One minute, one slide: March 2019 Presentations
Below are the “One Minute, One Slide” presentations shared by members of the WalkBoston staff at the March 18, 2019 Annual Celebration.
One Minute, One Slide: Safe Walking for Healthy and Connected Lives
Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as prepared at this year’s annual event on March 18, 2019.
Dorothea Hass
WalkBoston has partnered with the Coalition for a Better Acre in Lowell through a Cummings Foundation grant to train residents of the Acre to become walking advocates. Shown here are residents who are pressing the City to make temporary changes to a complicated five-way intersection with fast-moving traffic and very long crosswalks. At a recent meeting with City Councilor Nuon, residents presented their concerns and proposed solutions to which the Councilor shown here, second from right, was very receptive. A next step will be to persuade the city’s traffic engineer to take the temporary measures which if proved successful could be more permanently installed. The training is also promoting civic engagement. One of the trainees has taken the initiative to gain signatures to support the re-design of the five-way intersection and is also planning to run for city council.
One minute, one slide: March 2018 Presentations
Below are the “One Minute, One Slide” presentations shared by members of the WalkBoston staff at the March 29, 2018 Annual Celebration.
Bob Sloane #UnChokeTheThroat Allston / I-90 Advocacy effort
Stacey Beuttell WalkMassachusetts Network
Adi Nochur Complete Streets in Chelsea
Dorothea Hass Neighborhood Slow Streets
Brendan Kearney #ClearCurbCuts Snow Clearance video
One minute, one slide: Neighborhood Slow Streets
Below is a “One Minute, One Slide” presentation shared by a member of the WalkBoston staff.
Text provided is as presented at this year’s annual event on March 29, 2018.
Dorothea Hass
The City of Boston’s Neighborhood Slow Streets program is a new approach to traffic calming requests in Boston.
The aim is to reduce the number and severity of crashes on residential streets, lessen the impacts of cut-through traffic, and add to the quality of life in the neighborhoods.
The first year of the program was a pilot and focused on 2 zones, the Tabot Norfolk Triangle (just outside Codman Square in Dorchester) and the Stonybrook section of Jamaica Plain (close to Green Street on the MBTA Orange Line).
For the next round, the Boston Transportation Department planned to add another 2-3 areas; they received 47 submissions from across the City and selected five new communities to join the program.
WalkBoston works closely with both community members and the transportation staff to make this program a success!
Learn more at: https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/neighborhood-slow-streets