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Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting

January 19, 2022 • 7:00 PM  

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89240799645

1 (646) 558-8656    Meeting ID: 892 4079 9645    Passcode: 669317
 

Meeting Documents available at

https://www.brooklinema.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/2092

1. Public Comment Period for Issues Not on the Agenda
2. Review and Approval of Minutes of December 8, 2021 Meeting
3. (7:10pm) Pedestrian Safety Issues at the Crossing of the Riverway Multi-Use Path Across Netherlands Road
   1. Committee Member Reports on Observations Made at this Location
   2. Discussion with Transportation Division representatives
   3. Review and Potential Vote on Draft Recommendations to Transportation Board
4. (7:40pm) Washington Street Completes Streets Project
   1. Discussion of Pedestrian Advisory Committee representation on the Design Review Committee
5. (8:10pm) Slow Street Neighborhoods – Brief Introduction of an Idea, and Possibility of Special Joint Meeting in February with Bicycle Advisory Committee
6. (8:25pm) Consideration of a Revised Draft Memo to the Transportation Board on Pedestrian-Friendly Lighting 
7. (8:45pm) Updates if any from Committee Subgroups and Other Committees
8. (8:55pm) Committee Housekeeping
   1. Next meeting:  February 9, 2022 
   2. New business

Ongoing efforts

Community outreach planning

Walkable Streets Plan planning

Sample items on the Committee’s radar screen for possible future discussion / action:

Obtaining Police crash reports involving pedestrians

Learning about Police enforcement procedures in areas affecting pedestrian safety and facilitation

Pedestrian safety issues at St Paul & Sewall, other intersections

Walk signal timing at Harvard & Fuller intersection

Safety issues near the Washington/Corey intersection, in a neighborhood that’s partly in Brookline and partly in Boston

Follow-up on prior recommendations to Transportation Board 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND THE COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CALL ITEMS OUT OF ORDER