The Manager's report back on traffic safety concerns on Madison Avenue

How it started

Oct 28, 2019 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager: his response to the Council’s order about traffic safety concerns on Madison Avenue (AR 19-30).

What happened

Oct 28, 2019 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted, unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

Dennis Carlone
Jan Devereux
Craig A. Kelley
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan

Roll call of Oct 28, 2019 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge

Order adopted, unanimousOct 28, 2019

Referred for reportAR 2019-30Mar 18, 2019

Administration answeredCMA 2019-284Oct 28, 2019 · answered in 224 days

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Traffic Safety Concerns on Madison Avenue

This memo is in response to Awaiting Report 19-30 (Order #4 from the March 4, 2019 City Council Meeting) requesting a report on traffic safety concerns on Madison Avenue related to vehicle speeds and volumes. To assess existing traffic safety conditions, Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department staff visited Madison Avenue during the weekday AM and PM peak periods as well as midday when traffic volumes are typically lower. Staff collected data on traffic volumes and speeds during all three time periods which are outlined in the table below.

AM Peak

(8:00am-9:00am) Midday (11:00am-12:00pm)

PM Peak

(4:00pm-5:00pm)

Traffic Volume

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Oct 28, 2019

↩ Answers awaiting report: Awaiting report 2019 · #30