Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets
Somerville is reconstructing Western Pearl Street and recently presented two design concepts. You can find the design concepts and other project information on this page: https://voice.somervillema.gov/westernpearl We are disappointed in the city’s retreat from safe street commitments and wrote a letter with our feedback and…
May 21, 2025 McGrath Boulevard Project Team 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 Dear McGrath Boulevard Project Team, We thank you for your thoughtful presentation at the March 25th public information meeting and to share our feedback on the updated plan. We appreciate MassDOT’s ongoing…
SASS organized a coalition of individuals and groups to collaborate on the letter below. It asks MassDOT to consider significant changes to the early version of the McGrath Boulevard project. This letter was sent to MassDOT leadership on May 14, 2024. Dear Secretary Tibbits-Nutt and…
MassDOT’s project to remove the overpass from McGrath Highway and reconstruct the road as a multimodal boulevard is finally rolling. The overpass removal, along with an entirely new street design between Broadway in Somerville and Third Street in Cambridge will result in an at-grade urban…
SASS recently had the opportunity to sponsor a project by students in the Tufts graduate program in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. They looked at pedestrian access in Davis Square from an urban planning perspective. Stephanie Galaitsi (a longstanding member of the SASS organizing…
Rather than hosting a forum or publishing a questionnaire, SASS asked all of the candidates for city council to submit a brief statement introducing themselves and their commitment to road safety. These are their responses. Note: Due to a technical error by the SASS Organizers,…
Chairs Brendan Crighton and William StrausVice Chairs Paul Mark and Brian MurrayJoint Committee on Transportation24 Beacon Street, Rooms 109-C & 134Boston, MA 02133 October 3, 2023 Dear Chairs Crighton and Straus, Vice Chairs Mark and Murray, and members of the Committee, We are writing to…
Bus Network Redesign Draft Comments Due July 31, 2022 If you haven’t heard about the Bus Network Redesign, the MBTA is currently proposing a redesign of the 50+ year-old bus network, with changes planning to roll out over the next few years, starting next spring. Comments…
SASS has submitted a comment on the MBTA draft Bus Network Redesign. If any or all of this letter resonates with you, please also send a comment via email to BetterBusProject@mbta.com or via their website: https://www.mbta.com/projects/bus-network-redesign/update/bus-network-redesign-proposal Comments are due by July 31, 2022. Feel free…
Please call or email your state and local legislators and ask them to support an earmark of ~$750,000 for a traffic study that is necessary to move forward with much-needed safety improvements on Route 16 in Cambridge, Somerville and Medford. The timing is immediate (i.e.…