Tools for Advocacy LivableStreets Advocacy Committee | April 2018 To effectively advocate, you often need to know: ● Who’s in charge ● What information you have access to ● What tools you have When it comes to streets, who’s in charge? It depends on the street . And geography . And then some weird jurisdiction issue . Most streets belong to which ever municipality they run through Who manages streets in . Boston Boston Transportation Department Cambridge Traffic, Parking & Transportation Somerville Traffic & Parking In terms of planning . Boston Boston Transportation Department Department of Public Works Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Mayor of Boston Deputy Commissioner of Frontage Road Martin J. Walsh Operations ● Towing ● Signs, markings, signals Office of the Parking Public Chief of Streets Clerk (OPC) Works Chris Osgood Deputy Commissioner (Central Artery) Transportation Permits & Sign Making Commissioner Gina Fiandaca Director of Engineering Signals Director of Planning Active Transportation Budget Inter-gov Constituent Services Social media / comm. In terms of planning . Cambridge Traffic, Parking, & Transportation Community Development Dept. (CDD) Public Works (“the Works”) Not municipally owned or managed? Not municipally owned or managed? Probably owned or managed by a state-level entity Interstates, bridges, overpasses = MassDOT Not sure? You can always check . Other state-level entities and transit! Make Mondays Fun-days with FMCB livestreams How to be in the know ● Boston Development and Planning Agency -- sign up for email updates by neighborhood ● City of Boston email newsletters - based on neighborhood and topic ● Mayor’s press list - sign up for press releases / media advisories ● Crowd-sourced Google sheet of Boston neighborhood associations How to be in the know ● Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) -- email updates ● Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) -- project-based email updates ● Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) -- email updates ● Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) -- email updates (scroll to bottom) ● Cambridge Bicycle Report (meeting notices, news, action items) -- email updates ● Somerville Bike News -- email updates (sign up at top of page) Who to reach out to in Boston ● Mayor: [email protected] ● City Council: [email protected] ● BTD: [email protected] ● At-Large Councilors: ○ Michael Flaherty: [email protected] ○ Annissa Essaibi-George: [email protected] ○ Ayanna Pressley: [email protected] ○ Michelle Wu: [email protected] Who to reach out to in Boston ● District Councilors: ○ District 1 - Lydia Edwards: [email protected] ○ District 2 - Ed Flynn: [email protected] ○ District 3 - Frank Baker: [email protected] ○ District 4 - Andrea Campbell (President): [email protected] ○ District 5 - Timothy McCarthy: [email protected] ○ District 6 - Matt O’Malley: [email protected] ○ District 7 - Kim Janey: [email protected] ○ District 8 - Josh Zakim: [email protected] ○ District 9 - Mark Ciommo: [email protected] Who to reach out to in Cambridge ● Marc McGovern (Mayor): [email protected] ● Jan Devereux (Vice Mayor): [email protected] ● Dennis Carlone: [email protected] ● Craig Kelley: [email protected] ● Alanna Mallon: [email protected] ● Sumbul Siddiqui: [email protected] ● E. Denise Simmons: [email protected] ● Timothy Toomey: [email protected] ● Quinton Zondervan: [email protected] Who to reach out to in Somerville ● Mayor Curtatone: [email protected] ● President & Ward 7 Alderman - Katjana Ballantyne: [email protected] ● Vice President & Ward 1 Alderman - Matthew McLaughlin: [email protected] ● At-Large - Stephanie Hirsch: [email protected] ● At-Large - Wilfred Mbah: [email protected] ● At-Large - Mary Jo Rossetti: [email protected] ● At-Large - William White Jr.: [email protected] How to be in the know . in Somerville ● Ward 2 - Jefferson Thomas Scott: [email protected] ● Ward 3 - Ben Ewen-Campen: [email protected] ● Ward 4 - Jesse Clingan: [email protected] ● Ward 5 - Mark Niedergang: [email protected] ● Ward 6 - Lance Davis: [email protected] Flex your constituency muscle Get political! Get to know City Councilors & staffers ● Get on their newsletters and understand their issues ● Go to meetings ● Talk with them and invite them to events Check their responses to the Vision Zero questionnaire: Also, such plans and resources! Also, such plans and resources! Also, such plans and resources! Also, such plans and resources! ● MassDOT Design Guides: ○ Project Development & Design Guide ○ Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide ● NACTO Design Guides: ○ Urban Street Design Guide ○ Urban Bikeway Design Guide ○ Global Street Design Guide ○ Transit Street Design Guide ● Federal Design Guides: ○ Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for Streets and Highways.