Traffic Commission Role
In accordance with Framingham Home Rule Charter, Article V, Section 6 (a), "There shall be a traffic commission which shall consist of the police chief, the fire chief, the director of public works, the superintendent of schools, or their designees, and four residents: one from the business community, one from the downtown area (defined as the area within a one-mile radius of the intersection of Routes 126 and 135), and two residents at-large. All resident members shall be appointed by the mayor. Such appointed members shall serve for three-year terms."
The Traffic Commission, with concurrence of the City Council, shall have exclusive authority, except as otherwise provided to adopt, amend, alter, and repeal rule and regulations, not inconsistent with general law relative to pedestrian traffic and vehicular street traffic in the City and to the movement stopping or standing of vehicles on and their exclusion from, all or any street(s), ways, highways, roads, and parkways under the control of the City, including rules and regulations designating any way or part thereof under said control as a throughway under and subject to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 89, Section 9, and may prescribe penalties for the violation of any rule or regulation adopted hereunder. The Traffic Commission may solicit input from the Public Works, Police, and Fire Departments, and external entities (ex. Traffic Consultants), before adopting such changes. Traffic Regulations (Art. 2 Sec. 11 TRAFFIC COMMISSION)
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