The MBTA’s recent call to create more dedicated bus lanes reflects a fundamental reality: in many congested road segments, a large share of the people are hidden away in buses, many of them standing. Where the data prove high bus ridership, it is common sense to shift road resources towards the buses.
Transportation
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Public Meetings: Allston I-90 Interchange Project
From MassDOT: As many of you are aware, MassDOT’s project team for the I-90 Allston Interchange Improvement Project has been working to assemble the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report or DEIR. The DEIR will be filed at the end of November and will be officially noticed in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ …
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Mount Auburn Street Corridor Public Meeting: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017
From DCR: The Department of Conservation and Recreation invites you to attend a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Russell Youth Community Center, located at 680 Huron Avenue, Cambridge, to present and obtain comments on a preliminary design for a short-term alternative (primarily focused at the …
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Making buses move through traffic faster
The MBTA has working for several years on “transit signal priority”, which utilizes GPS technology to help buses and surface light rail improve reliability and reduce delays. Now that the system is being tested, I’m hopeful that its rollout can include crowded bus routes in my district, particularly the 71 (Watertown) and 73 (Waverley) buses.
Traffic Ahead
Developers tend to focus only on the nearby traffic consequences of their own project and to portray the consequences as manageable through local road improvements. In fact, the rising congestion that we are experiencing is the cumulative result of development all across the region.
MBTA – Tufts MC Station – Elevator Repairs
Hello Will, I have to say I am shocked by the MBTA’s plan for accomodating people needing elevator use including persons with disabilities at the Tuft’s Medical Center Orange line stop. According to posted signs, there will be no elevator acccess at the medical center stop from now till May 2018 (half a year). The …
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