Transportation
Urban Ring Project: Greater Boston Transport
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) held
public meetings in December 2006 to discuss Phase 2 of the Urban Ring Project, a proposed
bus rapid transit line that would serve a circumferential "ring"
passing through Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford
and Somerville. The presentation will cover the project background, status
of the planning process and preliminary proposals for route alternatives.
For more information, go to www.theurbanring.com.
Getting Around Slowing You Down? (Transport in AB)
During Winter 2005/Spring 2006, a study was conducted to identify key transportation issues and opportunities in Allston Brighton. It was funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority to the Brighton Allston Improvement Association and the Allston Brighton CDC. Its purpose was to identify transportation-related issues and opportunities that would provide a case to the City for a comprehensive transportation study of the entire Allston Brighton neighborhood.
It was conducted by Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates and overseen by a coalition of local organizations including the Brighton Allston Improvement Association, Allston Village Main Streets, Allston Brighton CDC, and Hobart Park Neighborhood Association.
The study had several facets:
- A tour of
local intersections, guided by long-time local residents
- A survey that was distributed in paper and online format
- Interviews with local residents and business owners.
- Summary of interview comments
- Interview: AW
- Interview: DM
- Interview: JG
- Interview: JR
- Interview: MH
- Interview: RH
- A public visioning
workshop at the Honan-Allston Library. This workshop included
- Presentation on local transport trends and conditions
- Group sessions on transportation issues and potential strategies to alleviate them.
This information has been forwarded to the Boston Transportation Department and also to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.