Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details.
Thursday, Jan. 19
- Board of Health, 4 p.m., Town Hall
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Monday, Jan. 23
- Visitor Services Board, 10 a.m., Town Hall
- Select Board, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, Jan. 24
- Licensing Board, 5:15 p.m., Town Hall
Wednesday, Jan. 25
- Harbor Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall
Thursday, Jan. 26
- Public Pier Corp. Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall
- Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Conversation Starter
Sharing the Road
The town is developing a “Complete Streets” plan that aims to make the town’s roads safer for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists. The program is funded by the state Dept. of Transportation, and the town has hired Environmental Partners to make the plan.
As part of the project, the town has launched a “public comment map,” where users can point out specific hazards, missing infrastructure, and other potential improvements. The map went online on Jan. 11, and already had 180 mapped comments when this edition of the Independent went to press on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Comments included calls for improved sidewalks and reflectors on Bradford Street, new bollards to block runaway cars at Carver Street, and better access for disabled people on Ryder Street. Users can also report “near misses” and other dangerous behavior they have seen.
Three users flagged the intersection of Bradford and Commercial streets in the East End as a problem, for example. One asked for an electronic sign to display the speeds of passing cars, one asked for better markings at the crosswalk, and the third asked for a speed trap and arrests.
Unlike the town’s traffic hearing, where citizens can bring specific proposals to the select board, comments on the map are anonymous — at least to other users. Only map administrators, presumably, can tell which citizens want crosswalk paint and which want arrests.
The map can be found on the town’s website under news, following the link for the Complete Streets program. —Paul Benson
