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Public Hearing: City Council Traffic and Parking Committee of the Whole & Traffic Commission Joint Public Hearing on Broadway Bus/Bicycle Lanes
The City Council Traffic and Parking Committee of the Whole and the Traffic Commission invite community members to a joint public hearing on Monday, December 9, at 6:00 p.m., to provide feedback on the design and implementation of the new traffic configuration on Broadway in Winter Hill, which features dedicated bus and bicycle lanes. The public hearing will be held in the City Council Chambers, 93 Highland Ave.
The public hearing will open with a short presentation by City staff on project history, objectives, and preliminary evaluation data for key metrics pertaining to safety and mobility for all road users. Following the presentation, members of the public will be invited to speak. The typical two-minute time limit will be strictly enforced.
Written Testimony
If you are unable to attend, or wish to submit written testimony, please email to both of the following TWO addresses: citycouncil@somervillema.gov, traffic@somervillema.gov. The official public record for written testimony will close on Friday, December 13, at 5:00 p.m. Additional comments sent after the deadline will be reviewed but will not become part of the public record.
If you have questions about the Public Hearing, please contact the Chair of the City Council Traffic and Parking Committee and Ward 5 City Councilor, Mark Niedergang, at mniedergang@somervillema.gov or (617) 629-8033.
Individuals with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication, written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures, in order to access the programs and activities of the City of Somerville or to attend meetings, should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator, Nency Salamoun, at 617-625-6600 x2323 or NSalamoun@somervillema.gov.
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Shouldn’t this public hearing have taken place BEFORE the changes were made?
I sort of agree with you but once they did it now we know how much it does not work. But it is the as usual when the city helps us it goes bad fast.
Living here since 1975, I have never seen anything like the mess you have created on Broadway. I apologize to the neighborhoods I now drive thru just to avoid sitting in traffic on Broadway, ANYTIME, day or night. I believe regular users of the “new and improved” one lane fiasco will tell you, by the time they drive from Cedar Street to McGrath Highway, maybe one bus and a few bikes will have gone by them in their newly formed paradise. It is a disgrace what has been done to my city. I believe the only two lane street left in Somerville is Mystic Avenue, which is controlled by DCR.
At least the city is finally being transparent about their meetings, where taxpayers can give oral or written testimony. Might as well hold it after the fact since it’s always a done deal anyway. The opinion of the taxpayers/voters, when they are allowed to give it in more than a 30 second spiel at a public ‘hearing’, is totally disregarded at every turn.
Hey, remember when those crazy kids blocked 93 as a protest? And Mayor Curtatone thought they should be praised and not prosecuted? Maybe we should think about having a bus lane protest.
block the lane , Many have suggested that and more. You just might get away with it for the buses as there are not that many to contend with. But not on the unused bike lanes.