[SBC] Vernon Street kept two-way

[walker2468 at earthlink.net]

THANK YOU, RON!!!

This is a terrific example of how Somerville can be made better for cyclists!

One-way streets take away from that. And this is one area where the SBC could be more pro-active. It is fraught with challenges, but well worth the effort when the desired result is achieved. 

I'm thrilled that there was neighborhood support for keeping Vernon St. two-way.

My only question is: what if this had not appeared in Denise's e-newsletter? How would any of us known this was coming up?

Steve or Terry: Does the Traffic Commission send out an agenda before meetings? Can the SBC officers email address can be added?

-Greg


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ron Newman <rnewman at thecia.net>
>Sent: Sep 21, 2006 8:39 PM
>To: sbc members <sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net>
>Subject: [SBC] Vernon Street; KSS/MaxPak zoning
>
>I went to the Traffic Commission hearing regarding Vernon Street.   
>Almost all of the neighbors present, as well as some who submitted  
>written statements, supported keeping the street two-way.  I made a  
>short statement, as a Bicycle Committee member, in favor of keeping  
>it two-way, pointing out that it is a major east-west bicycle route  
>from the Community Path to Winter Hill.    The Commission unanimously  
>voted to keep it two-way.
>
>After the meeting, I talked to Joe Lynch of the Magoun Square  
>Neighborhood Association.  He told me that although his  
>organization's members supported the proposed PUD zoning for the KSS- 
>MaxPak property, other residents of "the Patch" (Clyde and Warwick  
>Street area) opposed it.  As a result, Alderman Sean O'Donovan is  
>withdrawing the zoning proposal tonight.  Lynch was not happy about  
>this, and feels that any "as of right" development permitted by  
>current zoning will provide far less mitigation to the community than  
>KSS's proposal.
>
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