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Boston's
Livable Streets Alliance
Board Member and Executive Director of the New
England Healthy Weight Initiative at the Harvard
School of Public Health Steve Miller came to Fall River Government
Center on February 27, 2014, to make the case for Complete
Streets, designed to enable safe access for all users, including
pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and
abilities. Invited by Fall
River Mass In Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly and Fall River
Mayor William Flanagan, Miller made the case for improving streets for
more than use by vehicles. Describing streets as public spaces, he noted
that vehicles should not be seen as their only user. He suggested
experimenting with ways of calming traffic and opening streets to
alternative uses for pedestrians, bikers and others. He also urged the
adoption of a Complete Streets policy in local government to ensure that
streets are designed with multiple users in mind. Mass in Motion is
working along with the Fall River Bicycle Committee to promote bicycle and
pedestrian traffic throughout the City as a way of improving the health of
residents. Mass in Motion has sponsored other efforts to make
Fall River more bicycle-friendly. Click
here for an hour and twenty-minute
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(Top row) Presentation attendees sign in, including BCC student intern Zainab Abbas, BCC faculty member Janice Velozo, and Fall River Bicycle Committee members Jim Cusick and Bruce Souza. (Row two) Fall River Mayor William Flanagan praises Julie Kelly for the work she has done to address environmental changes that enhance the quality of life in the City before she introduces Steve Miller. (Row three) Miller talks about how local citizens can work to transform their community into one that enhances pedestrian and bicycle use over design solely for automobile traffic. (Bottom row) Ms. Kelly takes comments from the audience and then speaks with Fall River resident Ed Luz who is strongly supportive of Miller's recommendations. |
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