Boston City Council Hearing On Lower Speed Limits In Boston
Written by Boston Biker on Apr 08Got this in the email. Very interesting proposal! If we really could make speeding enforcement and lowering speeds a priority we would be much better off.
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On April 20th there will be a hearing on Councilor Frank Baker’s proposal regarding lowering the speed limit in Boston from 30 to 20 mph. I am myself slightly confused whether the measure sets a new speed limit, or allows the speed limit to be lowered. There is a bunch of press on this you can find, one example is here.
The hearing will be held at 11AM in the Iannella Chamber on the 5th floor of the City Hall. Public notice ishere.
I asked Amy Frigulietti (Councilor Barker’s Chief of Staff) about what can be done to help get this passed, and here is what she wrote:
Spreading the word and sending testimony will be very useful in helping this effort. Also, please feel free to encourage others to submit testimony and/or attend the hearing, if their schedules permit. Others should also let their district city councilors, all four at-large city councilors, and the mayor know of their support. This Home Rule Petition needs to pass the City Council and the Mayor needs to sign it. Then it needs to pass the State Legislature. So, the more elected offices in support, the better.
Mayor Walsh has not come out in support of this proposal, from what I read in the media, though it looks like he supported an earlier, failed, proposal to lower the speed limits.
You can email your (or an at-large) councilor to have your comments become part of the record. The public notice lists the following email addresses which the public notice recommends using for the correspondence regarding this matter:
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