Committee Postpones Boylston Bus Stop Removal Vote

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What happened

The Traffic and Parking Committee held Councilor Economo's petition to remove a Boylston Street bus stop for further study, declining to eliminate the stop serving about 61 daily riders pending additional enforcement data. The committee unanimously approved a Main Street ordinance establishing a 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The committee approved no-parking signage on Hamilton Street and a stop sign on Scrimshaw Road while filing petitions for additional traffic measures at other locations.

Key decisions

• ● Hold bus stop removal petition. The committee voted to hold the petition, declining to remove the bus stop at this time. The matter will return at the committee's last meeting in August for a final vote after police, the quality-of-life team, and the WRTA provide additional information. (Vote voted to hold). Read case details
• 📜 Create commercial loading zone and metered parking. The committee voted unanimously to approve an ordinance establishing a 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. commercial loading zone and two-hour metered parking from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Main Street, expected to add four to five customer parking spaces. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 Post no-parking signage at Hamilton Street. The committee voted unanimously to approve posting 20-foot no-parking signage at Hamilton Street's intersections with Commonwealth Avenue, Middlesex Avenue, and Boston Avenue, making visible and enforceable an existing state parking restriction near intersections. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 Install yield sign and pavement markings. The committee voted unanimously to file the original stop-sign petition, approve installation of a yield sign with pavement markings, and file the duplicate street-marking petition as redundant. The department will evaluate whether a stop sign becomes necessary if the yield sign does not resolve intersection-blocking problems. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 Install stop sign on Scrimshaw Road. The committee voted unanimously to approve a stop sign on the Scrimshaw Road side street approach at West Boylston Drive, after staff warrant analysis found the intersection did not meet criteria for an all-way stop. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 File right-turn-only lane conversion petition. The committee voted unanimously to file the petition for a right-turn-only lane after traffic modeling showed the conversion would worsen overall delay despite helping individual right-turning drivers. The department will continue monitoring the intersection. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 Evaluate curve and speed warning signage. The committee issued a chair's order directing the Department of Transportation and Mobility to evaluate and install horizontal curve warning signage and advisory speed plaques at 425 Lake Avenue, and voted unanimously to file the original blind-driveway signage petition. The department will conduct an engineering study. (Vote unanimous). Read case details
• 📋 File do-not-block-driveway signage petition. The committee voted to file the petition; no signage will be installed. The department recommended the resident continue reporting violations to parking enforcement. (Vote voted to file). Read case details

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