The City of Somerville is developing a citywide bicycle network plan to designate corridors for various bikeway facilities, connect gaps in the current network, and provide a guide for future improvements.

Join us in-person or virtually to learn about the draft bicycle network map and provide your feedback to the team! We will also be posting the map online in the coming days.

Visit somervillema.gov/bikenetwork to learn more and to sign up for project updates.

Community Pop-Up

Date: June 17 (Rain date: June 22)

Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Argenziano Playground, 290 Washington St.

Please check the project website for updates on whether the pop-up is postponed to the rain date due to inclement weather. 

Virtual Meeting

Date: June 23

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O-LwlrxpQl2hS4wXrxvw5Q

The Citywide Parking and Curb-Use study continues. Over the winter, our project team continued to collect existing conditions data, including curbside regulation information for every public curb in the city and occupancy data for selected streets at different times of the day in each neighborhood to inform the Curb Profile. 

The Curb Profile is an assessment of the characteristics of curbs and on-street parking in distinct areas of the city. The Parking Study Taskforce met twice this spring to learn about the development of the Curb Profile and provide feedback on the framework for modeling parking demand to inform study recommendations. The project team have now put together a slate of recommendations.

Please join us to discuss the Citywide Parking & Curb Use Study Findings at one of our two upcoming virtual meetings!

Join the project team to learn more about:

• Curb regulations and occupancy data collected;
• Key findings from data analysis;
• Potential policy and operations recommendations to guide the City in bringing its parking policies in alignment with city goals, community values, and future needs.

Provide your feedback on the proposed recommendations to help inform next steps to policy changes.

There are two options to attend a virtual meeting:

Virtual Meeting - Evening

Date: Monday, June 27

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Virtual Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6WCbbJ1BSFSWaSi1GTrYeg

Virtual Meeting - Daytime

Date: Wednesday, June 29

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Virtual Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MLOsS2_qQlqvfrCxLy2Ptw

If you aren't able to join virtually, recordings and presentation slides will be posted to the project website. There will also be opportunities to provide feedback via an online survey, community pop-ups, and more.

Learn more about the study and review past meeting materials at somervillema.gov/parkingstudy.

On June 2, 2022, MassDOT hosted a Public Information Meeting about the Route 28 (McGrath Highway) and Route 38 (Mystic Avenue) safety and accessibility improvements.

The goals of the project are to increase the safety of all users, improve accessibility, and prioritize vulnerable road users along Mystic Ave., Fellsway, and McGrath Highway in the vicinity of the intersection as well as throughout the intersection itself. 

With high speeds, multiple vehicle lanes in each direction, a lack of accessible curb ramps, and no protected bicycle facilities, these streets and intersections pose multiple safety issues for all roadway users, and, most notably people walking, wheeling, taking transit and biking. 

In order to address the safety concerns in this area, MassDOT plans to implement improvements in multiple phases. The first phase is a series of early action safety improvements currently under construction. The second phase consists of larger infrastructure changes including a road diet throughout the intersection, shared use paths, and additional safety improvements are planned to start construction in 2024. 

Visit Mobility's state highways project page for a summary of updates or review the Presentation Slides from June 2, 2022 Meeting.

To provide any feedback or to reach out to the project team throughout these projects you can contact to MassDOTProjectManagement@dot.state.ma.us or Dot.feedbackdistrict4@dot.state.ma.us. You can also visit the MassDOT Public Hearings website.