WalkUP Roslindale is a proud member of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition. The Coalition has been doing great work following the City budget process with respect to safe streets. We’ve reproduced below an announcement about an important transportation budget hearing this Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Please show up if you can!
RSVP and/or spread the word from this Facebook event page.
Funding is a critical component for building safer streets. Now is your chance to influence the Boston budget process!
Join us in calling for more support and faster implementation of projects this year, by:
1. Attending the Boston Transportation Department Budget Hearing and testifying.
Event
Details:
Tuesday, May 7, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
@ Boston City
Hall, 5th Floor, Iannella Chamber
2. Asking for support from your at-large and district city councilors for the following priorities:
- Faster implementation and more focus on improving safety along arterial corridors, which are disproportionately dangerous for all modes.
- A permanent, full-time, Boston Police Department data analyst to clean up crash report data, investigate trends, and work closely with the Transportation Department, Boston EMS, and MassDOT to ensure Boston’s crash data is properly reported.
- Clear organizational structures that will help establish how projects are managed and executed, and better integration of operations and policies between the Public Works and Transportation Departments.
In past years, hundreds of you have shown up for the
Boston Transportation Department Budget Hearings, and it has had a
direct impact on securing more funding benefiting Vision
Zero. Can we count on you to keep the momentum going in
2019? Speak up to support safe streets!
For more details about the proposed Transportation Department budget and what we’re advocating for, read on below.
Thank you and we hope to see you on Tuesday!
Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition
http://www.visionzerocoalition.org
Background
The Mayor’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) includes a $4 million investment in Boston’s Walkable Streets and $2 million in bike infrastructure, which will be funded through strategic changes to the City’s current parking meter rates. Join us at Boston City Hall to comment in support of the City Council approving this budget proposal and to call for more support and faster action.
Within this budget, Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition members are working on several specific issues. For more information and talking points about the following aspects of the budget, see below:
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