D MY NAME IS SHARON DIRK THE COUNSELOR UH SORRY. I'LL TRY THIS AGAIN FOR THE
RECORD, MY NAME IS SHARON DURKIN, CITY COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION . TODAY IS APRIL 3RD AND WE'RE STARTING A LITTLE LATE. IT'S 1012.
THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV BACKSLASH CITY DASH COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCAST ON EXTREMITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES
CHANNEL 964 WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT C DOT PLAN DV AT BOSTON.COM AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO OUR COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN
AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUAL WILL BE CALLED ON AN ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WE'LL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD
YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN IN SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON RON COBB AT ARO AND DOT COBB AT BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND
YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET 0309 ORDER FOR A HEARING TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF SAFE SCHOOL ZONES TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THIS MATTER IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS ENRIQUE PAPEN JOHN FITZGERALD AND ED FLYNN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 29, 2025 JUST BEFORE
THE FINAL. IT SHOULD BE OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO I'LL JUST OPEN UP AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR THEN CAN
YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOUR NEXT COUNCILOR FLYNN COUNCILOR MURPHY COUNCILOR FITZGERALD TODAY'S DOCKET SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF SAFE SCHOOL ZONES ACROSS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND
TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND ALL SCHOOLS. THIS DOCKET IS NOT JUST ABOUT SIGNAGE OR SPEED LIMITS IT'S ABOUT TAKING A COMPREHENSIVE CITY WIDE APPROACH TO ENSURE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO
PUSH FOR MEANINGFUL STANDARDIZED IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT HOW WE DESIGN SIGNAL AND PROTECT OUR STREETS IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE BOSTON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM CO-LED BY CBP AND THE STREETS CABINET IS A
GREAT INITIATIVE. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO MANY OF OUR LEADERS HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION. I'M GOING TO GO FIRST TO THE
LEAD CO-SPONSOR OR THE LEAD SPONSOR, COUNCILOR PEPEN. I KNOW THAT WE HOSTED A VERY GREAT WORKING SESSION ON THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT WORK. SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE ABOUT A MINUTE FOR OPENING STATEMENTS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PANEL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BALANCE FOR BEING HERE TODAY THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN
AT THE TOP OF MY MIND. I GOT INTO OFFICE, MY DISTRICT HAS A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS THAT ARE ALWAYS ASKING QUESTIONS. SO I THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ESPECIALLY SYLVIA. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHAT WITH YOU
FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC SO I'M VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO ASKING SOME QUESTIONS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND IN THIS YEAR SINCE WE DID THE WORK IN SESSION LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT SOME
PILOTS THAT YOU WERE DOING IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE CITY SO I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT BUT AGAIN I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING EVERY STEP POSSIBLE TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER FOR NOT JUST STUDENTS BUT
EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILOR FLYNN WHO IS THE THIRD CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE ORIGINAL
CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR IMPORTANT WORK COUNCILOR PEP AND COUNCILOR FITZGERALD PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL ISSUES FACING OUR CITY.
IT'S A IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND I ALSO BELIEVE IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AS WELL HAVE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SINCE SERVING ON THE COUNCIL CALLING FOR
SLOWER SPEEDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 2018 I CALLED FOR AND HELD A HEARING WITH COUNCILOR BAKER TO ADVOCATE FOR REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND OUR
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOW WE ARE SEEING MANY OF THOSE 20 MILES AN HOUR SIGNS WITH OUR SPEED ZONES AS WELL. MANY NEIGHBORS PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, OUR SENIORS
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONTACT ME EVERY DAY REPORTING ABOUT EXCESSIVE SPEED HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
MANY OF YOU KNOW MY PARENTS ARE ELDERLY AND THEIR MID-TO-LATE EIGHTIES BUT THEY WALK EVERY DAY FROM THEIR HOUSE UP TO L STREET UP TO BROADWAY TO THE LIBRARY.
BUT THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT THEY'RE IN THE CROSSWALK IN A CAR FULL SPEED RIGHT BY THEM BY AN ELDERLY
COUPLE GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY ALSO TELL ME ABOUT MOTHERS TAKING THEIR LITTLE KIDS TO SCHOOL. SAME SITUATION. THEY'LL BE IN THE CROSSWALK AND
A CAR WILL SPEED BY THEM 30, 40 MILES AN HOUR. VERY DANGEROUS. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY BUT HOW WE CAN
COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE REALLY IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S SENIORS, SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING THEIR KIDS TO
SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY PROVIDING A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND MY COMMITTEE. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
FOCUS ON THIS. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU'RE NEXT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I'M AT THAT MEETING WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT WORKING SESSION.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT AS WE MAKE THESE, YOU KNOW, MAPS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS WERE BASICALLY COVERING THE WHOLE CITY WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING WE DID THAT WE HAVE SO MANY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE
FOCUSING IN OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FOCUS IN ON OUR SCHOOL ZONES. AS A MOM MY KIDS ARE OLDER NOW BUT SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, EITHER AT THE BUS STOP OR
DROPPING OFF IN MY CAR OR WALKING AT THE SCHOOL ZONES. AND AS A TEACHER FOR OVER 24 YEARS, IT'S SEEING FIRSTHAND THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE A CROSSING GUARD, YOU MAY ALSO
HAVE A POLICE CAR MAKING SURE LIKE ALONG DORT OUT OR DOWN NEAR THE MURPHY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS I WAS THERE. YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE WHICH KIND OF SHOCKS ME, YOU KNOW.
WELL DRIVE AROUND AND NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT YOU STOPPED IN THE CROSSWALK BECAUSE YOU'RE LETTING A CHILD OR A FAMILY GO BY AND THEY JUST SPEED THROUGH. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THIS DISCUSSION AND THAT IT TIES INTO OUR OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR
FAMILIES, OUR STAFF RIGHT MANY TIMES TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOL ZONES ARE SAFE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION AND HOW WE ON THE COUNCIL CAN HELP SUPPORT I KNOW THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE ALREADY DOING SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILOR MURPHY AND IT'S SO INTERESTING WE'RE ALL BRINGING OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. I KNOW YOU'RE FORMER TEACHER
AND I KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD WHO IS ALSO THE VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE IS ALSO A DAD WHO LIVES ON A SPEEDY STREET. SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALL BRINGING OUR DIFFERENT IDENTITIES TO THE
TABLE AT THIS AT THIS ONE. SO I KNOW COUNCILOR FITZGERALD'S A SECOND CO-SPONSOR SO I'LL GIVE HIM THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
RIGHT. SO LOOK, A BOSTON WITHOUT FAMILIES IS NOT A BOSTON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS IN RAISING A FAMILY IS WHERE YOUR
KIDS ARE NOT GOING NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION THEY GET AT SCHOOL BUT OF COURSE THE TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF YOUR CHILDREN TIME IS SPENT TO FROM AN ART SCHOOL IN RAISING A FAMILY.
AND SO WHILE WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THOSE WALLS, IT'S EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THERE SAFELY. I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE ALL HERE TO DO AND THAT'S YOUR JOB.
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS THIS THIS CONVERSATION TODAY AND YEAH, I'LL SAVE THE REST FOR THE QUESTIONS BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND ALLOWING US TO GO OVER THIS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE PANELIST. WE HAVE JILL CARTER, THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FROM VP'S WE HAVE MARY MARY OF NZ DIRECTOR CHRONIC DISEASE
AND PREVENTION AND CONTROL DIVISION AT BPH SEE CHARLOTTE FLEETWOOD SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER AT BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND SYLVIA, THE MOST IMPORTANT
SYLVIA ON USE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PLANNER BTD I KNOW WE HAD A GREAT WORKING SESSION I KNOW THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ALL GET STARTED.
I'LL HAVE YOU GUYS GO IN WHATEVER ORDER YOU LIKE. OKAY I'LL JUST START WITH A FEW INTRODUCTORY WORDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HOSTING US. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO SHARE
ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS IS CLEAR FROM THE INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS AS IT SEPARATES THE SCHOOL IS IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND SO IT
INVOLVES COMMUNITY MEMBERS FAMILIES, IT INVOLVES PUBLIC HEALTH, IT INVOLVES POLICIES AND IT ALSO INVOLVES IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE
I WANT TO INTRODUCE JUST FROM AFAR OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF STS AND JULIA CAMPBELL WHO IS DIRECTOR OF IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS
WE IMPLEMENT THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL OF THE SAFETY SURGE SPEED HUMPS AND 20 MILE PER HOUR ZONES ARE INSTALLED AND OFTEN DESIGNED BY JULIA'S TEAM.
WE ALSO HAVE IN ADDITION TO OUR SEYFRIED'S THE SCHOOL PLANNER SYLVIA WE HAVE A SAFER SCHOOL PLANNER SAM BETH WHO'S WORKING ON EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS. IT'S NOT OUR TOPIC TODAY BUT
TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO RIDE SAFELY AND ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF EVERYTHING WE DO. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TO KEY PARTNERS BOSTON PUBLIC
HEALTH COMMISSION MARY BETH NZ HAS BEEN LEADING THE PARTNERSHIP AND JILL CARTER FROM BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO HAS BEEN A LONG TIME CHAMPION AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL AND A
LEADER IN THIS SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARY. GREAT THANK YOU CHARLOTTE GOOD MORNING CHAIR DIRK AND COUNCILOR PEPEN AND ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES MY NAME IS MARY
BOOTH NZ AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR STUDENTS ACROSS BOSTON AT SEE
WE HAVE ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND ROAD SAFETY IMPLEMENTING SPEED REDUCTIONS, SAFE STREET IN VEHICLE DESIGN, PROPER TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENTS AND EDUCATION WILL LEAD TO MANY
LIVES SAVED AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS A KEY PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AT THE COMMISSION. WE KNOW THAT PEDESTRIAN
INJURIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON URBAN ROADS HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR PREVENTATIVE MEASURES IN OUR CITY IN 2024. JUST LAST YEAR EMS REPORTED 466
INJURIES TO PEDESTRIANS INVOLVED IN CRASHES ON OUR STREETS AND SADLY THERE WERE 12 PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES. CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS MAKING SCHOOL ZONES A
SPECIFIC AREA OF OUR CITY THAT WE NEED TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ENCOURAGING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS WALKING AND BIKING CAN IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES THERE ARE MANY STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT THESE MODES OF TRANSPORT NOT ONLY PROVIDE AN EASY WAY TO INCORPORATE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO DAILY ROUTINES BUT ALSO PROMOTES BETTER MENTAL HEALTH AND TIME
ATTENDANCE, IMPROVE SCHOOL READINESS AND IT FOSTERS STRONGER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS . HOWEVER, AS WE KNOW THESE BENEFITS CAN ONLY BE FULLY REALIZED IF THE PHYSICAL AND
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS SAFE PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL. SO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STREETS CABINET IN BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS BEEN LEADING BOSTON'S SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
TASK FORCE FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS WHICH USES A POLICY AND SYSTEMS APPROACH TO LOOK AT THE FACTORS THAT IMPACT HOW STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCHOOL ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCESSES AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PROCEDURAL CHANGES LIKE THE ONES RECOMMENDED BY THE STREETS
CABINET TODAY WILL STRENGTHEN OUR WORK DONE BY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL BOSTON RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE
TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WOULD YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELVES A LITTLE MORE? YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JILL CARTER.
I'M THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OUR OFFICE LEADS AND COORDINATES THE DISTRICT WELLNESS POLICY, HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SOCIAL
EMOTIONAL LEARNING. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS DISCUSSION TODAY ON IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AROUND BOSTON SCHOOLS.
OUR OFFICE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY DEPARTMENTS ON THIS ISSUE AND WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE HEALTH COMMISSION AND THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT UNSAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AFTER THAT TIME CREATING SAFER STREETS AND CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS TO GET
TO SCHOOLS IS CRITICAL FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF BOSTON STUDENTS. IN 2023 50% OF HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND 50% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED
WALKING OR RIDING A BICYCLE TO OR FROM SCHOOL ON ONE OR MORE DAYS. 68% OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND 64% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WALKED OR BIKE TO SCHOOL
DID SO ON EVERY DAY. THIS IS SELF-REPORTED AS A PART OF THE YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SERVICE FOR BOSTON. THE DISTRICT'S WELLNESS POLICY RECOGNIZES THE LINK BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, HEALTH AND
LEARNING AND COMMITS US TO WORKING TOGETHER WITH CITY AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ON EFFORTS TO CREATE AND PROMOTE SAFE, ACTIVE TO
TRANSPORT TO AND FROM SCHOOL. TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS, BP IS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL TASK FORCE. WE PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION AND COLLABORATE ON WALK TO SCHOOL DAY PROMOTIONS AND BIKE SAFETY EVENTS AND OUR TRANSPORTATION AND FACILITY DEPARTMENTS COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMISSION AND BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE STREET PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT TO SUPPORT THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT BUS ARRIVALS AND DISMISSALS. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
AND PASS IT OVER TO SYLVIA. EVERYONE THANK YOU COUNSELORS FOR MAKING SPACE FOR TODAY AND TO HEAR ABOUT FOR US THE SCHOOL. AND I WANT TO START US OFF WITH A QUOTE FROM THE STREETS FOR
CHILDREN. WHEN YOU BUILD A STREET WITH A CHILD IN MIND, YOU'RE BUILDING A STREET FOR EVERYBODY. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES, GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW SEE FOR US THE SCHOOL IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR MORE THAN
20 YEARS. SO MASSDOT HAS HAD A PROGRAM IN THE STATE FOR FOR A WHILE NOW AND IN 2017 BPC RECEIVED A
GRAPH THAT ALLOWED THEM TO CREATE A PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH A FOCUS FOR THE CITY. SO THEY DID A LOT OF GREAT FOUNDATIONAL WORK A, B, C THEY DID A TALLY COUNT IN WHICH THEY
ASKED STUDENTS WHAT THEIR MAIN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WERE AND WHICH YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND THEY CREATED WALKING MAPS THAT SHOWED CHILDREN WHERE IT WAS SAFEST TO WALK, WHAT CROSSWALKS
WERE GREAT TO USE, WHERE INTERSECTIONS WERE SIGNALIZED AND WHERE AND B BUS STOPS WHERE WERE TO GET THEM TO THEIR CLASSES. AND THEN IN 2023 WE RECEIVED A GRANT HERE AT THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND IN WHICH THEN I WAS ABLE TO GET HIRED WITH THE IDEA OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IN MIND FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON WITH THE IDEA OF YOU KNOW,
TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND THROUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THIS WONDERFUL TASK FORCE OF THE PEOPLE HERE ON THIS PANEL AND TOGETHER WE HAVE CREATED THESE GOALS THROUGH OUR
COLLABORATIVE WORK. SO THEIR GOALS ARE TO CREATE SAFER STREETS AND CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN TO GET TO SCHOOL, IMPROVE ON TIME ARRIVAL AND READINESS TO LEARN, PROMOTE SAFE WALKING AND BIKING AS
LIFELONG HABITS, REDUCE PEDIATRIC CRASHES AMONGST SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND SUPPORT THE REST AND RALLY NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP MAKE WALKING TO SCHOOL SAFE, POPULAR AND FUN.
SO WHEN WE WERE CREATING THIS TASK FORCE WE ALSO REALIZED THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SCHOOLS AND KIND OF GIVE THEM THE ATTENTION THAT THEY NEED. AND SO WE HAVE TO THREE PAGE B
C AND M'S IDENTIFY IT PRIOR TO SCHOOLS THAT HAD MORE THAN ONE PEDIATRIC CRASH PER YEAR WITHIN A HALF MILE AND THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT
OF CRASHES A YEAR AND WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SCHOOLS ON THIS LIST. WE HAVE 66 SCHOOLS AND WHEN WE REVIEWED THESE SCHOOLS WE KIND OF WERE LOOKING AT WHO WAS HIGHEST ON THE LIST AND AS WELL
AS WHAT HOW THEY WERE GROUPED IN GEOGRAPHICALLY AND WHAT KIND OF OTHER WORK WAS BEING DONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN THESE
AREAS. AND THEN IF THE SCHOOL HAPPENS TO NOT BE ON THE LIST PER BIPS REQUESTS WE ALSO REVIEW FOR SCHOOL ZONES SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED OR SCHOOLS THAT
ARE, YOU KNOW, COMING UP IN BRAND NEW WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS PROGRAM WE INCLUDE QUITE A BIT OF THINGS SO WE ALSO WE DO ARRIVE ON DISMISSAL ASSESSMENTS FOR EACH SCHOOL THAT WE WORK
WITH AND WITH THOSE SCHOOLS WE KIND OF YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, WE DO OBSERVATIONS AND WE KIND OF OFFER A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD KIND OF HELP THE SCHOOL HAVE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.
SO IF THAT'S YOU KNOW, TALKING TO PARENTS, HAVING MAPS AND THEN KIND OF DOING ANY SAFETY INTERVENTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED AND THEN WHAT WE WILL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT TODAY IS A SCHOOL ZONE ASSESSMENT.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THESE OBSERVATIONS WE REALIZED THAT THE ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL DIDN'T REALLY MATCH UP TO THE SCHOOL ZONE THAT WE HAD IMPLEMENTED. WE TYPICALLY DO SCHOOLS ON AT WHAT WE CONSIDER FRONT
OF SCHOOL SCHOOLS USE MORE THAN JUST FRONT OF SCHOOL. THEY HAVE I HAVE SCHOOLS THAT USE BACK ENTRANCE SIDE ENTRANCES. THEY THEY ORGANIZE THEMSELVES BY CRAZY ORGANIZE THEMSELVES BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION OR WHERE
THEIR CLASSROOMS ARE LOCATED AND THEREFORE NOT THE NOT EVERY AREA OF EVERY TRANSPORTATION USER IS COVERED. AND SO THEREFORE THIS IS WHY WE'VE BROUGHT THIS TO PEOPLE'S
ATTENTION THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF DO AN ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL ZONES AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE REVIEWING STREETS, SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS WITHIN A 500 FOOT AREA OF EACH SCHOOL FOR POTENTIAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WE'RE UPDATING OUR SCHOOL ZONE GUIDELINES BASED ON THAT. OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO ARE ALSO WE PARTNER WITH OTHER TEAMS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT
ALLOW US TO DO REALLY COOL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST LIKE SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND SIGNAGE BUT ALSO YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING STREET TREES, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SEATING, STREET MURALS IN PLACE, KEEPING
OTHER VISUAL CUES THAT WOULD SHOW PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE ENTERING A SCHOOL ZONE THAT ARE NOT JUST LIKE STATIC SIGNS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN DESIGN AND PUBLIC WORKS TO ALIGN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SPEED HUMPS AND SAFER INTERSECTIONS AND SAFER SIGNALS WITHIN SCHOOL AREAS. THE REASON AND HOW I MENTIONED BEFORE WHY WE'RE UPDATING THE
SCHOOL ZONE GUIDELINES AGAIN IS BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE WE'RE DOING OBSERVATIONS THE ARRIVAL DISMISSALS ARE ALL VERY UNIQUE AND SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OTHER SCHOOLS
ARE VERY SYMBIOTIC WITH EACH OTHER AND TO ARRIVE ON DISMISSALS ALL HAVE LIKE YOU KNOW KIDS ARE CROSSING EVERYWHERE GOING TO DIFFERENT STOPS TAKING SCHOOL BUSSES, TAKING YOU KNOW, WALKING HOME
OR YOU KNOW, WALKING TO STORES AND PARKS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THEY BECOME MAJOR PEDESTRIAN GENERATORS FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND ARE ALSO
NEIGHBORHOOD FOCAL POINTS. AND AGAIN, STUDENTS USE MORE THAN JUST THE FRONT OF SCHOOL FOR ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL AND SO THE SCHOOL ZONE ASSESSMENT IS UNDER UPDATED GUIDELINES WHICH SUPPORT THE SAFETY AND PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS
WITHIN THE 500 FOOT AREA THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE SCHOOL . THIS PROCESS TAKES YOU KNOW, WE DO ARRIVE ON DISMISSAL OBSERVATIONS.
WE GO WE GO LOOK AT HOW RIGHT ON DISMISSAL WORKS. WE TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS, ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN ARRIVAL IN DISMISSAL PARENTS AND WE
OBSERVE A 500 FOOT RADIUS FROM THE BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL FROM THE OBSERVATION WE DOCUMENT EXISTING CONDITIONS AND CONCERNS AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF CONDITIONS
AND CONCERNS LIKE IN SCHOOL PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND CROSSINGS AND ANY KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW,
PATTERN THAT WE SEE DURING THESE OBSERVATIONS AND THEN WE REVIEW WITH BEPS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN TO KIND OF CREATE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLANS FOR EACH SCHOOL
INDIVIDUALLY. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT A SCHOOL AREA IS. THAT'S A NEW TERM THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IN TO THE TABLE A
SCHOOL AREA WE HAVE REALIZED AGAIN HOW SCHOOLS DON'T JUST USE FRONT OF SCHOOL SCHOOLS USE A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE REALIZE A 500 FOOT RADIUS TO BE CONSIDERED A SCHOOL AREA IS
VERY EFFECTIVE AND IT'S A PLANNING TOOL WE'RE USING TO NOT JUST LIKE SAY THIS IS A WHOLE SCHOOL ZONE BUT RATHER THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS BEING USED AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT. SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY
STREET HERE ON THIS PICTURE THAT YOU SEE QUALIFIES FOR A SCHOOL ZONE BUT RATHER THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS AREA WHERE CHILDREN ARE WALKING
AND BIKING AND TAKING THE SCHOOL BUS SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE SHOWS THAT THERE'S A YELLOW CIRCLE THAT'S OUR 500 FOOT RADIUS. AND THEN FROM HERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED AT THIS SCHOOL IN
PARTICULAR WHERE STUDENTS ARE WALKING. SO THE RED LINES WITH TWO ARROWS AT EACH END IS EVERYWHERE THAT WE'VE NOTICED EVERY STREET THAT WE'VE NOTICED STUDENTS ARE WALKING THE PURPLE
LINE SHOWS WHERE VEHICLE PICK UP AND DROP OFF THE GREEN LINE SHOWS US A SCHOOL BUS PICK UP AND DROP OFF AND THEN I THINK MY FAVORITE ONE TO POINT OUT IS THE RED SQUARE.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A CRITICAL SCHOOL CROSSING. THAT JUST MEANS IT'S A HEAVILY USED SCHOOL CROSSING. IT'S USED DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL AT THE MOST AND SO AT
THESE AREAS THEY COULD BE USED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS WALKING HOME. SO THE WASHINGTON STREET AND SCHOOL STREET FOR ONE IS FOR WALKING HOME OR TAKING THE THE BUS THERE SAME ON THE COLUMBUS
AVENUE ONES AND THEN THE TWO G'S JUST SHOW US WHERE THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE LOCATED DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL. SO THIS SCHOOL THANKFULLY HAS TWO CROSSING GUARDS BUT THAT IS
KIND OF A AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE TOOLS WE'RE USING TO KIND OF IDENTIFY AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOL. ANOTHER TOY USING IS WE ARE
IDENTIFYING THAT IN A LOT OF PLACES IN BOSTON SCHOOLS ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER SOMETIMES AND SO IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER SCHOOL CLUSTERS SO SCHOOLS WITH OVERLAPPING 500
FOOT RADIUS SCHOOL AREAS ARE A CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS AND ARE CONSIDERED TOGETHER FOR EXTENDED SCHOOL SPEED ZONES AND SAFETY SURGE IMPROVEMENTS. LARGE CLUSTERS OF SCHOOLS CAN BE CONSIDERED A SCHOOL CAMPUS AND WITH THE COORDINATED
SIGNAGE PUBLIC ARE IN PLACE KEEPING. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF AS YOU KNOW IF THESE ARE A CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS OR A CAMPUS OF SCHOOLS WHERE WOULD SCHOOL
ZONE SIGNAGE GO WHEN SCHOOLS ARE OVERLAPPING? DO WE EXTEND THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN? DO WE NOT EXTEND THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED ZONES, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS AND YOU KNOW, CRITICAL CROSSINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST WITHIN THE 500 FOOT RADIUS BECAUSE MAYBE STUDENTS ARE PICKING UP THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS OR TAKING A BUS CLOSER TO THEIR HOUSE AGAIN
,ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF IDENTIFYING CURRENTLY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH. AND SO WITHIN THESE SCHOOL AREAS AND SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN CLUSTERS WE HAVE A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE.
SO WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY KNOW AS A SCHOOL ZONE WE TYPICALLY DO ONE STREET AGAIN WHAT WE CONSIDER FRONT OF CAMPUS IS OUR CURRENT PRACTICE. WE DO 300 FEET MAX LEFT AND RIGHT DEPENDING ON HOW THE ROAD
IS CONSTRUCTED WE'LL PUT IN STATIC SIGNS IF THE SCHOOL YOU KNOW IS A IS A YOUNGER SCHOOL SOMETIMES WE'LL PUT FLASHERS IT'S 20 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN WE'LL IDENTIFY ANY SCHOOL CROSSING.
SO WITH SCHOOL CROSSING SIGNAGE AND THEN AS WELL AS PAVEMENT MARKINGS TO IDENTIFY THAT YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND SO YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH SIGNAGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE USED TO INFORM DRIVERS OF A NEARBY
SCHOOL AND SPECIAL SPEED LIMITS, SCHOOL ZONES HAVE UNIQUE LEGAL STANDINGS AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THE SCHOOL ZONE IS THAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SPEED OR COMMIT ANY OTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THEY
WOULD GET TICKETED MAYBE FOR A HIGHER FINE IN THESE AREAS. BUT AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T COVER AREAS THAT ARE BEING USED DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL
THAT ARE NOT FRONT OF SCHOOL AND AS WE ARE IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHERE SIGNAGE SHOULD BE PLACED, HOW ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL IS UNIQUE, WE STILL WANT TO HAVE LIKE COMMON
PRACTICES FOR EVERY SCHOOL. THOSE COMMON PRACTICES WOULD BE OF COURSE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED SIGNAGE AND SO THE SIGNAGE, THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NORMALLY DO BUT
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO 50 MILE PER HOUR ADVISORY SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND 20 MILE PER HOUR SAFETY SEARCH ZONE. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA AS AN
ADVISORY WE WOULD WANT EXTRA WHITE CROSSWALK STRIPING AT CRITICAL SCHOOL CROSSING SO JUST ANOTHER VISUAL CUE THAT YOU'RE ENTERING JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE. IT'S MAYBE MEANT FOR STUDENTS
OR CHILDREN DAYLIGHTING WITH HARDENING JUST TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE WALKING ACROSS BLOCKS AND THEN AS AGAIN TO MENTION OUR
PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE SEE FOR US THE SCHOOL IS, YOU KNOW, A TASK FORCE RATHER THAN JUST ONE TEAM. WE ARE DOING SAFETY SURGE IMPROVEMENTS ALONGSIDE
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AND BIKE AND PAIRED EDUCATION WITH SAMBA. SO WHEN WE IN TO DO ANY KIND OF SAFETY INTERVENTION SAM KIND OF GOES TO TEACH THE STUDENTS LIKE THIS IS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE'RE DOING YOU
KNOW TEACHING THEM HOW TO SAFELY BIKE AND WALK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN GREEN SAN FRANCISCO AND PLACE KEEPING IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS .
AND SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU GUYS SOME FUN FACTS. SO HER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN DESIGN WE HAVE REALIZED THAT WE HAVE 22.5% OF SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
SPEED HUMPS IN FRONT OF THEM. 30.9% OF SCHOOLS HAVE SPEED HUMPS WITHIN A 300 FOOT 300 FEET OF THEM 36.3% OF SCHOOLS HAVE SPEED HUMPS WITHIN A 500
FOOT AREA AND THEN 65.6% OF INSTALLED SPEED HUMPS HAVE A SCHOOL INSIDE OF THE ZONE. SO WE'RE DOING I THINK REALLY WELL IN THIS ASPECT. WE HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT
ARE GETTING SPEED HUMPS AND IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HAVE SPEED HUMPS SO YOU KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE ALL GOING TO GO UP AND THAT'S GREAT. AND THROUGH THIS PLANNING TACTIC WHERE I SHOWED YOU THE
RED BLOCK, THOSE CRITICAL SCHOOL CROSSINGS ARE ALSO BEING USED TO IDENTIFY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT NEED SAFER INTERSECTIONS OR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS THAT MIGHT NEED SAFER SIGNALS.
AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT THE FUN PORTION A SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL OUR ICP PROGRAM AND OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM THAT SAM LEADS. SO WE HAVE IN-SCHOOL YOUTH CYCLING PARTNERS.
WE PARTNER WITH BPI SCHOOLS TO BRING BIKES, HELMETS AND INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH BIKE SKILLS DURING PE CLASSES IN SPRING OF 2024 AND FALL OF 2024 WE HAD TEN SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE
IN A TOTAL OF 1500 STUDENTS AND THEN IN SPRING OF 2025 WE'VE SCHEDULED 11 SCHOOLS AND WE'LL PROBABLY HIT THAT MARK AGAIN. AND THEN WE ALSO DO SUMMER BIKE CREW IN THE SUMMER WE PARTNER
WITH PARKS BCI APP TO BRING BIKE EDUCATION TO SUMMER CAMPS ACROSS THE CITY AND IN THE SUMMER OF 2024 WE HAVE SEVEN HOST SITES WITH 25 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 14 TO 24
WORKING WITH THE BIKE CREW SO WE HAD 1600 CAMPER PARTICIPANTS AND THEN FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY EDUCATION THIS IS A LITTLE NEWER BUT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR.
SO IN SCHOOL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CLASSES WE'RE FOLLOWING THE MARCI FROST TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL CURRICULUM THAT WE KIND OF USE TO ENFORCE ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
SAY FOR US THE SCHOOL IS ALREADY DOING TO TEACH A 45 MINUTE LESSON FOCUS ON SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS AND PARKING LOT SAFETY AND IN THE WINTER OF 2025 FOR SCHOOLS AND
15 SECOND AND THIRD GRADE CLASSES PARTICIPATED GREEN SAFE FOR US TO SCHOOL AND PLACE KEEPING SO AGAIN SIGNAGE AND SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND
PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE WONDERFUL AND GREAT BUT WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WOULD SIGNIFY THAT WE'RE ENTERING A SCHOOL ZONE OR AN AREA THAT CHILDREN ARE HEAVILY ,YOU KNOW, WALKING IN.
AND SO WE'VE COORDINATED WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO INCLUDE PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS SEATING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, MOBILITY HUBS, COOLING STRUCTURES FOR HEAT RESILIENCE, STREET MURALS AND OTHER PUBLIC ART PUBLIC
REALM IMPROVEMENTS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY CAN REINFORCE A SENSE OF PLACE WITHIN A SCHOOL AREA SCHOOL CLUSTER OR SCHOOL CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC REALMS PROJECTS CAN BE A
POSITIVE WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER SO JUST A REALLY COOL WAY TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, BRING ART INTO CAMPUSES AND HAVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN MAYBE THE STREET MURAL THAT WE MIGHT BE PUTTING IN TO KIND OF JUST
BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR NEXT STEPS WE WANT TO FINALIZE AND UPDATE OUR SCHOOL SPEECH ZONES SO OUR GUIDELINES INFORMED BY OUR SCHOOL AREA SO THAT THOSE GUIDELINES WOULD
INCLUDE SCHOOL ZONES GENERALLY JUST A SCHOOL MAYBE BY ITSELF SCHOOL ZONES ON ARTERIAL ARTERIAL ROADS, CLUSTERS OF SCHOOLS, CAMPUS OF SCHOOLS AND OF COURSE A SCHOOL ZONE
WITHIN A 20 MILE PER HOUR SAFETY ZONE. SO WHAT THOSE SCHOOL ZONES WOULD LOOK LIKE AND CREATING PLANS FOR EACH SCHOOL INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WOULD BE WORKING THROUGH THE 66 PRIORITY SCHOOLS.
YES. THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE EAGER TO GET INTO FASHION SO I'LL START WITH
COUNCILOR PIPPEN AND YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY FLUXO YOU NEED TO ASK. ASK IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
AMAZING PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO INDIVIDUALLY IN YOUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I CONTINUE WITH MY QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KRISTIAN WATSON WHO'S IN THE CROWD WHO'S
DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS FOR BP'S THANKS FOR BEING HERE TO BEFORE I EVEN ASKED MY QUESTIONS I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THE
POSITION THAT SYLVIA HAS RIGHT NOW IS VERY IMPORTANT POSITION AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT BECOMES A PERMANENT POSITION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO I'LL BE ADVOCATING FOR THAT MYSELF AND ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THAT TOO BECAUSE THE
WORK THAT YOU DO I BELIEVE THAT THE KEY FOR US THE SCHOOL HONESTLY SHOULD BE NOT JUST A POSITION BUT IS OUR TASK FORCE SHOULD BE A SUB THE PART OF SUB DEPARTMENT INSIDE BTD I THINK
YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO THERE I HAVE SOME FOLLOW QUESTIONS TO OUR WORK IN SESSION THAT WE DID A YEAR AGO AND I REMEMBER THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SEVEN
SCHOOLS THAT YOU WERE KIND OF PILOTING SOME OF YOUR IDEAS THAT I WANTED TO ASK FOR ANY FOLLOW OF WHAT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE YOU SEEN? WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BEEN
LIKE BETWEEN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS AND JUST ANYTHING THAT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? YEAH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR FIRST SEVEN SCHOOLS WERE LOCATED IN THE
GARRISON TROTTER NEIGHBORHOOD SO THE HIGGINSON LOUIS TROTTER HIGGINSON ELLIS OBAMA THIS PLAY BRIDGE THOSE WERE OUR FIRST PILOT SCHOOLS WHICH IS ALSO WHY WE GOT THE CAMPUS IDEA THOSE SCHOOLS ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
WE DID DO A LOT OF WORK SO THE LSE RIGHT NOW HAS A WORKING WALKING SCHOOL BUS EVERY FRIDAY THEY ALL MEET THEY WALK TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. IT'S CREATED LIKE A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALSO
INSPIRED OTHER SCHOOLS THAT TROTTER ALSO NOW HAS A WALKING SCHOOL BUS WHICH IS VERY EXCITING BUT OUTSIDE OF JUST LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE HIGGINSON LEWIS UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A CRASH HAPPENED AND
THANKFULLY THE CHILD IS OKAY BUT WE DID HAVE TO COME IN AND DO SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND DO THE SAFETY INTERVENTIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM REORGANIZE THEIR ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL AND CREATED LIKE A
SAFER AREA. SO ADDING A TACTICAL CURB EXTENSION, WIDENING THE MEDIAN AND THEN PARTNERING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO WE TRY TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR DEPARTMENT SO
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND CREATED AN RFP TO WHICH WE WILL HOPEFULLY GET A BUMP OUT AND A CROSSWALK AND GREENERY SO AND MURALS SO THE SCHOOL WILL JUST
BE BEAUTIFIED OUTSIDE OF JUST LIKE THESE NEW STATIC SIGNS AND ALL OF THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE DONE. BUT I THINK THAT WAS A VERY BIG WIN FOR US BECAUSE NOW YOU KNOW, THE ARE A LOT CHEAPER.
ALL RIGHT. ONE DISMISSAL IS A LOT CALMER AND YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH EACH SCHOOL SO THAT'S A SCHOOL THAT WE SUCCESSFULLY DID WE ARE CREATING PLANS FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AS WE'RE GOING AND HAVE ALREADY MOVED ON TO
OUR NEW COHORT AND YEAH, ALL THE ALL THE SCHOOLS WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND WE'RE ALSO LIKE LOVE PARTICIPATING IN WHY ACQUIRE THOSE. QUITE A FEW OF THOSE SCHOOLS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN NYC PE AND
THE PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM SO YEAH THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND AS THE DISTRICT FIVE CITY COUNCILOR I DO HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW SARA ROBERTS ON CUMMINS HIGHWAY.
I'M GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS AND ROSINDELL ABOUT THE CONCERNS OF CUMMINS HIGHWAY AND JUST DISPUTING THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE STREET SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
TO BRING SOME OF YOUR IDEAS TO THE TO THAT SPECIFIC NEW SCHOOL AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE SINCE THE SCHOOL ISN'T YET OPEN AND IT SHOULD OPEN IN THE NEXT THIS
SEPTEMBER I CAN ANSWER ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN TEAM TO IMPROVE THE CROSSWALK ACROSS CUMMINS HIGHWAY AND WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO HAVING FINAL PLANS BUT
WE'RE REALLY KIND OF PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS THERE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT SAFER. BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SYLVIA ON OTHER OTHER EFFORT. YEAH, YEAH.
SO I'M DEFINITELY HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT NEW SCHOOLS. WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING. I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO COME IN BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS AND TALK TO WORK WITH BEEPS ON
WHAT ARE FUTURE ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PLANS WOULD BE OR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING OF DOING AND THAT OR IF THE BUILDING WAS USED BEFORE WHAT THE ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PLANS WERE BEFORE AND THEN TRYING TO MAKE A
MATCHING SCHOOL ZONE. SO OKAY THAT'S GOOD. JEANNINE I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW PARENTS OF THE SUMNER SPECIFICALLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WANTING TO MEET WITH BTD SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD SET UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE
SO THEY CAN SHARE THEIR IDEAS WITH YOU AS WELL. SO WHEN IT COMES TO CURRENT STANDARDS WHAT IS THERE A UNIFORM STANDARD FOR CURRENT
SCHOOL ZONES OR IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT ? SO THERE IS A UNIFORM STANDARD THAT WE USE CURRENTLY BUT AS ALL THINGS ARE IT IS FLAWED IN
THE SENSE OF HOW I MENTIONED EARLIER RIGHT WHEN DISMISSAL DOESN'T ALWAYS MATCH THE CURRENT SCHOOL ZONE SO WE USE A MULTI CD AS GUIDELINES AND MASSDOT CREATED AMENDMENTS THAT
WE USE AND SO IN THE I WONDER IF I CAN BRING UP NO I CAN'T THERE'S A PICTURE IN THE SLIDES THAT KIND OF SHOW THE CURRENT PLANS GENERAL PLANS THAT WE USE
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE NEW GUIDELINES IN WHICH WE HAVE MAYBE A LIST, A CHECKLIST THAT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THESE THINGS. BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST GUIDELINES.
EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE VERY, VERY UNIQUE, HAVE VERY UNIQUE, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT THEY'RE IN STREETS THAT THEY'RE IN. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, BOSTON'S STREETS ARE ALWAYS VERY DIFFERENT. YOU WALK FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD
TO THE OTHER, YOU THINK YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT CITY SO YEAH, I THINK YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND ARE YOU
FINDING ALSO SOME DIFFICULTIES IN SOME SCHOOLS NOT HAVING CROSSING GUARDS? I KNOW THAT CROSSING GUARDS ARE TECHNICALLY ON THEIR BE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP
LIKE WITH THE CBP? LET ME STOP USING ACRONYMS POSSIBLE HEALTH COMMISSIONER THE BOSTON TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON
THAT ONE IS THAT YEAH. OKAY THERE YOU GO. SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY I THINK WE MENTIONED THIS LAST LAST YEAR'S HEARING WE STARTED TO DO AN
EVALUATION OF THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC SUPERVISOR PROGRAM WE HAVE WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH IT SO I, I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO
TO TABLE THAT WE'RE KIND OF FINISHING UP THE ANALYSIS AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT REPORT AND THEN WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND KIND OF DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM AND WE DEFINITELY WANT BPD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE BECAUSE THEY THEY DO CURRENTLY EMPLOY THE THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC SUPERVISORS. THAT'S GREAT THOUGH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT REPORT THEN YEAH SHOULD BE LIKE IMMINENT NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. YEAH YEAH I JUST KNOW THAT I THINK THE LAST TIME I CHECKED
WAS A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR AGO AND IT WAS THERE WAS LIKE OVER 50 OPENINGS FOR THAT POSITION AND THERE STILL ARE SO WE DID IT WAS A WE DID A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS WHERE WE DID INTERVIEWS WITH CROSSING GUARDS
WITH SCHOOL LEADERS WITH BYPASS OPERATIONS WOULD BE TD FOLKS WITH FOLKS KIND OF OF LABOR AND RELATIONS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF GOT IN AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
THEMSELVES AND KIND OF GOT INTO SOME OF THE THE CHALLENGES IS AROUND HIRING AND RETENTION AND PLACEMENTS AND JUST KIND OF GENERAL PROGRAM OPERATIONS. SO YEAH, DEFINITELY LOOK
FORWARD TO SHARING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THIS COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AS A
FIELD IS VERY GOOD AT EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND SO YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE MARY SAID, OH WE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. SO I LOVE THAT MADAM CHAIR.
THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR THIS ROUND OF YOU MY TIME AND THIS STOPWATCH IS COUNTING UP. SO THAT WAS ABOUT 7 MINUTES IN CASE ANYONE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THIS ANYMORE SO
COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOUR NEXT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT IS HERE ALSO FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILOR PIPPINS REGARDING THE CROSSING GUARDS THEY PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN AND IN THE
SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN GETTING THEM TO TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE YOU KNOW
THEY WORK WITH THE BOSTON POLICE IN ON ASSIGNMENTS AND SIGNING IN AND SO FORTH BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE IN
TERMS OF ENSURING THAT WE HAVE CROSSING GUARDS AT PLACES THAT ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND
WHAT'S WHAT'S HOLDING US FROM HAVING 100% OF THOSE TYPES OF JOBS FILLED? THANK YOU COUNCILOR. SO I DON'T REALLY I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN BEFORE WE
HAVE FINISHED KIND OF OUR FULL ANALYSIS FROM OUR EVALUATION ASSESSMENT BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO SO KIND OF REALLY DIGGING INTO SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC PIECES ON TO
OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES WITHIN THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AT BPD AND THEN KIND OF ALL OF ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND KIND OF HOW SO BOTH HOW THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY WORKS AND THEN SOME
OF THE CHALLENGES. SO IF I I'M SORRY TO SAY LET'S HOPE WE GET HOLD THAT AS SOON AS WE GET THIS REPORT THIS FINDINGS OUT. I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK AND KIND OF DIG IN WITH YOU.
YEAH, I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELPFUL AND IT'S A SIMILAR QUESTION BUT DOES THE CROSSING
GUARD HAVE TO REPORT TO THE POLICE STATION TO SIGN IN IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE SHIFT AND THEN WHEN THE SHIFT IS OVER GO BACK TO THE POLICE STATION TO SIGN OUT. IS THAT ACCURATE?
I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BUT I KNOW EACH DISTRICT MANAGES THE PROGRAM DIFFERENTLY. OKAY, SO SO THE REASON THE REASON I ASK THAT IS ONE
CROSSING GUARD DID TELL ME THAT THEY THEY HAD TO GO TO THE BOSTON POLICE TO SIGN AND THAT THIS IS AT C SIX IN SOUTH BOSTON WEST BROADWAY BUT THEY'RE WALKING FROM THEIR HOME
TO THE POLICE STATION AND THEN THEY'RE WALKING BACK TO THE WALKING BACK TO THE CROSSING AREA WHICH IS ALONG A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BUT IT'S ALSO A
LONG DISTANCE FOR SOMETIMES WE HAVE OLDER THAT DO THE CROSSING GUARDS BUT JUST WANT TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS WHERE UNIVERSALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO TO THE POLICE STATION TO SIGN IN AND SIGN OUT BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME TYPE OF SYSTEM WHETHER
IT'S AN APP, WHETHER IT'S AN EMAIL JUST SO THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE THE PROCESS MORE EFFECTIVELY. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. YOU KNOW TO THAT ONE CONCERN I
HAD IS IN WELL IN SOUTH BOSTON ALSO IN SOUTH BOSTON, MARY ELLEN MCCORMACK WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ACTUALLY THE
SECOND LARGEST IN THE CITY NEXT TO CHARLESTON BUT THE CHILDREN THAT WALK THERE SOMETIMES THEY GO TO THE PERKINS SCHOOL OR BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT WALK FOR
THEM EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SHORT DISTANCE. YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE WALKING IN AND AROUND LIKE A ROTARY AREA THERE IS CROSSING GUARDS FROM THE DCR THAT ARE THERE.
BUT BUT CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC ROTARY AREA TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN FROM MARY ELLEN MCCORMACK AND OTHER CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO NAVIGATE
THAT AREA GET THERE SAFELY AGAIN, DCA DOES HAVE CROSSING GUARDS. IT'S A IT'S A DCR AREA BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT ROLE THE CITY
CAN PLAY IN THAT AREA. CAN WE CAN WE AT LEAST CHECK ON THAT? YEAH, USUALLY SO WE ASK THAT THE SCHOOL KIND OF BE THE ONE
SO IF THE SCHOOL WANTS US TO TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT LIKE WE CAN DO A FEW ONE OFFS AND YOU KNOW GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING YOU KNOW FOR US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL BUT IF THE PRINCIPAL COULD REACH OUT TO US, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I NOTICED GENERALLY WHEN IF IF IF A SCHOOL SCHOOL BUS GETS TO THE SCHOOL EARLY BEFORE THE ARRIVAL TIME PICKUP TIME I
SHOULD SAY OF THE KIDS THEY KIND OF THERE'S NO PLACE FOR THEM TO PARK REALLY AND THEY'RE ALMOST PARKED DOUBLE PARKED REALLY AND I WON'T SAY WHICH AREAS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO I
DON'T WANT TO GET ANYONE IN TROUBLE BUT HOW HOW DO WE HOW DO WE ENVISION A CHANGE WHERE
THOSE BUS DRIVERS ARE SAFE, PEDESTRIANS ARE SAFE BUT JUST SITTING IN DOUBLE PARKED LANES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST USE OF TIME AND IT'S IN OPINION IT'S NOT ALL THAT SAFE FOR YOU THOUGH. HAVE HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT AS WELL? I AS SYLVIA HAD MENTIONED EVERY
SCHOOL HAS ITS UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND I KNOW TO THE YOU MAY WANT TO CHIME IN ON HAVING OBSERVED ISSUES WITH SCHOOL BUSSES DOUBLE PARKING
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY YOU KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE AND IT'S WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED ROAD SPACE AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT MEANS PROHIBITING PARKING YOU KNOW BEFORE SCHOOL BEGINS ARE DOING DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL
TIMES AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT'S ENFORCED BUT YEAH DID YOU WANT IT? YEAH YEAH I HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE IN FACT I EVEN HAVE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DO HAVE SPACE FOR PARKING
EXCEPT PARENTS PARKED THERE INSTEAD AND SO THEREFORE THEY'RE FORCED TO EITHER PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE THE SCHOOL BUSSES OR DOUBLE PARK AS YOU'VE MENTIONED WE TRY TO DO THINGS
WHERE WELL AND AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE HIGGINSON LEWIS. WE ADDED NO PARKING SIGNS DURING SCHOOL HOURS SO PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PARK FRONT OF THE SCHOOL DURING SCHOOL HOURS BECAUSE IT'S MADE
FOR ARRIVAL DISMISSAL. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IN VERY SILLY BUT I REALLY LIKE IT THE SCHOOL DOES FAKE TICKETS SO THEY PUT THESE THINGS THAT SAY OOPS YOU PARK SOMEWHERE YOU
WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO AND THEN THEY PUT IN AN ORANGE ENVELOPE TO GIVE THEM A SCARE AND THEN THEY LOOK AT IT AND THEY'RE LIKE OH I JUST DID SOMETHING I WAS SUPPOSED TO AND YOU KNOW, THEY THEY KIND OF SIGN RELIEF. NATALIE OKAY, I WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
AND SO YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO I TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOLS TO DO ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN COMMUNITY AND SO YOU KNOW, TELLING THE PARENTS REINFORCING TO THE PARENTS THIS IS WHAT A
RIVAL AND DISMISSAL IS DO NOT PARK HERE. DO NOT DO THIS IF THEY DON'T HAVE NO PARKING SIGNS ADDING THOSE NO PARKING SIGNS OF NEEDED OR AGAIN THE SILLY PARKING THING THAT WE COULD
ALSO DO I'M HAPPY TO SEND ANY KIND OF RESOURCE THAT I'VE SEEN OTHER SCHOOLS DO TO TO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND SAY YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT HERE'S WHAT I'VE SEEN. I'VE SEEN SCHOOLS GET VERY
CREATIVE. I SEE SCHOOLS THAT PUT YOU KNOW ,CONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. THEN MY FINAL QUESTION WHEN I
DRIVE BY A SCHOOL AND THERE'LL BE BUSSES WAITING FOR THE STUDENTS TO TO GET INTO THE BUSSES THE THE STOP SIGNS ARE THE THE STOP SIGN ITSELF ON THE
SCHOOL BUS IS NOT OUT BECAUSE THE KIDS HAVEN'T GONE ONTO THE SCHOOL BUS YET BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES
THERE AND ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOLS ALTHOUGH THE DISMISSAL HASN'T TAKEN PLACE YET, I'M STILL CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD STILL BE KIDS IN AND AROUND THE
THE BUS AREA MAYBE FOR FOR VARIOUS REASONS. BUT IS THERE A WAY TO REMIND
PEOPLE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE THE STOP SIGN OUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE RULES AND SAME SPEED LIMIT IN
MY OPINION JUST BECAUSE THE STOP SIGN IS NOT OUT ON THE BUS ,YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD STILL BE GOING VERY AND VERY CAUTIOUSLY
BUT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A HAVE OBSERVED OR IS SOMETHING THAT'S A CONCERN TO YOU ALSO? YEAH. SO YEAH, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE
PRESENTATION WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT JUST SIGNAGE OR MAYBE THE STOP SIGN FROM THE SCHOOL BUS THAT SHOW THAT INDICATES THAT YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE BUT THINGS LIKE
PLEASE KEEPING OR SHOWING OTHER VISUAL CUES THAT YOU'RE IN A SCHOOL ZONE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL ZONE PERIOD. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAPPENS AND PEOPLE DO IT AND AS
YOU SAID, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THE SCHOOL BUS, THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL THAT ARE BEING DROPPED OFF IN A VEHICLE THAT ARE MAYBE WALKING FROM AN EMPTY
BUS STOP THAT ARE IN THE AREA AND YOU KNOW, THEREFORE IT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE OTHER METHODS AND VISUAL CUES AND SAFETY INTERVENTIONS WITHIN THE AREA THAT YOU KNOW,
INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. OKAY. AND MAYBE MY FINAL QUESTION JUST JUST ON THAT POINT IS I NOTICED A LOT OF BUSSES THAT
ARE THAT ARE STOPPED ON AND THEN PARENTS MIGHT PULL UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND ALMOST PARKED ALMOST DOUBLE PARKED AS
WELL. AND THEN THE PARENT WILL TAKE THE CHILD ACROSS ACROSS THE STREET ONTO THE OTHER SIDE
VERY, VERY UNSAFE IN MY OPINION. BUT IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO IT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR THE PARENT TO TO BRING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL. IS THERE IS THERE A BETTER
SYSTEM WE HAVE THAT PARENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN BETTER INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE AND HOW TO DROP OFF THEIR CHILD BUT BUT
NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE ALL THE BUSSES ARE IDLING AND THEN BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY AND YOU SEE THE PARENT WILL NOT
CROSS IN THE CROSSWALK THE CROSSING KIND OF BETWEEN BUSSES I'VE NOTICED THAT A LOT AND I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY REAL CONCERN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT PARENTS LIKE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS HAVE BROUGHT UP TO ME WHEN WE ARE DOING OBSERVATIONS FOR THESE SCHOOLS
WE LIKE TO PROVIDE MAPS FOR THEM SO IF THEY NEED AN ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL CHANGE WE PROVIDE A NEW MAP FOR THEM IF THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL WE PROVIDE A CURRENT CONDITIONS MAP THAT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD
BE DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL WHICH IS ALSO WHY WE TRY TO KEEP COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW PARENTS WILL SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THEY'LL GET THE MAP AND THEY'LL SEE OKAY, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE OVER HERE
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. AND SO THIS IS ALSO WHY WE TRY TO DO THINGS IN WHICH AGAIN TEACHERS PUT IN FAKE TICKETS OR YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE DON'T PARK HERE PUTTING UP CONES.
AND SO YEAH, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS IN DOING ENGAGEMENT. SO WE TALK TO PARENTS DURING THEIR COFFEE HOURS SOMETIMES THEY HAVE LIKE PTO MEETINGS THAT WE SHOW UP TO AND KIND
OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS AND OTHER CONCERNS THAT PARENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP AND YOU KNOW, TRY TO GIVE THEM REINFORCING MAPS, TRY TO DO NEWSLETTERS THROUGH THE
SCHOOL AND YEAH, WELL WELL THANK YOU SYLVIA AND APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AND COUNCILOR PÉPIN HAS MENTIONED I THINK YOU DO A TREMENDOUS JOB HERE AND I THINK WE NEED MORE
DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS LIKE YOURSELF HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. SYLVIA. COUNCILOR THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I THINK WE'RE JUST KIND OF FREE
WHEELING IT WITH TIME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CRITICAL MASS SO WE CAN ALL GET OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO COUNCILOR MURPHY I AM JUST RUNNING LIKE A STOPWATCH BUT LIKE IT'S JUST HARD FOR
EVERYONE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED. I HAVE SOME KIND OF FOLLOW UP OR DEEPER DIVE IN.
FIRST OFF THE MAPS AND THE ZONES. ARE YOU ONLY WORKING WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS? NO. ALL SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY ARE CONSIDERED SAFE SCHOOL ZONES.
OKAY. WHEN WE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY AROUND SCHOOL. RIGHT. IT'S LIKE WHO WAS WALKING? WHO WAS DRIVING?
THERE'S MAYBE MORE THAN TWO BUT I'LL FIRST SAY YOU KNOW, IT'S THE TEACHERS IN THE MORNING, THE STAFF. RIGHT. THEY SHOW UP HOPEFULLY BEFORE YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE BUSSES START TO COME IN AND THEN
THERE'S THE PARENTS WHO ARE DROPPING OFF ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL BUSSES. SO IT'S THE STUDENTS ARRIVING BUT THEN IT'S ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND AS WE KNOW, MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT JUST ON MAIN STREETS BUT LIKE
ON SMALL SIDE STREETS. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE AWARE ALSO. SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE FAKE TICKETS, I'M I'M GOING
TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION THAT MOST OF THOSE WHO NEED TO GET A FAKE TICKET WOULD BE PARENTS. RIGHT. SO I DO BELIEVE I MAY HAVE BEEN GUILTY ONCE OR TWICE IN ALL THOSE YEARS THAT PARENTS BREAK
THE RULES ALL THE TIME UNFORTUNATELY AND MANY TIMES IT'S THE FAMILIES THAT ARE CAUSING THE UNSAFE YOU KNOW, FOR THE BUSSES. RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU SAID LIKE SOMETIMES
THE PARENTS PULL UP RIGHT. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY THEN A BURDEN PUT ON OUR CROSSING GUARDS WHICH I HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH WHERE THEY'RE THEN PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE NOT JUST PAYING ATTENTION TO MAKING
SURE THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN CARS BUT THEY'RE ALSO HAVING TO ASK PARENTS TO MOVE ALONG WHO I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY AND THEY'RE MAY NOT LIKE WE LIVE IN A CITY
SO AND THERE'S OFTEN NOT PARKING LOTS RIGHT? THE MURPHY HAS TWO PARKING LOTS AND THEY'VE ALWAYS TAKEN OVER THE STOP AND SHOP PARKING LOT. SO YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THREE PARKING LOTS AND THEY STILL
DOUBLE PARK AND PARK UP ON THE SIDEWALK. SO RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE OFTEN CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING AROUND THAT SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR. BUT AND THEN I'M ALSO THINKING
ABOUT THE WEBSITES LIKE IF YOU LOG IN AND MANY PARENTS CHOOSE SCHOOLS BASED ON THE TIME AND IT'S ONE THING THAT I KNOW THEY DO LIST MY SCHOOL NUMBER AND
ADDRESS AND THEN SCHOOL TIMES BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE ALSO TO SHARE THE PARKING RULES RIGHT ON THE SITE LIKE OKAY SCHOOL MAY START AT 815.
THIS IS WHEN YOU CAN START TO DROP OFF AND THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC RIGHT BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, EACH SCHOOL HAS A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE LIKE WHAT KIND OF STREET THEY'RE ON, WHAT WHAT
PARKING OPTIONS THERE ARE AROUND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHEN SIGNAGE GOES UP I'M THINKING LIKE SAY THE KENNY SCHOOL ON CASTLE FITZGERALD STREET SOMETIMES THEY CHANGE
THE TIMES. RIGHT. DO YOU OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT AND MAYBE AND WHEN I SAY THESE THINGS I'M THINKING IT'S NOT JUST ON YOU. IT COULD ALSO JUST BE EITHER YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ARE WE FLYING THE NEIGHBORS TOO? ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S CHANGES IN TIMES LIKE OR EVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LIKE HEY, THE SCHOOL YEAR
STARTING THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW AND ANOTHER BIG THING THAT ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A A ROBUST WHICH I'M HOPING ONE DAY WE ALL WILL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMING THERE'S A LOT
OF TRAFFIC ALSO BE AT TIMES LIKE IF YOU KNOW BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AT SEVEN AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYBE SCHOOL TIME DOESN'T START UNTIL LIKE 815 BUT THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT A CROSSING
GUARD AT THOSE TIMES. THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHEN THERE'S AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMING AT SCHOOLS. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, AT PICK UP TIME TOO WHERE WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN ALL THE BUSSES AND THE
KIDS WHO ARE WALKING HOME ARE GETTING PICKED UP FROM PARENTS. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE MAY STILL BE OVER 100 KIDS IN THE BUILDING AND THEY'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH GETTING PICKED UP AT THE SAME TIME IN THE TRAFFIC AT
THAT TIME IS USUALLY RUSH HOUR . RIGHT. I'M THINKING LIKE YOU KNOW THE HENDERSON ON DOT AB WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF TRUCKS AND CARS AND NOW PARENTS TRYING TO FIND PARKING SPOTS AND SO IF WITH
THE COMMUNITY STATION PIECE LIKE HAVE WE ALSO INCLUDED THE YOU KNOW THOSE TIMES TOO OR THAT COMMUNICATION WITH NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I DO THINK AS WE IF WE SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBORS MORE I THINK THEY'D
BE MORE LIKE UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE AND MAYBE YOUR DATA TELL ME IF I'M WRONG IT'S MOSTLY THE FAMILIES WHO ARE MAYBE VIOLATING THE TRAFFIC
BECAUSE THEY DO OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GET IN IN IF THE BUSSES ARE ALREADY PULLED IN THEY THEY ALSO STILL HAVE TO GET NEAR THE SCHOOL TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF.
UM I THINK YOU CAN SAY THAT IS A VERY GOOD YOU KNOW THOUGHT AND WE DO DO ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE'RE DOING YOU KNOW IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS THE
HIGGINSON LEWIS FOR EXAMPLE WE HAD A A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE WE WERE CHANGING THEIR PARKING AND WE WERE MOVING IT ACROSS THE STREET AND SO YOU KNOW THE THING THAT WE DO TELL THE
NEIGHBORS WHICH I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THIS TO DO THIS. WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN WALKING HERE AND YOU KNOW, COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY WHO ARE AT RISK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
DOING THIS TO INCONVENIENCE YOU OR TO DO THIS TO JUST YOU KNOW, DO IT BUT RATHER THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE CHILDREN WHO ARE HERE EVERY DAY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY RESPOND VERY WELL BECAUSE THEY
UNDERSTAND EVERY NEIGHBOR I'VE WORKED WITH UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY LIVE IN A IN A SCHOOL OR IN A SCHOOL AREA. YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS HAPPEN FROM ANYONE I'VE HAD YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST GOING
TO WORK WHO HAPPEN TO PASS BY THIS SCHOOL AREA AND YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THAT EVERY DAY THAT THEY GO TO WORK THEY HAVE TO PASS THE SCHOOL. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY STILL ARE, YOU KNOW, IN A RUSH THEY'RE LIKE I'M TRYING TO GET
OUT OF HERE. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO GO THE WRONG DIRECTION ON THE STREET TO SKIP A LINE BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE THIS IS A RIVAL DISMISSAL INSTEAD OF TAKING A DIFFERENT STREET, YOU KNOW, THEY COME IN
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE IN MIND. YOU KNOW WHEN AGAIN WHEN WE'RE DOING A RANDOM DISMISSAL IT ISN'T JUST PARENTS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE IN AROUND DISMISSAL BUT
SOMETIMES THERE'S TRAFFIC TO WORK OR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OR ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THAT AREA. AND SO YEAH, WE DO TRY TO
ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND TYPICALLY THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY LIVE NEAR SCHOOL AND I'VE EVEN HAD SCHOOLS. DIAMANDIS THEY IS VERY CELEBRATORY.
I HAVE THE NEIGHBORS WHO ACTUALLY COME OUT AND THEN THEY SIT IN LAWN CHAIRS JUST TO SAY HELLO TO THE KIDS IS VERY CUTE, IS VERY SWEET. BUT YEAH, IT'S WE DO TRY TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
ALSO JUST BASIC UPKEEP OF OUR TRAFFIC LIGHT CROSSING WHAT CROSSWALK SO I KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE CROSSING GUARD HAD REACHED OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE KING STREET CROSSWALK
THERE WAS NO PAINT ANYMORE SO IT MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR HER JOB AT THAT SIDE WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I WAS CHARTER SCHOOL WAS AT DISMISSAL OR OR ARRIVAL. SO YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT THEY
REPAINTED THE CROSSWALK I KNOW COUNCIL FITZGERALD AND I WE WORKED ON DDOT OUT FOR ST CRAIG'S YOU KNOW AND THERE WAS ALSO A FEW YEARS BACK CONCERNS WHERE PEOPLE WERE GOING RIGHT
THROUGH THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT OF ST ANNE'S ON THE POND TODAY BECAUSE THE CARS ARE PARKING SO CLOSE THAT IN DEFENSE OF THE DRIVERS LIKE YOU CAN'T SEE THAT
PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO CROSS AND THE CROSS GUARD ACROSS ONE SO THE C 11 WHEN THEY CAN I MEAN WE WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A SHORTAGE OF POLICE LIKE THEY WERE COMING TO GIVE BACK UP BECAUSE THE CROSSING GUARD NOT
ONLY WAS IN AN UNSAFE POSITION FOR THEMSELVES THEY REALLY DIDN'T FEEL THAT THEY COULD GET THE KIDS ACROSS THE STREET SAFELY BECAUSE AND SO JUST HOW MUCH WORK ARE YOU DOING LIKE DIRECTLY WITH LIKE THE
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO EITHER ADD LIKE FLASHING LIGHTS NEAR THE SCHOOLS OR MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THE CROSSWALKS ARE PAINTED PROPERLY OR SPEED HUMPS NEAR THEM?
YEAH, WE WORK WITH THE I WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. WE TYPICALLY TAKE THREE ONE ONES OR IN HOW WE MENTIONED TO COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT WE WOULD
LIKE FOR PRINCIPALS TO EMAIL US FOR THESE REQUESTS. IT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PRINCIPAL EMAIL US BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE SCHOOL TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED IN VOICE YOUR CONCERNS AND WHEN WE
DO THAT, YOU KNOW WE GO THROUGH KIND OF LIKE THE FEASIBILITY OF THESE THINGS SO WHEN WE AT A CROSSWALK AND NEED TO RAMP CAN WE ADD THE RAMPS YOU KNOW WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ADD A RAMP WHEN WE'RE ADDING FLASHES WE WORK
WITH SIGNALS AND IF WE'RE NOT DOING FLASHES WE TRY TO ADD STATIC SIGNS AT THE VERY LEAST. SO JUST LIKE THE PLATE AND SO YEAH WE DO WORK A LOT WITH EACH OTHER. WE ALSO WORK WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN TEAM WITH OTHER MEANS OF LIKE YOU KNOW, SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN OR ADDING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND ONE THING THAT COUNCIL OF FLYNN
SAID JUST THE SCHOOLS I WORKED AT OUR CROSSING GUARDS ALWAYS CHECKED IN IN THE OFFICE AND LET THE PRINCIPAL THE SECRETARY KNOW LIKE IF DISMISSAL WAS
STARTING TO 15 OUT 2:00 LIKE I'M HERE I'M OUT NOW BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU KNOW THOSE PRINCIPALS WERE RESPONSIBLE AND TOOK THAT ON. BUT THERE DEFINITELY ARE LIKE YOU SAID I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT SO I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CHECK UP ON THAT IF THEY'RE HAVING TO CHECK IN AT THE POLICE AND THEN GOING TO THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY FOR THAT.
ALSO MAKING SURE YOU KNOW THEY'RE IN THEIR SPOTS RIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME. ONE OTHER THING AND NOT NOT THAT YOU NEED MORE WORK BUT MAYBE THERE IS OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE DOING THE
SAME THING YOU'RE DOING. BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR PARKS AND OUR SKATING RINKS AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND BASEBALL FIELDS WHERE THE POOLS WHERE DURING THE SUMMER AND AFTER SCHOOL WEEKENDS WE HAVE
THE SAME AMOUNT YOU KNOW, OFTEN TIMES OF TRAFFIC ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW BASEBALL SEASON AND YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN YOU KNOW, GARVEY PARK IS ON EITHER THE RINK IS CROWDED ON THE DCR SIDE OR WE HAVE A LOT
OF TRAFFIC ON THE POINTED OUT SO ARE THE SAME TYPES OF TRAFFIC MEASURES BEING IMPLEMENTED ON THOSE PLACES ACROSS OUR CITY ALSO DO YOU
KNOW I CAN TAKE THIS I KNOW THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DESIGN TEAM HAS TAKEN DESTINATION AND FAMILY ORIENTED DESTINATIONS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN
THEY PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE OUR SPEED HUMPS ZONES AND 311 REQUESTS SO IN AN
IDEAL WORLD WE WE WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE MORE SERVICES TO DO THIS MAYBE SOMEDAY WE'LL GET THERE BUT BUT THEY ARE MANAGING QUITE A FEW REQUESTS AND MAKING
IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THEY CAN. OKAY WELL ANOTHER THING SOME SCHOOLS LIKE THE ELIOT HAS THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE WALKING A LOT FROM ONE TO ANOTHER OR I'M THINKING WHEN
I WAS VISITING THE ALICE EARLY LEARNING CENTER OVER IN THE SOUTH IN THE LITTLE GROUP OF TWO YEAR OLDS WERE WALKING FROM ONE BUILDING TO THE NEXT BUT JUST THINKING OF THOSE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS WHERE WE
KNOW THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY ARE WE IMPLEMENTING OR CAN WE ADVOCATE TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THE
SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY COULD ASK LIKE HEY, MAYBE WE NEED A STOP SIGN HERE OR I KNOW THIS BODY MAY HAVE BEEN IN LAST TERM BUT WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, YOU KNOW,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS USING OUR PUBLIC PARKS RIGHT WHERE BEFORE IT WOULD BE LIKE YOU NEEDED A PERMISSION SLIP AND I THINK IT IS STILL TRUE ABOUT LIKE SO MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHERE A CITY AND URBAN CITY THAT SOME
SCHOOLS DO YOU KNOW WALK A LOT AND USE THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT I KNOW OUR LITTLE KINDERGARTNERS COME OVER HERE FOR OUR FLAG RAISING FROM THE ELIOT SCHOOL WITH THE MUSIC TEACHERS YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE WALKING DOWN HANOVER STREET AND
COMING UP HERE TO CITY HALL PLAZA AND I WOULD YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. I MEAN THERE'S NOTHING CUTER THAN LIKE THREE ADULTS IN A GROUP OF LITTLE KIDS HOLDING ON TO A ROPE WITH LIKE THEIR VESTS
LIKE WALKING THROUGH THE CITY. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO OTHER WAYS FOR US IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY IMPLEMENTING LIKE EXTRA SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ON THOSE THOSE WAYS THAT THEY'RE WALKING.
YEAH. SO AS I MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION WE ARE TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WE CALL SCHOOL CAMPUS AND SCHOOL CLUSTERS. I THINK THE ELIOT IS THE SCHOOL CAMPUS I HAVE DONE ARRIVE ON
JUST HIS OBSERVATIONS AT THE ELIOT AND EVERY TIME I'M THERE I'M LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS WHY THIS ISN'T ALREADY A SCHOOL CAMPUS BUT YOU KNOW AS WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE FOR 66
SCHOOLS BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE ARE KIND OF BUILDING A TIME BOMB A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY IN AREAS WHERE CHILDREN ARE GETTING HIT YEARLY. YOU KNOW, I HAVE HOPE THAT ONE
DAY WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE ONLY DOING PREVENTION AND NO LONGER TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BEAT THIS SCARY NUMBER, YOU KNOW BECAUSE THAT THE ELIOT IT'S NOT JUST A RIVAL A DISMISSAL YEAH THEY ARE YOU
KNOW THEY'RE SECOND AND THIRD GRADERS WALK TO ART CLASS THEY LEAVE THEIR BUILDING TO GET TO ANOTHER BUILDING AND YEAH OKAY WELL THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SO YOU COULD GO FROM ANYWHERE FROM 7 MINUTES TO 13 MINUTES. GREAT.
I ALWAYS GO FOR THE RECORD SO WE'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO GREAT QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE I CONSIDER
IT A LUXURY TO LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL AND I GET TO WALK THEM ABOUT 15 HOUSES UP AND DROP THEM OFF EVERY DAY. AND IDEALLY THERE IS A GOAL
OF MINE TO ONE DAY SAY YOU CAN NOW WALK TO SCHOOL ON YOUR OWN . BUT I GOT TO ADMIT EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE STREET WE HAVE TO CROSS AND IT'S I MIGHT THE STREET THAT WE LIVE ON AND
THERE IS A CROSSING THERE A GUIDE THERE WOULD MORE DAYS THAN NOT AND SHOUT OUT TO LINDA AND AND THE CROSSING GUIDES THAT WE TO I GET TO SEE EVERY
DAY AND HAVE MY MORNING CONVERSATION WITH AND THEY'RE MY THERAPIST AND THEY'RE ALSO THEY'RE A GOOD INSIGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT RIGHT I MEAN THEY ACTUALLY GIVE GREAT FEEDBACK AS WELL SO I ENJOY MY
MY DAILY CONVERSATION WITH THEM BUT STILL EVEN THE THOUGHT OF MY OLDEST BOY TURNING EIGHT AND BY THE TIME MAYBE NINE OR TEN COULD HE BE POTENTIALLY WALK UP THAT STREET AND CROSS ON HIS OWN?
I'M SURE HE COULD. BUT AS A PARENT WITH THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE TODAY AND KNOWING THAT SIGNS ARE NOT ENFORCEMENT AND SIGNS IF ANYTHING ARE JUST LITTER ON OUR POLES, I THINK TO
MOST PEOPLE RIGHT I'M STILL NERVOUS TO DO THAT BUT BUT THAT'S STILL ULTIMATELY THE GOAL I THINK OF I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TODAY AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WOULD I HAVE
BEEN MENTIONING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND MENTIONING THE FOLKS THAT I HEAR THEM GOING IN. I LOVE THAT SPEED BUMPS ON SCHOOL STREETS ARE GETTING PRIORITIZED. I HAVE ALWAYS ADVOCATED THAT
EACH COUNCILOR SHOULD GET ABOUT 10 TO 20 STREETS PER YEAR THAT WE GIVE TO BTD AND PUBLIC WORKS AND SAY PLEASE PRIORITIZE THESE STREETS AND I WOULD ALWAYS FOCUS THEM AROUND WHICH ONES ARE ON SCHOOLS, WHICH ONES ARE
CUT ROADS ETC. THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE SPEEDING OCCURS ON. BUT PRIORITIZING SCHOOLS IS A GREAT WAY AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE HOW PRIORITIZING
THAT PLEASE LET US KNOW THE THE I HAD THIS OTHER THOUGHT AND I KNOW IT'S SCARY RIGHT BUT IN THINKING OF ALL SCHOOLS AND YOU
DO DESCRIBE IT TO A DEGREE OF HAVING A UNIFORMED APPROACH ACROSS EVERY SCHOOL IN THE CITY BUT THAT REALLY REALLY HIGHLIGHTS LIKE THE THING I
WORRY ABOUT IS WHEN PEOPLE FROM NOT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMING OVER IF THEY LIVE IN HYDE PARK BUT THEY'RE COMING OVER TO DORCHESTER AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL IS IN THE VICINITY. RIGHT.
AND THEY MAY SEE A YIELD SIGN OR START THEY MAY SEE A CROSSWALK OR WHATEVER IT IS BUT THEY'RE NOT THINKING THERE'S CHILDREN NEARBY AND TYPICALLY RIGHT THROUGH IT RIGHT.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A UNIVERSAL CITY WIDE THING? BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CHANGING A COLOR. I ALWAYS ENVISION LIKE YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PICKING IT'D BE LIKE PURPLE. SO IT'S LIKE NO MATTER WHERE I
AM IN THE CITY IF I SEE THESE PURPLE SIGNS WITH RAISED SIDEWALK AND LIGHTS FLASHING PURPLE AND AND THE CHILDREN AND YOU HAVE TO PUT ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON IN FRONT OF EVERY SCHOOL BUT AT LEAST IT
MAKES THE DRIVER AWARE. OKAY, I KNOW I'M APPROACHING A SCHOOL BECAUSE THIS LOOKS THE SAME SIGNS THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL OVER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY
AND WILL WORK. WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THAT BUT WITH A LEAN BUDGET COMING UP IN THE FUTURE BUT I STILL THINK THAT IT'S A VERY THAT SORT OF MORE UNIVERSAL BELLS AND WHISTLES AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE
APPROACHING THAT AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT THOUGHTFULNESS WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE . A LOT OF THEM ARE AROUND SIGNAGE THE I'M JUST NOT A BIG
BELIEVER RIGHT IN THE SIGNS AND PEOPLE SAY CAN WE JUST GET A SIGN UP? IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. IT WON'T, RIGHT? IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE THAT COMES WITH IT AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S HALF THE BATTLE OF OF
GETTING FOLKS OUT THERE. SYLVIA, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BECAUSE LOCALLY I KNOW WE JUST CHANGED THE SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY SCHOOL THAT SAY NO PARKING. WHAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS
PARENTS WERE COMING UP AND PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. I WALKED MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHERE NOW I HAVE TO WALK OUT INTO THE
ONCOMING BUSSES DROPPING KIDS OFF FROM THE FRONT WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE SNOW AND THEY TAKE UP THE MAJORITY TO THE SIDE OR YOU HAVE TO SNEAK BY THEM AND I PURPOSELY HIT THAT WOULDN'T GET ON THE CAR WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO LET
THEM KNOW LIKE HEY, YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THE SIGNS. UP NEXT DAY THE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE, RIGHT? AND EVEN WITH THE BLAST FROM THE PRINCIPAL THAT GOES OUT TO
THE TO THE TO THE PARENTS AND EVERYTHING AND SO HOWEVER I CAN HELP BUT I KNOW I GET TO WORK WITH WITH BOSTON POLICE OR MAYBE CODE ENFORCEMENT OR OTHERS TO GET FOLKS OUT THERE TO AT LEAST START SENDING THAT
MESSAGE. AND SO SOME BOLLARDS PUT SOME BOLLARDS THERE LIKE YEAH WE COULD THEN THE BUSSES HAVE NOWHERE TO GO RIGHT AND THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT LEADS ME TO
THINK ABOUT THE SCHOOL ASSESSMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SAFE THE SIDEWALKS AND I MEAN I MEAN THESE CARS ON THE SIDEWALKS IS WHAT'S DAMAGING THEM OVER TIME AND THEN CONSTANTLY HAVING TO
REPLACE THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T FOLLOWING THE SIGNS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE THAT ARE LEAVING ROOM FOR THE BUSSES TO NOT CAUSE THE TRAFFIC JAM, TO NOT CAUSE PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR
TEMPER AND THEN GO HOME AND SCREAM AT THEIR KIDS AND SO AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT CAN HAPPEN RIGHT. AND SO I KNOW WHAT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THAT'S MORE
OF ME JUST GRIPING AS A PARENT BUT I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MY POSITION AT THE MOMENT. I DO WANT TO ASK FOR THE ST BRENDAN'S WE HELPED OUT AND I
KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING COMING UP BECAUSE THERE'S A RIGHT HAND TURN THAT COMES DOWN TO A ONE WAY GOING UP WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WOULD ST BRENDAN'S BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW COME UP, TAKE THE RIGHT TURN AND COME DOWN WELL WHILE PARENTS
ARE DOING PICK UP AND DROP OFF WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NEXT FOR THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE WONDERFUL CROSSING GUARDS AND YOU CAN NOMINATE THEM TO BE THE CROSSING GUARD OF THE YEAR THROUGH MASSDOT SO I'M PUTTING
THAT OUT THERE. IF YOU LOVE YOUR CROSSING GUARD PLEASE NOMINATE THEM FOR CROSSING GUARD OF THE YEAR. IF YOU GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES THEY GET A VERY NICE BRUNCH AND THEN A FANCY VEST SAYS CROSSING GUARD OF THE YEAR OH THAT'S HOW
IT'S SUPER COOL. AND THEN WHEN YOU WALK YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE CROSSING GUARD OF THE YEAR. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH, BUT FOR THE SAME BRENDAN'S IN PARTICULAR SO I
DID SPEAK TO I THINK YOU'RE CHIEF OF STAFF AND YOU'RE THE ONUS LIAISON THAT HELPS WITH YOUR DISTRICT GROUP. WE DO NEED TO DO AN OBSERVATION FIRST.
I DO THINK I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A DO NOT ENTER SIGN IN IN THE AREA. YEAH THEY'RE DURING THAT 79 HOURS YEAH AND SO BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN THROUGH A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND THEN STILL KIND OF VIOLATING
THE DO NOT ENTER AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIKE GOING THROUGH THE DO NOT ENTER WHEN WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DO NOT ENTER SIGNS AND I'M NOT I HAVEN'T GONE TO DO AN ARRIVE ON DISMISSAL OBSERVATION YET
BUT THAT IS THE NEXT STEP THAT ME AND THE ENGINEER WANT TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE THE SIGNAGE IS GOING TO GO AND THEN ALSO THE ENGAGEMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE PUTTING IN IS DO NOT UNDERSTAND
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT AND SO THINGS THAT COULD BE HELPFUL ARE TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TELLING THEM THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF THIS WANTING TO WANTING THIS
TO HAPPEN FOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE TO DO ENGAGEMENT FIRST BUT AS WELL AS THINGS BUSSES WHAT WE LIKE TO DO ALSO
WITH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DO NOT HAVE SIGNS WE LIKE WHEN THERE'S A STAFF THAT ENFORCES IT BECAUSE OTHERWISE AS YOU SAID COUNCIL FITZ-GERALD PEOPLE DON'T READ SIGNS, THEY DON'T LISTEN TO THEM SO WE COULD ADD
A SIGN AND THEN WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO? BUT IT'S BETTER WHEN SOMEONE FROM THE SCHOOL IS THERE PRESENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE ON LAND IS A HAZARD AND I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE THE CROSSING GUARD COME IN
WITH TWO CONES AND THEN THEY STAND THERE AND THEY DIRECT TRAFFIC THE OTHER WAY AND THEN THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER AND LEGALLY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ENTER ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THAT STREET. SO THE CROSSING GUARD OR THE
PERSON WHO IS ENFORCING THAT RECOGNIZES A CAR AND SAYS YOU LIVE HERE SO I'M GOING TO LET YOU THROUGH. BUT YEAH, SO THE THE THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL ARE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORS OF THE AREAS
THAT WE WANT TO PUT SIGNAGE IN AND OF COURSE LIKE ME AND CHRIS ARE GOING TO DO AN OBSERVATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US AND IT WOULD JUST BE GREAT IN GENERAL TO HAVE YOU KNOW US MEET THE
PRINCIPAL AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEM ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT PART WHICH WHICH IS TO NOTIFY THEM. THAT'S AWESOME.
TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS AND TWO COMMENTS I THINK ABOUT THE A VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE STREET MURALS, ART ETC. TO SORT OF YOU KNOW AS I WENT TO THE VISION BEFORE OF EVERY SCHOOL HAVING
SOMETHING BUT IF IF IT'S IN THE AVENUE OF THE ARTS THAT'S THAT'S EVEN BETTER RIGHT SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE HEY YOU'VE GOT YOUR REGULAR OLD STREET SIGN UP THERE AND IT'S THIS COLOR AND IT'S UNIVERSAL BUT IF
THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ARTISTIC COMPONENT TO IT I THINK THAT EVEN DRAWS MORE ATTENTION AND PEOPLE CAN SAY OKAY NOW I KNOW I'M IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL BECAUSE I SEE X PIECE OF ARTWORK THAT'S AT EVERY
OTHER THING. SO I LOVE THAT IDEA AND HOW TO BRING MORE ATTENTION TO THE DRIVERS IN THE SCHOOL ZONE TO CHANGE THE LIMIT FROM 15 TO 20
IN SCHOOLS. DO WE NEED STATE LEGISLATION FOR THAT? WELL WE WOULD BE DOING AN ADVISORY SAYING SO AN ADVISORY JUST MEANS THAT IT'S SUGGESTED SO NOT LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE OR
IT ISN'T ENFORCEABLE IN TERMS OF THEY'RE NOT BREAKING THE LAW THEY'RE GOING TO IT. BUT YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A 15 MILE JUST STATIC
WHITE BUT OBVIOUSLY LIKE THAT HOW YOU SAID TAKES THE LEGISLATION AND WE WOULD JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING QUICK TERM SO THE ADVISORY SITE WOULD BE SOMETHING OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, EVEN THOUGH I JUST WENT
OFF ON SIGNS, I STILL AM SUPPORTIVE OF ANYTHING THAT TRIES TO DO THE RIGHT TRIES TO DO THE JOB BUT IT'S A SUGGESTIVE SIGN A LITTLE BIT LESS BUT OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL WORK ON IT AND THEN JUST QUICKLY, TWO COMMENTS FOR THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD SYLVIA, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SEE THIS CONTINUE. I JUST THINK I WANT YOU KNOW THAT OF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES
THAT I HAVE TALKED TO SO FAR ABOUT CONTINUING THIS POSITION IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. RIGHT. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW OF A GOVERNMENT THAT GETS RID OF COMMON SENSE POSITIONS.
DO YOU OKAY. NO, LET'S NOT ANSWER THAT HERE NOW BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. AND CHARLOTTE, WE'VE JUST
WORKED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO CALL YOU OUT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONG HISTORY IN WORKING HERE WITH BTD AND PUTTING YOUR STAMP ON
EVERY LITTLE ARTICLE 80 PROJECT AS IT GOES THROUGH AND BUILDS INTO OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT MAKES THIS CITY SO GREAT AND YOU'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EVER SINCE I FIRST CAME IN AND YOU
STILL ARE SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR THAT'S ON CHEERS FOR THE SHATTUCK BOARD RUNNER I MEAN A
PREVIOUS SHATTUCK I MEAN THAT ALWAYS THAT ALWAYS REALLY IS. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M JUST SO EXCITED THIS THIS ONE FROM WORKING SESSION TWO
NOW HERE IN A HEARING BECAUSE I DO THINK ONE WE'VE GOT SOME DADS AMONG US THAT ARE THAT CARE ABOUT SAFETY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT AND I JUST I'M
REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. I ALSO I'VE GOT A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT YOU KNOW, NOT BOSTON PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. I DON'T HAVE ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT EIGHT BUT WE HAVE A TON OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE GRADE SCHOOLS THAT THAT DO A GREAT JOB.
I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF SHOUT OUT THERE IS SORT OF SOME NEED I THINK FOR A WORK AROUND MISSION GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MISSION HILL ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT THERE'S THE TOBIN
AND THE TOBIN COMMUNITY CENTER THAT AS A WHOLE SORT OF ZONE IN A WAY BUT IT OBVIOUSLY IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE AND I THINK I THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT GOING
ON THERE BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SPEED HUMPS ON SMITH STREET WHICH IS SORT OF LIKE THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SITUATION. WE DID GET THROUGH A PROJECT THAT WENT THROUGH ARTICLE 80 APPROVAL.
WE DID GET FOUR SPEED HUMPS FROM THE DEVELOPER OF THAT PROJECT. BUT RIGHT AFTER I GOT THAT COMMITMENT ACTUALLY GOT SHOWN A VIDEO OF A WOMAN BEING HIT AT A
HIGH SPEED OUTSIDE OF A CROSSWALK ON SMITH STREET AND SO THAT SMITH STREET TURQUOISE THERE'S I KNOW I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE
COMMITMENT NOW, IT'S SORT OF AN URGENT SITUATION ONE WHERE I HAVE ONE VIDEO I HAVE ONE OTHER THING WHERE A MAINTENANCE MAN WAS HAD ENDED UP NOT TAKING ANY DAYS OFF AFTER AND JUST I MEAN
A HORRIBLE SITUATION. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT SMITH STREET IS AN ISSUE. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CURRENT STUDY OF PARKER GURNEY TERRACE THAT IS NOT I'M SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE WALKING FROM SORT OF THAT SITUATION. THERE IS ALREADY A SEPARATE STUDY GOING ON FOR THAT AREA AND I DO THINK WE NEED A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK FROM LIKE
THE TOBIN COMMUNITY CENTER TO LIKE THE SHEILA KATIES ACROSS THE STREET THAT I JUST SEE PEOPLE DOING THAT MID-BLOCK CROSS AND OFTENTIMES DOING IT
IN A WAY WHERE THEY'RE LIKE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET WITH HIGH SPEED CARS SORT OF COMING DOWN. I'VE HAD TO DO THAT MYSELF BECAUSE THERE ARE LITERALLY IS LIKE IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S
BLOCKS WITHOUT ANY WAY TO CROSS AND AND I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF MY DISTRICT THERE'S A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE'VE
GOT TWO BUILDINGS FOR THE ADVENT SCHOOL THAT BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES PINCKNEY STREET BUT LIKE ON THE FLAT OF PENNY STREET WE'VE LIKE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THINGS
THERE THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SLOW DOWN THAT STREET AND WEST CEDAR WHICH I KNOW I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR SPEED HUMPS ON THE ADVENT SCHOOL HAS ITS OTHER
LOCATION THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE SHARED WITH ME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH BEACON HILL IS A HILL WE CAN DEFINITELY GET SOME SPEED HUMPS
IN THERE. THERE'S ENOUGH FLAT PLACES AND THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH IT TO STAY OFF OF STARRO AND TRY TO WORK THEIR WAY AROUND THAT THAT IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE CHILDREN SPECIFICALLY ARE GOING AND MAKE SURE I THINK HILLHOUSE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT YOU KNOW, I
DO THINK THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME SORT OF MAY NOT TECHNICALLY BE A CAMPUS BUT JUST SORT OF IDENTIFY IN BEACON HILL LIKE WHERE KIDS ARE TRAVELING BECAUSE THEY ALL SORT
OF HAVE SIMILAR PARTS OF AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO REALLY BEACON HILL IS AND
ALL THE PARENTS AND KIDS WHO LIVE THERE THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OWN WAY WITHOUT A LOT OF CITY SUPPORT. HILLHOUSE WAS CREATED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR PEOPLE
AND THEIR KIDS TO GO AND SOMEONE CREATED IT AND THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OR ACTUALLY IS A FORMER FIREHOUSE SO IT'S THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE GO AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF CENTER THAT
IS YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZE DOING AND IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK STREETS FOR PRIORITIZING THE BRICK
FIXES OUTSIDE JUST BECAUSE IT IS YOU KNOW, STROLLERS LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I KIND OF WANT TO ADD IN YOUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IN A COMMUNITY LIKE BEACON HALL THAT
HAS BRICKS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE SORT OF YOUNG PEOPLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN LOTS OF STROLLERS COMING IN AND OUT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS WEAR AND TEAR ON BRICKS AND
ACCESSIBILITY, I AM VERY PROUD AFTER A VERY LONG HISTORY I'M VERY PRO TACTILE PAD AND GETTING THOSE IN HONESTLY IT'S NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, IT'S FOR MOMS, IT'S FOR PARENTS, IT'S FOR EVERYONE. AND SO I HEAR A LOT FROM RESIDENTS IN BEACON HILL WHEN WOULD A WHEELCHAIR EVER COME UP
TO THIS DEEP LEVEL ONE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU WILL EVER NEED A WHEELCHAIR OR YOU WILL EVER HAVE A DISABILITY. 100% OF PEOPLE WILL HAVE A DISABILITY IN OUR LIFE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
SO THOSE NEED WE REALLY NEED TO PRIORITIZE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAFER TO SCHOOL AT LEAST FOR BEACON HILL IN PARTICULAR WE NEED TO GET THOSE TACTILE PADS AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GO
TO SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY WE DEAL WITH THOSE CHALLENGES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE FOR ME THAT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE GIVEN THAT THEIR PARENTS ARE LITERALLY DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND IT'S THE ONLY OPTION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO TO SCHOOL. WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A CITY TO MAKE THAT ROUTE SAFE SO I DON'T WANT TO
LIKE LIST MY FAVORITE SCHOOLS BUT I JUST THINK FROM MISSION HILL TO BEACON HILL THOSE DEFINITELY WORK TO DO AND I ALSO I KNOW MY COUNCIL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE
COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA HAS REALLY BEEN BUT THE ELIOT SCHOOL A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS DO I DON'T HAVE ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT BUT THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET AND WE A
LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS ARE WALKING ALONG CAUSEWAY CROSSING THAT CROSSWALK THAT IS SO PROBLEMATIC. I DO WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT JUST A CROSSING GUARD BUT A POLICE
OFFICER THERE. I KNOW THAT THAT IS THE NORM DURING SCHOOL CROSSINGS. THAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND I THINK ANY PROJECT THAT HAPPENS IN THE
WEST END WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OR THE NORTH END WE NEED TO MAKE SURE RECTIFIES THAT SITUATION. WE NEED LIKE FLASHING LIGHTS, WE NEED REALLY LIKE SORT
OF SPECIALTY STUFF AND I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR CLAUDIA ZAPATA BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY FOUGHT FOR THIS BUT I JUST WE SHARE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET AND MY CONSTITUENTS ARE WALKING THROUGH THIS SORT OF DANGEROUS
SITUATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ADVOCATE FOR THAT AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ATTEND THE ELIOT SCHOOL AND I THINK THAT'S SORT OF MOST OF MY
LIST. I REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT THAT HONESTLY, WE ALL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND WE ALL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT TERRAIN.
SO THE CONCERNS OF DORCHESTER MAY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE CONCERNS OF JUST DISTRICT EIGHT ,BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE KIDS HAVE A SAFER TO SCHOOL WHETHER
THAT'S A BIKE TRAIN, WHETHER THAT'S WALKING A TRAIN, WHETHER THAT'S THEIR MOM BRINGING THEM IN A STROLLER UP AND DOWN BEACON HILL. I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT DEDICATION AND WE ALL REALLY
JUST WANT WE WANT THIS TO BE AN EASIER SITUATION AND I THINK THE CITY IS REALLY DEDICATED TOWARDS THAT. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR THE SPEED
HUMPS PROGRAM LIKE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SAFER IT'S LIKE IT'S LITERALLY EVERYWHERE IF PEOPLE ARE CUTTING THROUGH AND THERE ARE UNSAFE SITUATIONS WHICH I KNOW THERE ARE AND I
KNOW THERE ARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE STREETS SO I AM FIGHTING FOR A BUNCH OF SPEED HUMPS IN BOTH THE WEST FANS AND BEACON HILL RIGHT NOW AND AND I THINK THAT
THOSE WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT STUDENTS BUT STUDENTS OF ALL AGES I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING SORT OF UPPER SCHOOLS
AND THEY THEY ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO BIKE TO BE ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A NUMBER TO BE ABLE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT MODALITIES AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND.
SO I JUST I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED. I KNOW IT'S ALL INTO THE NITTY GRITTY AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES AND THEIR DEDICATION AND I WANT TO
ASK IF THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR FLYNN SORRY AND I'M
CHAIR THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AGAIN YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION I DO WANT TO I DID SPEAK ABOUT SOUTH BOSTON BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OTHER AREA IF I
MAY. THE JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL IN CHINATOWN THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW FAMILIAR WITH AS WELL ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING WE DO
SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND AROUND TREMONT STREET AND IN OTHER STREETS IN THAT AREA. I HEAR FROM THE LEATHER
DISTRICT FROM CHINATOWN BUT ALSO FROM THE BAY VILLAGE. IS THERE ANY PLANS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT? AND I'VE MET WITH SOME OF THEM
BUT BP WITH US ON SITE TO DISCUSS THIS BUT IS THERE ANY PLANS YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO JOSIAH QUINCY SCHOOL AND
THEN OBVIOUSLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WE HAVE THE DESIRE QUINCY UP SCHOOL WHICH IS A NEW BUILDING, NEW SCHOOL BUILDING. WE WE DO HAVE A PLANNING
INITIATIVE THAT IS LOOKING CLOSELY AT CHINATOWN, THE STREETS IN CHINATOWN. SO ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CONTRAFLOW BIKE LANE ON
HARRISON IF AND WE WE HAVE MET WITH THE DESIRE QUINCY SCHOOL SO I THINK WE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT WHOLE AREA YOU KNOW KIND OF AS A WHOLE IN AND WHAT WE
CAN DO FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND YOU KNOW ALWAYS WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSIT OR BIKE OR WALK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE IF FEWER PEOPLE
DROVE THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD REDUCE A LOT OF THESE SAFETY CONCERNS. SO I THINK WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STREETS IN CHINATOWN ARE SAFE FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AND SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ACCOMMODATED. I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE
LOOKING AT MAYBE CLOSING DOWN THE FIRST BLOCK OF MARGINAL ROAD DURING SCHOOL HOURS. I HONESTLY I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HAPPENED OR NOT. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WAS TAKING
A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT BUT WE ARE FOCUSING ON CHINATOWN. I DO NOTICE I DO SEE A LOT OF PARENTS WALKING THEIR CHILDREN TO JOSEPH QUINCY SCHOOL.
I DO GET THERE BY THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN TAKING THEM BUT SOME OF THOSE STREETS IN THE MORNING ARE USED PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY GETTING
INTO THE DOWNTOWN OR THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING AT A FAST, FAST SPEED ACTUALLY THEY COME OFF THE HIGHWAY
COMING FROM I GUESS COMING FROM COMING FROM THE SOUTH, GETTING OFF AT THE LEATHER DISTRICT AREA DOWN TOWARDS SOUTH STREET. PEOPLE ARE GOING AT A AT A
GREAT SPEED COMING OFF THAT HIGHWAY TO BEAT THE TO BEAT THE THE LIGHT THE INTERSECTION. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE
THE HIGH TRAVEL OF OF OF CARS AND SPEEDING I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU I DON'T SEE THE CYCLISTS BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AT ALL AND
JUST QUINCY SCHOOL I'M THERE AT LEAST SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMEONE TAKING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL ON
A BICYCLE AND THEN THE OTHER THE OTHER ISSUE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL AS WELL IN THE SOUTH AND
WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE BLACKSTONE SCHOOL? IT'S ALSO IN AND AROUND A MAJOR MAJOR STREET IN THE SOUTH AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT IN A MIDDLE
OF A PUBLIC HOUSING AS WELL WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES BETWEEN THE CATHEDRAL BETWEEN VILLA VICTORIA, BETWEEN WEST ADAMS STREET WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT A LOT OF SENIORS WOULD HAVE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OVERALL PLANS FOR THE BLACKSTONE? YEAH, I THINK THANKFULLY IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR HIGH PEDIATRIC CRECHE SCHOOLS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OR IS IT?
IT IS ONE OF OUR HIGH PATRICK OH IT IS BUT IS ON THE LOWER END SO LESS THAN ONE CRASH HERE . BUT THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE DONE AN OBSERVATION AT THE BLACKSTONE AND WE ARE WORKING
WITH BP'S TO KIND OF FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS FEASIBLE. SO WHEN WE DO TAKE 311 REQUESTS WE ARE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT
ARE YOU KNOW SMALL AND QUICK TO SIGNAGE CHANGES OR KIND OF SMALL SAFETY INTERVENTIONS THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN FEASIBLE. BUT WE ARE WORKING BP CURRENTLY
WITH FACILITIES IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THEIR THE SCHOOL OKAY YEAH THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SCHOOL AN IMPORTANT AREA AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
CHILDREN GETTING THEIR GETTING THIS SAFE THERE'S A LOT OF BUSSES THAT DO COME FROM EAST BOSTON INTO BLACKSTONE INTO THE SOUTH END WHICH IS
ALONG A LONG DISTANCE. BUT AND WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF CHILDREN BEING WALKED TO SCHOOL AS WELL BY THEIR BY THEIR GUARDIAN AND OR THEIR PARENT.
SO IT'S A IT'S A LOT GOING ON THE MORNING THEY DO AT TIMES HAVE A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER THAT CONDUCTS TRAFFIC AT THAT BUSY INTERSECTION THERE. BUT I'D BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU ON THE
BLACKSTONE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR BEING HERE AND WITH THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE
ANY TESTIMONY IS ANYONE HERE TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY AND I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S NO ONE ON LINE. SO WITH THAT THE I JUST WANT TO
SAY THIS IS A REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THANKS TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR PARTICIPATING. THANKS TO THOSE WHO SPONSORED I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP. WE'VE OBVIOUSLY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE CITY BUT
WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP ON THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AND WE'RE ALL REALLY DEDICATED TOWARDS IT AND NICE TO KNOW THAT THERE POTENTIALLY IS A BUDGET IMPLICATION FOR
YOUR ROLE AND SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO WITH THAT, THE HEARING ON DOCKET 0309 IS ADJOURNED