Just unbearable. CM, mayor, and council have all declared this a crisis. We need: - All hands on deck from city staff - Significant funding for DTM - 25mph and safety zone roll out as soon as possible - Support from our state legislature for funding and legislative changes like automated camera enforcement.

Please email/call your Worcester city councilors about Mill street before Tuesday's council meeting. We need to oppose reverting Mill street to "The Speedway". Sample email text follows, please edit to add anything personal or your feelings on the issue. Here's the council agenda: worcesterma.gov/agendas-minu… If you can attend council this coming Tuesday (28th) at 6:30p that would be great. Let me know so we can tally. CC Haxhiaj and Nguyen are already on board although I'm sure they'd appreciate words of thanks and/or solidarity. I think the most important to contact are King, Ojeda, Toomey, but the more you can contact the better! And here's contact info: worcesterma.gov/city-council Petty: [email protected] Bergman: [email protected] Colorio: [email protected] King: [email protected] Nguyen: [email protected] Toomey: [email protected] Pacillo: [email protected] Mero-Carlson: [email protected] Russel: [email protected] Ojeda: [email protected] Haxhiaj: [email protected] Sample email text to copy-paste: --------------------------------- Dear Councilor [XYZ], I am a [Worcester resident / Worcester resident of D5 / Worcester resident and live on/near Mill st]. I am writing to ask you to oppose reverting Mill street as suggested in item 11o of Tuesday’s council agenda. The initial data shared by Police Chief Saucier indicated that crash rates were about the same, but he expected them to go down as people got used to the new layout. Reverting Mill street to “The Speedway” is a terrible path for the city to take. The previous layout had 270 crashes in the 5 years before the change and the average speed was 12mph over the limit with vehicles routinely going over 50mph. Thousands of people have expressed their interest in safer streets and more transportation options in Worcester. [personal experience wanting to bike and walk safely in the city] The city has hired expert transportation professionals in the DTM and they should be allowed to do their jobs. The council should not force a reversion based on a few recent anecdotes and opinions. The DTM should look at a reasonable sample size of crash data and make adjustments as necessary. They are doing this. They are going to install additional signage and flex posts to further demarcate the lanes over the next weeks. Please oppose item 11o and 10 d. Thank you for your attention to this important issue, - [Name] --------------------------------- @Etel_Haxhiaj @vote_thu @bill_shaner @TracyNovick @yennidesroches @geohellraiser @System_Nomad @KnittyCouncil @speedofwhite @SaintsOpossums @UnfashionableSe @selise @SeanMRose01609 @SueMailman @NoetheMatt @clbergpowers @blackjew @Worcestography @GuillermoCJr @Neal_McNamara @pdmt99 @arbetter @DavidLeBoeuf @EPIC_Stratton