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Somerville mobility staff report 1,000-plus responses to community-path safety outreach; council keeps item in committee
Summary
Mobility staff told the Traffic & Parking Committee that an outreach campaign for community-path safety drew more than 1,000 unique respondents; staff will publish a community engagement report this fall and a strategy in early 2026 recommending quick-build treatments and longer-term options, while noting state (MBTA/MassDOT) approvals may be required for structural work.
Chair Councilor Naima Saeed convened the Somerville Traffic & Parking Committee and heard an update from Brad Rawson, the city’s director of mobility, and transportation planner Lily Hirth on outreach for safety improvements to the community path.
Hirth told the committee the mobility division ran a project website, in-person pop-ups, flyers in multiple languages and an online map to gather observations and reactions to preliminary design options. “We had over 1,000 unique respondents,” Hirth said, and staff are reviewing that input to produce a community engagement report later this fall and a strategy document with…
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