Location Change - Somerville By Design - Complete Streets Series

Please note our location change due to the snow!

We are pleased to announce the next series of Somerville by

Design: the Complete Streets series.  To achieve our SomerVision

Comprehensive Plan goals, and to compliment the Green Line station area plans

developed by the recent Somerville by Design meetings, we’ll now focus on our

streets.  Complete Streets design includes both an emphasis on encouraging

sustainable modes like walking and biking as well as increased safety and

efficiency for all users.  The series will feature livable transportation

expert Ian Lockwood who will discuss how complete streets work and why they are

a vital to Somerville’s future as a great place to live, work, play and raise a

family.  Attendees will have an opportunity to explore options and provide

input, which will range from spot improvements to larger scale network

visioning.

Our kickoff meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 11^th,

with two more scheduled on March 18 and April 22, all at the Argenziano School Cafetorium,

6pm. 

Visit www.somervillebydesign.com

 for more information and for updates. 

About

Ian Lockwood: For over 25 years, Ian has worked at the intersection of

community design and social and economic health, doing traffic calming, road

diets, context-sensitive solutions, network planning, and highway

removals.  Ian has helped advance the complete streets movement in North

America for his entire career.  In 2005, he helped the newly formed

Complete Streets Coalition define the new term “complete streets” to advance

the idea of inclusive street design and to foster supportive policy.  Ian

has guest lectured at several universities and is occasionally interviewed on

NPR about transportation issues and is a Livable Transportation Engineer with

AECOM.