Since his tenure in office first began, Ward 3 City Councilor Anthony DiPierro has been pushing for traffic calming measures in the City of Everett.
In 2016, the state legislature passed the Municipal Modernization Act, giving cities and towns the authority to reduce speed limits to 25 MPH in thickly settled districts in the interest of public safety.
In a community as densely populated as Everett, the argument that the entire city is a thickly settled district could certainly be made. Earlier this year, neighboring Malden implemented a city-wide speed limit of 25 MPH and DiPierro is hoping to do the same.
Over the past couple of months, DiPierro has been working closely with Sergeant Joseph Gaff of the Everett Traffic Commission to implement the reduced speed limit.