Hancock Street Neighborway
Somerville, MA
TYPE:
Neighborway “Low Stress Network”
YEAR STARTED: 2017
Hancock Street neighbors first started meeting in the summer of 2014 to discuss low cost traffic calming measures for the street. In 2017 the group was re-energized and several meetings were held to discuss possibilities for the street. A first step was the introduction of crosswalk painting & two-way biking treatments. Data is currently being collected on how these are working.
The residents continue to work on ways to calm traffic and make their street safer and more livable.
Hancock Street Crosswalks & Cycling Treatment: Bikes using Neighborway Contraflow
Neighbors organizing at a lemonade Social
2017 public meeting at the Kennedy School
2018 community organizing potluck. Photo credit: randifreundlichphotography.com