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Residents urge faster safety fixes on northern Hyde Park Ave after packed off-site hearing

5937439 · October 8, 2025
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A committee hearing drew nearly 100 attendees and about 40 public speakers demanding traffic-calming, signal changes and enforcement on the northern stretch of Hyde Park Avenue; the Council left the matter in committee and urged the administration to act faster.

A Boston City Council hearing on safety along the northern stretch of Hyde Park Avenue drew a packed crowd and dozens of public comments calling for faster, stronger traffic-calming measures.

The Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, chaired by Councilor Durkin, held the hearing in Jamaica Plain after residents repeatedly raised concerns about speeding, unsafe intersections and a history of serious crashes, including the 2024 death of pedestrian Glenn Ingram. City officials from the Transportation and Streets…

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