Monday, October 5, 2026 at 6 PM
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The Traffic and Parking Committee considers a proposed lower-cost parking permit for vehicle owners with driveways that would allow daytime and evening street parking but not overnight, along with the Director of Parking's response. It also takes up safety requests for Broadway and Cedar Street (a no turn on red sign), Vernon Street and Partridge Avenue, and Prospect Hill traffic calming. Community Path signage and safety, Lowell Street and School Street crosswalks, and comments on the bus network redesign are also on the agenda.
Agenda 10 items
Notices from the agenda
(Posted online: 10/1/26 at 6:30 AM)
This meeting was held via Zoom and was called to order by Chair Sait at 6:05 pm and adjourned at 7:48 pm on a roll call vote of 3 in favor (Councilors Wheeler, Mbah and Sait), 0 opposed, and 0 absent. Also present: Brian Postlewaite — Director of Engineering, Brad Rawson — Director of Transportation & Infrastructure and Delaney Fisher-Cassiol — Clerk of Committees
Roll Call
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Approval of the Minutes of the Traffic and Parking Committee Meeting of June 22, 2026.
Roll call: 3 aye
- Ben WheelerAye
- Wilfred N. MbahAye
- Naima SaitAye
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That the Director of Parking discuss with this Council the possibility of administering a parking permit type intended for vehicle owners with driveways, at a lower price than standard residential parking permits, which would allow only daytime and evening street parking but not overnight street parking, and which would not be usable during street cleaning or snow emergencies.
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Director of Parking conveying information regarding item #26-1019.
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Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Committee submitting comments re: bus network redesign.
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That the Director of Mobility install a NO TURN ON RED sign at the intersection of Broadway and Cedar Street.
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That the Director of Mobility take the steps necessary to make the intersection of Vernon Street and Partridge Avenue safer.
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Calling for traffic calming measures in the Prospect Hill neighborhood.
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That the Director of Mobility add additional signage helping users of the Community Path get through Maxwell's Green to the Community Path and add clear signage directing users to the ramp and stairs on Lowell Street.
Roll call: 2 aye · 1 absent
- Ben WheelerAye
- Wilfred N. MbahAbsent
- Naima SaitAye
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That the Director of Engineering provide an update on the construction of the Lowell Street and School Street crosswalks facing the Green Line stations.
Roll call: 2 aye · 1 absent
- Ben WheelerAye
- Wilfred N. MbahAbsent
- Naima SaitAye
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That the Director of Mobility discuss with this Council strategies for improving the safety of users of the Community Path, including improved signage, enforcement of the motorized vehicle ban on the path, coordination with community partners to encourage cooperative use, and regulation of e-bikes, including the imposition of speed limits.