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Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn filed a hearing order to discuss implementation of a 7 nights per week “Resident Parking Only” policy in all areas of South Boston that do not currently have overnight parking restrictions. For several years, Councilor Flynn made this recommendation for many reasons - including in the interest of fairness and consistency with residents in neighborhoods throughout South Boston, as City Point has had 7 nights per week “Resident Parking Only” for over a decade, as well as other neighborhoods in similar proximity to Downtown currently having enforcement of an even stricter “24/7 “Resident Parking Only” policy than what Councilor Flynn is proposing. For years, residents have highlighted the impact of decades of unprecedented growth in South Boston on parking and [...]

Dear Chief Franklin-Hodge and Commissioner Gove, We are writing to you today to express our concerns and opposition to the expansion of 7-14 BlueBikes stations in South Boston and the South Boston Waterfront. As we understand it, earlier this year, the administration announced 100 new BlueBikes stations throughout the City. South Boston neighbors and civic groups have contacted us to convey that they do not see the demand that would require expansion on that scale, especially when all new Article 80, Large and Small project, multi-family proposals are required by the City to have BlueBikes stations on site. As our offices have said many times to Boston Transportation Department (BTD) staff in both internal and community meetings, it is critical that the city be mindful [...]

A presentation entitled “Bluebikes Open House” took place in the Tynan Community Center.  It was presented by Kim Foltz, the Senior Bike Share & Active Transportation Planner in the City of Boston’s so-called “Streets Cabinet”, along with her crew of three assistants.  More information about the Streets Cabinet can be obtained on the Boston.gov internet. The objectives of the Bluebike Open House were three in number: 1.- Present information on the need to expand; 2.- List potential sites for new Bluebike rental stations; 3.- Ask for opinions on the best places in South Boston for these stations to be installed. The Open House presented diagrams of 28 possible new Bluebike stations in South Boston.  Fourteen locations were in the residential/small business area of South Boston; [...]