Speak Up For A Safer Beacon Street On Monday!

From the email:

Now is the time to speak up for a safer Beacon Street!

On Monday, October 2nd, the City of Boston is holding a “drop-in” meeting to share an update on the Beacon Street redesign project, a Vision Zero corridor project.

The City has incorporated feedback from the public meeting in June into an updated design, and will have team members on hand to answer questions.

Vision Zero Beacon Street Redesign Public Meeting
Monday, October 2, 2017, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
@ the Boston Public Library, lower lobby in front of Rabb Hall
700 Boylston Street, Boston

You can do a few things to help out:

1. Share this email with your community and encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to join you on Monday.
2. Spread the word via social media before and during the meeting using #visionzero and #crashnotaccident. 
3. Speak up at the meeting. Tell the city about your personal experiences and the improvements you’d like to see on Beacon Street.

Here are a few suggested talking points:

• Thank you for your commitment to Vision Zero and making Beacon Street safer for everyone!
• Please keep the bike lane separated uninterrupted to the intersection at Mass Ave, rather than having a mixing zone.
• Thank you for doing a road diet in order to create a safer street with shorter crossings for pedestrians and dedicated space for bicycling.
• Thank you for improving pedestrian signal timing by making more crossings concurrent with a Leading Pedestrian Interval. Please do so with ALL pedestrian crossings in the project area, ensuring that the WALK signal lasts the full length of the concurrent green, along with making all pedestrian signals automatic 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Thank you for adding ‘No Turn on Red’ signs. Please add them at ALL intersections.
• Please extend the bike lane further eastbound to the Fiedler Footbridge and to Arlington St as part of this project rather than in the future.

Beacon Street has been the site of several serious crashes in the past few years, and this project is an important step in bringing the number of fatalities on our streets to zero.

We know that improving Beacon Street will save lives. We hope to see you on October 2nd!

LivableStreets Alliance
http://www.livablestreets.info/

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Beacon Street In Brookline Getting Improvements

From Livable Streets:

Brookline residents back Beacon Street improvements

At a public meeting on January 7th, Brookline residents unanimously backed a proposal to remove a travel lane on Beacon Street to accommodate safety improvements between Marion St and Westbourne Terrace. More than 100 people packed the Selectman’s Room at Brookline Town Hall, spurring momentum for a project that will enhance safety for everyone along this highly traveled corridor.

Join Brookline Transportation Board at their next meeting tonight to learn more and continue to voice your support for these much needed improvements!

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