Today is technically the deadline for this year’s City Council candidates to file their nomination papers, but the city has sent a home rule petition to the State House to give them another month. (Mail-in voting would still be available, as required by state law.) Wu told Radio Boston yesterday that the city will “probably” have to give up in-person early voting in this September’s preliminary City Council elections if a new map isn’t approved by next week. What will cannabis cafes look like when they eventually open? Listen to this Radio Boston segment for a look inside.īoston’s redistricting do-over drama could soon have real citywide impacts. (It’s worth noting that individual cities and towns can still ban cannabis cafes.) The new plan gets rid of the pilot program, shifting to a statewide licensing and regulatory framework. But regulators said this would have resulted in extra licensing and bogged down the process for potentially years. The old plan started with a pilot program allowing cannabis cafes in 12 communities. State House News Service reports that the Cannabis Control Commission’s new path forward aims to open bar-like social consumption sites statewide “a little quicker” than the old plan. The changes include crossing islands, extended curbs, crosswalks that give pedestrians a head start and right-on-red bans.Īlmost seven years after voters approved a law to legalize recreational marijuana, Massachusetts is overhauling its approach to cannabis cafes. Not just speed bumps: The new “safety surge” plan also calls for updating up 50 traffic lights and 25-30 non-signalized intersections each year to make crossings safer. Side streets that are hilly or curvy also won’t get them. Where they won’t be: Major roadways and streets with more than two lanes (or MBTA bus routes) won’t be eligible for speed bumps. Wu said the city is prioritizing areas with a history of crashes and communities of color, because “according to the numbers, our residents of color experience more traffic-related fatalities.” Where they’ll be: Wu’s office says nearly half of the city’s 800 miles of streets could be outfitted with speed humps - and they’ve released a map allowing people to click and see if their street is slated for speed hump installation in 2024 to 2026, or eligible for a future phase. 
They’re asphalt mounds that are shorter and longer, and thus can be driven over a little faster - but not too fast. (The max comfortable speed is around 20 mph.) FYI: Speed humps are not the same as the speed bumps you may come across in a parking lot.
#Bumpy road ahead sign drivers
“But then what we find is that drivers will often just go to the next street over, or a parallel one, and that just pushes the speeding cars somewhere else.” “In the past, when there have been speed humps kind of sparingly installed, they’ve been on just one street at a time, with a process for community members and residents to petition and talk about that one street,” Wu explained during a subsequent press conference. Wu told Radio Boston that the city-led plan includes a “major shift” from the city’s old application-based program to a “broader” and “faster” zone-based approach.A major pillar of the plan is the installation of about 1,500 new speed humps over the next three years on side streets across the city. Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new plan yesterday aimed at making the city’s streets more safe and comfortable for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike. Get ready to see more speed humps around Boston. The distant prospect of new ferries and gondolas may be in the headlines this week, but we begin today with a return to the streets. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. (City of Boston)Įditor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today.
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