Reminder: Speak Out For Safety On Mass. Ave. Wed. June 15th!
Written by Boston Biker on Jun 14From Livable Streets:
Now is the time to speak up for a safer Massachusetts Ave!
This Wednesday, June 15th the City of Boston is holding a community meeting to share proposed design improvements for Massachusetts Avenue from Beacon Street to Harrison Avenue. This is a critical meeting. Will you be there?
Vision Zero Priority Corridor Mass Ave Public Meeting
June 15, 2016, 6pm – 7:30pm
@ Saint Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere St, Boston
Through participating in this meeting you are demonstrating your support not just for a safer Mass Ave, but for strong Vision Zero implementation throughout Boston.
You can do a few things to help out:
- Share this with your friends and neighbors and encourage them to join you on Wednesday.
- Wear yellow to the meeting. Yellow is an international color of solidarity for those killed in crashes.
- Spread the word via social media before and during the meeting using #visionzero, #ProtectMassAve and#crashnotaccident
- Speak up at the meeting. Tell the city about your personal experiences and the improvements you’d like to see on Mass Ave
Here are a few suggested talking points:
- Thank you for your commitment to Vision Zero and making Mass Ave safer for everyone!
- Please add protected bike lanes on both sides of Mass Ave, the whole way.
- Re-pave Mass Ave by the Christian Science Center Plaza as soon as possible!
- In areas where protected bike lanes can’t be added this year, please make a commitment to implement them as part of your long-term plan for the street.
- Please make signals shorter to reduce the wait time for pedestrians crossing the street;
- And give pedestrians at least a 6 second head start when they are crossing
- Please make every intersection ‘no right on red’ — and enforce it!
This project is an important step in bringing the number of fatalities on our streets to zero and has the potential to be a model street for other safety improvements throughout Boston.
We know that improving Mass Ave will save lives. We hope to see you on June 15th!
Tags: LiveableStreets, mass ave., speak out, vision zero
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