAN PROVIDE UPDATES. >> AS FAR AS. UH STATUS IS CONCERNED. RIGHT. >> SO FOR THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR. MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE UPDATES ON THOSE COMMENTS. HIGHWAY AS I. MENTIONED THAT PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED UM THIS SUMMER. ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN SIDE . A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE JUST . FUNDED FOR A PLANNING EFFORT. SOME ARE. FUNDED FOR BOTH THE PLANNING AND DESIGN. THEY'RE ALL IN. DIFFERENT PHASES. SOME ARE. >> COMING TO THE. END, SOME ARE JUST YOU KNOW, KIND OF. GETTING STARTED. WE CAN. PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THOSE. WE DO. >> PLAN TO. UPDATE THE WEBSITE. UM TO PROVIDE KIND OF STATUS UPDATES. ON ON WHERE ALL. THESE PROJECTS. SO THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH AND I'M GOING TO KEEP BRINGING UP THE HIGH BAR PROJECT BECAUSE IT THAT'S A PROJECT WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR. MANY YEARS. AND WE'VE HAD COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WE'VE. HAD WE HAD AN IN-PERSON HEARING IN AN EVENING AT A SCHOOL THERE AND. THERE'S JUST. NO UPDATE YET. SO IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING CONCRETE TO GIVE TO RESIDENTS OF LIKE HEY, AFTER SUCH AND. SUCH CONVERSATIONS THIS IS THE UPDATE FOR THIS PROJECT AND I I'M USING HYPERCARD AS AN EXAMPLE BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED THERE AND EVEN FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE I THINK THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF WHERE A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATION ARISES FROM WHERE WE KEEP HAVING THE MEETINGS AND THE MEETINGS AND DESIGNS AND CONVERSATIONS BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THE THAT. >> NEXT STEP. YEAH, IN THE PROCESS AND THAT'S THE SAME SITUATION FOR. UM THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM AND I KNOW WE KEEP BRINGING IT UP AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE SPEED HUMPS ON EVERY STREET. BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASK YOU IS WHEN YOU ARE ONE WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING AT REVAMPING THE PROGRAM KICKING THAT BACK OFF TO MAYBE THIS IS MORE FOR MOHAMMED WHO DO YOU HAVE TWO WHO DO WE HAVE TO GO TO IN THE COMMUNITY TO TO SEE LIKE WHERE DO WE NEED THEM THE MOST BECAUSE I HAVE LIKE AN EXAMPLE GLENDALE ROAD CORNELL AND UM BEECH STREET IN ROSLINDALE THOSE THREE STREETS ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER BETWEEN THE CONNELLY SCHOOL AND THE PHOENIX AND UM THE PHOENIX SPEED SCHOOL RESIDENTS THERE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SPEED HUMPS ON THOSE THREE STREETS FOR BEFORE I GOT INTO OFFICE, BUT ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WANT THEM BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO TRACTION ON THAT. SO IF NOT THE RESIDENTS WHO WHAT'S THE PROCESS SIMILAR TO COUNCILOR DURKIN'S OFFICE IS IT BY ZONES? IS IT ONE OFFS? I JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW DO WE GET TO ACHIEVING GETTING. >> MORE SPEED HUMPS? I MEAN YOU START OFF BY SAYING THIS IS A MOHAMMED UH, QUESTION BUT THEN YOU TURN IT INTO A NICK ACTUALLY ANSWER I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU KNOW. SURE. SO ON THE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE I'M KNOW I'M FAMILIAR WITH THESE WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THEM WE KNOW WE'RE FAMILIAR WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS ON THESE. STREETS ARE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SPEED HUMPS. UM, BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO A CASE LIKE THIS THEN WE THEN DISCUSS WITH THE STREETS TEAM I'LL DISCUSS WITH CHIEF. YOU KNOW WHAT CHIEF GALVIN AND HIS, UH, PLANNERS AND AND SORRY, UH, ENGINEERS AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT ALSO LIKE HOW DOES HOW TO HOW WOULD PUTTING IN SPEED HUMPS ON THOSE STREETS AND HOW MANY AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS IMPACT YOU KNOW, THE TRAVEL FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, CHIEF, IF YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH. >> AND I THINK I THINK EVALUATING. YOU KNOW. OUR SPEED. HUMPS THE. BEST TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE. FOR A PARTICULAR STREET. YOU KNOW, ARE THINGS LIKE RAISE. CROSSWALKS AND AND BUMP OUTS AT INTERSECTIONS. ARE THOSE BETTER TREATMENTS. >> FOR A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO EXPAND . UM THE TOOLS THAT ARE. AVAILABLE TO. US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST. UM APPROACH FOR A. PARTICULAR STREET OR SET. OF STREETS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY OKAY OKAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK A VERY DETAILED QUESTION BUT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED ON THAT LIST, UM, WERE YOU PLANNING ON UPDATING THE WEBSITES FOR EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS? YES. >> AND WHEN WOULD YOU WHEN DO YOU THINK WE COULD GET. >> AN UPDATE? HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK. THIS WEEK OKAY THANK YOU I'LL I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL MY SECOND ROUND. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GRIFFIN OKAY NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> I BELIEVE IT'S CRITICAL. WE FOCUS ON EFFORTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT FIXING, FIXING SIDEWALKS, FIXING POTHOLES. I HAVE A HEARING COMING UP ON POTHOLES AND I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED AS MANY CALLS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS I HAVE UM AS I EVER HAVE. UM. >> CHIEF OF OF I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOR. MANY YEARS TRYING TO GET RESIDENTIAL PARKING IN SOUTH BOSTON. WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION GOING ON. FOR YEARS NOW. THE PLAN IS READY I. KNOW IT'S READY. YOU KNOW IT'S READY. IT'S JUST BEEN SITTING THERE UM ON ON THE SHELF COLLECTING DUST . WHEN WHEN. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO IT. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO FINALLY UM ,LET RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THEY THEY CAN GET RESIDENT PARKING LIKE LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE. NO THANK YOU COUNCILOR. AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE. FAMILIAR THAT. YOU'RE I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERENCING THE EXPANSION OF RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING IN SOUTH BOSTON UH, TO SEVEN DAYS A. >> WEEK FOR THE FOR THE. BASICALLY HALF THE. NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE IT. YOU KNOW. >> THE. MAYOR HAS COMMITTED TO DOING THIS. UH. >> WE ARE PLANNING TO DO IT AT THE START OF THE RESTART OF OUR . UH OUR. EXPANSION WHICH HAS BEEN PAUSED SINCE. UM. >> THE PANDEMIC. UM WE. >> HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT PROJECT, COUNCILOR. >> WE WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IT MOVING GOING AHEAD. AND I'LL JUST ADD COUNCILOR TO THAT. I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE LIKE LIKE CHIEF KIRBY JUST SAID WE'RE THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO IT. WE'RE COMMITTED TO IT. UH, THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD STILL BE DISRUPTIVE. AND WHEN YOU MAKE A MASSIVE CHANGE WHETHER IT'S JUST EVEN CHANGING WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR STREET IS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP ON A SPECIFIC DAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UM, HAVING THE RIGHT PROCESS AND NOT JUST ENGAGE BUT INFORM RESIDENTS SO THAT THE TRANSITION TO THIS EXPANSION ISN'T UM, YOU KNOW, IS AS. IS IS IS. NOT DISRUPTIVE TO THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE THE FEDERAL AND CITY AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS UM ADA COMPLIANCE UH. RAMPS I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WHAT, SIX SEVEN YEARS MAYBE UM. HOW MUCH. PROGRESS HAVE WE MADE? HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO DO? HOW MUCH OF WE SPENT? I BELIEVE WHAT. COMMITTED TO SPENDING IS IT. $600 MILLION OR $500 MILLION? BUT CAN YOU GIVE ME A RUNDOWN. >> ON THAT PLEASE? YES COUNSELOR. SO I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CONSENT DECREE. THAT THE CITY IS UNDER. TO CONSTRUCT ADA COMPLIANT CURB RAMPS. UM. >> WE'VE CONSTRUCTED 6448 RAMPS . IN IN THIS ADMINISTRATION. UM. THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO. GET TO 1800. UM, THAT'S A. WE'VE BEEN AT I THINK 1617. AND 1800 FOR THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT UM, EXPANSION OF WORK. I THINK WE'RE. WE'RE ON TRACK. >> TO SPEND ALMOST $45 MILLION THIS YEAR ON. >> ON RAMP RECONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, WE VIEW THIS AS. PART OF OUR, UH, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. UH. >> WE OBVIOUSLY COORDINATE. >> THAT WORK WITH. ROADWAY RESURFACING. UH AT. >> THE SAME TIME. UM. >> FRANKLY, THIS IS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS PRIORITIZED. BUT WILL. WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE US. UM, MORE THAN A DECADE TO COMPLETE. NOW I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU. I WAS WITH, UM COUNCILOR WEBER CAME. >> TO. A COMMUNITY. MEETING WITH ME IN CHINATOWN. TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. RESIDENTS KEPT ASKING ME. >> ABOUT PHILLIPS SQUARE. AS YOU KNOW. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME ACTION DONE ON PHILLIPS SQUARE. IT'S A IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR, MANY, MANY SENIORS MOST THAT DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE SUMMERTIME IT CAN REACH 100 DEGREES IN SOME OF THOSE APARTMENTS, PHILLIPS PHILLIPS SQUARE WILL BE A. CRITICAL AREA FOR PEOPLE TO TO GATHER UM WITH TREES WITH OPEN SPACE. UM IS. THIS A PRIORITY OR IS. >> THIS SOMETHING. THAT THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR AND FIGHTING FOR AND FIGHTING FOR OR IS THIS OR IS THE ADMINISTRATION JUST GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN, TREAT THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT? SO THIS PROJECT HAS UM IS MOVING FORWARD. UH THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN. IT'S BEEN VERY ENGAGED. UH THERE'S. >> BEEN A LOT OF WORK UM, ON SELECTION OF. >> A DESIGN UH, FOR THE. PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION UH, WE HAVE THE PROJECT MOSTLY FUNDED. UH, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE WE ARE. PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD. CAN I TELL THEM THIS WILL HAPPEN? WE'LL WE'LL DO THE WE'LL START THE CONSTRUCTION THE SUMMER. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T PROCURED THE THE PROJECT YET BUT WE'LL PROBABLY GET BACK TO YOU WITH. NO I KNOW THAT BUT I WOULD COUNCILOR WEBER FOR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION. EVERY PERSON ASKED ME AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS DONE? AND I SAID I'M GOING TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS I CAN, BUT I ONLY CAN SAY THAT SO LONG. UM AND I'M GOING TO TELL THEM I'M GOING TO GET IT DONE THIS SUMMER. IT'S GOING TO STOP THIS SUMMER. I NEED YOU TO BE ON BOARD WITH THAT. UM, I JUST CAN'T KEEP BLOWING PEOPLE OFF AND SAYING WE'LL GET WE'LL GET IT DONE. WE'LL GET IT DONE. I CAN'T TELL COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN MY DISTRICT THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE. I WANT IT TO GET DONE THIS THIS SUMMER AND THAT SHOULD BE THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. UM, ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK WITH ME THIS SUMMER TO GET IT DONE? I'LL BE HERE ALL SUMMER. I'LL I'LL HELP YOU WITH THE PROJECT. I'LL GET DOWN THERE MYSELF. BUT I NEED YOU, NICK ON BOARD BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T KEEP. WAITING AND DELAYING THIS PROJECT. WE'LL GET. >> YOU AN. UPDATE ON THE. STATUS OF THE PROJECT COUNSELOR. BUT AGAIN, THE PROJECT IS FUNDED. UH, I BELIEVE WE WE HAVE A SELECTED DESIGN. UM. >> WE ARE DOING SOME KIND OF SPRUCE UP OF. THE OF THE CURRENT PLAZA IN ADVANCE. >> OF THE EVENTS. THIS SUMMER. UM, BUT I. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON A SCHEDULE FOR. THE BRANCH AND I WOULD JUST SAID WE HAD A GREAT COMMUNITY PROCESS WE HAD WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEIR INPUT WAS IS REFLECTED IN THE FINAL DESIGN, UH, CHOICE THAT WE HAD AND I WOULD SAY UM, IT'S NOT. DELAYED BECAUSE. >> WE'RE COMMITTING TO DOING IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY. SO THREE YEARS AGO WE SHIFTED. FROM THE SLOW STREETS. INITIATIVE TO THE SAFETY SURGE . INITIATIVE BECAUSE THEN THE ADMINISTRATION. SAID THAT THIS POLICY. WOULD PROVIDE A MORE. EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, INCLUDING DESIGNATING SPEED. HUMPS AS PART OF THE STANDARD STREET DESIGN. UM AND THEN LAST. YEAR IN FEBRUARY. >> 2025, WE ANNOUNCED. UM THE CITY WAS UNDERGOING A 30 DAY REVIEW OF THE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND THEN IN APRIL THE MEMO WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. COULD BE IMPROVED. UM, AND NOW HERE WE ARE WITH. >> THE WELL. ATTENDED ROOM. BUT KNOWING. MYSELF AS AN AT LARGE COUNCILOR IF I'M. GETTING EMAILS CALLS. ARE JUST OUT. IN ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. I CONSTANTLY HEAR THIS. RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO ASK LIKE WHAT. DOES AN ENHANCED, MORE EQUITABLE. MORE TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION. PROCESS LOOK LIKE? >> SO I'M HOPING WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT ANSWER. I KNOW MANY OF MY. COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY ASKED. >> THAT QUESTION. ONE UM THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP YOU SAID SPEED HUMPS WILL GO INTO HIGH PRIORITY. STREETS AND THEY HAVE TO. >> BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE. >> SO WHAT IS THAT PROCESS AND IS THAT ON THE WEBSITE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO RESIDENTS HOW. YOUR STREET BECOMES DEEMED ELIGIBLE AND THEN. >> WHAT STEPS CAN BE. TAKEN TO BE PUT ON THE LIST AND THE TIMELINE. >> FOR. IT TO HAPPEN. SO WE HAVE NOT YET UPDATED THE WEBSITE WITH THE NEW PROCESS COUNCILOR BUT BUT. >> WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. UM CAN YOU SHARE WHAT IT IS. THE SO YOU KNOW AS I MENTIONED UH. YOU KNOW THE CITY. RAPIDLY CONSTRUCTED OVER. 1400 UH, SPEED HUMPS OVER THE LAST. SEVERAL YEARS AND YOU KNOW, WE FOCUSED. ON ON MANY HIGH PRIORITY. STREETS THAT THAT NEEDED THEM UH AND. AT THAT TIME. HOW DID YOU DEEM THEM HIGH PRIORITY? BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR THEM OR WHAT MADE THEM HIGH PRIORITY THEN AND HOW WOULD THEY BE DIFFERENT. BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE NOW? SO THERE WAS THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS DONE AT THE TIME TO. DETERMINE WHICH STREETS. WERE UH. ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. >> FOR SPEED HUMPS. UM AND THEN THEY WERE. PRIORITIZED UM, BY NEED AND THERE WAS A MAP AT THE TIME WHICH SHOWED UM. BUT WHAT MADE YOU ELIGIBLE? UH A. >> VARIETY OF FACTORS. UM. >> CRASH HISTORY. UH STREET. DESIGN SPEEDS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, NEAR A. SCHOOL WHAT SCHOOL ZONE, COMMUNITY CENTER. ETC. THERE. >> WERE A. >> VARIETY OF FACTORS. >> AND CRITERIA THAT WENT INTO UM WHETHER A STREET WAS ELIGIBLE OR NOT. OBVIOUSLY THERE. >> WAS A. CONVERSATION WITH. PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CLASSIFICATION. OF THE ROADWAY WAS ETC.. AND NOW WHAT IS THE. SHIFT TO BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE IN THE NEW. SO WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND LOOKING AT NOW IS KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THAT LIKE ALGORITHM BASED APPROACH THAT WE. HAD UH. AND FIGURING OUT. ON ON. ON THE STREETS THAT WILL RESTRICT GETS SPEED HUMPS. IS THAT THE BEST APPLICATION? IS A STREET A BETTER CANDIDATE FOR SOMETHING LIKE A RACE CROSSWALK OR BUMP OUTS OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF UH, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE? I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT COUNCILOR AND SO IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE SORT OF SIMILAR FACTORS THAT WE MAY HAVE USED IN THE PAST. >> BUT. THAT WE'RE ONLY BUT LIKE CHIEF GOVE SAID JUST YOU KNOW, UH, SORT OF AN AGNOSTIC ALGORITHM WE WANT TO INCLUDE VOICES OF RESIDENTS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS ,YOU KNOW, GROUPS WHO ADVOCATE FOR SENIORS, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UM, YOU KNOW, MULTIMODAL ADVOCATES, OBVIOUSLY ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THAT THE THE DATA IS ALSO INFORMED BY, YOU KNOW, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THOSE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO WHAT ARE ALL OF THE CALMING MEASURES THAT CAN BE USED? SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SPEED HUMPS, THERE'S RAISED CROSSWALKS UH THERE'S BUMP OUTS . UM FRANKLY RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS. CHANGING THE. >> DIRECTIONALITY IMPROVE SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. IS THIS SHIFT BASED. ON DATA THAT CAME BACK SHOWING THAT THE FIRST WAVE AND HOW WE IMPLEMENTED SPEED HUMPS ORIGINALLY WAS NOT EFFECTIVE? NO. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WAS EFFECTIVE. UM, THAT SAID THERE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE EVALUATED. UM, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THAT YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE ROBUST FEEDBACK AND PROBABLY WEREN'T UH, AS HIGH PRIORITY LOCATIONS AS OTHERS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ITERATING THE PROGRAM, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN PLACING THESE ASSETS IN THE PLACES THAT NEED THEM MOST. UM, SO WHEN. I DRIVE THROUGH THIS. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY BUT ON WASHINGTON STREET, UM, I MEAN GAME BOULEVARD NEAR THE WASHINGTON STREET INTERSECTION THERE IS A BLINKING CROSSWALK VERY EFFECTIVE. UM, HOW MANY BLINKING CROSSWALKS DO WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY? I THINK THEY ALL SHOULD BE BLINKING BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE THE CARS. ACTUALLY STOP ON THAT FOUR WAY SPEEDING HIGHWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE PULL CARS OVER FOR GOING 80 AND JUST SEE PEOPLE STRANDED WAITING TO GET ACROSS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY . BUT WHEN THE LIGHT BLINKS IT'S EFFECTIVE. I HAVE MANY OTHER PLACES I WOULD SAY TO PUT THEM ALSO, BUT HOW MANY DO WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY AND IS THERE A INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE SPREADING THOSE? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFFHAND COUNCIL BUT WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FIXED BUT PERMANENT UH, BLINKING LIGHTS. NOT LIKE THE SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS RIGHT? >> NO, NOT WHEN THEY PUT LIKE A MOVING SIGN THAT WILL JUST TELL YOU YOUR SPEED OR IT'S AN ACTUAL BLINKING FIXED. UM HUM. I HAVEN'T SEEN OTHERS. UH, THERE OTHERS AROUND THE CITY? HOW MANY ARE THERE? YEAH, WE HAVE MANY AND WE CAN GET YOU THE NUMBER OF WHAT THEY ARE. OKAY. >> AND THERE'S AN INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE THAT IS THE DATA ALREADY SHOWING THEM. THAT THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE AN ALTERNATE TYPE OF UH ,TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE. WE USE THEM UH, IN SCHOOL ZONES ACROSS THE CITY. THEY'RE THEY'RE EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND CHIEF GROVES, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND I DO APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT DURING THE SNOWSTORMS AND HOW QUICKLY AND HOW RAPIDLY YOU AND YOUR TEAM MOVED TO, UH, RESPOND TO THOSE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE CENTER BUS LANE, UM, WE GET A MUCH DIFFERENT RESPONSE AND THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ABOUT RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE. YET IT REMAINS A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF THE CURRENT DESIGN. UH, AND HERE'S MY QUESTION AT WHAT POINT DOES THE 2000 UH, PETITION SIGNATURE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED AT UH THE REED AUDITORIUM IN GROVE HALL. AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CITY BEGIN TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE AND GIVE US ANOTHER DESIGN THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A CENTER BUSSING CENTER RUNNING BUS LINE? I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SAY WHAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT UM, BUMP LANE AND I HEARD MISTER MUHAMMAD SAY THAT IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PROCESS. AT WHAT POINT DOES IT REALLY SINK IN? THAT COMMUNITY IS SAYING THEY DON'T WANT A CENTER BUS LANE AND IT AND THE CITY BEGAN TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR THAT CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. UM, SO YOU KNOW BLUE HILL HAVE UM IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF TRANSIT SAFETY AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AND HAS FOR DECADES. I KNOW YOU. KNOW THAT UH, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. IT'S IT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING PRIORITY. UM, YOU KNOW, THE. MAYOR AND SECRETARY AND ANG HAVE BEEN MEETING FREQUENTLY, UH, ON THIS PROJECT TO HELP KEEP PROGRESS MOVING. RIGHT. WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING TO CO-HOST ,UH, A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE MBTA. WHO WHO. UM, IS OUR PARTNER IN THE PROJECT? UM. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ASKED THE MBTA TO CHECK IN WITH THE FTA ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE GRANT CONDITIONS. UM, AND WE ARE SCHEDULED TO KIND OF RECONVENE WITH THE MBTA AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. UM, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE ON THE PROJECT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE. UM. >> I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MY REFERENCED ARE NEEDED ON BLUE HEALTH AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO WE WANT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. UM, AND AND DELIVER ON ON ALL OF THOSE. IMPROVEMENTS SO WE. >> KNOW THAT $80 MILLION CAME DOWN RIGHT? THAT WAS A SURPRISE. NO ONE HERE KNEW ABOUT IT AND AND D7 UNTIL IT HIT THE NEWSPAPERS. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT SORT OF BUSTLING WITH THAT $80 MILLION THERE WAS ONLY 30% DESIGN AND THE 30% DESIGN WAS ONLY OF THE CENTER BUS LANES WITH NO MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION OR MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY . WHY DID THEY HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE 30% CENTER BUS LANE AND NO COMMUNITY INPUT WHATSOEVER? THERE WAS UH. UM COMMUNITY. THE CITY DID A. PRETTY NO NO TALKING ABOUT THE CITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MBTA. >> OH I'M SORRY OKAY. YEAH. UH, WE'LL GET TO THE CITY'S. AND COUNCILOR CULPEPER. WE DID INVITE THE MBTA. THEY DID DECLINED. TO DEFERRING. UM, ARE WE GOING TO DO A DO UH, AS A SUMMER? THEY'RE NOT COMING. BUT WE DO HAVE ENFORCEMENT WAYS TO BRING THEM HERE THOUGH. WE I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST ACCEPT THE NOT COMING. THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT THEY COME HERE AND SO IF WE HAVE TO MOVE ANOTHER WAY MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT. BUT LET ME FINISH WITH CHIEF GROVE. UM, TO GO FINISH YOUR QUESTION. I MEAN YOUR ANSWER. SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH THE TEAM. WE DID DO, UH, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S DOCUMENTED OR DOCUMENTED IN A REPORT WE COMPLETED IN 23. THE BASIS OF THE $80 MILLION GRANT. RIGHT. IT'S THE MTA'S GRANT. UM. >> IT IS BASED ON, UH, PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND YOU. KNOW THE. THE TEAM FEELS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE TRANSIT PRIORITY ON THAT CORRIDOR IS THROUGH CENTER RUNNING BUS LINES. BUT BUT WHAT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE MTA BEGIN TO AND THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WORDS HOW FAR WILL WE HAVE TO GO AND YOU KNOW AND ONE OF THE UH THE MEETINGS WE HAD WE HAD UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PROTEST ,WILLING TO LAY DOWN IN THE STREET. I MEAN, HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO GO TO REALLY GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT A CENTER BUSTLING AND THAT WE WANT OTHER DESIGNS? WELL, I THINK I THINK THE. COMMUNITY MEETING. THAT WE REFERENCED UM, IS I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. I THINK IF HYPOTHETICALLY ALSO IF THE IF THE PROJECT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT STEP IN THAT WOULD. BE YOU KNOW, THE MBTA TAKING THE PROJECT AS CURRENTLY DESIGN TO THE MPO AND ASKING THEM TO MOVE THAT TO THE LONG TERM PROJECT LIST. RIGHT. IF IF THE MPO VOTED TO DO THAT THAT WOULD KICK OFF A FORMAL 30 DAY COMMENT. PERIOD WHICH WOULD BE A ROBUST PUBLIC PROCESS. UM LET ME JUST BODY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT THE AURORA AVENUE PROJECT. I CAME TO HEAR YOU OUT SO THAT YOU CAN TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD DO. TO GATHER ROUND. SO THIS IS A FIRST. THIS PLAN IS TO KICK US OUT OF OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS PLAN ISN'T ACTUALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE ABOUT. WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE IT BETTER. UM. >> AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE A LOT OF YOU COMING FROM. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR BUSINESSES. YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE GAINS AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES. I'VE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE DESIGNS BECAUSE THE RFP WASN'T BASED OFF OF A CENTER RUNNING BUSTLING. IT WAS ABOUT A DEDICATED BUSTLING. SO THEY WILL TELL YOU ONE THING OH WE HAD A COMMUNITY PROCESS BUT THEY DON'T TELL YOU THE DETAILS. >> AND IT WAS NOT FAIR. IT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT. NONE OF THIS IS FOR US. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT AND FOR THE BUS LANE. THIS WASN'T. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. OKAY. I GAVE YOU AN EXTRA MINUTE BECAUSE I WAS SPEAKING. I DIDN'T GET IN. ACCENT. COULD I JUST. FOR THE RECORD. NO, JUST THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY. CAN I. JUST ASK ONE THING. WITH ME? >> SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. JUST ONE THING QUICKLY OR. BUT I CAN MOVE ON. YEAH. >> YOU YOU I GUESS YOU CAN RESPOND AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TO TESTIFY OVER 40 PEOPLE. I CAN JUST I CAN TALK. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. OKAY. >> IT'S OKAY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM. >> NICK MOHAMMED, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY. UH, JUST TO EDUCATE ALL OF US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE'RE POURING OVER. WHERE IS THAT DATA COME FROM? WHAT DATA ARE WE USING? SPECIFIC TO WITH WHAT COUNCILOR? WELL. >> YOU GOT THAT? I MEAN I GUESS SO, RIGHT? SO EXPLAIN TO ME MAYBE WHAT SOME WHERE WE PUT SPEED HUMPS. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? UH, TO WHERE WE'RE DECIDING WHERE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO UH, SAFETY DESIGN RECONFIGURATIONS ETC.. UH, MAYBE EXPLAIN TO ME WHICH DATA IS HELPING US GUIDE WHICH PROCESS. SURE. SO YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL UM, UH, AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS I MENTIONED EARLIER. RIGHT. SO UH, SEVERAL OF THOSE AND FRANKLY MANY OF OUR OUR LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS THEY ARE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE DATA IN THE HIGH CRASH NETWORK, RIGHT? SO IF A QUARTER IS DEEMED, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CRASHES, RIGHT. THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WE USE A VERY SIMILAR SORT OF DATA FOR OUR INTERSECTIONS RIGHT. WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE RATED FROM YOU KNOW WORST ON UP . UM WE HAVE CRASH DATA VEHICLE SPEED SPEEDS THAT WE CAPTURE FROM UH SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS. UM YOU KNOW, FOR FOR BIKE FACILITIES WE DO BIKE COUNTS. UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER PROVIDES. A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA FOR UH, ALL SORTS OF CORRIDOR WORK. SO YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLANNING EFFORTS THAT DO. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, DATA COLLECTION FOR SPECIFIC CORRIDORS, PROJECTS, INTERSECTIONS. >> SO IS IT MOSTLY CITY DATA COLLECTED MEAN WE'RE USING IS IT POLICE DATA? IS THE CRASH DATA COME FROM THE STATE FROM THE CITY? GREAT QUESTION. IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE THINGS. IT'S FEDERAL STATE CITY POLICE EMS ALL OF THAT. GREAT. AWESOME. >> GOOD TO KNOW. UM, AS IT RELATES TO SPEED HUMPS WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME LONG OVERDUE SPEED HUMPS AS THEY WERE THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST IN THE LAST IN THE FIRST TERM MY FIRST TERM IN OFFICE UH SINCE DIED DOWN A BIT I DON'T KNOW IF JUST PEOPLE SAY WELL THEY'RE JUST NOT HAPPENING OR IF PEOPLE HAVE SORT OF CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT UH, WHETHER THEY WOULD WANT THEM ON THEIR STREET SPECIFICALLY. UM, BUT I STILL WOULD ADVOCATE UH, THERE IS GOOD TO IT THE ONES THAT ARE COMING AND HAPPY ARE COMING AND I WOULD STILL ADVOCATE THAT WE LOOK TO THE COUNCILORS WHO ARE UH TO JUST TO GIVE TO 5 TO 10 STREETS A YEAR. UH, THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES ARE THE ONES THAT WHAT ARE THE CATHRO'S WHAT ARE THE PLACES THAT WE NEED? UM, ESPECIALLY THE DISTRICT CITY COUNCILORS WHO ARE UM IN THE DISTRICT EACH AND EVERY DAY AND ARE VERY FAMILIAR GOING TO THOSE CIVICS. UM, I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT. UM, YOU TOUCHED ON THE RESIDENCY PERMIT PARKING PROGRAM THAT IT HAS BEEN ON PAUSE. UM, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR FLYNN ASKED TO IT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO COME BACK. . AND DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? I WILL JUST SAY ONE THING AND THEN CHIEF CULP CAN ANSWER I CAN EXPAND ON IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE I'VE HEARD THE THE WORD PAUSE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS OR YOU KNOW, UH, OR RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT, UM PROGRAM. NOTHING IS ON UNPAUSE. WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE THE 30 DAY REPORT AND EVEN DURING OBVIOUSLY TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCESS IS THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE THAT OUR YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT UM TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL FOR. >> FOR. OUR STREETS WHICH IS THAT THEY'RE ALL WALKABLE, DRIVABLE, YOU KNOW, CYCLE UM, FOR ALL PEOPLE FOR ALL ROAD USERS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE SAFE AND NICE AND THAT THEY'RE ALSO HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE ULTIMATELY THAT'S THE GOAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD UM, IS ,YOU KNOW, PLEASANT TO WALK OR DRIVE OR BICYCLE. I MEAN OUR BIKE UM, THE REASON YOU KNOW, IT MAY HAVE TAKEN LONGER THAN IN THE PAST IS WE HAD STAFF TURNOVER AND OTHER FACTORS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THAT I WOULD SAY THAT LED TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN THE FIRST THREE YEARS. BUT NICK JONAS HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE NICK? THAT'S THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET TO MY OTHER QUESTION, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. THANK YOU. UM, UH. >> ON A MORE TECHNICAL. >> MATTER GETTING IN I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS COME IN. WE HAVE, UH, THE MORRISSEY BOULEVARD REDESIGN, WHICH IS A STATE PROJECT. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COLUMBIA ROAD REDESIGN. I WOULD JUST ASK FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE IN, UM, WITHIN ONE ANOTHER IF WE WERE TO HAVE. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT MY DISTRICT OF DORCHESTER. IF YOU'RE DOING A COLUMBIA ROAD REDESIGN WITH THE MORRISSEY BOULEVARD REDESIGN THAT IS ABSOLUTE CHAOS IN BETWEEN. RIGHT? SO THINKING ABOUT THE TIMING AND SEQUENCING OF THESE PROJECTS AND HOW THEY WILL AFFECT EACH OTHER WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS DO BUT I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S TWO MAIN ARTERIES THAT COULD UNDERGO SOME SIGNIFICANT REDESIGN POTENTIALLY AROUND THE SAME TIME. UH AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. UM, OTHERWISE I JUST WANT TO TOUCH UPON TWO THOUGHTS I HAVE I STILL THINK WE NEED A SEPARATE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT WHETHER THAT RELIES AND RELIES ON THE BTD OR THE BOSTON POLICE, I DON'T KNOW. UH, BUT I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS IS IF THE POLICE ARE BUSY DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES AND THE MINOR INFRACTION TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS OCCUR. DO WE HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN STILL ENFORCE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT? BECAUSE I KNOW IF I WAS IF I WAS GIVEN THAT IF I WAS DEPUTIZED TO PULL ANYONE OVER RIGHT AND GIVE TICKETS, UH, WHICH I USED TO BE AND UH, I WOULD I COULD PULL OVER TEN PEOPLE EVERY TIME I DRIVE INTO THE CITY. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE ALL SEE THAT AS WE AS WE GO AROUND. SO UH, THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THEN LASTLY JUST, UH, YOU GUYS CAN TOUCH UPON IT. UM, BUT THE UH, A A UNIVERSAL UNIQUE COLOR CODE AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC SAFETY SIGNS. MY THOUGHT THERE IS IF I'M IN HYDE, IF I LIVE IN HYDE PARK AND I'M DRIVING THROUGH SOUTHIE AND I TYPICALLY DO NOT VISIT SOUTHIE, I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE. RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE A SCHOOL ZONE SIGN BUT THOSE KIND OF BECOME IT'S A YELLOW SIGN, RIGHT? UM, BUT IF WE IN BOSTON HAD A UNIVERSAL UNIQUE COLOR UM, I'LL JUST SAY PURPLE BECAUSE I WENT TO BOSTON LATIN. RIGHT. BUT LIKE WE'LL JUST SAY IT'S A PURPLE CAR. THAT WAY NO MATTER WHERE I GO I SEE PURPLE SIGNS I KNOW OKAY, I'M IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I SHOULD I SHOULD SLOW MY ROLL RIGHT? UM, JUST AN IDEA. FIGURED IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO THROW IT OUT THERE. UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME TO REACT. THANK YOU. JEFF. SURE. >> SO TO THE ENFORCEMENT, UM, COMMENT COUNCILOR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE WORK REGULARLY WITH BPD. UM, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK THE THE WAY THE WAY ESSENTIALLY IT'S DIVIDED RIGHT NOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW. BTD CAN ISSUE UM, YOU KNOW, A PARKING VIOLATION TO ANY VEHICLE THAT IS NOT MOVING. RIGHT? SO A VEHICLE THAT IS DOUBLE PARKED, ILLEGALLY PARKED ETC.. UH, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY TOW AND IMPOUND VEHICLES BUT IF BUT IF THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND IT BECOMES A MOVING VIOLATION THAT RESPONSIBILITY FALLS UH, WITH WITH THE POLICE. AND SO TO YOUR POINT AND IF THERE WAS A CREATION OF UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF TRACK OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, YOU'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ENTITY CAN ALSO, UH, ISSUE MOVING VIOLATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A BUNCH OF UM AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT UH ,LEGISLATION KICKING AROUND ON THIS. AND JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THE UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIG PROJECTS UH, IN YOUR IN DORCHESTER, UM, THE MORRISSEY AND COLUMBIA AND THE IMPACTS I THINK TO THAT POINT IT IT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE THE TIME AND THAT THOSE ARE STATE YOU KNOW SO DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHETHER IT'S BLUE HILL LAB OR ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET IT RIGHT BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S NOT JUST THE END RESULT THAT HAS AN IMPACT. IT'S YOU KNOW THE BIGGER THE PROJECT THE LARGER OBVIOUSLY THE IMPACT ALSO OF CONSTRUCTION THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE END RESULT IS SOMETHING. PEOPLE FEEL REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT AND IT'S A WIN WIN. UH, BECAUSE GETTING THERE IS ALSO NOT EASY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD . UM WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR ERROL. UM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND SIX MINUTES. >> UH THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU TO THE PANEL. FOR BEING HERE. UM WHEN. YOU WHEN WE ARE INSTALLING, UH OR COMING UP WITH DESIGNED FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. >> OR. STREETS. >> DO WE DO AN. ECONOMIC IMPACT TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW HOW SAID DESIGN WILL IMPACT THE BUSINESSES AND DO WE GO BACK UH, TO ANY OF THE OTHER DESIGNS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED LIKE LET'S SAY COLUMBUS HAVE TO SEE HOW UH, THAT REDESIGN HAS IMPACTED UH, THOSE BUSINESSES OR EVEN. YOU KNOW. >> PROPERTY VALUE TAXES ETC.. SURE. >> SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL, WE DON'T YOU. KNOW WE. >> DON'T NECESSARILY DO LIKE UH . YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR CORRIDOR. UM, THAT SAID WE DO. WE DO TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE NEEDS PARTICULAR AROUND CURBSIDE DEMAND. UM. >> YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR WHATEVER PROJECT THAT IS UM, WE DO YOU KNOW, DO POST PROJECT KIND OF EVALUATION. UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FRANKLY ACTUALLY WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW THE T ON COLUMBUS TRAM ON PHASE ONE. UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT THAT IT WE NEED TO DO MORE POST PROJECT . IMPLEMENTATION. >> UH, ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED UH, TO DO MORE OF IN. >> THE FUTURE. UH. >> GOOD TO HEAR. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING. UH, JUST KNOWING HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE IN BLUE ALIVE AND HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE POURED, YOU KNOW, THEIR LIFE SAVINGS AND THEIR TIME AND ENERGY. UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE A DECISION THAT CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REAL IMPACT ON ALL THOSE BUSINESSES. UM, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKING. PROGRAM. >> UH, SOMETHING THAT I HEAR ABOUT OFTEN, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ON YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE RESTARTED IF IT'S GOING TO BE RESTARTED. CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY COLLABORATE UH, YOU KNOW, FLAHERTY ON ON THE PROGRAM? SURE. >> UH, WE DID MENTION THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BUT OUR OUR OUR PLAN IS WE HAVE FORTUNATELY, UH, RESTORED OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT NUMBERS. UM, OUR STAFF THAT DOES THAT WORK TO, UH TO HISTORIC LEVELS AND WE FEEL THAT WE CAN RESTART THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM. WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THAT. UM. >> THIS YEAR. BUT I'LL. LET MOHAMMAD KNOW. I MEAN, JUST TO YOUR POINT, COUNSELOR, ABOUT UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY ANY CHANGE. UM, EVEN YOU KNOW, WITH RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT TOO, IT'S THE SAME THING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST GET IT RIGHT WHEN WE WHEN WE WHEN WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT WHETHER IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST OR EVEN EXPANDING SOMETHING WHERE IT EXISTS SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH TRANSITION ESSENTIALLY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS EXISTED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY FOR MANY, MANY DECADES. UH, WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO ADJUST IT THROUGHOUT IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. RIGHT? SO LIKE THERE'S A TRANSITION THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO THE SOUTH END IN WE'VE HEARD FROM BUSINESSES LAST YEAR WHO SAID LISTEN LIKE TRAFFIC IS YOU KNOW MOVING AS FAST AS THEY NEED TO IN FRONT OF THIS PLACE SO YOU KNOW, CAN THIS BE A 15 MINUTE ZONE FOR INSTANCE. SO IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT DETAILS AND MAKING SURE UH WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL THE CONCERNS OF YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED AND THEN WE'LL ROLL THEM UP. BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'VE BEEN PAUSED AND NEEDED TO BE RESTARTED. THEY'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF BEING, UH, THOROUGHLY VETTED. AWESOME. >> AND THAT AND THEN UM, WHEN IT COMES TO JUST FINDING UM DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, THAT HAVE UM, BEEN GIVEN BACK? UM, REGARDING ANY CAPITAL PROJECT? DO YOU HAVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? UH, WE HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT THE START OF THE HEARING. UH, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN ANYTHING BACK. UH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MONEY RESCINDED. UH, AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UH SOME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT UM WHILE THE GRANT HASN'T BEEN RESCINDED, WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD INTO A GRANT AGREEMENT. AND SO IT'S THOSE FUNDS ARE KIND OF IN LIMBO. UH, BUT UH UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT BRITTON ASKED THIS QUESTION EARLIER AND WE DO HAVE A VERY DETAILED DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS EVERY PROJECT THAT HAS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. YEAH. >> UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR I WOULD LOVE TO UH, SEE THAT THAT LIST AND IS IT COMMON THAT UH, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING IS PAIRED OR CAN YOU STILL RECEIVE STATE FUNDING ON AN INTERSECTION OR A THOROUGHFARE WITHOUT RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE SEEK UM, OUTSIDE FUNDING FROM UM A VARIETY OBVIOUSLY OF STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOR LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS WE MAY TRY TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER. BUT DEPENDING UPON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM WE'RE WE'RE TARGETING, UM, NO, WE MAY JUST TARGET ONE PARTICULAR GRANT. SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW, UH, INTERSECTION UH, GRANTS THAT MIGHT FUND A COUPLE DOZEN INTERSECTION PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT WITH MASSDOT AT THE AT THE ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. RIGHT. THAT'S A STATE FUNDED GRANT PROJECT. AND QUIXOTIC AND LIKE TIME IS RUNNING LOW. UM. THERE THERE HAVE BEEN DESIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN SCALED BACK OR, YOU KNOW, REMOVED. WHAT WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON ON ALREADY INSTALLED? UH, YOU KNOW, BUT WHETHER IT'S UH YOU KNOW, BUS LANES, BIKE LANES, UM TEMPORARY DESIGNS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR THE REMOVAL OF ANY PAST PROJECTS? SURE. >> UH, GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. UM, THE CITY HAS NOT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT REMOVED ANY BIKE LANES. UH, WE WE HAVE REMOVED, UH, SOME SOME BUS LANES. UM, THERE WERE THREE LOCATIONS. UH, ONE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS SUMMER STREET. UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T COME WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SERVICE FREQUENCY. UH, COMPLIANCE WAS LOW. UH, ENFORCEMENT WAS VERY LIMITED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK, UH, WE DID WE DECIDED TO END THAT PILOT THAT SAID IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IF IF ENFORCEMENT OR CHANGES TO THE CORRIDOR WERE MADE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COULD. BE EVALUATED. UM BOYLSTON STREET THIS WAS THE UH, BUS LANE THAT WAS ADDED AS PART OF THE BIKE LANE PROJECT. UH, FROM CLARENDON TO ARLINGTON . THE POST IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION SHOWED THE FACILITY WASN'T DELIVERING SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS. UH, IT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO SOME CURBSIDE ACCESS AND CONGESTION. YOU KNOW, THE ANALYSIS I BELIEVE FOUND YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE IN IN TIME SAVINGS PER TRIP DURING THE AM PEAK. UH, BUT BUT NO IMPROVEMENT DURING THE PM. SO YOU. KNOW. >> WE WE CHOSE TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT POST PROJECT EVALUATION AND THEN THE LAST SECTION WAS UH LAST SUMMER AS PART OF A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR RESURFACING PROJECT. UM, WE REMOVED A SHORT SECTION OF BUS LANE ON NORTH WASHINGTON STREET. UM. >> YOU KNOW, FRANKLY THAT DESIGN HAD CHALLENGES UH, FROM FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION. UM, AND THERE WAS NOT A PLAN TO CARRY. UH. >> THE BUS LANE ON TO THE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE. SO, UH, WE MADE A DECISION TO. >> YOU KNOW. REMOVE THAT SECTION OF THE BUSTLING UH, AGAIN AS PART OF A FUTURE, UH, PROJECT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN WE'RE IN DESIGN ON ON RUTHERFORD AVE THAT COULD BE EVALUATED IN THE FUTURE. BUT AT THE TIME WE MADE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THAT SECTION . BUT AND BUT WE DID KEEP AN EXPAND UH, INBOUND THAT'S GOING OUT INTO THE CITY AND THEN GOING THROUGH A PROGRAM. WHERE WE DID WE KEPT THE INBOUND SIDE. UH, EXPANDED IT UH, AS AS PART OF SOME INCREASED SERVICE DELIVERY, THE TEAM PLANS AS PART OF THEIR, UH, BETTER BUS NETWORK. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR ARROYO. UM, OUR PLAN WAS TO, UM, TAKE SOME TESTIMONY OUT OF ORDER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND. UM, I DO WANT TO JUST I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE. UM, WHILE I THINK NO BIKE LANES HAVE BEEN REMOVED, THERE HAS BEEN PROTECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN REMOVED. SO I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO READ INTO THE RECORD. NO NO CLAPPING. I'M SORRY. UM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. LIKE I THAT HAS HAPPENED IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND IT YOU KNOW AND IT HASN'T JUST BEEN MARATHON RELATED. UM AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF TENSION PARTICULARLY WITH MY OFFICE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IN OUR DISTRICT THAT TRAVEL MULTIMODAL. UM I AM GOING TO LET THESE ADVOCATE SPEAK TO THAT EXPERIENCE BUT I JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT LIKE THAT THAT ANSWER. ALSO BE READ INTO THE RECORD. SO UM WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TRISTAN THOMAS. TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL TIFFANY CARGILL. UM THE BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION BENJAMIN SIEGEL BOSTON BETTER STREETS COALITION THIS IS THE ORDER ELIJAH EVANS BIKE NOT BOMBS AND BRANDON KEARNEY WALK MASKS AND YOU'RE EACH GOING TO HAVE TWO MINUTES. UM SO SO LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO START AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND WHAT ORGANIZATION YOU'RE WITH. ALL RIGHT, I'M READY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TRISTAN THOMAS. I WORK AS DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND LAW FOR ALTERNATIVES FOR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT. ALSO KNOWN AS ACE. ACE IS A MEMBER BASED. NONPROFIT THAT. >> FOR OVER 30 YEARS HAS SERVED BOSTON'S BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. EVERY MONTH WE HOST A TRANSIT RIDERS UNION WHERE RESIDENTS IN BOSTON DEMAND EQUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ACE IS ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL COALITION, A DIVERSE COALITION OF MORE THAN 60 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, MOBILITY, JUSTICE AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE MBTA AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE SAFE, ROBUSTLY FUNDED AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE IN THE REGION. I TESTIFY TODAY ON BEHALF OF ACE AND TRANSIT IS ESSENTIAL TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AFFECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AS WE'VE HEARD LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, A 30 DAY REVIEW WAS INITIATED. IN APRIL 2025 A MEMO WAS PUT OUT. YET HERE WE ARE IN APRIL OF 2026 AND WE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED MEANINGFUL UPDATES OR TIMELINES FOR THESE CRITICAL PROJECTS. SO I'M HERE TO ASK THE SIMPLE AND URGENT QUESTION WHY THE DELAY WHILE WE WAIT? PEOPLE ARE DYING. JUST LAST MONTH SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN OUR STREETS. THAT IS THE REAL COST OF INACTION. WE'RE NOT JUST LOSING LIVES. WE'RE LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING OR REALLOCATING FEDERAL FUNDING WHETHER THAT'S $8 MILLION IN FENWAY, $20 MILLION IN ROXBURY MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE THREATS AROUND THE COLUMBUS AND BLUE HILL AVE PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASSIGN BLAME. WE'RE HERE TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WE HAVE THREE DEMANDS ARTICULATE A CONCRETE PLAN AND TIMELINE FOR ADVANCING PROJECTS THAT HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING AT RISK. WE NEED CONCRETE DATES AND MILESTONES THAT WE CAN MEASURE AGAINST ESTABLISHED CLEAR METRICS FOR EVALUATING THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY METRICS AROUND SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF BUS SERVICE. AND THESE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO EVERYONE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE. SO THERE'S NOT ARBITRARY OR WORSE POLITICAL. FINALLY, WE NEED TO HAVE EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY UH PLANNERS WERE TOLD TO CANCEL MEETINGS WITH THE MBTA ON COLUMBUS APP. UH AND I'LL JUST LIKE TO END AND SAY WE CANNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAY REVIEW. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY NOW SO LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DATES AND THOSE COMMITMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TIFFANY. MORNING. >> COUNCILOR DURKAN OR AFTERNOON I SHOULD SAY AT THIS POINT UH BOSTON'S NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN PROMISED SAFER STREETS, ACCESSIBLE TRANSIT AND A CITY THAT MOVES FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD A CAR. OUR REALITY IS A PATTERN OF STALLED PROJECTS WITHHELD UPDATES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LEFT IN THE DARK. EVERY DAY OF INACTION IS A DAY THAT FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS OR GET TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PROJECT . IT'S A DAY A CYCLIST IS ENDANGERED A DAY A DISABLED RESIDENT IS STRANDED. WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY TO STOP TREATING TRANSPARENCY AS OPTIONAL AND START TREATING MOBILITY JUSTICE AS THE URGENT OBLIGATION THAT IT IS. WE KNOW WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY LOOKS LIKE. WE SEE THE PROOF IN CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND PLACES RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON. PROTECTED BIKE LANES SAVE LIVES. BUS PRIORITY MOVES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY. ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE OPENS UP THE CITY TO EVERYONE. WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING NOW WE NEED THE WILL AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION IS HERE TO ASK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRONGLY URGE THE CITY TO DO THE WORK TO REBUILD TRUST WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND START A COLLABORATIVE PATH FORWARD. DO WE WANT A CITY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE? BOSTON IS OVERDUE ON THAT PROMISE. THE PAUSE ON BOSTON'S TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IS A REGIONAL CRISIS WITH A PRICE TAG. SAFE STREETS CAN'T WAIT. AND FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT WAIT WHEN PROJECTS STALLED DOLLARS ARE FORFEITED, OPPORTUNITIES ARE LOST IN THE COMMUNITIES WHO NEED SAFE STREETS MOST ARE LEFT BEHIND THE LONGEST. BOSTON'S NEIGHBORS, ADVOCATES AND RIDERS DESERVE MORE THAN PROMISES. RESIDENTS DESERVE A CITY THAT SHOWS UP, FOLLOWS THROUGH AND BUILDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES MOBILITY JUSTICE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU, BENJAMIN SIEGEL. BOSTON BETTER STREETS COALITION . IS NOT THERE. >> OKAY, I TAKE. HIS PLACE. I HAVE. TO. GET TO. >> WORK NEGOTIATE YOU BUT. I'M WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THIS ORDER. BUT I'M ELIJAH EVANS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILORS AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS ELIJAH EVANS AND I SERVE AS THE CEO OF BIKE STOMP BOMBS AND I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I BIKES NOT BOMBS. WE WORK TO DISMANTLE MOBILITY APARTHEID BY ENSURING EVERY BOSTONIAN HAS ACCESS TO DIGNIFIED AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION. TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THIS CRISIS. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE DISPARITY THE PER CAPITA INCOME IN OUR COMMUNITIES OUR CORE COMMUNITIES LIKE ROXBURY IS 21,000 MATTAPAN 28,000 IS FAR BELOW THE CITY'S AVERAGE OF 44,000. THIS IS WHY RESIDENTS DISPROPORTIONATELY RELY ON PUBLIC AND MICROMOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. WE'RE DEEPLY. CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CONTINUED PAUSE ON ESSENTIAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE RIDING MY BIKE FROM GROVE HALL TO UMASS BOSTON, THE LACK OF DEDICATED LANES ON STREETS LIKE COLUMBIA ROAD MADE THE TRIP TERRIFYING A CONSTANT HIGH STAKES GAME OF AVOIDANCE. THAT STRESS AND DANGER IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING TO ELIMINATE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PAUSE ARE MEASURED IN CRASHES, NOT QUARTERLY REPORTS. FOR INSTANCE, THE HYDE PARK AVENUE CORRIDOR A HIGH CRASH AREA SAW OVER 30 CAR ACCIDENTS AND NEARLY TEN PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS IN 2025 ALONE. THE BLUE HILL AVENUE REDESIGN, WHICH SERVES A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS, IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT MUST BE UNPAUSED IMMEDIATELY. THIS ISN'T JUST PAINTING LINES. IT'S ABOUT PROVIDING SAFE AND PROTECTED INFRASTRUCTURE ALONGSIDE THE PLANNED CENTER RUNNING BUS LANE WHICH I SUPPORT BIKES UP ARM SUPPORTS ENSURING ALL COMMUTERS CAN COMMUTE WITHOUT FEAR. OUR ADVOCACY ISN'T JUST TOP DOWN. OUR YOUTH APPRENTICES WHO SERVE AS LEADERS TODAY AND REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY ARE ALREADY LEADING CHANGE BY TESTIFYING AND CO-CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR SAFER STREETS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. COUNCILORS WE ASK FOR TWO THINGS FIRST, I'M PROVIDING IMMEDIATE TRANSPARENCY AND A PATH FORWARD ON ALL POD PROJECTS. SECOND, COMMIT TO PRIORITIZING INVESTMENTS IN PROTECTED MICROMOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ACTION WILL SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND FINALLY BUILD THE SAFE AND INTERNET INTERCONNECTED BOSTON OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BRENDAN KEARNEY ROCK MASS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SORRY JUST TO GIVE A HEADS UP. REGGIE RAMOS WILL BE AFTER THAT. GREAT. >> MY NAME IS BRENNAN CARNEY. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WALK MASSACHUSETTS STATEWIDE PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1990 AS WALK BOSTON. THANKS FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING TODAY. SINCE 2015 VISION ZERO AND THE OVERARCHING GOAL BOSTON 2030 EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MAJOR GUIDEPOSTS FOR POLICY PRIORITIES RELATED TO SAFETY AND MOBILITY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE 30 DAY REVIEW PAUSE THREW A BIT OF A WRENCH IN THOSE. STAFFING CHANGES. CHALLENGING FUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND RISING COSTS BEYOND OUR CONTROL HAVE ADDED A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. GO BOSTON 2030 WAS ONCE A LONG RANGE PLAN OF PROJECTS 2030 NOW SHOWS UP IN THE FIVE YEAR BUDGETS. THERE'S A NEED FOR A RESET AND RECOMMITMENT TO SAFETY AND MOBILITY PRIORITIES FOR THE YEARS AHEAD. LET THE TALENTED STAFF ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR DO THE WORK TO PLAN SAFER STREETS. YOU'VE HEARD AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT MANY PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEED HUMPS. THEY WERE FIRST PILOTED THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SLOW STREETS STARTING IN 2018, IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE IF THEY CAN SLOW DOWN EXCESSIVE SPEEDERS. THE PILOT WAS A SUCCESS, A ROUSING SUCCESS AND LEARNINGS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SLOW STREETS WERE INCORPORATED INTO WIDER TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAMS AS THE SAFETY SURGE IN FALL 2013 2023 SPEED HUMPS WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS COULD USE BEYOND THE ZONES FOR TRAFFIC CALMING. I PROUDLY STOOD ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCILORS AND STAFF WHEN THE SAFETY SURGE WAS ANNOUNCED. THERE WAS A GOAL OF 500 SPEED HUMPS PER YEAR. STREETSBLOG REPORTED MORE THAN 600 WERE ADDED IN 2024 BUT JUST A HANDFUL LAST YEAR. IT REALLY IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE THIS SAFETY WORK STALLED SINCE BOSTON REALLY HAS BEEN A LEADER ON THIS. THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS SINCE 2015. FOLLOWING BOSTON'S LEAD TO IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN VISION ZERO TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS. A SAFER BOSTON MEANS A SAFER MASSACHUSETTS. INJURY CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS ROSE AGAIN LAST YEAR IN BOSTON TO 571, WITH AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVES WITH VEHICLES ON OUR STREETS LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE NEED A RECOMMITMENT TO THAT VISION ZERO AS A PRIORITY IN BOSTON. I'M HOPEFUL SPEED HUMP PROGRAM CAN GET BACK TO WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE A WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS AS NORMAL ROAD RESURFACING EFFORTS AS A CHANCE TO ADD 24 OVER SEVEN TRAFFIC CALMING SINCE OTHERWISE SPEEDERS WILL GO EVEN FASTER ON NEWLY PAVED STREETS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU BRADLEY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS REGGIE RAMOS. I AM THE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS. I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND AS WELL AS THE ADVOCATES WHO ARE SHOWING UP TODAY. I WANT I HAD A PREPARED, UH, COMMENT BUT I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO SPEAK PLAINLY BECAUSE PLATITUDES AND REFRAINS LIKE WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THIS AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WILL NO LONGER DO. WHAT IT HAS DONE IS MAKE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN PLACE. ONE OF THE. THINGS THAT I HEARD TODAY WAS NOTHING IS ON PAUSE. THAT IS I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MORE INACCURATE AND DISINGENUOUS THAN THAT. LET'S TAKE FOR EXAMPLE THE BOYLSTON FENWAY PROJECT. WELL, WE CAN SAY THAT IT HAD BEEN FUNDING FOR THAT. THE 8 MILLION HAD BEEN FUNDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 31. THIS IS $8 MILLION WE COULD HAVE USED TODAY BUT BECAUSE BOSTON DID NOT BECAUSE THE CITY OF BOSTON DID NOT SUBMIT A 25% DESIGN TO MASSDOT, THAT MONEY IS PLANTED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IN TRANSPORTATION AS I'M SURE THE PANEL KNOWS AND THIS AUGUST BODY KNOWS THERE IS SUCH A THING AS WE CALL TRANSPORTATION COST OVERRUNS FOR A PROJECT THAT COST 5 MILLION TODAY WILL NOT COST US 5,000,005 YEARS HENCE. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WE WANT TO ASK FOR THIS TO THIS COMMITTEE. I SINCERELY ASK THIS COMMITTEE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK. THERE ARE MILESTONES THAT ARE HINGED ON US AVAILING OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE NEED. THEY NEED TO COME BACK WITH UPDATES. WE HAVE BEEN CHASING THE CITY FOR UPDATES AND WHAT WE GET ARE PLATITUDES LIKE WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING IT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT'S BEEN LOST. COME ON LET'S GET REAL. 16 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PASSED AND WE NEED THE CITY TO GET ON A MOVE ON THEM TODAY. THANK YOU REGGIE, BUT ZACH I'LL COME. JOEY Z SORRY. ZELDIN AND ALEX. ALEX. HELLO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MICHELLE GALCHEN. I LIVE WITH MY TWIN EIGHT YEAR OLDS IN ROSLINDALE. LET ME START. BY SAYING THIS I. CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. IT'S A WORK DAY AND MY KIDS ARE IN ON SPRING BREAK YET I AM HERE BECAUSE I FEAR THAT MY VOICE OUR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD. I'M ONE OF MANY PARENTS WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE CHOSEN BOSTON'S TRANSIT RICH NEIGHBORS TO RAISE OUR KIDS. MANY OF US CAN'T AFFORD A CAR ON TOP OF OUR RENT OR OUR MORTGAGE. THE SAD THING IS THESE SO-CALLED WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AREN'T REALLY SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS. WE HAVE TO PLAY FROGGER ACROSS ONE WAY SPEED TUNNELS, WIDE LANED CARS, SEWERS AND CAR CENTRIC INTERSECTIONS ON A DAILY BASIS TO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THAT I MIGHT BE SPEAKING TO THE QUIET HERE. YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE SOLUTIONS AT YOUR PLANNING WORKSHOPS AND YOU WROTE THEM DOWN IN YOUR PLANS. WHAT KILLS US IS THAT YOU WON'T TAKE ACTION. IN MY FIVE YEARS IN ROSLINDALE I HAVE SEEN SPEEDING CARS CRASH AND TURN OVER ON RESIDENTIAL SIDEWALKS. I'VE SEEN THEM CRASH INTO OUR BELOVED VILLAGE MONUMENT AND EVEN TAKE A BUILDING FACADE DOWN IN DALE VILLAGE. WHEN AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WHEN ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN GETS HURT. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL NOT ONLY BLAME THOSE SPEEDING DRIVERS, WE WILL ALSO BLAME THE CITY STAFF WHO DESIGN THESE STREETS FOR SPEED AND THE CITY LEADERSHIP WHO REFUSE TO SPEND OUR TAX MONEY TO REDESIGN THEM FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE WHO WALK, WHO BIKE AND TAKE TRANSIT . WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH SPEED AND SAFETY BECAUSE SPEED KILLS IF I'M HIT BY A CAR TRAVELING AT 20MPH, MY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS 80% AT 40MPH MY THE CHANCE OF ME DYING IS 80%. SO WE DEMAND ACTION NOW. IT IS TIME THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS AND BUILD A GREAT CITY THAT CLAIMS TO BE STARTING WITH ITS PUBLIC STREETS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, JOEY Z ZELDIN. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY OR GOOD AFTERNOON. >> I SHOULD SAY. UM MY NAME IS JOEY. ZELDIN AND I'M A RESIDENT BRIGHTON. UM, I'M CURRENTLY A GRAD STUDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY AND RIGHT AFTER THIS I'LL ACTUALLY BE GIVING MY FINAL PRESENTATION. UM REGARDING UH CLEVELAND CIRCLE AND RESERVOIR STATIONS. GOOD LUCK. UM. WITH THAT GOOD LUCK. I THANK YOU. UM, BUT AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TIMING BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS FINAL PROJECT THAT I'M GIVING IS LITERALLY GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS DO, UM, IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS. UM, NONE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND TODAY COULD ACTUALLY FEASIBLY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HOLD UPS HAPPENING WITH THE UM, THE THE PROJECTS AND THE DELAYS . >> IN THE BUDGET. THE MORE URGENT MATTER AT HAND RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND FUNDING ARE NOT UTILIZED AND HANDLED APPROPRIATELY, OUR COMMUNITIES CANNOT THRIVE. I'VE ONLY LIVED IN BOSTON FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW, AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT OBSERVATIONS THAT I HAVE MADE IS THAT A LOT OF THE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE IN URGENT DISREPAIR. IN FACT. ALONG THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE CONSISTING OF KNOWN PHANTOM ROAD SOLDIERS FIELD ROAD AND NORTH BEACON STREET THAT I WALK ALONG REGULARLY. I'VE NOTICED THAT MANY OF THE SIDEWALKS WOULD BE UM, HORRIBLE CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS OR OTHER IMPAIRMENTS TO WALK ON AND I MYSELF AM ABLE BODIED. AND SO I I THINK ABOUT THEM WHEN I'M SAYING THIS. UM THERE ARE ALSO SIGNALS UM THAT THAT AREN'T THERE AND EVEN MORE SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE $8 MILLION THAT WAS LET GO TO WASTE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE, WASTING $8 MILLION. IN FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN JUST SIMPLY TAKE LIGHTLY. UM, THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY. HOSTILE TOWARDS. URBAN GOVERNMENTS AND BY WASTING THAT MONEY UM, THAT WILL NOW MOST LIKELY HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON OR SOME OTHER. >> SOURCE. OF FUNDING AND LIKE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHOSE NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER UNFORTUNATELY HAD SAID UM, THAT FUNDING WILL NOW INCREASE. UM AND THAT TAKES AWAY FROM OTHER PROJECTS. SO UM THANK YOU. >> SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND PLEASE LET'S GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM ALEX. ALEX. MY NAME IS ALEX. I FIRST TESTIFIED. BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE OCTOBER. >> 6TH HYDE PARK HEARING WHERE THE CITY GOVERNMENT WAS COLLECTING COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE DECISION TO RESTART SIX YEARS OF OUTREACH AND PLANNING UPDATES. I HIGHLIGHTED THE CONTRADICTION OF COUNCILOR DURKIN'S WARNING THAT WE HAD LIMITED FUNDS WITH THE EXORBITANT COSTS OF MAINTAINING CAR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY, THROWING AWAY YEARS OF PLANS AND LABOR. I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT HOW I DOCUMENT THE DYSFUNCTION. >> OF BOSTON ROAD PUBLISHED TO SOCIAL MEDIA. AS WELL. >> AS TAKE. DAMAGE TO TRAFFIC DEVICES TO CITY HALL. I GAVE THE COUNCIL A POLICY SHEET ON STREET DESIGN. I'M GOING TO REITERATE SOME OF THOSE POINTS RIGHT NOW. RAISED CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALK LEVEL ACTING AS SPEED BUMPS. ADDRESSING CURB FLOODING AND MISMATCHED CURB CUTS AND SIDEWALKS AS AN ADDED BENEFIT. UH DRIVERS ARE CONDITIONED TO RESPECT NON RACE CROSSWALKS AND NOT BLOCK INTERSECTIONS. CREATE A BOUNTY PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AND A FINING SCHEME THAT DOUBLES PER SUBSEQUENT INFRACTION. COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT PAY THESE FINES AND BOUNTIES CAN GO INTO A FUND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY UPDATES TO RANDOMIZE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PUSH IS COORDINATED BETWEEN BPD AND BTP AND STATE AGENCIES CREATE A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT ON BIKES TO GENERATE REVENUE CUT COSTS AS I HAVE DEMONSTRATED FOR A FULL YEAR NOW HOW EFFECTIVE THE MODEL IS. MY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TOLD ME IT WAS A TOUGH AS TO EXPECT AN OVERBURDENED POLICE FORCE TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS. I THINK THE STATEMENT IS UNREASONABLE WHEN CARS DOUBLE PARKED FIVE FEET AWAY FROM COPS WHO DO NOTHING OR WHEN THE CITY CAN SEND 12 COPS CONFRONT ME FOR BRINGING LITTER TO CITY HALL. THE CITY SHOULD CREATE A RAPID BUS AND A MASS NETWORK ALONG WITH MICROMOBILITY NETWORK TO SEPARATE FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT FROM CARS. SCHOOL BUSSES CAN USE THESE NETWORKS AND ALONG WITH A BIKE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR DPS. THESE POLICIES CAN SLASH NEARLY 200 MILLION PERSON BUDGET. I HAVE JUST POSTED A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM DOCUMENTING HOW BUSSES ARE PACKED UP AND CONGESTED ALONG MAJOR BUS WAYS ,ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES LIKE DORCHESTER AND ROXBURY WHERE THE LACK OF ACTION FROM THE CITY HOLDS NEIGHBORHOODS HOSTAGE. SCHOOL KIDS ARE SCARED BY PACK BUSSES, PEDESTRIANS OR PEDESTRIANS WITH THE LIGHT OR MENACE BY DRIVERS. SENIORS HAVE TO WALK INTO THE ROAD BECAUSE CARS ARE IN THE BUS STOPS AND BUSSES ON THE SAME ROUTE WIND UP RIGHT BEHIND EACH OTHER RATHER THAN FULLY COMPLETING THE BUS. THE BOYLSTON STREET BUS LANE AS A GREEN LINE SEES REPEATED SHUTDOWNS SUCH AS THOSE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. UH, THIS ADMINISTRATION GOT RID OF IT IN FAVOR OF PARKING. I SEE DOUBLE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF BOYLSTON STREET WITH NO ENFORCEMENT AS POLICE LOITERING NEARBY AND BUSSES WEAVE IN TRAFFIC. AGAIN THIS FOOTAGE IS VISIBLE ON THE VIDEO I JUST POSTED AND HAD TO CANCEL IT. FINALLY THE CITY MUST PURSUE CONGESTION PRICING. I WAS IN THE STATEHOUSE YESTERDAY RAISING THE IDEA TO VARIOUS LEGISLATORS USING THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE ON THE SIDE OF 93 TO SHOW A CAR WORSHIP ATTACKS ARE. MULTIPLE FRONTS. THANK YOU. OKAY, JOHN SAYLOR AND I AM TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS FIRST PAGE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE FIVE PAGES OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY . SO I JUST WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO JUST DO A COUPLE MORE OF THESE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND. SO JOHN SAYLOR, COLLEEN MAHONEY AND MONICA ALVAREZ. OKAY GO AHEAD. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOHN SAYLOR. I'M A JAMAICA. PLAIN RESIDENT AND COUNCILOR WEBBER'S DISTRICT. UM I. >> LIVE ON BOYNTON STREET, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT SEES A LOT OF FAST TRAFFIC IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF, UH, SPEED HUMPS. UH, IT HAS A PLAYGROUND ON IT. UM, LIKE OTHER COMMENTERS, I'M TAKING TIME OUT OF WORK TO BE HERE, UM, FOR MY OWN BENEFIT FOR MY 11 MONTH OLD SON, FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HERE. TO. >> UH, EXPRESS. A LOT OF SURPRISE ABOUT THE NEWS ABOUT THE 30 MONTH PLAN OR SORRY, 30 DAY REVIEW PLAN. UM, I THINK THIS IS MAYBE AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION FOR AN ADMINISTRATION WHEN A LANDSLIDE ELECTION LIKE THIS AND IMMEDIATELY ADOPT. UH, THE. POLICIES OF OF THEIR OPPONENT. UM. >> THAT IS FRANKLY QUITE SURPRISING. UM. BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL TO PRESS THE CITY ON THE REASON THE RATIONALE UNDERLYING THIS CHANGED APPROACH. UM, AS. UH DIRECTOR GOVE SAID. UM, THE. SPEED HUMP PROGRAM HAD. AND I'M. PARAPHRASING YOU BUT HAD NO INSTANCES OF MISPLACED SPEED BUMPS. OF THEIR REVIEW DID NOT FIND ANY INSTANCE WHERE A SPEED BUMP WAS INCORRECTLY PLACED. THE WORST THEY COULD SAY IS THAT CERTAIN STREETS GOT. SPEED BUMPS BEFORE OTHER STREETS THAT HAD HIGHER PRIORITIES AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY EMPIRICAL DATA TO SUPPORT THE CHANGE IS UH IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME. UM. >> AND I THINK THE COUNCIL. >> SHOULD. PRESS UH, THE CITY ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, COLLEEN MAHONEY. COLIN. SORRY. IT'S OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS COLIN MAHONEY. I'M A RESIDENT OF JACKSON SQUARE. AS A. >> BOSTON RESIDENT, I FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE ACCESS. >> TO THE. ROBUST PUBLIC TRANSIT AND BIKESHARE NETWORKS WE HAVE. BECAUSE OF THESE OPTIONS. I CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE. >> A CAR SAVING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH I CAN INSTEAD SPEND IN MY COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY I'VE. >> BEEN DISHEARTENED BY THE INACTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION THE. REMOVAL OF SEVERAL BUS LANES LAST YEAR AND REPORTING. >> FROM STREETSBLOG. MASSACHUSETTS THAT CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO STOP COMMUNICATING WITH THE MBTA ON CERTAIN PROJECTS WITHOUT DIRECT APPROVAL FROM ABOVE. PERHAPS MOST FRUSTRATINGLY IS THE APPARENT HALTING OF THE BLUE HILL AVENUE PROJECT. I VISIT THE MATTAPAN HEALTH CENTER FOR HEALTH VISITS AND HAVE BEEN APPALLED AT THE CONDITIONS FOR TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIANS COMING FROM. >> WHERE. I LIVE NEAR COLUMBUS AVE WHERE BUS INFRASTRUCTURE CREATES SAFETY ISLANDS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CREATES A VISUAL SIGNAL TO CARS TO SLOW DOWN. IT'S A COMPLETE 180 LOUISVILLE AVE IS A SIX LANE WIDE OPEN ROAD THAT'S DESIGNED LIKE A HIGHWAY, UH, WHERE DRIVERS ARE RECKLESS PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IS VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE AND THE AIR QUALITY IS POOR. FROM IDLING VEHICLES, BUSSES GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC SLOWING THEM DOWN NOT JUST FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEM IN MATTAPAN AND DORCHESTER, BUT FOR THOSE WHO USE THE SAME ROUTES FURTHER DOWN THE LINE IN ROXBURY, JAMAICA PLAIN, ROSLINDALE, FENWAY AND MISSION HILL. THIS PROMPTS MORE PEOPLE TO LOOK TO A CAR TO GET AROUND THE CITY, WHICH COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM. THE FOUR MILE TRIP FROM MY. >> HOME. TO MATTAPAN SQUARE IS NEARLY 45 MINUTES. THAT'S NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF TO. GO ROUND TRIP TO A RESTAURANT IN MATTAPAN. I DON'T HAVE A CAR TO MAKE THAT 15 MINUTE DRIVE, AND I WOULD FEAR FOR MY LIFE ON A BIKE WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION. STREETSBLOG MASSACHUSETTS ALSO RECENTLY REPORTED ON AN INTERNAL CITY POLL THAT SHOWED PLURALITY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT ACROSS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN A CITY POWER POINT ON THE GO BOSTON 2030 PROJECT, THE CITY REPORTED THAT 34% OF PEOPLE TRAVEL BY TRANSIT AND BIKING AND WALKING MAKES UP ANOTHER 16% FOR HALF OF OUR CITY. KNOWING THIS, INSTEAD OF RETURNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MAYOR, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, RESUME THE BLUE HILL PROJECT, RESTART REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE MBTA AND CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR TRANSIT AND BIKE PRIORITY PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. THANK YOU MONICA DELORES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CREATE KADE CROCKFORD. IS MONICA HERE? OKAY I GUESS WE'LL JUST GO TO KADE CROCKFORD. THANKS CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS KADE. I LIVE IN DORCHESTER. UM I WANT TO MAKE, UH, A NUMBER OF POINTS. NUMBER ONE. UM, SAFE STREETS ARE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE VPD IS NOT GOING TO. ENFORCE THE. >> TRAFFIC LAWS OF THE CITY. SO LET'S STOP JOKING AND KIDDING OURSELVES. AND FRANKLY, IT IS HONESTLY PREFERABLE. THAT THEY DON'T. UH WE DON'T WANT COPS PULLING MORE PEOPLE OVER AND ENGAGING IN MORE UNNECESSARY INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE NEED TO REDESIGN THE STREETS OF OUR CITY. OKAY? THAT IS WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. NUMBER TWO SAFE STREETS ARE A RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE. I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MORE. WE'VE HEARD FROM ACE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UH WE'VE HEARD FROM BIKES NOT BOMBS. I LIVE IN DORCHESTER RIGHT OFF BLUE HILL AVE. I RIDE THE 28 BUS EVERY SINGLE DAY. COUNCILOR CULPEPER, YOU ARE MY COUNCILOR AND I HAVE HEARD COUNCILORS SAY NOBODY RIDES THE BUS. LOTS OF PEOPLE RIDE THE BUS. I RIDE THE BUS EVERY DAY. THAT IS HOW I GET TO WORK. THAT IS HOW MANY MANY PEOPLE GET TO WORK. IT IS HOW WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS CITY GET TO WORK. I AM ALWAYS. >> THE. ONLY WHITE PERSON ON THE BUS JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT WHO RIDES THE BUS IN THIS CITY . AND YOU KNOW I ALSO WANT TO. >> TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE. WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW, OH PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSE THE BLUE LAB PROJECT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. PEOPLE ARE SPLIT. IT IS A GENUINE DISAGREEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW WHO SUPPORTS IT THOUGH? YOUNG PEOPLE, THE. FUTURE OF THIS CITY AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. SO YOU KNOW WE'VE HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. I WANT TO MAKE TWO MORE POINTS. ONE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO EUROPE TO EXPERIENCE SAFE STREETS. WE CAN BUILD THEM RIGHT HERE AND WE MUST UM I SUPPORT THE BLUE HILL PROJECT. IF WE GIVE $150 MILLION BACK TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IT WILL BE A STAIN THAT WILL NOT BE ERASED FROM ANY OF THE DECISION MAKERS IN THE CITY WHO ARE INVOLVED. AND MY FINAL POINT IS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC IF YOU DRIVE. YOU ARE TRAFFIC. THE ONLY. WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC IN THIS CITY IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. PERIOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH JAYLEN. MOVE. >> CAT RAT ASK SORRY AND COLE LEWIS AND THEN MAHALO UH ASLAM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO UM COUNCILORS. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN FOLLOW THAT. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. UM HI. MY NAME. IS GALEN MUSEUM. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. >> OF. THE MASTERS BICYCLE COALITION WHERE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION . >> BUT I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT AND I'VE LIVED IN THE. CITY OF. AUSTIN SINCE 2003. SO I'VE. >> BEEN AROUND SINCE. BEFORE WE HAD BIKE LANES. UM, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A MAYOR WHO IN 2009 AFTER THE. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST BIKE. LANE SAID. >> THE CAR. IS NO. >> LONGER KING MAYOR BUT YOU KNOW STOOD THERE AND SAID THAT TO THE POPULACE IT WAS NOT POPULAR. NOBODY REALLY WAS PUSHING FOR THAT BIKE LANE WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS. IT WENT THROUGH A COLLEGE. CAMPUS WHO WERE NONVOTERS. BUT YET WE HAD LEADERSHIP FROM THE. TOP WHO SAID WE MUST HAVE A PROGRESSIVE CITY IF WE'RE GOING. >> TO. MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE HE SAW AS WE ALL DO THE. EXISTENTIAL PROBLEMS. >> THAT WE SEE IN TERMS OF CONGESTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAT IS CHOKING OUR CITY AND KEEPING US FROM MOVING FORWARD. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP. UM, I HAVE ALSO SEEN THE CITY SIGN ON DIVISION ZERO TO PUSH FORWARD WITH COMPLETE STREETS TO MOVE AHEAD. IN SOME OF THE MOST. PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND NOW WE ARE SEEING. >> AN ADMINISTRATION SLIP BACK ON ALL OF THOSE. WHAT WE ARE HEARING TODAY AND I. REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM. BTD AND DPW, BUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS BITS AND PIECES OF PROJECTS. NOT VISION. WHAT WE ARE SEEKING. >> IS AN ACTUAL PROCESS. OF HOW. CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE. FORWARD THINKING NATURE OF. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THIS ADMINISTRATION? WE HAVE A MANDATE OF FOUR MORE YEARS WHICH SHOULD LET US. GO INTO THE FUTURE. UM TRANSPORTATION HITS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION HITS CLIMATE, TRANSPORTATION HITS AFFORDABILITY. >> YOU ALL KNOW THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT A POTHOLE. IT'S NOT ABOUT A BIKE LANE. IT IS ABOUT A VISION OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE CITY. SO QUICK. RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MAY HAVE. UM, I BELIEVE. >> THAT. THE COUNCIL CAN HELP. HERE. >> BUT THE ADMINISTRATION. SHOULD CALL. >> FOR AN. >> ADVISORY BOARD. THAT HELPS YOUR. TEAM DO ITS WORK. OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHAT MAYOR MENINO WAS ABLE. >> TO DO UNDER THE BIKE CZAR WITH MICHAEL FRIEDMAN. AND WE MOVED AMAZINGLY FAST AND FORWARD. >> AND THAT PROGRESS. UM. >> I ALSO THINK THAT WE NEED TO INFLUENCE THE SYSTEMIC. STRUCTURE OF CITY HALL WITH THIS ADVISORY. BOARD AND. >> IT SHOULD. >> INCLUDE MORE THAN JUST BIKERS OBVIOUSLY. EVERYBODY WHO DEPENDS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE. >> NEED TO HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF NOT JUST. TRANSPORTATION GOALS BUT HOW. TRANSPORTATION HITS OUR. CLIMATE GOALS. HOW IT HITS OUR SAFETY GOALS, HOW. >> HITS. ARE MODE. SHIFT GOALS, HOW IT HITS OUR. HOUSING GOALS. SO THIS IS. >> NOT. JUST A TRANSPORTATION HEARING. THIS IS A HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE A PROGRESSIVE CITY HEARING. SO I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOLDING IT HERE. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THEY COULD SHARE AND I APPRECIATE THE. >> WORK. CARRIED ESSEK AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COLE LEWIS AND THEN MARCUS UM. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE. OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS KATERINA TORRES. I'M A JP. RESIDENT AND I'M SPEAKING ON. BEHALF OF SHARED SPACES. >> A COALITION OF COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE BOSTON CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, THE RIDERS TRANSPORTATION. ACCESS GROUP, TRANSPORTATION FOR MASSACHUSETTS. WALK MASKS. BOSTON CYCLISTS UNION AND MASS BIKE. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON IMPROVING SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN SHARED PUBLIC SPACES, ESPECIALLY. FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IN NOVEMBER WE ORGANIZED A SITE VISIT ALONG HYDE PARK AVENUE WITH RESIDENTS, CITY STAFF AND COUNCILORS PÉPIN AND WORRELL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND REAL WORLD CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND. WHAT WE SAW WAS DEEPLY CONCERNING. TRAFFIC SPEEDS REGULARLY. EXCEEDED THE POSTED 30MPH WITH SOME VEHICLES TRAVELING. OVER 40. THE ROADS WIDE MULTI-LANE DESIGN ENCOURAGES SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING WHAT'S KNOWN AS A DOUBLE THREAT WHEN ONE CAR STOPS FOR A PEDESTRIAN BUT ANOTHER CAR SPEEDS PAST, PUTTING THAT PERSON AT SERIOUS RISK. CROSSINGS ARE INCOMPLETE OR UNSAFE. SIDEWALKS AND CURB RAMPS LACK BASIC ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES LIKE DETECTABLE. WARNING STRIPS AT KEY INTERSECTIONS, PARKED CARS BLACK VISIBILITY FORCING PEDESTRIANS TO STEP INTO TRAFFIC JUST TO SEE ONCOMING VEHICLES. THERE ARE NO ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS AT SEVERAL CROSSINGS FOR CYCLISTS. THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES PUSHING PEOPLE ONTO SIDEWALKS AND CREATING CONFLICTS WITH PEDESTRIANS. BUS STOPS ARE ALSO INACCESSIBLE ,SOMETIMES REQUIRING MULTIPLE CROSSINGS JUST TO REACH THEM SAFELY SAFELY. WE ALSO ATTEMPTED A FOLLOW UP VISIT TO HYDE PARK AVENUE AFTER A SNOWSTORM WITH A WHEELCHAIR USER AND A DEAF BLIND PARTICIPANT. THEY COULD NOT ATTEND BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS WERE NOT CLEARED. THIS IS THE REALITY MANY RESIDENTS FACE. THIS CORRIDOR DOES NOT WORK FOR PEDESTRIANS CYCLISTS TRANSIT RIDERS OR DRIVERS. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PAUSED AND UNDER EVALUATION ALONGSIDE THREE OTHERS AND FOUR MORE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CAPITAL PLAN. MEANWHILE, HYDE PARK AVE IS NOT UNIQUE. ACROSS THE CITY. ,PEOPLE WITH. >> DISABILITIES, PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND TRANSIT RIDERS ARE NAVIGATING STREETS WHERE THEY FEEL AND ARE UNSAFE EVERY DAY. WHILE LONG TERM REDESIGN IS ESSENTIAL. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT IMMEDIATE LOW COST INTERVENTIONS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT REDUCE SPEEDS CAN SAVE LIVES RIGHT NOW. I URGE YOU TO MOVE HYDE PARK AVE AND OTHER PROJECTS FORWARD, PRIORITIZE SAFETY AND WORK WITH US TO DELIVER TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE PRINTED COPIES OF OUR HYDE PARK AVE SITE VISIT FOR EVERYONE BUT I. WANT TO LEAVE THEM RIGHT THERE. WE CAN GET THEM. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY COLE LEWIS, MAHA ISLAM AND I'M SORRY IF I GET MORE CRAZY ABOUT CUTTING PEOPLE OFF. IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIST OF LIKE THREE MORE THREE MORE PAGES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CONSISTENT. GO AHEAD. UH. >> THANK YOU TO THE. COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT PUBLIC. COMMENTS TODAY. MY NAME IS COLE LEWIS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING. TRANSIT MATTERS. FOR A NONPROFIT. THAT ADVOCATES FOR BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND MOBILITY. >> FOR BOSTON. AREA RESIDENTS. UM. >> I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE CITY. >> OF BOSTON'S. INACTION ON 16 STREETS PROJECTS CURRENTLY ON THE CITY'S CAPITAL PLAN UM PROJECTS THAT IF COMPLETED WOULD HAVE A MASSIVE. IMPACT ON. BOSTONIANS SAFETY. AND MOBILITY. UM IT'S BEEN ENCOURAGING TO SEE PROGRESS ON THE RUTHERFORD AB REDESIGN AND FOUR. POINT SAFETY. IMPROVEMENTS IN. >> THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND WE'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE CITY FOR THEIR WORK ON THOSE PLANS. WHILE CALLING ON THE CITY HALL TO PUSH FORWARD OTHER PROJECTS ACROSS BOSTON. ACROSS THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S BEEN A. NOTABLE LACK OF. TRANSPARENCY FROM BPD. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN. COMPLETELY IN THE DARK ABOUT WHERE PROJECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE GONE. WE'RE HERE TO ASK THE STREETS CABINET GIVE REAL UPDATES ON THESE STALLED PLANS. PROJECTS LIKE PHASE TWO OF THE COLUMBUS AFTER A MONTH STREET REDESIGN WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO BID FOR CONTRACTOR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY ON PAUSE WITH NO EXPLANATION. IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST MONTHS THAT CHIEF GOVE ADDRESSED IT, CALLING FOR MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES. IN A LETTER TO THE MBTA UM ON MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, BOSTON HAS BEEN GRANTED LARGE SUMS OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO MAKE BUS RIDERS COMMUTES MORE RELIABLE AND MAKE THE CITY STREETS SAFER. UH, HOLDING UP THESE PROJECTS PUT THEIR FUNDING AT RISK MONEY WHICH THE PROJECT WHICH THE CITY MAY NOT GET BACK FOR DECADES. FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANS IN BOTH ROSLINDALE AND MAVERICK SQUARE ARE FUNDED BY FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS THAT EXPIRE THIS YEAR. BUT THE CITY HAS YET TO PUT OUT A REAL PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN. LASTLY, THE LACK OF LACK OF CONSENSUS HAS CONTINUALLY BEEN USED TO EXPLAIN DELAYS IN THESE PROJECTS. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THESE PROJECTS BUT UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO A PROJECT LIKE THIS BUT IT CANNOT BE USED AS A REASON TO PAUSE PROJECTS INDEFINITELY OR TO LOSE FUNDING ENGAGING RESIDENTS AND ASKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK JUST TO DISAPPEAR AND NOT TAKE THAT FEEDBACK LOSES TRUST. WE NEED A CONCRETE PLAN ABOUT WHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL RESUME ON COLUMBUS AVE, HYDE PARK AVE, ROSLINDALE AND MAVERICK SQUARE, BLUE HILL AVE AND BOYLSTON STREET JUST TO NAME A FEW. >> THANK YOU. MAHA ISLAM. HI THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH MY NAME IS MAHA. I REPRESENT THE WALL STREET ALLIANCE. UM I'M GOING TO UH A LOT HAS BEEN SAID SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL THE THINGS AMAZINGLY PEOPLE HAVE SAID. UH, WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON IS I KNOW THANK YOU, CHIEF HALL, FOR YOUR VISION. UH, THOSE TYPES ARE REALLY HELPFUL. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DATA AND VISION AND I THINK TALKING ABOUT THAT LET'S TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO WEBSITE . UM, CURRENTLY IT ONLY HAS DATA TILL DECEMBER 2025. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA AND WE'RE TALK ABOUT VISION. WE SHOULD GET A MORE RECENT UPDATE ON THAT. HIGH CRASH NETWORK DATA IS TRAIN 21 AND HIGH CRASH INTERSECTION IS 2017. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA. THESE ARE SOME BASIC THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE LIKE YOU KNOW AS WE GOT A PRESS RELEASE TODAY THERE'S MOVEMENT AROUND LIKE PROJECTS AND VISION. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LIKE YOU KNOW UPDATE AND THEN MOVE ON TO THOSE BIGGER VISIONS OF HOW TO GET STUFF DONE. AND PREVIOUSLY WE HAD GO BOSTON 2030. SO I THINK ONE OF OUR ASK IS LIKE WHEN ARE WE GETTING GO BOSTON 2030 DIVISION WHEN ARE WE GETTING AN UPDATE ON VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN? UM BOTH OF THESE THINGS WILL INFORM A LOT OF THE BUDGET AND PRIORITIES AND GOALS UH, ESPECIALLY MOVING FORWARD NEXT WEEK IN THE BUDGET CONVERSATION. SO I THINK FLAHERTY ON THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS COMMUNITY PROCESS THE 30 DAY SURGE. UH, THE 30 DAY REVIEW PROCESS A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE THE REPORT MENTIONED WAS NOT THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM BUT LIKE A LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO I GUESS ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS IS IN THE LAST YEAR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE AND TRENT IN THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS? UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO THAT PROCESS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR TO SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING LIKE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF CONTENT JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN INTO. I THINK THAT IS. WHAT WE ASK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MAHA. OKAY SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UM NOW TO UH COUNCILOR QUESTIONS. WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET FOUR MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE TESTIMONY. UM SO BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIVE YOUR TIME I'M SURE MANY IN THE CROWD WOULD STILL I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. SO UM COUNCILOR UH COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON, YOUR FIRST. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN HERE TO TESTIFY AND THOSE WHO ARE WAITING. UM. >> A QUESTION ABOUT JUST JUST GENERAL PHILOSOPHY. I KNOW GOAL BOSTON 2030 UH, IS STILL BEING USED. UH, IS IT STILL BEING USED TO PROACTIVELY DICTATE STATE STREET PROJECTS AND DECISIONS OR ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING NOW? I THINK IT WAS UH YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME OUT FIRST WE WERE VERY ENGAGED AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND UM ARE WE STILL USING IT AND WHERE DO WE GO NEXT? YEAH. >> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. UH YES. I MEAN MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR UH, ARE BASED ON ON THE 2030 BOSTON 2030 VISION. SO WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT THERE HAS BEEN WORK DONE UH, TO DO AN UPDATE TO THAT DOCUMENT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOME ENGAGEMENT ON THIS YEAR. UH, AND UPDATE THAT AS WE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED DOING. UM, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF YOUR NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF REVISIONING REVISING THE GOAL 2030 OR UM, IS THAT REVIEW OR IS THAT ANTICIPATED TO BE READY THIS YEAR AND UH WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD? LIKE I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S ROAD USERS THAT UH, MICROMOBILITY DEVICES THAT MAYBE WE WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO BUT UM WHAT WHAT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES? YES IT IT WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE THE DOCUMENT THIS YEAR AND TO YOUR POINT, YES THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES UH, SINCE THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT YOU KNOW, THE THE INTRODUCTION OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, YOU KNOW, WITH UH, MICRO MICROMOBILITY COMMISSION JUST WRAPPED UP AND PROVIDED A REPORT ON THAT IN JANUARY. UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE THE EXPANSION OF UH, FOOD DELIVERY DURING THE PANDEMIC WHICH CONTINUES THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE TRAFFIC PATTERN NOT JUST IN THE CITY BUT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH HAS HAS CHANGED AND HAS REMAIN CHANGED ,UM, SINCE SINCE THE PANDEMIC. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WE DO NEED TO UPDATE AS PART OF THAT WORK. AND AGAIN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK BUT WE ARE WE HAVE SOME MORE TO DO AND WE WANT TO DO SOME ENGAGEMENT ON WHAT THAT UPDATE LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR. SO AND JUST BACK TO THE VISION ZERO UM I KNOW UM THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ZERO FATALITIES AND UM IS THE BPD COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THAT AND MAKING SURE WE CAN TRY AND CONTINUE TO TRY AND REACH THOSE GOALS OF ZERO FATALITIES BECAUSE. YES, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO UH EFFICIENCY. YES. AND UM AND ONE WAY ARE WE OPERATIONALIZING THAT COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF HOW HOW WE DO THINGS. SURE. >> SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, UH WE HAVE UH, ENTIRE UM, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, THAT BUILDS OUT ON A LOT OF THAT PRIORITIZING SCHOOL ZONES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UH YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE DO UPDATES TO SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ETC. THAT TEAM DOES WORK LIKE ON THE ALICENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT THAT'S MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION. SO YEAH, THAT THAT TEAM DOES A LOT OF WORK. UH, THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THE THE DESIGN FOR UH, FENWAY BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE UH HIGH CRASH NETWORK. SO THOSE THAT TEAM YOU KNOW, HAS HAS INPUT ON ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. YEAH. >> AND THEN THE ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE THE 90 THE 30 DAY REVIEW WAS PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WERE INADEQUATE. UM WERE WONDERING JUST HOW THE CITY HAS CHANGED THEIR ENGAGEMENT POLICY AND MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT BUT HOW HAVE WE ADJUSTED OUR ENGAGEMENT POLICY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE UM ,REALLY COMMUNICATING BETTER WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY? SURE. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. >> UM COUNCIL PRESIDENT I THINK THERE ARE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT DEPENDS ON THE SCALE BUT FOR INSTANCE, I'LL TAKE A RUTHERFORD AVE AS A AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE LAUNCHED RECENTLY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S A TRANSFORMATIVE IT WILL JUST TRANSFORM THAT CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT YOU KNOW, WALKABLE AND UH JUST MULTIMODAL UM THE ENGAGEMENT THERE IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY DEVELOPED ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THAT'S THAT'S ONE THING WE LEARNED IS THAT UM, INSTEAD OF SORT OF JUST LIKE US FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT IS IS TO ENGAGE COUNSELOR, YOU KNOW, GET DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO REALLY YOU KNOW, UM, WHO REPRESENT DIFFERENT UH, SORT OF PERSPECTIVES, UH, TOLD US WHAT WE THINK YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO YOU IN THAT EXAMPLE MOVE VERY FAST. WE DON'T WANT TEN MEETINGS. WE WANT YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF THINGS. HERE'S THE INFORMATION WE'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE ON AND BE INVOLVED IN. UM, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD THREE, TWO TWO VERY GOOD UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO FAR THAT HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE HAVE UM, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE COMING UP. THANK YOU. >> MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. UM, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM SO. UH, I THINK. AND I THINK WE WE SENT UH, NICK, UH, A MEMO IN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW, WITH A BUNCH OF STREETS WHERE WE HAD TALKED TO. PEOPLE LIKE WHAT YOU SAID AND. MERENGUE AND. UH ALLENDALE BOYNTON MYRTLE ROCKWOOD CASTLETON. AND SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE WILL BE GETTING SPEED BUMPS THIS, UH, THIS SPRING. BUT SO, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DO WE TELL FOLKS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE STREETS UH ,IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS? YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK MONTHS TO WE DO WE HAVE TO PRESENT NEW DATA TO YOU OR UH HOW CAN WE BE HELPFUL? UH, JUST TO ANSWER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILOR WHAT YOU SAID UM, ON ON THE LIST FOR THE SPRING. UM, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REFERENCED SOME OF THESE MERENGUE. YEAH. >> WHAT YOU SAID RIDDLE UM, ELVIN AND BROCKWAY OR ALL. OF THE THE SPRING PROGRAM. YEAH. >> WELL IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT WHAT DO WE DO GOING FORWARD AND THEN I GUESS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS OWENS INVOLVED? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS HOW TO PRESENT IT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW CAN WE PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN A EFFECTIVE MANNER OR AND OR WILL YOU BE TELLING US THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN I GO DOWN. >> THE. ROAD AGAIN, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THIS PROGRAM AND WE WILL BE BACK. RIGHT. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, I THINK IN THE INTERIM PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE US THE PLACES THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE IF THERE ARE PLACES OR STREETS IN THERE THERE THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T THINK ARE THE RIGHT FIT, I THINK WE CAN WE CAN PROBABLY COMMUNICATE THAT PRETTY QUICKLY BUT ALSO WITH THAT COMMUNICATE WHAT MIGHT BE BETTER TREATMENTS FOR THOSE STREETS. SO I THINK WHILE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS NEW PROCESS WE CAN HELP PARSE THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF REQUESTS. >> AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PASS ALONG OBVIOUSLY ALL THAT INFORMATION AS YOU KNOW AND WE CAN OUR GOAL OBVIOUSLY IS TO GIVE YOU UM LIKE OKAY LIKE CHIEF GOVE SAID AND ANSWER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ABOUT OKAY YEAH WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AND WE THINK WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD. UH BUT WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE THE RIGHT DESIGN. UH OR IT COULD JUST BE WE DON'T THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE. UM, FOR SPEED HUMPS. OKAY. >> YEAH, I MEAN I I I HOPE WE IT'LL BE A CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH RATHER THAN I MEAN I THINK WHAT'S THE LAST YEAR AND YOU WERE NOT THE CHIEF THIS WHOLE YEAR AND YOU ARE NOT IN THE POSITION. HE'S THE DIRECTOR. HE'S STILL NOT THE CHIEF. OKAY SORRY. UH I APOLOGIZE DIRECTOR UH, WE'RE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS UH WE HAD A CHIEF FRANKLIN HODGES THERE, SO I MEAN. OH SORRY. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MUHAMMAD. >> I'M CONFUSED. OKAY. UH. >> ANYWAY, UM, I EXPECT ALL MY TIME TO BE, UH. YEAH, YOU KNOW, REFUNDED TO ME, BUT, UM. SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A CONVERSATION AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LOT OF INPUT AND AND ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHERE THINGS ARE GOING BUT WE CAN ADVOCATE I GUESS SO JUST I'M GOING TO GO DOWN A LIST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED EGGLESTON SQUARE AND PIECES IS AS A BIKE LANE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT AND EGGLESTON SQUARE. IN THE SQUARE SPECIFICALLY. UH, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW, SCHOOL STREET GOING UP TO UH THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. YEAH. >> THE SCHOOL STREET UH, BIKE LANE IS PART OF THE 75% DESIGN THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME. OKAY. >> AND THEN UH JP CENTER SO I'LL GIVE YOU JUST GIVE ME LIKE 30 MORE SECONDS. CHERRY ALREADY. PAUSED IT ACTUALLY. BUT I WILL. YEAH GO I'LL. GO GO. >> AHEAD OKAY THANK YOU JP CENTER SOUTH ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OR IS THAT IN LIMBO? UH THAT ONE WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON. OKAY. THE STATUS. UH, THE HYDE PARK AVENUE YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S OPTION ONE. OPTION TWO ARE WE GOING WITH I MEAN I PREFER OPTION TO I, YOU KNOW, BUT UM. YEAH, WE WERE REDUCES IT TO THREE LANES. UH, MAKES ROOM FOR BIKE LANES IS SOMETHING THAT BUT WHAT'S THE STATE I JUST YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THIS ALL OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT WHAT'S THE STATUS FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, DIRECTOR? SO SO, UH, SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON HYDE PARK AVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? THESE ARE THESE ARE SMALLER INTERVENTIONS BUT WE HAVE DONE WORK THERE. WE'VE DONE SOME STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND RESURFACING. WE'VE WE'VE EXPERIMENTED WITH SOME CAST IN PLACE ISLANDS AT CROSSINGS YOU KNOW AS PART OF THE LARGER MULTIMODAL UM CORRIDOR PLANNING EFFORT AS PART OF SOME FUTURE RESURFACING . WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT PLANNING THAT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ELEMENTS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT AS PART OF THAT, UH, STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. AND UM COUNCIL MEMBER IF THERE'S SORRY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT US TO SEND YOU. >> WELL, YEAH, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO FLAG UM, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME. JUST, UH, MCBRIDE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND I'D LIKE THAT TO MOVE FORWARD. UH, ESPECIALLY FOR ENGLISH HIGH THE THEY THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH DROP OFFS ON MCBRIDE AND THERE SHOULD BE A BIKE LANE THERE AND UH, AND I'M I YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO WALK THROUGH UH WITH BPD ON LAGRANGE IN WEST ROXBURY AND THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME ISSUES THERE AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER. AND THING THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK THIS WEEKEND IN UM HYDE PARK F. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM. >> I. ALMOST CALLED YOU THE CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO, UM SO COUNCILOR VAN, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANTED TO ASK SOME BUDGET RELATED QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT IN THE MULTI NEIGHBORHOOD SECTION THERE'S $13 MILLION FOR SAFETY. SEARCH. >> $6.2 MILLION FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND $35.8 MILLION FOR STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT DESIGNS. THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE. >> GREAT NUMBERS AND INVESTMENTS. WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE AND HOW THOSE THAT MONEY'S ALLOCATED? UM WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR DECIDING? ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO USE SUCH AND SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THIS AREA AND THEN CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN FOR ME? SURE. >> UH, SO YOU KNOW A LARGE PORTION OF THAT MONEY IS IS USED TO MAKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF OTHER STATE OF GOOD REPAIR PROJECTS. RIGHT. BUT THEY ALSO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, SMALL YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC NEEDS FROM A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD OR A BUSINESS DISTRICT RIGHT. SO SOME SO FOR EXAMPLE THERE'S A PRIORITY CROSSWALK CROSSWALK REQUEST BUT THERE'S NO RAMPS. SO WE'VE GOT TO RECONSTRUCT THAT PUT IN A CROSSWALK UH MAYBE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AROUND UH A SCHOOL ZONE RIGHT? YEAH THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF SMALL INTERVENTIONS AND AGAIN THIS IS THIS IS DATA DRIVEN. IT COMES FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE'RE ALWAYS YOU KNOW LOOKING AREAS IN THE YOU KNOW WHETHER WE'VE HAD A CRASH OR A KNOWN PLACE IN THE HIGH CRASH NETWORK. YOU KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT PIECES THAT WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S SO LIKE YOUR ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT IS WHAT'S BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION FROM COMMUNITY CONCERNS. UM ELECTEDS AND GROUPS AS WELL THAT REPRESENT THOSE COMMUNITIES. CORRECT OKAY. WELL BOTH RIGHT. WE IDENTIFY STUFF WE WE BRING STUFF TO THE COMMUNITY. STUFF COMES OBVIOUSLY FROM COUNSELORS STAKEHOLDERS ETC.. KNOW WE. >> WE PROACTIVELY OBVIOUSLY HAVE STAFF WHO ALSO IDENTIFY THESE THINGS. SO RIGHT THAT'S GREAT. OH AND S IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT. OKAY AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION DOES UM IS ON THE ONLY TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT BTD DOES OR THIS BTD HAVE ITS OWN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PRODUCT TEAM WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN UM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM PER SE. WE CERTAINLY HAVE FOLKS IN OUR IN OUR COMMS TEAM WHO WHO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK BUT BUT ALL OF OUR PLANNERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS, RIGHT. PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF THEIR JOB. RIGHT. AND AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, NO ONE KNOWS THEIR PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR PROJECT BETTER. UM, SO YES, THEY THEY DRIVE A LOT OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ENGAGEMENTS. >> BUT WE ARE WORKING ON COUNSELOR IS UM HAVING A A PROCESS THAT'S THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD SO THAT WE'VE GOT PRINCIPLES IN PLACE FOR YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S STREETS FOR PLANNING OR YOU KNOW, OUR NOTES THAT ARE UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE THE SAME PRINCIPLES SO THAT EVERY PROJECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS AT LEAST CERTAIN CORE VALUES THAT ARE ALWAYS UH, MET THAT ARE PART OF IT AND THAT ARE THAT FEEL THE SAME FOR FOR RESIDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. >> SO AND I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. UM YOUR TEAM THE BTD TEAM HAS HAD STAFF MEMBERS COME OUT TO MY DISTRICT. I WAS. ON WALL WATER STREET UM AND A STREET LIGHT WITH ALVA VALOR AT 730 IN THE MORNING THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION. AND HE WAS THERE AND HE WE SAW IMPLEMENT CHANGES IMPLEMENTED AND SO I DO HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. SO SHOUT OUT TO TO YOUR. TEAM FOR ENGAGING WHEN WE DO REACH OUT. UM I KNOW MY TIME IS LIMITED BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE A FEW SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS IN MY DISTRICT THAT I REALLY WANT TO BE PAID ATTENTION TO AND THEN A PLUG FOR SOMETHING ELSE HIGH PARK AVE AND CUMMINS HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS. HIGH PARK AVON RIVER STREET. THERE'S A. >> LOT OF CONGESTION THERE THAT COULD BE CHANGED BY THE TIMING OF LIGHTING THERE AND THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROPOSED SQUARES AND STREETS AREA. AND FOLKS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT UM HOW DEVELOPMENT CAN POTENTIALLY AFFECT THAT. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE AN ISSUE OF WHY WE WON'T PASS SPORTS AND. >> STREETS IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST KEEP IT AHEAD OF THAT AND THEN A SECOND PLUG SAFE WHERE TO SCHOOL I REALLY WANT TO PRIORITIZE THAT. I REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT HAS MANY, MANY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THE I'M GOING TO PLUG IN THE GROUP SCHOOL THEY RECENTLY REACHED OUT WHERE THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION UM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR ON THEIR STREET OVER IN HYDE PARK AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY ONE SAFER AFTER SCHOOL PLANNER IN BTD SO AS LONG AS THEY GET AS MUCH SUPPORT AS THEY CAN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THOSE STREETS ARE THE ONES THAT I REALLY DO CARE ABOUT. UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF FOUR YEAR OLDS GET KILLED IN MY DISTRICT SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FRANZEN UM . SO I'M GOING TO GO NOW. UM, I KNOW THAT I DIDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO RESPOND. TO SEPARATORS, BOLLARDS AND THE REMOVAL OF PROTECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT POINT. SURE. >> SO IS IS PART OF OUR BETTER BUFFER PROGRAM THAT WE ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO START MOVING AWAY FROM YOU KNOW TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE LIKE FLEX POSTS AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON AGAIN IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UM, YOU KNOW, RESURFACING PROJECTS RIGHT TO TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. SO YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE DOING SOME WE'RE SURFACING DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE WHARF DISTRICT HERE IN ADVANCE OF THE SUMMER EVENTS. CONGRESS STREET HAS HAD, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MANY YEARS. WE PLAN TO PUT CASTS IN PLACE UM, UH, IN THERE AS YOU KNOW, AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THAT BIKE LANE. RIGHT. THAT'S THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE LOOK TO TO DO WITH ALL OF OUR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OVER TIME AS PART OF THAT WILL LIKELY DO SOME STUFF ON MILK STREET AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE CAST IN PLACE HAS ARISEN UH, YOU KNOW TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS ALMOST ON PAR FROM AN AFFORDABILITY STANDPOINT TO FLEX POST IS MUCH MORE RESILIENT AND CAN ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED UM WITH. WITH SURPRISING SPEED. SO OKAY. AND UM I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT HAVE PUSHED FOR. UM I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE DARTMOUTH STREET BIKE LANE BECAUSE IF CAST IN CONCRETE IS THE PRIOR YOU. KNOW. >> IF THAT'S THE PRIORITY. ARE WE GOING TO PLAN TO. FINISH THE REST OF THAT CAST CONCRETE BIKE LANE? SURE. >> DARTMOUTH STREET WE JUST RESURFACED. WE NEEDED TO GET IN THERE TO DO SOME WORK BEFORE THE MARATHON. THERE'S BEEN AS YOU KNOW. WHICH IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR RESURFACING IT. >> YEAH UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD YEAH THERE WAS SOME WELL ANYWAY THERE'S THERE'S SOME CONTINUED UTILITY WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. SO THIS RESURFACING WAS WAS TRULY TEMPORARY. UM AND YOU KNOW WE. WHAT WILL GO BACK IN SHORT TERM FOR AT LEAST THE SUMMER WILL BE WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE BUT IT WILL GO IN PAINT UNTIL WE CAN. >> AND IT'S. JUST IMPORTANT THAT I GET THIS ON THE RECORD. UM, I RAN DURING A TIME WHEN THERE WAS A BERKELEY STREET BIKE LANE PROPOSED AND WE HEARD FIERCELY FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT IT ON BERKELEY STREET AND THAT IS NOT PEOPLE IN THE BIKE COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE PEOPLE ON THOSE BLOCKS. UM, I MEAN I WAS LITERALLY SOMEONE SPIT ON MY FEET UM, AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. SO IT WAS A VERY TENSE SITUATION. UM, THE CITY THEN SAID OKAY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHERE SHOULD WE PUT THIS BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE? IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY THAT THERE BE A CONNECTION TO THE ESPLANADE AND THAT CONNECTION FROM. >> THE SOUTH END TO THE BACK BAY. THAT WAS LIKE A CORE PRIORITY OF THE CITY. UM AND I WORKED DEEP COMMUNITY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD AND SO I PUT MY OWN POLITICAL FUTURE ON THE LINE IN SOME WAYS AND I KNOW THAT'S. >> A. LITTLE DRAMATIC BUT. UM BUT LIKE I'VE BEEN WILLING TO DO THAT HARD WORK BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY AND VERY IMPORTANT TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND VERY IMPORTANT TO THE 12 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT TOUCHED MY DISTRICT AS WELL. UM, THERE ARE PARENTS SENDING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL HERE. THEY'RE USING BLUE BIKES. THEY'RE GETTING AROUND MULTIMODALITY AND I FEEL LIKE I MEAN I KNOW I'M ONLY 35 AND I ONLY HAVE A CAT AND I HAVE NO. HUSBAND BUT UM BUT I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE MY KIDS IN SOME. WEIRD WAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROTECTED. SO I JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF FINISHING THAT. UM, AND I KNOW THAT IT TAKES POLITICAL WILL AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME POSITION ON EVERY ISSUE. EVEN WHEN PEOPLE. DISAGREE WITH YOU. UM, BUT FOR ME, UM, THESE ARE LIKE ISSUES OF CONSCIENCE IN A WAY AND UM, THEY'RE ISSUES OF JUST LIKE MORALITY IN MY OPINION AND UM AND I I'M NOT FOR DOING THE EASY THING. EVER BECAUSE I. >> THINK. THAT AS A CITY COUNCILOR WE HAVE TO STEP FORWARD AND MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. UM, LIKE I WAS CHARGED WITH LEADING AND I THINK THAT ALSO AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, WE'RE CHARGED WITH HAVING REALLY NUANCED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING UP THE CRASH DATA. THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING UP AND I JUST WANT TO RESPOND. TO SOME. OF THE CONVERSATION. ABOUT PROCESS HERE AS WELL. UM, COMMUNITY PROCESS IS ALWAYS. FLAWED BECAUSE. CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE EMPOWERED. >> TO COME TO THE CONVERSATION. AND CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE NOT UM, THAT IS NOT THAT IS. A THAT'S A GOVERNMENT ISSUE. THAT'S A CIVIC PARTICIPATION ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT FOUND. >> A WAY TO GET TO THE ROOT OF. UM BUT WHAT I FIND. >> IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE THAT. >> ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THINGS COME TO MEETINGS WE BELIEVE THEM LESS AND THAT IS A REAL PROBLEM. AND I. THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE AT THE CITY. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD HEARINGS ON ISSUES THAT. >> ARE. SPICY AND WHEN WE GET PEOPLE TO COME AND WE MOTIVATE THEM, IT JUST FEELS LIKE. THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S AND. THERE'S THIS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND JUST. BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME. POSITION AS THE 12 PEOPLE THAT YOU. TALKED TO LAST, THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT NOT THOUGHT OF AS AS AS LEGITIMATE AND THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT EITHER OF YOU CAN SOLVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE. >> AS A CITY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE. UM SO I KNOW I'VE GONE OVER I'M I'M SO SORRY. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNSELOR CULPEPER AND THEN COUNSELOR AROUND. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH. CHIEF GROVE, LET ME GET TO THESE QUESTIONS QUICK SO I CAN GET THEM IN BEFORE I GET CUT OFF. UM, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT SPECIFIC STREETS IN MY DISTRICT THAT NEED ATTENTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY AND ANSWER THEM NOW UNLESS YOU HAVE ONE. YOU CAN PROVIDE IT BACK TO ME, UH, WHEN YOU GET BACK AND DO YOUR RESEARCH. COLUMBUS AVENUE REPAVING AND COBBLESTONE RESTORATION CONCRETE SQUARE REPAVING FOLLOWING 2025 WORK NORTHAMPTON STREET POST BWC EMERGENCY WORK MASSIVE IN THE SOUTH IN WELLINGTON STREET, CLAREMONT PARK AND GREENWICH PARK. AND SO YOU DON'T NEED AN ANSWER. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THEM BUT WHEN YOU GET IT, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE SO I CAN GET BACK TO MY CONSTITUENTS. WE HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT. I TOLD THEM I WOULD ASK YOU THESE QUESTIONS TODAY SO I CAN GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON WHAT TO EXPECT. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THOSE COUNCIL. I WILL TELL YOU THAT COLUMBUS WE ARE DOING WORK ON AND WE DO WANT TO GET BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON THAT OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A NEXT LEVEL MBTA REVIEW IF THERE'S NOT A UH ,CHANGE IN THE UH DESIGN THAT 30% WHAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL YOU MENTIONED? SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WITH WITH THE MTA IS A JOINT PUBLIC MEETING. UM, BUT LET'S. AND WHEN IS THAT WE. THAT THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. OKAY. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE. UH, SEPARATE FROM THE MPO PROCESS. BUT WHAT I HAD REFERENCED EARLIER WAS HYPOTHETICALLY. >> WHAT'S THE MPO? UM, THE, UH, MESSAGES PLANNING ORGANIZATION THEY HATE. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT. YES. >> SO THEY THEY MANAGE THE, UH, TIFF PROCESS THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR. OKAY. >> THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU, UH, WAS REGARD TO THE, UH, BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. NOW, YOU KNOW, ALONG BLUE HILL AVENUE THERE'S DOUBLE PARKING MOST OF THE TIME SOMETIMES TRIPLE PARKING. SOME OF THE TIMES I SAW THE, UH ,BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT UH, BETWEEN MASS AV AND HEMINGWAY WHEN? EVENING. SO I SAT THERE ONE NIGHT I JUST TOOK PICTURES AT 849 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY WERE OUT GIVING TICKETS BETWEEN HEMINGWAY AND MASS AVENUE ON BOSTON STREET. THE BTD. HOW CAN WE GET THAT SAME KIND OF ENFORCEMENT. ON BLUE HILL AVENUE EVEN DURING THE DAY? UH, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? SURE. SO WE DO DO ENFORCEMENT CITYWIDE. UM, WE YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ENFORCEMENT TEAMS WE COVER SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WE'LL BE ENTERING OUR THIRD YEAR WITH, UH, WITH A SUNDAY ENFORCEMENT PILOT. SO AND WE EVEN HAVE AN OVERNIGHT TEAM. SO WE DO WE DO ENFORCEMENT, UM, ACROSS THE CITY YEAR ROUND. UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE UM, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH BPD ON BLUE HILL LAB TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DOUBLE PARKING ISSUES THAT YOU YOU'VE MENTIONED. UM. >> AND YOU KNOW, WE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT THAT REGULAR EFFORT. AND SO LET ME JUST UM LOOK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY EVENINGS. UH, AND ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES REALLY UH. DIFFICULT TO TRAVEL DOWN BLUE HILL AVENUE. AND I JUST SAY LOOK, THE SAME THING YOU DO. UH, BETWEEN MASSLIVE AND HEMINGWAY ON BOARD STREET DO THAT ON BLUE HILL AVENUE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE. TRAFFIC FLOW. DOWN BLUE HILL. UH, AND WITHOUT ATTENDING BUS LANE FOR THE BUSSES TO GET DOWN BLUE HILL AVENUE. THANK YOU, CHIEF GROVE AND UH, MOHAMMED, THANK YOU. FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CULPEPER. AND WHO KNOWS I MEAN THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. DURING A RED SOX GAME. THEY DO. PAY FOR ADDITIONAL. DETAIL SO WE I'M OKAY OKAY OKAY. >> JUST MAKING SURE. UM, COUNCILOR ARROYO, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. UH THANK YOU. CHAIR. >> UH. >> A FEW QUESTIONS AROUND, UM. BLUE HILL AVE AND I I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILOR CULPEPER JUST HAVING A DEDICATED, DEDICATED SCHEDULE TO, UH, DORCHESTER DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, UM ,IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ADVOCATED FOR UM, IN THE PAST BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE PUT UP THESE SIGNS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A FORCE IN THOSE SIGNS THAT ARE ON THE STREET. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON TRANSIT RIDERS ALONG BLUE WHO LIVE LIKE WHERE IS THEIR FINAL DESTINATION? DO WE HAVE ANY DATA AROUND THAT? YEAH WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME I THINK FAIRLY ROBUST DATA ON THAT COUNCILOR WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE TO SHARE THAT. YEAH A LOT OF IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE MBTA BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. YEAH WE'D LOVE LOVE TO SEE THAT. UM AND THEN DO WE HAVE AN HOURLY BREAKDOWN BY DAY OF THE WEEK OF BUS PRIVATE VEHICLE VOLUME ON BLUE BLUE LAB. I'LL HAVE. >> TO CHECK THE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN. WELL. A SHORT ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT WE'LL WE'LL SEE WHAT UM WHAT TRAFFIC STUDY WHAT WHAT DATA WE DO HAVE FOR VEHICLE VOLUMES OF THE VARIOUS TYPES ON BLUE HILL HAVE. UH AND. >> WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE WHAT WHAT ANALYSIS WAS DONE AS PART OF THE CURRENT PLANNING AND DESIGN. ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN HOPEFULLY UM, PART OF THAT DATA FOR VOLUME UH, HOURLY BREAKDOWN BY DAY OF THE WEEK UM, IN HOUR OF TRAVEL SPEEDS FOR BUSSES AND PRIVATE VEHICLES ON BLUE THE HAVE. YEAH WELL WE'LL INCLUDE. THAT ALL RIGHT AND THEN DO WE HAVE A CARB ANALYSIS UM FOR THE LAST. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF CURBSIDE PLANNING AS PART OF THE UM, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PROJECT. UM. >> YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TALKING WITH WITH COUNCIL CULPEPER ABOUT ENFORCEMENT A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, YOU KNOW, WE WE KNOW THE HOTSPOTS WHERE WE NEED MORE TURNOVER OR SHORT TERM TURNOVER, UH, FOR PARKING, YOU KNOW, FOR SHORT TERM PICK UP AND. DROP OFF. UM, AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS PART OF A FUTURE PROJECT THERE WE THINK CHANGES TO THOSE CURBSIDE REGULATIONS THAT ENCOURAGE THAT TURNOVER UM WOULD HELP MOVE SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES THROUGH THERE. UH, IN A IN A BETTER FASHION. OKAY. AND THEN UM I JUST WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK, UM, THAT OUR UH THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE AROUND THE FAIRMONT INDIGO LINE, I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE ONLY COMMUNITIES THAT HAS EXPANDED RAIL UH, AND NEW STATIONS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, TO INCREASE UH, TRANSIT JUSTICE AND REALLY FIGHT FOR IT IN, UH, IN A MAJOR WAY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE AND I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE WORK UH, THE COMMUNITY UH, NOT ONLY HAS DONE BUT CONTINUES TO DO BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY RAILS THAT WILL BE ELECTRIFIED. UM, AND THEN THE IN THE NEAR FUTURE UM AND I, I I SAY THAT TO UH TO ALSO ASK HOW DOES RAIL UH YOU KNOW THE FAIRMONT INDIGO LINE PLAY INTO SPEED UM AND MOVING UH, PEOPLE TO A FINAL DESTINATION IN YOUR VIEW? SURE. >> SO YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW COUNCIL THE YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FAIRMONT LINE. YOU KNOW, WE. >> WE. BELIEVE THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT UM, TRANSIT BENEFITS FOR CURRENT USERS BUT ALSO OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. FOR PEOPLE. >> TO GET PLACES FASTER. UM. THE YOU KNOW. >> THE. TRANSPORTATION THEY'RE USING NOW. SO WE WE FULLY SUPPORT THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IT OPENS UP UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES TO SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT HAVE NEVER HAD THAT TYPE OF RELIABLE UH UM, TRANSIT OR AND SPEED. SO WE ARE WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TEAM. ON MAKING THAT HAPPEN. AND THIS IS UH LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE AND IT'LL BE VERY QUICK UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UH, GREAT RACIAL INJUSTICE, UM, I THINK UM, AN IMPORTANT PART, UH, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY AFFIRMING, UH, THE VOICES OF THOSE IN THAT COMMUNITY UH, WHETHER THEY HAVE ,YOU KNOW, PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE OR THE FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OF THAT PROCESS OF OF RACIAL JUSTICE. AND OFTENTIMES I'LL JUST WANT TO END ON THIS IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY FEELS HARMED BECAUSE OF PAST PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD TO US THIS IS A GOOD THING. UM, AND YET UH, IT ALWAYS NEVER FELT AS SUCH. SO I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS THAT THAT WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR EARL. UM, SO I'M GOING. >> TO IF YOU HAVE. >> ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS. IF NOT YOU BOTH ARE. FREE TO. GO AND. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE REST UM I DO IF I COULD. >> GET A COMMITMENT THOUGH THAT YOU'LL WATCH THE. >> REST OF THIS HEARING. I'LL STAY AS LONG AS I CAN STAY. I JUST NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. OKAY? >> OKAY. >> YEAH, SAME I CAN. YEAH. OKAY. >> PERFECT. OKAY. >> SO, UM SO I'M GOING TO. GO TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. EACH PERSON AGAIN HAS TWO MINUTES. UM MIMI RAMOS IS FIRST THEN SAM FIST IN IS HE ASMAN HAYDEN SEAGER. SO I THINK. OKAY WELL WHOEVER'S NEXT THAT I JUST SAW SAM FIST IN. THERE. OKAY. IZZY ASMAN HAYDEN SEAGER AND MATT LAWLOR THAT'S THE ORDER. HELLO UH, IT'S SAM VINSON. UM, I LIVE IN AUSTIN. I'M NOT HERE REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC GROUP. I JUST WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WALK AROUND THE CITY A LOT. UM, WALKING IS MY MAIN FORM OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M NOT TAKING THE T UM, AND I HAVE A LOT OF NEAR MISSES THERE A LOT OF CARS AS PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT GO RIGHT THROUGH RED LIGHTS, UH, STOP SIGNS. UM, AND I HATE THAT IT'S JUST DANGEROUS LIKE OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT ARE NEAR ME THAT I DON'T GO TO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION CALLED UNION SQUARE, UM, WHERE A LOT OF ICONIC BUSINESSES AND A COMMUNITY CENTER ARE UM, SO LAST FALL I PUT UP THESE SIGNS THAT SAY HEY AUSTIN BRIGHTON, DO YOU HATE CROSSING THE STREET? TELL ME ABOUT IT. UM, AND I PUT THEM AT INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE IN KEY LOCATIONS IN THE CITY THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY DANGEROUS THAT MY FRIENDS HAVE TOLD ME THEY'VE BEEN IN DANGER AND WHERE I HAVE TO WAIT FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO CROSS THE STREET I MENTIONED UNION SQUARE YOU CAN WAIT FOR FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO GET FROM ONE CORNER OF IT TO THE OPPOSITE CORNER. UM JUST BECAUSE OTHER ONE LANE OR SORRY ONE STREET HAS TWO NON SYNCHED UH SIGNALS OR ONE SIGNAL DOES NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO CROSS THE ENTIRE STREET AND WHEN CARS WANT TO SAVE A FEW SECONDS THEY UM CAN JUST SPEED THROUGH A LIGHT. UM, BUT WHEN PEDESTRIANS DO IT, THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN GRAVE DANGER. I DO THAT A LOT TRYING TO GET ON THE GREEK STREET, UM, GREEN LINE PLATFORM. SO ANYWAY, I HAVE A PACKET WITH 14 PAGES OF RESPONSES. IT'S ABOUT 150 OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO SAID HERE IS A PLACE I WALK REGULARLY AND I FEEL IN DANGER OR IN GREAT INCONVENIENCE. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE BLOWBACK AGAINST SAFE STREET CHANGES ARE ABOUT PARKING OR SHAVING A FEW SECONDS OFF OF A CARS. UM UH LIKE YOU KNOW, TRIP UM BUT IT ADDS SO MUCH MORE TIME YOU MISSED THAT BUS YOU RUN ACROSS TO GET TO THE GREEN LINE PLATFORM BECAUSE YOU SEE THE THE TRAIN IS COMING BUT ON COMMONWEALTH AVENUE THAT IS YOU KNOW, SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC CAR TRAFFIC AND TWO LANES OF YOU KNOW, TRAIN TRAFFIC. SO YOU YOU. >> WANT. TO LEAVE THAT RIGHT THERE AND THEN I'LL MAKE IT UM I'LL WE'LL SCAN IT AND WE'LL MAKE IT PART. >> OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> THANK YOU. UM, IZZY ASMAN HAYDEN SEEGER, MATT LAWLER A NORA MURRAY THEY ARE BRUNO. IF YOU GUYS COULD MAKE A LINE JUST SO. >> BECAUSE WE GOT TO KEEP THIS GOTTA. KEEP IT MOVING AND BRENDAN KEARNEY I. THINK WE ALREADY HEARD FROM YOU. OKAY OKAY. HAYDEN I GUESS YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY HEY, I'VE HAD IT. I'M GONNA GIVE MY TIME TO MIKE. UH OKAY. MIKE'S GOING TO GET FOUR MINUTES. OKAY. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY FOR ME. >> GO AHEAD. MIKE. UM HI. MY NAME IS MIKE TAMAYO AND I'M A RESIDENT. IN THE SOUTH END. UM, MY WIFE AND I NAVIGATE THE STREETS OF BOSTON FIRST AND FOREMOST ON FOOT AS WELL AS ON TRANSIT AND ON BIKE. I WANT TO SEE OUR CITY BECOME A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN NAVIGATE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN WAYS THAT ARE BOTH SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE. THE CITY'S. ABRUPT CHANGES IN STREETS POLICY OVER THE PAST 14 MONTHS, HOWEVER, HAVE TAKEN US FURTHER FROM THAT HOPE. FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR STREET TO HAVE SPEED HUMPS. IT'S A QUIET SIDE STREET WITH MANY FAMILIES BUT CARS OCCASIONALLY SPEED THROUGH IT TO ACCESS THE MAIN ROAD AT THE OTHER END THE CITY'S IDENTIFIED MY STREET AS ONE THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SPEED HUMPS ON ITS WEBSITE, BUT THE SPEED HUMP PROGRAM STALLED LAST YEAR AND I'M HEARING TODAY THAT IT WILL BE MUCH MORE RESTRICTED GOING FORWARD. THIS NEWS WEBSITE SAYS TO REACH OUT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON TO GET SPEED HUMPS WHICH I'VE DONE BUT I'VE SEEN NO MOVEMENT. THE BEST EXPLANATION I'VE RECEIVED FROM CITY OFFICIALS FOR STALLING SPEED ON PROGRAM IS THEY DON'T WANT TO SLOW CARS DOWN THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS, EVEN THOUGH DRIVING SLOWLY IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE PARTICULARLY WHEN KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND. I'VE HEARD TODAY THAT THERE WILL BE CERTAIN SPEED HUMPS THAT WILL ADVANCE, BUT NO CRITERIA WERE PROVIDED AS TO HOW THE CITY WILL SELECT STREETS AND THE PROCESS I HEARD REMAINS OPAQUE TO COUNCILOR DURKIN'S POINT NOT HAVING DEFINED CRITERIA RESULTS IN AN AD HOC PROCESS THAT FAVORS CERTAIN VOICES OVER OTHERS REGARDING BIKE LANES, THE CITY'S STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT BARRIERS BETWEEN BIKE LANES AND CAR LANES MAKE THE STREET SAFER FOR EVERYONE WHETHER YOU'RE IN A CAR, ON FOOT OR ON BIKE. BUT OVER THE PAST YEAR, RATHER THAN WORKING TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER FOR ALL ROAD USERS, THE MOST VISIBLE CHANGES TO BIKE LANES IN THE CITY IS THE CITY'S REMOVAL OF BIKE LANE SEPARATORS ACROSS MANY BIKE LANES UM LETTING CARS PARK IN THE LANE AND FORCING BIKERS TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF CARS ENDANGERING EVERYONE. THE PRIMARY EXPLANATION THE CITY HAS GIVEN FOR ITS CHANGE IN POLICY IS THAT IT WANTS TO SEEK MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, BUT THESE CHANGES MAKE OUR CITY LESS SAFE HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT GIVING ANYONE A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. WE'VE HEARD FOR OVER A YEAR HAVE AN INTEREST IN CASTING PLACE WHICH WOULD BE REALLY GREAT BUT THUS FAR WE'VE SEEN FLEX BOATS REMOVED ALMOST EVERYWHERE AND CAST IN PLACE AND POINT ALMOST NOWHERE. I HOPE THE CITY GETS BACK TO WORK AND FINISHING WITH A PROMISING SPEED HUMPS IN SEPARATE EFFECTIVE BIKE LANES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT HEARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON UM PARKING MINIMUMS AS WELL. UM OKAY. WE ARE. >> GOING TO WELL OR LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PARKING MINIMUMS I SHOULD. SAY MATT LAWLOR SURE. UM SO. THANKS VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS MATT LAWLOR. UM I. SUBMITTED A LETTER ON. BEHALF OF WALKER BROS. DELL OF WHICH I'M A CO-FOUNDER UH, TO THE COMMITTEE EARLIER TODAY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THE POINTS IN THAT LETTER. OR COMMENTS. >> THAT WERE MADE BY OTHERS EARLIER. I GENERALLY SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP HERE AND. SUPPORTED ON PAUSING THE SITUATION HAVE SAID SO I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE POINTS. UM, FIRST IS THE NUMBER OF NEW BIKE LANES. AND SPEED HUMPS THAT WERE CITED HERE TODAY. UM ARE TOO LOW BY A FACTOR OF AT LEAST TEN. UM IF MY. MATH ISN'T WRONG UM I'VE BEEN AROUND DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE LOWER THAN ANY YEAR OF THE WALSH ADMINISTRATION CERTAINLY FOR A NUMBER OF NEW LANES LIKE THE NEW LANES OF BIKE LANES. THOSE ARE WORDS I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT IS DOING WORSE THAN THE WALSH ADMINISTRATION. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. UM, SECOND, THE ARGUMENT THAT USES OUR NARROW OLD STREETS TO DENY SAFETY TO VULNERABLE STREET USERS NEEDS TO BE RETIRED TODAY FOR GOOD. OUR NARROW OLD STREETS LARGELY PREDATE MOTOR VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN. IF THERE'S A SPACE CRUNCH THE UNWANTED PARTY GOERS ARE THE MOTOR VEHICLES NOT THE PEOPLE ON FOOT OR ON BIKES OR ON BUSSES. THE STREETS WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THEM IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. AND FINALLY I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON THE EXCHANGE WITH RESPECT TO BURKE SORRY BEACH AND GLENDORA STREETS AND ROSLINDALE BECAUSE WE HEARD ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THOSE STREETS WANT SPEED HUMPS. THAT IS NOT SURPRISING AT ALL. BUT SOMEHOW THAT IS STILL. NOT GOOD ENOUGH BECAUSE. RIGHT. >> I DON'T KNOW EITHER. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT. OKAY, WHY. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET SPEED HUMPS BUT SOMEHOW THEY WON'T AND THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO I HOPE THAT WE GET THERE SOMEDAY SOON. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT. UM OKAY. AND NORA MURRAY I'M SORRY IF I'M SAYING THAT WRONG. BUT YEAH. BRUNO. AARON GREINER LEVY CHEN. THAT'S THE LIST. GO AHEAD. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR DURKAN. AND THE. >> MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO DECIDED TO STICK AROUND. UH, MY NAME IS ANDREW MURRAY. I'M A. >> ROSLINDALE RESIDENT. UM, I'M ON THE BOARD OF UP WITH MATT AND I FOUNDED. RESIDENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. UH. >> I'M HERE AS SOMEONE WHO WALKS BIKES AND RELIES ON TRANSIT EVERY DAY. FOR MANY OF US, OUR SAFETY ON BOSTON STREETS DO NOT FEEL LIKE A PRIORITY. UH, WE HAVE KNOWN PROBLEM AREAS LIKE HYDE PARK AVENUE AND BLUE HILL AVENUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING ACTIVELY HARMED BY SPEEDERS AND RECKLESS DRIVING. UH, WHAT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS ISN'T JUST THE DANGER. IT'S THE COMPLETE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND URGENCY. UM, PROJECTS ARE ANNOUNCED, ENGAGEMENT TAKES PLACE AND THEN THEY GO QUIET FOR MONTHS, EVEN YEARS. UM WITH. >> LITTLE FLAHERTY BEYOND A STATED NEED FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR CONSENSUS. UH, HOW MUCH MORE. ENGAGEMENT CAN THE. >> CITY EXPECT FROM RESIDENTS? UM, IF THE HOURS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS UM AREN'T SUFFICIENT AND HOW DOES CONSENSUS WHAT IS CONSENSUS MEAN, UH, WHEN IT'S BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING TO MOVE SAFELY AND WITH DIGNITY THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THOSE WHO ARE ASKING TO MAINTAIN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS? UM, WE HAVE RULES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT PEOPLE BUT THEY ARE NOT ENFORCED CARS, PARKING, CROSSWALKS, BUS LANES ,BIKE LANES WITH LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT WHOSE SAFETY IS NEGOTIABLE UM, WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS INSTALLED TOO OFTEN IT FEELS LIKE A HALF MEASURE. PAINT IS NOT PROTECTION MATERIALS THAT DRIVERS CAN RUN OVER LIKE THE NEWS EQUALS UH DO NOT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND ACTUALLY ACTIVELY INVITE PEOPLE TO PARK OVER THEM. UH, MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION PHILOSOPHY? WE SAY VISION ZERO IS STILL THE GOAL. UH, SO WHY AREN'T WE ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE UNACCEPTABLE IF IT'S NOT VISION ZERO RESIDENTS DESERVE FLAHERTY ON WHAT LEVEL OF SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE. UM FINALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND I WISH THE COUNCILORS WERE STILL HERE UH, ESPECIALLY ON COUNCIL CORRIDORS LIKE BLUE HILL AVENUE UH, THAT HAS TO INCLUDE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BUS RIDERS ON THIS CORRIDORS ALONG WITH THE PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO MOVE THROUGH THEM, NOT JUST THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING. UH, WE CAN'T HAVE SAFE STREETS, STRONG BUSINESSES AND RELIABLE TRANSIT BUT ONLY IF WE PRIORITIZE HUMAN LIFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANDREW AND SORRY FOR GETTING YOUR NAME WRONG. . >> I CARE WHAT AARON. UH, BEAR. OR BEER BRUNO LUCK. OKAY. >> GOT IT. AND AARON GREINER. LEVY CHEN. GAD BOY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. HI. >> MY NAME IS LEVI. I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT. I'M A JUNIOR AND I'M ONE. >> OF. TWO CO-PRESIDENTS. >> OF THE URBANISM CLUB AT B.U. WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WE ARE STUDENT GROUP FOCUSED ON URBAN ADVOCACY. AND EDUCATION AND. RECENTLY OUR. CLUB RELEASED A PETITION TO THIS STREET CAMPAIGN TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AT OUR CAMPUSES. MAIN STREET. CALM AS WELL. OUR PETITION. URGES MAYOR WU TO UNPAUSE THE BILL IS PROTECTED BIKE LANE PROJECT WHICH HAS BEEN COLLECTING DUST SOMEWHERE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YEARS WHILE CYCLISTS LIKE MYSELF. >> RISKED. THEIR LIVES. >> JUST TRYING TO COMMUTE TO WORK OR SCHOOL DOWN COMBAT. OR SPEEDING AND CARS BLOCKING THE BIKE LANES ARE DAILY OCCURRENCE I HAVE PRINTED SOME OF OUR MANY TESTIMONIES FOR YOU ALL TO READ TODAY. OUR PETITION CURRENTLY. SITS AT WELL OVER 160 SIGNATURES FROM ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE. THESE ARE STUDENTS AND FACULTY NON BU COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS BECAUSE 160 PLUS PEOPLE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT SAFE STREETS ARE AN IMMEDIATE NECESSITY. WE WANT THESE STREETS AND WE NEED THEM. YET MAYOR WU'S SILENCE. SURROUNDING BUILDING SAFE STREETS FOR US SIGNALS A COLD INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS OUR SAFETY. AS YOUNG PEOPLE WE. RELY A LOT. >> MORE ON CYCLING, WALKING AND TAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET IN AND AROUND THE CITY AS DO MANY OF THE CITY'S RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT OWN CARS. WHEN I. >> INTERNED HERE AT CITY HALL LAST SUMMER, I ACTUALLY BIKED OUT OF OFFICE EVENTS IN JP IN MISSION HILL BECAUSE A SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PROVIDE A SAFE PATH FOR CYCLISTS. BUT IN COMING TO TODAY'S HEARING I TOOK THE T BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO. RISK MY NECK ON. CAMBRIDGE STREET OR KENMORE SQUARE. AS THE MAYOR, WU HAS BEEN STALLING ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CYCLING, WALKING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IT PUTS CITY RESIDENTS IN MORE DANGER THAN IS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE PLANS FOR SAFE STREETS EXIST. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THEM, WE KNOW WE. HAVE THE. >> MANPOWER TO CONSTRUCT IT. AND YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WE'RE RISKING LOSING THE FUNDING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'RE RISKING LOSING PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE MAYOR, WHOSE SPRING CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE RELEASED THIS MORNING IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MULTIPLE PROJECTS LIKE THE EAST CAMPUS PROJECTED BIKE LANES ARE STILL STALLED. I BELIEVE THAT A BAND-AID FIX OF RE PAVEMENTS OVER DEEPER ISSUE OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY WON'T LAST FOREVER. SO THANK YOU COUNCILORS WEBER, PIPPIN, DURKAN AND BREEDEN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN RESTART THESE SAFE STREET PROJECTS AS SOON AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LEVI I'LL BE AT YOUR CLUB SOON. I LOVE BEING THERE. YEAH. UM. >> SO, UM. >> OKAY, NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM SETH. OH YEAH. IF YOU LEAVE IT. >> THERE, WE'LL GET IT TO EVERYONE. SETH. >> GOOD BOY. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION. >> MY NAME IS SETH GAD. BOYS. I'M A TRANSPORTATION ATTORNEY AT CONSERVATION. >> LAW FOUNDATION. THANK YOU SO. MUCH FOR MAKING THIS SPACE FOR THIS HEARING TODAY. ON MULTIPLE. CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. INCLUDING DOCKET 0588 DISCUSSING TRANSPORTATION. PHILOSOPHY THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS SET SEVERAL COMMENDABLE TRANSPORTATION GOALS. ACROSS MULTIPLE PLANS. HOWEVER, RECENT CITY. ACTIONS AND BUDGET PROPOSALS ARE AT DIRECT ODDS WITH THESE GOALS. ADDITIONALLY. >> THESE GOALS ARE ALSO TO HIGH LEVEL FOR MEASURING PROGRESS. A CLIMATE PLAN. GOAL TO REDUCE CAR DEPENDENCY. IS GOOD. ZERO FATALITIES ON ROADWAYS IS CRITICAL. AND HAS A 2030. DATE, BUT. GOALS ARE NOT SHORT TERM TANGIBLE METRICS NUMBER OF BIKE LANE MILES ADDED NUMBER OF DE LIGHTED INTERSECTIONS AND ROAD DIETS. NUMBER OF ZONES DEDICATED TO DELIVERIES ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE WALKING ROLLING IN TRANSIT SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE EVERY DAY. INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHAOTIC TRAFFIC OPERATIONS DEGRADE OUR STREETS. AND COMPOUND. >> TO DRAMATICALLY UNDERMINED CLIMATE. SAFETY AND HEALTH GOALS. WE NEED. CLEAR METRIC BASED LINKS BETWEEN. UH WE NEED CLEAR METRIC BASED LINKS THAT TIE PLANS TO BUDGETS COVERING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SOLUTIONS WITHOUT METRIC BASED LINKS BETWEEN GOALS. AND SPENDING. WE HAVE PHILOSOPHY WITHOUT ACTION OR ACTION WITHOUT DIRECTION LEADING TO EMPTY PROMISES OR COSTLY INCONSISTENT DECISIONS. WE NEED A. MASTER PLAN. THAT COMMITS FUNDING. TO MEASURABLE YEAR BY YEAR OUTCOMES FOR CLEAR COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO THE ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE BE BOLD WITH YOUR BUDGET AND BE PROGRESSIVE WITH YOUR POWER TO THE COUNCIL. PLEASE LEGISLATE WHERE GAPS NEED TO BE FILLED OR CORRECTED AND LOOK TO OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITIES FOR POLICIES THAT PRODUCE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES TO ALL IN GOVERNMENT PLEASE SEE US PLEASE USE US ADVOCATES AND RESIDENTS AS RESOURCES AND PARTNERS. WE CAN MAKE MAJOR CHANGE TOGETHER AND SOONER THAN WE THINK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM TRAVON LONG THIRD MATTHIAS IRIS ROMMEL ZACHARY YARROW ASTER FROM DORCHESTER AND DANIEL. UM KRAVETS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE LIST. GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS UH TREVIN UH NOT TRAYVON. SORRY. THANKS PARENTS. FOR GIVING ME THAT NAME. UH. >> I AM. >> A RESIDENT OF JAMAICA PLAIN . UH, THANK YOU, BEN WEBER FOR ORGANIZING THIS. UH, I RIDE MY. BIKE EVERYWHERE. I RIDE. >> MY BIKE TO BRIGHTON. TO GET TO WORK. I RIDE IT TO GET TO GROCERIES. I WRITE TO GET TO FRIENDS. HOUSES EVERYWHERE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO MY SAFETY. UH, COUNCILOR WEBER, YOU ASKED . ABOUT THE. CENTER SOUTH STREET'S, UH, TRANSPORTATION. ACTION PLAN. IT WAS JUST REPORTED. BY STREETSBLOG MASS THAT THE. $0 IS. ALLOCATED TO IT. IN FISCAL YEAR 2027. SO IF THAT'S NOT A PAUSE. WHAT IS. A PAUSE? THE STREET THAT. >> I GO TO TO SHOP, TO EAT. TO DRINK. TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. TO LIVE ON IS NOT GETTING THE INVESTMENT THAT IT. SO DESPERATELY NEEDS. I FEEL UNSAFE ON THIS STREET. THE 39 BUS. IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO. DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PEOPLE ARE USING THIS STREET AS A WAY TO GET. AROUND JAMAICA WAY. NOT HAVE TO BE ON. WASHINGTON STREET THE CORRIDORS THAT CAN ACTUALLY SERVE TRAFFIC AND SO THEY'RE CUTTING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND AFFECTING. MY LIVELIHOOD AND. >> THE LIVELIHOOD. OF ALL OF. MY NEIGHBORS JUST SO THAT THEY CAN GET. THROUGH JAMAICA PLAIN. CENTER AND SOUTH STREETS. SHOULD BE THE HIGH. STREETS OF JAMAICA PLAIN. IT'S WHERE EVERYTHING HAPPENS. IT'S WHERE WE GATHER AT. >> THE MONUMENT. IT'S WHERE WE. GO TO. >> THE LAUREN GUARINO HOUSE WHERE WE. WATCH MOVIES. >> ON THE LAWN. THIS IS A STREET. FOR PEOPLE AND THE CITY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE PUTTING. THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT. >> AND. FUNDING TOWARDS IT THAT IT TRULY DOES DESERVE. AND SO. >> I. IMPLORE THE CITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE NEED. SAFE STREETS. SAFE STREETS. CANNOT WAIT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM NEXT. MATTHIAS THEN ASTOR. SORRY. THEN ZACHARY YARROW, THEN ESTHER, THEN DANIEL KRULWICH. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. >> HI. >> MY NAME IS MATTHIAS IRIS REMILLARD. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SOMERVILLE BECAUSE LIVING ON HYDE PARK AVE AND COUNCILOR ARROYO COUNCILOR WORLDS DISTRICT WAS SO DEEPLY UNPLEASANT AND DANGEROUS THAT I LEFT BOSTON BECAUSE SOMERVILLE IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING STREETS NICE AND LIVABLE ON A QUARTER OF THE BUDGET THAT BOSTON IS. SO IT'S A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND. I'LL BEG YOU TO FORGIVE MY STRIDENT TONE, BUT I'VE JUST HAD TOO MANY EMPTY PROMISES GIVEN IN SO MANY MEETINGS LIKE THIS AND I'VE EXPERIENCED TOO MUCH TRAFFIC VIOLENCE TRYING TO GET AROUND BOSTON ON MY BIKE, WHICH IS MY PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. I AM ANGRY AND I AM TIRED OF RISKING MY LIFE TO TRAVEL FROM POINT A TO POINT B BECAUSE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION DEEMS MY NON CAR OWNING LIFE UNIMPORTANT AND INCONVENIENT. I VOTED FOR MICHELLE WU TWICE AND I WAS HAPPY TO. I ASSISTED WITH THE CAMPAIGNS. I PROMOTED HER TO ALL MY FRIENDS BECAUSE SHE WAS PROGRESSIVE. SHE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND SAFELY ON BIKES AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY ABOUT AND NOW I FEEL PROFOUNDLY FOOLISH AND ANGRY THAT I VOTED FOR MAYOR WU IN THE LAST ELECTION. I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE VOTED FOR JOSH KRAFT BECAUSE SHE'S IMPLEMENTING HIS ANTI BIKE LANE AGENDA NOW ANYWAY, SO A YEAR OF PAUSED BIKE LANE PROJECTS AND SILENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE MAYOR'S 11TH HOUR MEMO THIS MORNING ABOUT GOOD REPAIR PROJECT MAKING NO MENTION OF BIKES ANYWHERE IS ALSO NOT ACCEPTABLE. I'M LEFT STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAYOR WU ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE CAMPAIGN PROMISES SHE MADE AND IT'S NOT THE PROGRESSIVE VALUES SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE. AND IT'S NOT IMPROVING BOSTON AND BETTERING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ABOUT FUNDING BECAUSE SHE'S FRITTERING AWAY FEDERAL DOLLARS WITH INACTION AND IT REALLY DOESN'T EVEN SEEM TO BE ABOUT THE LIVES OF HER CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE SHE'S LETTING PEOPLE DIE ON HER STREETS WHILE SHE DOES NOTHING. SO WHAT WILL GET HER TO CARE ABOUT US? SO I'M ANGRILY BEGGING FOR THE CITY TO FIX HYDE PARK APP FOR ONE FOR CONCRETE MILESTONES ON COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT FOR ACTIONABLE AND TANGIBLE GOALS AND A HIGH QUALITY PROTECTED MICROMOBILITY NETWORK. THANK YOU ZACHARY. HI. >> UH I LAST TOOK. TIME OFF WORK TO. SPEAK HERE WHEN. >> THE CITY FAILED AT EQUITABLE SNOW REMOVAL AND I HOPE WE COULD KEEP THINGS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AFTER THAT. INSTEAD WE SAW MORE BIKE LANE PROTECTION REMOVED AND NOT REPLACED. WE SAW 311 CONTINUE TO MARK STREETS. IT'S ALL CLEAR WHERE DRIVERS WERE PARKED AND UNPROTECTED BIKE LANES. SO BASICALLY INSTEAD OF PERMITTING THEM TO PARK IN BIKE LANES INSTEAD OF SHOVELING OUT SPACES NOW THEY CAN JUST PARK JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO FIND LEGAL SAFE PARKING. I LIKE THAT I CAN WALK, THAT I CAN TAKE TRANSIT AND THAT I CAN BIKE TO SO MANY DESTINATIONS IN THE BOSTON AREA. BUT WHERE CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE MOVED SWIFTLY WITH SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. MAYOR WHO HAS FROZEN SAFETY PROJECTS FOLLOWING PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST DEATHS IN PLACES LIKE CAMBRIDGE STREET IN ALLSTON AND HYDE PARK AVE IN JP. AND JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD A STUDENT WAS STRUCK NEAR A BOSTON SCHOOL IN AN AREA THAT THE ORIGINAL SAFETY SURGE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID WAS GOING TO GET SPEED BUMPS BEFORE THAT PROJECT GOT PAUSED FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OF THE WORK JUST BEING FOCUSED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. THE WORK OF BUILDING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS HAS STOPPED EVERYWHERE. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE CITY HAS JOINED JOSH CRAFT'S CAMPAIGN TO GET ME OFF MY FEET, OFF MY BIKE, OFF MY OFF THE BUS AND INTO MY CAR IF I WANT TO GET AROUND MUCH OF BOSTON. SO I'M JOINING MY FELLOW VULNERABLE ROAD USERS IN CALLING FOR RESTARTING ALL THE POLIS PROJECTS. THE CITY HAS A LOT OF TRUST TO REBUILD SINCE A 30 DAY PAUSE TURNED INTO OVER 400 DAYS. THAT MEANS ESPECIALLY ONES LIKE HYDE PARK HAVE THAT RESIDENTS TURNED OUT TIME AND AGAIN TO OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A CITY MEETING WHERE RESIDENTS WERE UNANIMOUS ON ANYTHING BUT THEY WERE UNANIMOUS ON THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT. PROJECTS LIKE COLUMBUS HAVE PHASE TWO THAT THE MTA HAS SAID IS READY TO START WHEN THE CITY IS GOING TO LET THEM. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO OFFER US BUMP OUTS AND RACE CROSSINGS INSTEAD OF SPEED BUMPS OR ZIKA ZIPPERS AND CAST IN PLACE CURBS INSTEAD OF FLEX POST, I AM ALL FOR THAT. BUT GIVE US TIMELINES AND THEN DELIVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH. ESTHER FROM DORCHESTER. OKAY. DANIEL CRUELLA WHICH OKAY. SARAH FREEMAN. HARRY DOER, DORA STEVENS OR ASCII LIGHTEN YOU. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEXT. HI EVERYONE. I'M SARAH FREEMAN FROM JP. UM LIKE MATT LAWLER SAID I DID SUBMIT UM WRITTEN COMMENTS SO I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT AND I APPRECIATE WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID BEFORE ME. IN FACT IF YOU ADD UP THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE DEDICATED TOWARD TRYING TO GET SAFER STREETS, IT'S PRETTY HEARTBREAKING. THE WORK YOU'RE ASKING WHY A 30 DAY PAUSE IS LEAVE US IN LIMBO . A YEAR LATER WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM AND I TRUST THAT WE WILL BE HEARING UPDATES ON ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PAUSED ON HOW TO GET A SPEED HUMP UM, RESTARTING DIALOG THAT HAS BROKEN SADLY UM REPLACE STUFF THE WE READ IN THE GLOBE HAS LEFT UH, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HOW DO WE TURN THIS INTO A POSITIVE ? UM, I'M AFFILIATED WITH A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ARE HERE. UM, SO I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT, UM, I THINK WE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER CITIES IF WE CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER AND REACH CONSENSUS. THE IT PROJECTS GET DONE AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A FEW LOUD VOICES KILL A PROJECT OR, UH, LOOK. AT AN EMPTY BIKE LANE AND SAY NO ONE BIKES. LOOK AT THE PAUL DUDLEY WIPE PATH ON THE ESPLANADE OR LOOK AT SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR. WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW PEOPLE USE IT. IS THAT MY TIME? YEAH. OH NO. IT'S OKAY SARAH. WE'LL WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. I NOW KNOW. >> UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME. UM. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WEBER KNOWS HOW TO FIND ME. UH. >> HARRY. DOOR. HARRY DOOR. STEVEN SAWICKI AND THEN LIED TO YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, MY NAME IS HARRY DORE. I'M AN ORDINARY CITIZEN LIVING IN ALLSTON. UH, I OWN ELECTRIC BIKE AND I'M A FREQUENT WRITER OF THE GREEN LINE. THE 66 AND THE 57. I MOVED TO BOSTON VERY RECENTLY AND I CHOSE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORIC WALKABILITY, ROBUST TRANSIT AND ACTIVELY EXPANDING BIKE NETWORK. I SAW HOW THE ADMINISTRATION PUSHED TO RAPIDLY EXPAND THE BIKE NETWORK AND SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSIT. DURING HER FIRST TERM AND IN, IN AND IN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WHERE THE MAYOR'S LARGEST OPPONENT RAN AGAINST SAFE STREETS, I ALONG WITH TENS AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOSTONIANS VOTED FOR THEM. IN LIGHT OF ALL THAT, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR REPORTING ABOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION'S PIVOT TO PAUSING PROJECTS AND REMOVING BUS LANES AND SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN JUST TODAY THAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET ZEROES OUT FUNDING FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO COME AVE WEST OF PACKARD'S CORNER, WHICH SHOULD GO RIGHT BY MY STREET AND MAKE MY COMMUTE TO WORK BY BIKE MANY TIMES SAFER. THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR BREACH OF THE MAYOR'S CAMPAIGN PROMISES. WHILE THESE PROJECTS LANGUISH, FEDERAL FUNDS ARE AT RISK OF BEING LOST. CARS CONTINUE TO POLLUTE AND ISOLATE OUR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING INJURED AND DYING ON UNSAFE ROADS AND UNSAFE INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS NOT WHAT I VOTED FOR. I THANK THIS COMMITTEE FOR CALLING THIS OVERSIGHT HEARING AND I CALL UPON THE MAYOR AND HER ADMINISTRATION TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS AND GET THIS CITY BUILDING SAFE STREETS AGAIN. YOU HAVE MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> HARRY. UM. STEPHEN SAWICKI. HI. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS STEPHEN RISKY. I'M A PHYSICIST LIVING IN JP AND WORKING IN CAMBRIDGE. MY FAMILY AND I, WHICH INCLUDES OUR ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GET AROUND BOSTON PRIMARILY BY WALKING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND BICYCLE. THE SAFE STREET PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR OUR LIVES HERE. I LIVE IN FOREST HILL STREET AND WHEN WE MOVED HERE OUR PARK ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL STREET HAD TRAFFIC CONSTANTLY EXCEEDING 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE PROSPECT OF TAKING OUR DOG OUT OR STROLLING WITH OUR BABY BECAME A CONSTANT RISK. THE INSTALLATION OF SPEED BUMPS AS PART OF THE SEARCH WAS TRANSFORMATIVE. IT'S CRUCIAL TO WHY WE CAN ENJOY WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR FAMILY TODAY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT MAYOR WU HAS ALL BUT CEASED THIS PROGRAM DECIDING ALONG UH, WITH THE PEOPLE HERE THAT SAVING FRACTIONS OF A SECOND FOR RECKLESS DRIVERS IS A MORE VALUE THAN THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND PARENTS LIKE ME BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THEIR BABIES. MR GOVE, YOU MENTIONED MOVING AWAY FROM ALGORITHMIC DECISIONS. THIS IS SEEM TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE MAYOR'S COLLABORATION WITH GOOGLE TO AI OPTIMIZE INTERSECTIONS FOR HIGHER THROUGHPUT, WHICH IS STILL BEING ADVERTISED ON THE BOSTON WEBSITE. WHEN THE MAYOR STARTED THIS REVIEW LAST YEAR IT WAS ADVERTISED AS BEING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD CONSENSUS. YET MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE ROLLBACKS WERE MADE WITHOUT A SINGLE MEETING CLAIM. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS BUT ANYONE WHO TRIED TO MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD THE BEAT ONLY EVER RECEIVED A FORMAL LETTER BACK FROM MUHAMMAD. PHYSICALLY GOING TO BDD AND TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THERE RESULTED IN THE SAME EXPERT STAFF WHO WERE REPORTEDLY VICTIMS OF THE SAME FATE BOXED OUT OF DOING THEIR OWN JOBS AS THE MAYOR TOOK CONTROL TO DELAY PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY. AGAIN THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT A SINGLE MEETING. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY CONSENSUS HERE? MR GROVE, YOU MENTIONED ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE UNDER YOUR PREDECESSOR. THE NOTABLE WORD THERE IS PREDECESSOR. YOUR JOB IMPLIED IN RECENT NEWS RECORDINGS WAS MAKING THE PEOPLE WHO CARRIED OUT THOSE PROJECTS SO MISERABLE THAT THEY QUIT. YOU TOUTED YOUR PLAN TO INSTALL MORE SPEED BUMPS THIS YEAR. IF I HEARD RIGHT, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS 100 THAT WOULD AMOUNT TO TWO PER SQUARE MILE OF BOSTON. AND AS THE OTHER COMMENTER MACHIN MENTIONED ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN RECENT MEMORY. UM SIMILARLY WITH CROSSWALKS AND BUMP OUTS THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME ALMOST A RUNNING JOKE. I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. WE NEVER SEE THEM IN BOSTON. UM, YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY CONFIRMED WHAT WE WERE ALL WORRIED ABOUT. WE REALLY ARE SAYING GUTTED AND LOSING OUR SAFE STREETS. THANK YOU. UM, SO LISTEN, YOU AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO GIOVANNI ZOOM ZUNIGA. UM UZOMA OISHI. UM, I THINK ELIJAH EVANS ISN'T HERE ANYMORE. PATRICIA O'CONNOR'S MATTHIAS I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM. OKAY, THAT'S THE LIST. IF YOU GUYS COULD GET IN LINE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LIN CHEN. YOU AND I AM AN AUSTIN BRYANT RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON HOW COLLABORATIVE AUSTIN BRYAN IS THE SECOND BIGGEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON AND IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND THUS DEPENDS ON TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING THROUGH AS WELL AS FUTURE RESIDENTS. THIS WAS ALREADY UNDERSTOOD WHEN THE AUSTIN BRIGHTON MOBILITY PLAN WAS FINALIZED AND ADOPTED IN 2021 BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I STAND HERE IN 2026 WITH ONLY A FEW OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ACTED UPON AND MANY OF THE VISIONS SEEMINGLY SHOWED IN THE FILING CABINET TO THE PLANNERS, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SPENT NEARLY THREE YEARS TO GATHER OPINIONS, DEVISE PROPOSALS AND ENVISION WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS ONLY TO NOW HEAR THAT WE NEED TO GATHER MORE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO GET IT RIGHT. IT'S EVEN MORE DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT BOSTON MIGHT LOSE POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF FUNDING TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS. THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE OF THE ABC CONDUCTED A SURVEY REGARDING MOBILITY IN THE BRIGHTON CENTER LAST YEAR, WHEN THE CITY HAD PROPOSED TO INSTALL A DEDICATED BUSTLING FOR THE 57 BUS ONE OF THE ROUTES WITH THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP IN THE CITY. YES, SLOWEST BUSSES IN THE CITY. OUR SURVEY FOUND THAT MAJORITY . OF THE PEOPLE FREQUENTING BRIGHTON CENTER HAD DESIRES FOR SAFER CROSSWALKS, INCREASED BUS SERVICES AND MICROMOBILITY OPTIONS. THE SAME THING FIVE YEARS AGO WITH NONE OF THE CHANGES, I URGE THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO NO LONGER SIT ON THE YEARS AND DOLLARS SPENT ON STUDYING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACT TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER AND HEALTHIER BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT GREAT TRANSPORTATION CAN DO FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, I READ A BUNCH OF NAMES. OH, PERFECT. YOU'RE HERE. OKAY, SO WE'LL GO TO YOU AND THEN IF YOU ARE WAITING TO TESTIFY IF YOU COULD JUST STAND UP AND GET IN LINE. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. OH. >> YEP. YEAH. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. JUST SO. I WAS PRESSED FOR TIME AND, UH, I FAILED TO MENTION WASHINGTON STREET AND WEST ROXBURY TO, UH ,TO MR GROVE. IT IS IT LISTED IN MY MEMO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, I, UH OKAY. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. I SUPPORT THIS. FORM EXPLAINING TO DO I. SUPPORT WHAT THIS IS. OKAY. >> GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILOR DURKAN. SO I PUT OUT 17 COPIES PER THE THE CITY'S WEBSITE THEY SUGGESTED BRINGING COPIES FOR. YEAH. >> IF YOU LEAVE THEM RIGHT HERE WE'LL. BE OVER HERE. YES. OKAY GREAT. OKAY. MAY IT PLEASE THE CITY COUNCIL? MY NAME IS PATRICIA CONNORS AND I'M A 72 YEAR OLD AVID CYCLIST . I LIVE IN WEST ROXBURY AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE WEST ROCKS BIKES A STEERING COMMITTEE. CYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS AND I DARESAY MOST MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S RECONSTRUCTION OF CENTER STREET IN 2023. THIS REDESIGN STRETCHING FROM THE HOLY NAME ROTARY TO LAGRANGE STREET, REDUCED TRAVEL LANES TO ONE IN EACH DIRECTION, ADDED A CENTER TURN LANE AND INSTALLED BIKE LANES. BY MOST ACCOUNTS, THIS RECONSTRUCTION HAS ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVES OF ENHANCING SAFETY, REDUCING SERIOUS CRASHES AND IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL UPGRADES ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE TO DATE . PRESENTLY, MOTORISTS OFTEN PARK OFF THE CURB ILLEGALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF CENTER STREET BLOCKS ALONG THE BIKE LANE, PARTICULARLY THOSE CLOSE TO TAKE OUT ENTERPRISES, THEREBY PREVENTING CYCLISTS FROM ENTERING THE BIKE LANE AT THESE SECTIONS OF THE BIKE LANE AND FORCING THEM EITHER TO GET OFF THEIR BIKES TO WALK AROUND THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TO TO TAKE THE LANE ON THE STREET. STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO STOP THIS MOTOR VEHICLE OBSTRUCTION SHOULD CONSIDER INCLUDING THE POSITIONING OF LARGE PLANTERS ALONGSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO THE BIKE LANE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH BLOCK, THUS PROVIDING A QUOTE GREEN BARRIER TO ILLEGAL AND OBSTRUCTIVE PARKING. OF NOTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LINDSEY CHASE OF WEST ROXBURY MAIN STREETS STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE PLACEMENT OF PLANTERS ON CENTER STREET AND THAT THEY SOFTEN LANDSCAPES I'M SORRY, SOFTEN HARD SCAPES, INTRODUCE COLOR AND FOSTER A WELCOMING, WELL CARED FOR ATMOSPHERE IN ADDITION TO INCREASING STREET BEAUTIFICATION. THANK YOU. >> OKAY SORRY NO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS BECOMES PART OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY THANK YOU CAITLIN AQUI. HI, I'M KATE VINICKY. UM. >> I'M A. >> COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN AUSTIN. BRIGHTON. UM, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER THREE. YEARS NOW. UM, I REGULARLY. WALK DOWN. >> TO CATCH THE. BEE LINE. >> AND. I SEE THE. TRASH ALL. >> AROUND ME. I HOP OVER LARGE POOLS OF WATER AT THE BOTTOM OF BROKEN CURB CUTS. UM I CYCLE IN THE ROAD NEXT TO BIKE LANES FULL OF POTHOLES OR GRAVEL. I WALK ON SIDEWALKS IN THE DARK, UNABLE TO TELL IF THE SLIGHT SHADOW IS A PILE OF LEAVES OR A HOLE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND ME REMINDS ME THAT I AM NOT WELCOME. THE LIGHTS ON THESE ROADS ARE FOR CARS THAT PUDDLE AS I CROSS THE STREET REMINDS ME TO BE CAREFUL UM ENTERING A SPACE NOT MEANT FOR ME. THE TRASH SAYS NO ONE CARES. YOU LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T MATTER TODAY I WANT TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS STATUS QUO. I AGREE WITH MUCH OF WHAT THE GREAT, UH, SPEAKERS BEFORE ME HAVE BEEN SAYING. UM, SPEED KILLS SPEED FORCES PEOPLE TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS TO RUN INTO THE TROLLEY LINES, UM, TO BLOCK OUR ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN DRIVERS ON COMMAS. WE DON'T WANT OR NEED A HIGHWAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ENFORCEMENT OF THE SPEED LIMIT IS NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH. WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE DRIVERS SLOW DOWN TO THAT SPEED LIMIT SO THAT WE CAN CROSS TO GET TO THE TRAIN, TO GET TO THE LAUNDROMAT WHATEVER WE MAY NEED TO DO TO GO SEE OUR FRIENDS. ULTIMATELY I WANT TO RESUME ALL OF THESE PAUSED PROJECTS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND I WANT SAFETY FOCUSED ENGINEERS AND LEADERS WHO WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT SAFE STREETS PROJECTS. WHEN RESIDENTS WALK OR ROLL DOWN THE SIDEWALK OR BIKE LANE AND ACROSS THE STREET, WE SHOULD FEEL SAFE AND KNOW THAT OUR LIVES ARE VALUED AS MUCH AS THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PEOPLE IN CARS. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. ELIOT WIENER WEINER PERFECT. HI MY NAME. >> IS ELI AND I LIVE IN ROSLINDALE. I WANT EVERYONE TO DROP THE IDEA THAT WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO STREET SAFETY. I'M A PARENT, I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH YOU. AND EVEN IF I DID, WHY DO I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THAT OUR STREETS SHOULD BE SAFE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SCARED OF MY SON. BEING KILLED WHILE I'M WALKING HIM TO PRESCHOOL OR BIKING WITH HIM TO THE GROCERY STORE. DO I NEED TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR DRINK CLEAN DRINKING WATER THAT WHEN I TURN ON THE KITCHEN SINK DRINKABLE WATER SHOULD COME OUT? THE CITY MAKES THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT ME HAVING TO ATTEND A MEETING ABOUT IT. WHEN I GO AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MY FAMILY. I WANT US TO NOT DIE. THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY. IF THE COMMUNITY ISN'T OKAY WITH WHAT IT TAKES TO GUARANTEE THAT I DON'T REALLY CARE AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER. YOU MADE A COMMITMENT TO ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS. VISION ZERO THE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT ARE NOT A MYSTERY. CITIES AROUND THE WORLD NEAR AND FAR HAVE ALREADY DONE A BETTER JOB AT IT THAN WE HAVE. COPY THEM. USE YOUR POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ELI. UM. SCOTT. KILLIAN KILCOYNE. SORRY. NO WORRIES. >> HI. I'M SCOTT KILCOYNE. UM. I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS. WE HAVE CONSENSUS. THE CITY HAS CONSENSUS. THEY KNOW EXACTLY. THEY SUPPRESS THE REPORT. UH, SURVEY LAST YEAR THAT SHOWED BIKE LANES AND SAFE STREETS PROJECTS ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND THAT MOST OF THE, UH, RESISTANCE IS JUST FROM PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE IT. THE CITY HAS MAYOR WU HAS U-TURNED ON THE SAFE STREET PROJECTS. SHE HAS, UH, HIDDEN AND SUPPRESSED THIS SURVEY. SHE IS HIDDEN AND SUPPRESSED. UH, EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT 30 DAY REVIEW AND WHO ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THAT CONSENSUS BECAUSE TO ME AND TO EVERYONE ELSE AROUND IT SURE SEEMS LIKE THE CONSENSUS IS ONE BILLIONAIRE CHOOSING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE SAFE STREETS ANYMORE BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE HAVING A BIKE LANE IN FRONT OF HIS MANSION DOWNTOWN. THAT IS NOT CONSENSUS. THE CONSENSUS SHOWS SAFE STREETS ARE POPULAR AND NEED TO HAPPEN. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DIE ON THE STREETS. THE CONSENSUS IS THAT THE OTHER BILLIONAIRE THAT RAN ON BIKE LANES ARE TERRIBLE. WITH RUNNING OUT OF TOWN, SO HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. LIKE THE CONSENSUS IS THAT BIKE LANES ARE GOOD AND WE WANT THEM AND WE WANT YOU GUYS TO STOP PAUSING AND STOP LYING TO US. YOU SAID THERE WAS NO PAUSE. THEN WE HAVE THE COUNCIL TO ASK A SPECIFIC PROJECT. YOU SAID IT WITH 75% AND YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON IT ANYMORE. THAT IS A PAUSE OR CANCELLATION. BUT YOU ALSO SAID NOTHING'S BEEN CANCELED. YOU KEEP SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO REMOVAL OF BIKE LANES. YOU REMOVED THE. FACILITY IF WE CAN'T USE THE BIKE LANE BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE FLEX POST AND NOW CARS ARE PARKED IN IT. THAT IS A REMOVAL. DON'T LIE TO US. WE KNOW THE EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SCOTT. OKAY SO WE ARE MOVING TO ONLINE. IF YOU ARE HERE IN PERSON AND YOU'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY TESTIFY ,SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. OKAY. ONE ONE LAST PERSON OR MORE PEOPLE. OKAY. IF YOU ARE TESTIFYING, PLEASE GET IN LINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, HI. >> MY NAME IS DANIEL FROM. JAMAICA PLAIN. BEEN IN. >> BOSTON RESIDENT FOR EIGHT YEARS. UM, I'M A DRIVER. I'M A CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN. I THINK MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE THREE THINGS. UM, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, DRIVERS TAKE THE SPACE WE GIVE THEM AND SPACE GIVEN TO DRIVERS TAKES AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE. AND IF YOU TAKE SPACE AWAY FROM ME AS A DRIVER, THAT GIVES ME SPACE AS A CYCLIST, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK THAT WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID TODAY IS IMPORTANT AND UH, I AM FRUSTRATED JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. AND IF I HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET A SHOVEL I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. I DON'T WANT TO BE LA. I DON'T HAVE TO PAINT SIDEWALKS FOR MYSELF. I WANT SAFE STREETS. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DANIEL CRAVAT? >> NO. OKAY. >> COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN IN? OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. PERFECT. YOU'RE NEXT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN YET, PLEASE SIGN IN. THANK YOU. HELLO. >> MY NAME IS DANIEL TUCKER. I'M A DORCHESTER RESIDENT. I RECEIVED A STATE E-BIKE VOUCHER. UH, LAST AUGUST. AND I. STARTED BACK COMMUTING TO CAMBRIDGE AND QUITE FRANKLY IT CHANGED MY LIFE AND JUST YESTERDAY I LEARNED HOW MUCH IT'S CHANGED. MY HEALTH. UH, MY I HAD A HEART ATTACK 12 YEARS AGO. MY CARDIAC FUNCTION IS BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE I RIDE MY BIKE VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE NOW. AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, I OWN A CAR. I BIKE, I TAKE THE T UM I CHOOSE TO BIKE FOR MY HEALTH AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO ME BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE LONGER. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DIE IN TRAFFIC RIGHT? THE PROCESS DESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER IS NO PROCESS. I'M A MANAGER. A PROCESS INVOLVES STEPS. A PROCESS INVOLVES AN OUTLINE OF WHAT TO DO AND HOW THINGS WORK. AND I'VE NOT HEARD THAT. WHY CAN'T I SEE THIS MASSIVE SPREADSHEET THAT THE COMMISSIONER MENTIONED? I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. IS IT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? WHAT ARE THE MILESTONES? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE GOALPOSTS ? THE SAME THING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SPEED HUMPS. THEY'RE GREAT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER'S STATEMENT THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT ANSWER. BUMP OUTS RAISE CROSSWALKS BRILLIANT SOLUTIONS IN IN PLACES. BUT WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? HOW DO I AS A CITIZEN ADVOCATE FOR A SPECIFIC THING OTHER THAN THROUGH THE ELECTED? UM IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ME AND AS THE PREVIOUS UH PREVIOUS SPEAKER ALSO SAID THE EXAMPLES ARE OUT THERE OTHER WORLD CLASS CITIES HAVE DONE IT. PARIS HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE WORK IS THERE. THE PLANNERS KNOW MOHAMMED YOU KNOW WHAT CAN AND. >> SHOULD BE DONE. AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT. AND THIS 30 DAY PAUSE THAT HAS TURNED TO 14 MONTHS IS NONSENSE. SO THANK YOU. MY TIME IS UP. I APPRECIATE THE THE COUNCIL'S CALLING THIS HEARING AND THE PRESENCE OF THE COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. >> AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED IN YET JUST MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN AND THEN WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ONLINE TESTIMONY. SO WE HAVE MOVED ON FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY INDOORS. ERIC YOU ARE NEXT AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH MOLLY PHELPS ONLINE ALLEGRA COHEN KELLY MCGRATH KATHY MCCABE, LOUIS GRUNER, BEN CROWTHER, RICHARD MURPHY AND THAT'S THE ORDER WE'RE GOING IN. SO. AND I HAD A GOAL TO GET US OUT HERE BY 530 AND I THINK WE JUST MIGHT DO IT. SO. I'M READY. YES GO AHEAD. HI MY NAME IS ERIC HERON. I'M A RESIDENT OF JAMAICA PLAIN. UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, COUNCILOR DURKAN FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. IT'S ACTUALLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND, UH, REALLY GLAD TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO OFFER ONE PIECE OF ADVICE, UM, TO THE MAYOR SINCE SHE'S OBVIOUSLY DECIDED TO SEE THE ENTIRE, UH, CAMPAIGN ISSUE OF STREET SAFETY IN FAVOR OF, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED HER UM, UH, RAN ON. UH, AND INSTEAD SUGGEST THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK IN HER WHAT APPEARS TO BE INEVITABLE CAMPAIGN, UH, FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OR STATEWIDE OFFICE OR WHATEVER, UM, GETTING PROJECTS DONE WHETHER EVEN IF THEY MAY BE CONTROVERSIAL ONES IS I THINK ULTIMATELY. UM IT IS IT'S THE ANSWER TO WHAT GETS YOU ELECTED. SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT THIS APPROACH OF SIDELINING THINGS AND NOT REALLY HAVING ANY ANSWER TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR STREETS NOT DEALING WITH THE STREET SAFETY ISSUE WHATSOEVER. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A WINNING APPROACH NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY AND I JUST I WANT TO ECHO ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT CAME BEFORE ME. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EXCELLENT THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID AND AND I CAN'T TOP THEM SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU ERIC. UM NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ALEGRIA COHEN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. UM. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M ALEX COHEN. I LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. UM, AND I WORRY EVERY DAY THAT MY HUSBAND IS GOING TO GET HIT BY A CAR. UH, HE'S BEEN CUT OFF. HE HAS BEEN ILL. HE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY THREATENED BY DRIVERS ON HIS BIKE. UM, SOMEONE LITERALLY PUT THEIR CAR IN PARK ONCE AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO CHASE HIM. UM, THERE'S ONE CROSSWALK THAT WE CONSISTENTLY ALMOST EAT TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO THROUGH IT. UM, AND OKAY, THAT'S REALLY AWFUL, BUT THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT IT'S SUPER VALUABLE DATA THAT NOBODY IS ASKING FOR US. US FOR. >> UM, SO RESIDENTS ARE EXPERTS IN HOW TO SURVIVE IN BOSTON. YOU SHOULD BE ASKING US ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE AUTOMATED TOOLS NOW LIKE CONVERSATIONAL SURVEYS, UH, THAT CAN TALK TO RESIDENTS AT SCALE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. UM, AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO EXCUSE NOT TO GET REAL TIME DATA FROM RESIDENTS. WHAT'S MORE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE DATA, SEE THE AGREEMENTS AND THE DISAGREEMENTS AND HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW IT RESPONDS TO THOSE DATA. UM, AND THIS IS WELL WITHIN THE POWER OF A GOOD I-TEAM. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS FOLKS IN THAT DEPARTMENT WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS KIND OF THING. UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY TO PAINT A CLEARER AND MORE TRANSPARENT PICTURE OF TRANSIT SAFETY, UM, THEN YOU HAVEN'T REALLY REDESIGNED YOUR PROCESS IN ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL WAY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU ALLEGRA. UM, KELLY MCGRATH AND THEN KATHY MCCABE. GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS KELLY MCGRATH AND. >> I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BRIGHT MAIN STREETS. AND I. >> AM HERE. REPRESENTING THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE WESTERN OUT CORRIDOR, NORTH BEACON STREET AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESS DISTRICTS SINCE LATE 2024 APPROXIMATELY 150 PARKING SPACES WERE REMOVED FROM THIS CORRIDOR WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE MITIGATION PLAN. OVER THE PAST YEAR OUR BUSINESSES HAVE DONE EVERYTHING ASKED OF THEM. THEY ORGANIZED. THEY MET WITH CITY STAFF, THEY PARTICIPATED IN WALKTHROUGHS AND PROVIDED DETAILED FEEDBACK AND SOLUTIONS. AND YET NEARLY A YEAR LATER THERE'S STILL WAITING FOR ACTION. AND THAT TIME BUSINESSES HAVE REPORTED A 20 TO 25% LOSS IN BUSINESS. WE'VE ALREADY LOST ONE BUSINESS A BLACK OWNED WOMAN BUSINESS THE HOUSE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS. OTHERS ARE NOW PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PRIVATE PARKING JUST TO STAY OPEN. THEY'RE ALSO FACING SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS. PARENTS ARE DROPPING OFF CHILDREN AND BIKE LANES. DELIVERIES AND RIDESHARE PICK UPS ARE HAPPENING AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND BUSSES CANNOT PROPERLY PULL OVER. THIS IS NOT A THEORETICAL ISSUE. THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANY OTHER SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE'RE ASKING FOR EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ONE THAT WORKS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS FAMILIES SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WE KNOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE SECTIONS OF WESTERN AVE NEAR THE LAB WORKS BUILDING WHERE BIKE LANES AND PARKING COEXIST SUCCESSFULLY. THE MODEL WORKS AND IT PROVES THAT BALANCE IS ACHIEVABLE. SO TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR ACTION RESTORE LIMITED PARKING WHERE FEASIBLE. LOOK TO REOPEN OR RESTORE RESIDENTIAL PARKING ANALYSIS BASED ON THE REAL RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE SIDE STREETS . CREATE DESIGNATED LOADING AND DROPOFF ZONES. ADDRESS AMENDMENT. OH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, KATHY MCCABE, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. I THANK YOU. I'M KATHY MCCABE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE LONGFELLOW AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THREE PROJECTS UM TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF ADVANCEMENT, UM, TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION. ONE IS THE SIGNALS AND SIDEWALK PROJECT FOR SOUTH WALTER ROBERT UH, STREETS BY FALLON FIELD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE UNDERSTOOD THIS PROJECT WAS AT 95% DESIGN READY TO GO OUT FOR BID IN FALL OF 2025 BUT IT DID NOT. UM, THE SIGNALS ARE OLD AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. SIDEWALKS ARE IN POOR CONDITION. THE SOUTH ROBERT INTERSECTION HAS A DANGEROUS FEATURE. THE RIGHT TURN LANE FROM ROBERT ONTO SOUTH IS VIA A SLIP LANE THAT IS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE SIGNAL. INSTEAD THERE'S A STOP SIGN WHERE DRIVER NONCOMPLIANCE HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO BE ONLY 60 TO 70% AND THIS IS A SLIP LANE THAT ONE NEEDS TO CROSS TO EVEN PRESS THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON SO THEY COULD CROSS THE STREET. WE NEED TO FIX THIS INTERSECTION AND GET THE STREETS AND SIGNALS PROJECT MOVING. THE SECOND PROJECT IS WALTER STREET SOUTH STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS. LORNA HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THESE THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OVER A DECADE FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS FROM BUZZY BROOK AND WALTER TO FALLON FIELD SOUTH STREET. WE ORGANIZED THIS TRACK. WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . UM, AND AFTER THAT WAS OVER A DECADE AGO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS WANTED SLOWER SPEEDS, SAFER WALKING AND BICYCLING CONDITIONS AND THE ABILITY TO SAFELY CROSS WALTER STREET AS WELL AS SAFELY WALKING ALONG WALTER STREET. SIDEWALKS ARE UNEVEN, PRONE TO PUDDLING AND ICING. THEY ARE LARGELY NOT ADA COMPLIANT PERSON USING A WALKER WHEELCHAIR OR PUSHING A STROLLER CANNOT SAFELY TRAVEL ON THE SIDEWALKS. BUMPY WITH TRIP FACTORS INCLUDING UTILITY CAPS, HEAVED ASPHALT AND CURBS SIDEWALKS. SIDEWALKS ARE POORLY LIT, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE TRIP HAZARDS IN THE DUSK AND EVENING. SO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR IMPROVEMENT. LORNA WANTS CONCRETE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ADA HIGH. AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WALL WELD AND CENTER STREET. WE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS. WE'VE DONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. >> OKAY LUCAS IS NEXT AND THEN BEN CROWTHER. THANK YOU COUNCILORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UM I WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE STALLING OF PROJECTS DESPITE THE CITY'S OWN DATA SHOWING THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR. HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON A FEW OTHER THINGS. I WAS GLAD TO HEAR TODAY THAT THE STREETS CABINET IS LOOKING TO FOLLOW GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES AND COORDINATE SAFETY WORK WITH REPAIR. UM WE NEED MORE OF THIS IS THE DEFAULT. AS AN EXAMPLE THERE'S A NEW APARTMENT PROJECT IN JP THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ROCKVILLE CIRCLE, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE DESPITE THE STREET BEING EXTREMELY WIDE A DEAD END AND OPENING UP ON TO BUSY WASHINGTON STREET. IT'S ALSO GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE CABINET IS TRYING TO CONSIDER WHAT THE BEST TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ARE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD. UM BUT THE CURRENT PROCESS NEEDS TO IMPROVE AND MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS OF THE STONY BROOK NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY HAS BEEN ACTING AS IF SPEED HUMPS ARE ADEQUATE TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH RAT RUNNING DURING RUSH HOUR, WHICH RESIDENTS KNOW IS NOT TRUE. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO URGE YOU TO CONSIDER FLUSH STREETS AND SHARED STREETS. MANY PARTS OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JP ARE PERFECT CANDIDATES FOR THIS. THEY'RE VERY NARROW SIDEWALKS THAT ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT AND ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED BY TELEPHONE POLES, TREES AND DRIVEWAY RAMPS. UH, MOST OF THESE STREETS ALSO HAVE VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND PEOPLE TYPICALLY WALK IN THE STREET ANYWAY. UM WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR, I JUST DON'T TRUST THE CITY TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON THESE THINGS. UM, HEARING THE CLAIM TODAY THAT NO PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PAUSED DOES NOT GIVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT THE STREETS CABINET IS BEING ALLOWED TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH. UM I KNOW THAT THE TALENTED STAFF AT BTD HAVE BEEN TOLD TO STOP WORKING ON CERTAIN SAFETY PROJECTS. UM, BARRIERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM BIKE LANES NOTABLY EN MASSE WITH NO PUBLIC PROCESS OR EXPLANATION. THE BEACON STREET BIKE LANES NEVER FINISHED CONSTRUCTION AT THE ARLINGTON STREET INTERSECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPDATES ON THE PUBLIC GARDEN CROSSINGS AND OR SOUTH ACTION PLAN THE STATE STREET REDESIGN COLUMBUS HAVE BUS LANES EXTENSION. UH I THINK THAT ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT CHARLES STREET SOUTH AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. UH THE ONLY UPDATE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN HAVING THEIR FUNDING CUT OR ELIMINATED BY THE MAYOR'S LATE THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL. UM, MAYOR BOO HAS BEEN COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR POLICY RECENTLY ON STREET SAFETY AND AT THIS POINT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES OR WHAT HER MOTIVATIONS ARE. UM, WE NEED REAL ACTIONS AND NOT WORDS TO REGAIN PUBLIC TRUST ON THIS STUFF AT THIS POINT. JUST LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER TO SEE WHAT KIND OF POLICY MEETS THE REAL RESULTS. THANK YOU. BEN CROWTHER YOUR NEXT AND YOUR LAST. OH EVERYONE AND BANKER OUT THERE. I'M A RESIDENT UM THE ROSLINDALE WEST ROXBURY LINE ALONG CENTER STREET. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LONGFELLOW AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD. UM, WE'VE CHEERED THE STEPS. >> THAT THE CITY HAVE TAKEN TO IMPROVE SAFE STREETS. UNDER MAYOR ROOF'S. FIRST TERM. AND WE REALLY NEED MORE ACTION NOW. UM, LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID, I ALSO FEEL BETRAYED BY VOTING FOR MAYOR WU. UM, THE LACK OF MEANINGFUL PROGRESS SINCE MARCH OF 2025 UNSAFE STREETS. >> IS. INCREDIBLY PROBLEMATIC, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR THE LACK OF UPDATES. I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE REMAINS TO BE SO MUCH MORE TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLIST AND DRIVER SAFETY AND THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS IS EMBLEMATIC OF PROBLEMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CITY. UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALWORTH AND SOUTH STREET NEXT TO FALLON FIELD. UH, INSTALLED A NO RIGHT TURN ON A RED SIGN AFTER WE ASKED THAT'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR ADOPTED GUIDANCE IN 2023. UM, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THEY INSTALLED IT, THEY TOOK IT DOWN WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION. THERE'S CHILDREN THAT CROSS, UH ,TO THE PARK CONSTANTLY. A PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST HAD BOTH BEEN HIT THERE IN 2024. WE SENT A LETTER IN 2020 DECEMBER 2025 WITH THE REQUEST FOR AN EXPLANATION AND RESPONSE THAT ONCE A QUICK FIX. UH, WE WORKED WITH BPD AND PLANS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEARBY HULETT SOUTH. WALTER ROBERTS INTERSECTION WAS HIT THERE IN 2023. THIS WAS APPROVED BY THE PC. UH, THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND SIGNAL UPGRADES. AND MARCH 2025. WE'VE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON PROJECT TIMING AND STATUS. NO ANSWER. UH, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY AND INVESTING IN SAFE STREETS, IT'S JUST IT'S COSTING LIVES AND IT'S COSTING BOSTON RESIDENTS MONEY. WHEN I MOVED HERE, UH, FROM LAGRANGE STREET IN WEST ROXBURY A LITTLE OVER A MILE AWAY. MY CAR INSURANCE RATES DOUBLED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CRASHES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO SOMETHING URGENTLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE OUR CITY STREETS SAFER FOR DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND BTV NEED TO RESUME THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS HEARING. UH, ALL OF THESE DOCKETS WILL REMAIN IN COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PUBLIC ,UH, TESTIMONY. WE HAD OVER 47 PEOPLE TESTIFY. I DON'T KNOW HOW OVER BUT WE HAVE FOUGHT. WE HAD AT LEAST 47 PEOPLE TESTIFY. AND I THINK THAT'S A HUGE TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS WORK. AND SO, UH, THIS HEARING ON DOCKET 02040588 AND 0589 IS ADJOURNED.