I moved to Belmont with my husband three years ago. We both work in Downtown Boston and were extremely excited to live off of the 73 Bus because it came every 6 minutes and got us to Harvard Square so quickly for our commute. A few months ago, the buses changed from the electric buses …
Transportation
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71 Watertown Bus Service Issues
Service on the 71 Bus line is not what it used to be. What was 10 years ago a very well functioning route is now plagued by delays, overcrowding, bus bunching, ever-lengthening commutes and dubious reliability. The Key Bus Initiatives work has been completed and a decent interval has passed. Although a number of stops …
Personal Responsibility & Trapello Rd.
Something to think about as we begin the redesign of Trapello Rd We might take a lesson from Holland, which was the site of an enlightening traffic experiment a few years back. Officials in the city of Drachten removed all traffic signs, controls and markings from the city center. Despite this free-for-all design, traffic flowed …
Service Issues on the Waverley Bus
We’ve been hearing complaints about a degradation of service on the 73 bus line — unexplained significant delays in the arrival of buses. We’ve brought them to the attention of the MBTA and their position is that nothing has changed — the schedule with the diesel buses is the same as it was with the …
Report on the Bowker Meeting
The question considered at this evening’s meeting at the Boston Public Library was: Can we eliminate the Bowker overpass, rather than repairing it? While there is no consensus as to the long term future of the Bowker, most attending had a clear takeaway from the meeting: For now, the repairs must go forward. There were …
THIS WEDNESDAY: IMPORTANT MEETING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CHARLESGATE PARK
IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING ON THE FUTURE OF THE BOWKER OVERPASS AND CHARLESGATE PARK WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2014, 6:00 to 8:00 WHERE: BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, COPLEY SQUARE JOHNSON CONFERENCE ROOMS 2 & 3 MEETING NAME: “BACK BAY RAMPS TRANSPORTATION STUDY” ALL ARE WELCOME. Pages 86-90 of The Esplanade Association’s Esplanade 2020: A Vision for the …
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