Multimodal Board Narrows Options for Shirley and Arlington, Recommends Painted Lanes and Resident Vetting

The Multimodal Transportation Board voted March 6, 2025, to recommend painted lane narrowing (the packet’s “option 2”) as the preferred near-term measure for speed mitigation on Shirley and Arlington, and to ask the City Commission to require resident outreach before any final installation. The motion also said no action was warranted if the objective is speed-only enforcement, based on the board’s review of the speed data; if the board’s focus is pedestrian safety, the board recommended option 2 and additional outreach.

Board members said the recommendation reflects the February 24 City Commission clarification that pedestrian safety must be part of the study but noted sidewalks cannot be added without reconstructing the road. Staff and board members reviewed eight mitigation concepts — including lane narrowing/striping, traffic islands and…