NOVEMBER 2007

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BOSTON REGION METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ROUTE 3 NORTH ANALYSIS Page 3 Green Line Extension to Medford and MPO FUNDING AVAILABLE Somerville Moving Forward Page 5 The Green Line Extension MBTA CAPITAL INVEST- to Medford and Somerville, MENT PROGRAM a $560 million project Page 6 included in the Boston Region Metropolitan 511 SERVICE Planning Organization’s Page 6 long-range transportation plan and Unified Planning AMPO CONFERENCE Work Program, made a sig- Page 6 nificant advance this month. GREENBUSH SERVICE At an event held in LAUNCHED Somerville at Gilman Square Page 7 on October 12, Governor Patrick announced that the MPO ACTIVITIES Executive Office of Page 7 Transportation and Public Works (EOTPW) selected a MEETING CALENDAR consultant to perform the

For the most recent information required environmental on the following public meetings review and conceptual engi- and others that may have been neering. This project, which scheduled after TRANSREPORT went to press, go to www.boston ● Green Line cont. on p. 6 Green Line extension project neighborhoods mpo.org or call (617) 973-7119. AT THE STATE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, 10 PARK MPO Releases Alewife-Area Survey PLAZA, BOSTON November 1 (Thursday) Results, Phase II Study Set to Begin Boston Region MPO Transportation The MPO’s technical memo- the Alewife-area roadway The survey area, shown in Planning and Programming the map on page 2, included Committee. Conference Room 4. randum “Route 2/Route 16 network, as well as those who 10:00 AM (Alewife Brook Parkway use the MBTA’s Alewife neighborhoods in Belmont November 13 (Tuesday) Alewife Parkway) Eastbound: Station garage. Cyclists who and North Cambridge Urban Ring Citizens Advisory Traffic Patterns and MBTA park at Alewife Station were between Route 2, Alewife Committee. Conference Rooms 2 Alewife Station Parking also surveyed. The informa- Brook Parkway, and the Eliot and 3. 4:00 PM Garage Survey” is now avail- tion this survey generated Bridge (near Harvard November 14 (Wednesday) able. The purpose of the will assist operating agencies, Square). Regional Transportation Advisory survey, which laid the planning professionals, and Council Freight Committee. SURVEY METHODOLOGY Boston Region MPO Conference groundwork for a new study the public in identifying, Room, Suite 2150. 1:00 PM about to be launched by the implementing, and promot- A license plate survey was Regional Transportation Advisory Council. Conference Room 4. MPO, was to identify the AM ing alternatives to driving in conducted at eight locations 3:00 PM peak-period origins and des- the Alewife area. between 7:00 and 9:00 AM November 15 (Thursday) tinations of those who use ● Alewife Studies cont. on p. 2 Boston Region MPO Transportation Planning and Programming The members of the Boston Region MPO: Executive Office of Transportation, Cities of Boston, Newton, Salem, and Committee. Conference Room 4. Somerville, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Massachusetts Bay Transportation 10:00 AM Authority, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board, Massachusetts Highway Department, Massachusetts Port Authority, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Calendar continued on p. 2 Regional Transportation Advisory Council, Towns of Bedford, Framingham, and Hopkinton ● Alewife Studies cont. from p. 1 of the study area and were The survey results and traf- Calendar cont. from p. 1 on November 15, 2006. taking the most direct and fic-model data revealed that November 26 (Monday) Survey locations were chosen advantageous routes to get the survey locations serve MBTA Rider Oversight Committee. there. A CTPS regional- three main markets. The Conference Rooms 1, 2, and 3. to include five locations 4:30 PM where vehicles enter the travel-model analysis of des- table below shows the pro- November 28 (Wednesday) study area and three loca- tinations confirmed that this portion of traffic with desti- Access Advisory Committee to the tions on streets within the is the case. The survey and nations in specific markets MBTA. Conference Rooms 2 and 3. 1:00 PM study area. Approximately modeling results indicate for all five locations where vehicles enter November 29 Thursday) MBTA Public Workshop: Capital the study area. Investment Program. Conference Rooms 5 and 6. 6:00–7:30 PM The 2,595-space December 6 (Thursday) Alewife Station Boston Region MPO Transportation garage was also Planning and Programming surveyed on Committee. Conference Room 4. 10:00 AM November 15, 2006, between AT OTHER BOSTON AREA LOCATIONS 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM. It was November 7 (Wednesday) found that the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association Breakfast Forum: garage attracts Transit-Oriented Development people from a and Affordable Housing. One Beacon Street, 29th Floor, broad geograph- Boston. 9:30 AM. (Registration ic area that begins at 9:00 AM.) extends to other November 8 (Thursday) states; however, a Essex County Forum: Transpor- tation Choice. Beverly Public majority come Library, 32 Essex Street, Beverly. from communi- 7:00 PM ties to the imme- December 3 (Monday) diate north and Green Line Project Advisory Group. Visiting Nurse Association west of the sta- of Eastern Massachusetts, 259 tion. Twenty-five Lowell Street, Somerville. Alewife study area percent of the 4:00–6:00 PM MBTA Public Workshop: Capital vehicles parked Investment Program. Framingham Destinations of Vehicles at Study-Area Locations, 7:00–9:00 AM* in the garage Town Hall, Ablondie Room (base- come from ment), 150 Concord Street, MARKET VEHICLES % OF TOTAL Framingham. 6:00–7:30 PM Lexington and NORTH-SOUTH CROSS-REGION** 4,391 61 December 4 (Tuesday) Arlington, both MBTA Public Workshop: Capital DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND NEAR- 1,512 21 of which have Investment Program. Chelsea Library, 569 Broadway, Chelsea. CAMBRIDGE 1,296 18 bus service to 6:00–7:30 PM TOTAL 7,199 100 Alewife Station. December 6 (Thursday) Source: A survey of peo- MBTA Public Workshop: Capital * Boston Region MPO regional transportation model Investment Program. Boston ** Includes Allston/Brighton, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Roslindale, ple who park Public Library, Dudley Square Hyde Park, and Mattapan their bicycles at Branch, 65 Warren Street, Roxbury. 6:00–7:30 PM one-third of the vehicles that commuters with Boston Alewife Station was performed on May 3, December 11 (Tuesday) observed entering the study destinations tend to stay on MBTA Public Workshop: Capital area were from Belmont, Alewife Brook Parkway, but 2007. Survey results indicate Investment Program. Quincy City Arlington, and Lexington. commuters with destinations that 87 percent of the cyclists Hall, Council Chambers, 1305 come from Arlington. Two- Hancock Street, Quincy. The majority of vehicles to the south and west of the 6:00–7:30 PM entering the study area at station tend to pass through thirds have destinations in December 13 (Thursday) the five entry points were the westrn secton of the Boston; one-third have MBTA Public Hearing: Capital not seen at any other survey study area, away from Cambridge destinations. Investment Program. Mildred Avenue Community Center, location. This indicates that Alewife Brook Parkway and ● Alewife Studies cont. on p. 5 Classroom 1, 5 Mildred Avenue, these vehicles must have had the Red Line station. Mattapan. 6:00–7:30 PM destinations south and west

2 TRANSREPORT November 2007 www.bostonmpo.org Route 3 North Widening: Before and After A Traffic Analysis

During the years 2000–2005, ed at a variety of other loca- Route 3 North was widened tions throughout the Route 3 from four to six lanes for the North corridor. The large entire 21 miles between I-95/ number of trip attractors Route 128 in Burlington and shown in the figure indicates the New Hampshire border. that the widening of Route 3 This $385 million project north of I-95/Route 128 has took place several years after substantially served the travel a similar Route 3 widening needs of commerce and project was undertaken in industry along its length, New Hampshire, just north rather than simply improv- of the state line. The Massa- ing a travel corridor between chusetts project widened one New Hampshire and Boston. of the four remaining con- (The CTPS travel models gested express highways in indicate that only about 36 the Boston area that had percent of the 261,000 ve- retained their original 1950s hicles using Route 3 North four-lane configuration and each day travel on it for its design. The other three are entire length between New Route 1 North in Malden, Hampshire and I-95/Route Route 3 South between 128.) Route 18 in Weymouth and TRAFFIC VOLUMES the Marshfield area, and Route 128 in Peabody and The statistics shown in the Danvers. table demonstrate what hap- pened to weekday traffic vol- TRIP DESTINATIONS umes on Route 3 North In viewing this project, it is between the year 2000, worthwhile to examine the before construction started, locations of major trip desti- and the fall of 2006, about a nations along Route 3 North. year after the project was Several categories of these essentially complete. As destinations, known as trip shown in the table, traffic attractors, are shown in volumes increased signifi- Figure 1. These are shopping cantly from before to after centers, industrial parks, and construction. South of I-495, office parks. As can be seen traffic volumes generally in the figure, shopping cen- increased by about 14,000 ters are concentrated in the ● Route 3 North cont. on p. 4 Burlington Mall area near I-95/Route 128, along Route Route 3 North Daily Traffic Volumes: 1999 vs. 2006 1999 2006 1999 2006 3A in Billerica, and just PERCENT PERCENT LOCATION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME VOLUME CHANGE CHANGE south of the New Hampshire VOLUME VOLUME PER LANE PER LANE border. Office parks and NORTH OF ROUTE 113 80,000 100,000 25% 20,000 16,667 -17% industrial parks are concen- trated along Middlesex NORTH OF ROUTE 40 84,500 102,000 21% 21,125 17,000 -20% Turnpike just to the east of NORTH OF ROUTE 110 94,500 109,000 15% 23,625 18,167 -23%

Route 3 in Burlington, NORTH OF ROUTE 129 107,000 120,500 13% 17,833 15,063 -16% Bedford, and Billerica, and NORTH OF CONCORD ROAD 97,000 111,000 14% 24,250 18,500 -24% in the Chelmsford/Lowell area, but they are also locat- NORTH OF I-95/ROUTE 128 89,000 94,000 6% 22,250 15,667 -30%

www.bostonmpo.org TRANSREPORT November 2007 3 ● Route 3 North cont. from p. 3 Currently, as shown in Figure vehicles per day, or about 15 3, AM peak-hour speeds are percent. North of I-495, vol- at or near the speed limit all umes increased by 15,000 to of the way from the New 20,000 trips per day, or Hampshire border to Route about 15 to 25 percent. 110, just north of I-495. South of I-495, there is a While total traffic volumes short section north of the on Route 3 North increased Lowell Connector where AM after the widening project, peak-hour speeds continue the traffic volumes per lane to be very low, but they on this roadway decreased. become progressively faster On average, daily traffic vol- as one continues to Treble umes per lane decreased by Cove Road and Concord about 20 percent, with no Road. location experiencing less than a 16 percent decrease. Morning travel time reduc- tions on southbound Route 3 SPEEDS AND TRAVEL have also been significant. TIMES Prior to the widening proj- Corresponding to the low- ect, it typically took about 51 ered daily traffic volumes minutes during the AM peak per lane, there are now hour to travel on Route 3 shorter periods of traffic North from the New congestion during the peak Hampshire border to commuting hours, and peak- I-95/Route 128. Currently, it period travel speeds have takes about 30 minutes, a increased both southbound reduction of approximately in the morning and north- 41 percent. bound in the afternoon. For northbound travel dur- Associated with the ing the PM peak hour, there increased speeds, travel times have also been increases in have decreased. travel speeds and decreases Figures 2 and 3 show south- in travel times. As shown in bound travel speeds during Figure 4, prior to construc- the morning peak hour, tion, travel speeds averaged from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM. 25–37 mph between 5:00 PM As shown in Figure 2, the and 6:00 PM for the entire AM peak-hour southbound 11-mile section of roadway travel speeds before con- from Route 62 in Bedford to struction were typically 20 Route 4 in Chelmsford. Only Lowell and Chelmsford hour. Currently, this trip mph or less for the six miles north of Route 4 did peak- between Route 110 and takes about 24 minutes, a of roadway in Chelmsford hour travel speeds increase Route 4, where PM peak- reduction of about 23 per- between Route 40 and Route to near the speed limit. Now, hour speeds average about cent. 129, with travel speeds aver- as shown in Figure 5, there 40 mph. aging only 7 mph near I- are only two relatively short IMPACTS ON OTHER 495. Travel speeds averaged sections of northbound Northbound travel times ROADWAYS 40 mph or less for the entire Route 3 where traffic slows during the afternoon peak Two other impacts of the 12 miles from Westford Road during the PM peak hour. hour have decreased since Route 3 North widening are in Tyngsborough to Concord One section is between the highway widening. Prior noteworthy. One is that the Road in Billerica. Since the Route 62 in Bedford and to construction, it took additional capacity on Route widening of the Route 3 Treble Cove Road in approximately 31 minutes to 3 North caused a significant roadway, AM peak-hour Billerica, where typical PM travel from I-95/Route 128 amount of traffic to divert southbound travel speeds peak-hour speeds average 35 to the New Hampshire state from I-93 to Route 3 North. have increased significantly. to 40 mph. The other is in line during the PM peak ● Route 3 North cont. on p. 5

4 TRANSREPORT November 2007 www.bostonmpo.org ● Route 3 North cont. from p. 4 allel arterial roadways along resulted in major traffic MPO Funding This diversion caused the Route 3 North have dimin- changes. There are now shorter traffic volumes on I-93 north ished since the Route 3 peak periods of traffic conges- Available for of I-95/Route 128 to be North widening project was tion, with increased speeds and Transportation almost the same in the year completed. Reductions in reduced travel times, compared 2005 as they were in 2000. traffic volumes have been with those that prevailed prior Programs This represents a dramatic seen, in particular, on Route to construction. Traffic volumes The Boston Region MPO is change from the 1990–2000 3A in Billerica, Chelmsford, on Route 3 North have accepting letters of interest decade, during which this and Lowell. increased, but they have describing potential trans- section of I-93 had one of increased to a considerably less- CONCLUSION portation projects that may the fastest traffic growth er degree than the capacity of be eligible for federal fiscal rates of any express highway While the widening of Route the highway. In part, the addi- year 2008 funding under the in metropolitan Boston. 3 North has not resulted in tional traffic volumes are due to traffic flowing at the speed diversions of traffic from other MPO’s Suburban Mobility The second notable impact is limit in both directions at all roadways, including both I-93 Program and its Transpor- that traffic volumes on par- times, it has nonetheless and arterial routes that parallel tation Demand Management Route 3 North. The users of all Program (TDM). of these roadways are now bet- Through the Suburban ter off as a result of this high- Mobility Program, the MPO way improvement project. provides funding for projects that address transportation needs in areas that currently are not served or are under- served by transit. Information packets describ- ● Alewife Studies cont. from p. 2 ing how to apply for funding PHASE II OBJECTIVES under the Suburban Mobility The MPO is planning to Program have been sent to conduct further study in the eligible MPO communities, Alewife area that would, regional transit authorities, among other things, explore regional planning agencies the potential for making and transportation manage- transit a more attractive ment associations. Letters of mode choice for people than interest for this program are park-and-ride or driving to due Thursday, December 6, get to their destinations. 2007. The objectives of the Phase Similar information packets II study are: are being distributed for . Recommend improvements funding under the TDM to MBTA feeder-bus ser- Program, which utilizes fed- vice to Alewife Station in eral Congestion Mitigation order to increase ridership and Air Quality (CMAQ) to the Red Line station Improvement Program funds . and matching state and local Identify improvements funds for projects that con- to MBTA feeder-bus tribute to air quality improve- access and egress between ments. Letters of interest for the Alewife garage and the TDM Program are due Route 2 Tuesday, December 18, 2007. . Reevaluate the traffic pat- There will be additional terns that emerged from opportunities to apply for the 2006 survey using the TDM funds in March and most recent information June 2008; however, funding

● Alewife Studies cont. on p. 8 ● MPO Programs cont. on p. 8

www.bostonmpo.org TRANSREPORT November 2007 5 Input Sought on MBTA Green Line Project Draft Capital Program Advisory Group The MBTA The meetings are the first Announced has sched- step in an extensive public ● Green Line cont. from p. 1 Initiation Package to the uled seven review process that will Federal Transit Administra- public include review by the MBTA is a legal commitment under tion. meetings Advisory Board and the the proposed amendment to to be held Massachusetts Legislature. the State Implementation Other early action items that in November Details on the upcoming Plan, includes extending have been completed are: Green Line service from a and December on its draft public meetings that will be . Convening an intergovern- relocated Lechmere Station 2009–2013 Capital Invest- held in the Boston Region mental group to ensure in Cambridge to Somerville ment Program (CIP), which MPO area are included in collaboration of all rele- and Medford. In addition, a will be released to the public the calendar on page 2. vant agencies and organi- on November 16. The draft 17-member project advisory Comments on the document zations (see page 2 for document outlines a pro- group has been established may be e-mailed to the details on the next meet- posed program of planned to provide local input and MBTA at [email protected] ing) capital expenditures for the perspective throughout the or sent via U.S. mail to the . next five years. It may be project. It will include repre- Conducting aerial surveys MBTA Budget Department, downloaded from the sentatives of all three munic- 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA Additional project activities MBTA’s website, www ipalities and several regional that are underway include: 02116. The comment period entities. The group will meet .mbta.com. A print copy may . Preparing to transfer will close on December 31, monthly throughout this first be requested by writing to funds from EOTPW to the 2007. phase of the project, which the MBTA’s budget depart- MBTA for vehicle design ment at the address given will take approximately 18 . below. months to complete. Establishing a project web- site, www.GreenLine In addition, EOTPW will Extension.org, which will soon be taking the first step Traveler Information be up and running within in applying for federal fund- the next few weeks. Service Improved ing, with the submittal of an GET THE 411 ON TRAFFIC BY DIALING 511 AMPO Holds 2007 All travelers, including com- will allow MassHighway to muters in eastern Massachu- plan for future expansion of Conference setts, can now get up-to-the- service in order to continue BOSTON REGION MPO STAFF DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE minute traffic, transit, weath- to meet the needs of Massa- . The Association Stewardship for Transpor er, and construction informa- chusetts travelers. of Metropolitan tation Planners tion by simply dialing 511 on Currently, the new service Planning . their wireless telephones. Interactive Technologies provides information for Organizations MassHighway launched the . Routes 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 24, (MPOs) held its Keys to MPO Success 511 service in October to as well as I-90, I-93, annual confer- replace SmarTraveler, which However, climate change and I-95/Route 128, Memorial ence in Little MassHighway has been oper- freight were two issues that Drive, Soldier’s Field Road, Rock, Arkansas, ating since 1993. Massachu- arose repeatedly throughout Storrow Drive, and the in October. The setts now joins 27 other the conference. Boston O’Neill, Sumner, and theme of the conference was states in the nation that have Region MPO staff participat- Callahan tunnels. The ser- “Addressing Metropolitan instituted a 511 service. ed in a session entitled vice’s coverage will soon Planning Opportunities.” “Climate Change: Planning Since its inception in 1993, expand to include informa- The main agenda items Ahead”, discussing programs MassHighway’s SmarTraveler tion on I-290 in the were: that the MPO currently service has been the most Worcester area. In the . Thinking Regionally funds that help reduce not utilized traveler information future, MassHighway plans . ● cont. on p. 8 system in the country, and ● 511 Service cont. on p. 8 New Requirements in AMPO conversion to the 511 format Action

6 TRANSREPORT November 2007 www.bostonmpo.org Passenger Service Restored on Greenbush Commuter Rail Line It was 1959 when the last The restored service, which Cohasset, and Scituate. The fits for the region. The ser- passenger train ran on the began October 31, links MBTA estimates that the vice is also expected to Greenbush rail line. The Boston’s South Station to the service will carry over 4,200 reduce the number of riders interstate highway sys- passengers on the Red Line by drawing tem was developing, each week- some subway passengers to and automobile travel day by the commuter rail service. was becoming an year 2010. By The $512 million project to increasingly popular providing an restore the line includes con- alternative to rail travel. alternative to structing seven new train sta- But after a nearly 50- automobile tions along the 18-mile year hiatus, regular pas- travel, the Greenbush Line (all of which senger service has service is have accommodations for resumed on the expected to bicyclists and people with Greenbush commuter reduce the disabilities), and providing rail line, providing new number of more than 3,000 parking transit alternatives to vehicle-miles spaces. South Shore residents traveled per that are expected to Inaugural passenger train at Greenbush Station day by A one-way trip from the end reduce the traffic that now towns of Braintree, approximately 76,000, which of the line at Greenbush clogs South Shore highways. Weymouth, Hingham, will provide air quality bene- ● Greenbush cont. on p. 8 Boston Region MPO Activities BOSTON REGION MPO ACTION ITEMS Recent actions taken by the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Planning and Program- ming Committee included approval of the I-495 Transit Study, which was conducted by MPO staff; a work scope for the development of a regional pedestrian plan by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council; and four work scopes by MPO staff: (1) South Coast Commuter Rail Extension Ridership Forecast Study; (2) Support to the Green Line Extension Environmental Review; (3) Alewife Station: Improvements to Feeder Bus Routes, Bus Access and Egress, and Route 2/16 Intersection Improvements; and (4) the 2008–2009 MBTA Passenger Survey. REGIONAL and Fall River/New Bedford, The Council continued its Shenandoah Titus discussed TRANSPORTATION is intended to generate eco- focus on freight issues, with safety issues for persons with ADVISORY COUNCIL nomic development in south- Walter Bonin, of the City of disabilities and seniors travel- UPDATE eastern Massachusetts while Marlborough, giving a pres- ing on the MBTA. providing opportunities for entation on the role of The September meeting of In related news, General developing more affordable freight in a statewide eco- the Advisory Council includ- Manager Daniel A. housing. nomic development vision, ed presentations by Jared Grabauskas announced in and Lynn Vikesland, of Fijalkowski, of the MPO staff, At the October meeting, October the completion of an Massport, discussing the on the recent MPO report Advisory Council members independent systemwide expanding Port of Boston Pedestrian and Bicycle Improve- elected Kristina Johnson, of evaluation and analysis of the and long-range plans for ments in Town Centers, and by the City of Quincy, as chair, MBTA’s accessibility. The Conley Terminal. Kristina Egan, of the and Steve Olanoff, of the report is available on the Executive Office of Transpor- Town of Westwood, as vice ACCESS ADVISORY MBTA’s website, tation Planning and Public chair. Ms. Johnson is focused COMMITTEE TO THE www.mbta.com. To request Works (EOTPW), on the on encouraging greater MBTA (AACT) UPDATE the report in an alternative South Coast commuter rail municipal involvement in the format, contact Lori Flaherty, At the October AACT meet- extension project. This proj- Council and on working more of the MBTA, at (617) 222- ing, Deputy Director of the ect, which will provide a rail closely with the MPO. 5124. MBTA Police Department connection between Boston

www.bostonmpo.org TRANSREPORT November 2007 7 ● 511 Service. from p. 6 9:00 PM and on weekends ● AMPO cont. from p. 6 to expand the service to the and holidays from 10:00 AM only congestion, but green- TRANSREPORT entire state. to 7:00 PM. house gas emissions as well. PUBLISHED BY THE BOSTON REGION METROPOLITAN The service is More information Other presenters in this ses- PLANNING ORGANIZATION available through on the phone sion were from the Federal every wireless service is avail- Highway Administration; the Bernard Cohen, MPO Chairman provider. Callers able at Washington Council of can also access the www.mass.gov/511. Governments; and the Puget David J. Mohler, Chair service via landline In the future, this web- Sound Regional Council, Barbara G. Lucas, Vice Chair phones by dialing (617) 374- site will also include real- from Seattle, Washington. Transportation Planning and 1234. The service is available time traffic updates and A session on energy sustain- Programming Committee weekdays from 5:30 AM to information. ability also addressed energy and climate change issues. EDITORS Mary Ellen Sullivan ● MPO Funding cont. from p. 5 ● Greenbush cont. from p. 7 Peer learning and technical- Maureen Kelly will be allocated on a “first Station in Scituate to South issues sessions covered come, first served” basis for Station takes about one hour. freight topics, including CONTRIBUTORS programs that meet the pro- Trains run between approxi- freight and land use, short- Janie Guion gram criteria and are mately 5:45 AM and 11:00 sea shipping, and the devel- John Hersey approved. PM on weekdays, with 12 opment of freight villages, Tom Lisco which concentrate freight- Anne McGahan For more information about round-trips per day. On related activities within a Alicia Wilson these programs and eligibili- weekends, trains run specific area. ty, please visit www.boston between approximately 7:30 DESIGNER AM and 11:45 PM, with 8 mpo.org. Other information presented Maciej Citowicki daily round-trips. Schedules in conference sessions are available on the MBTA’s included scenario planning, GRAPHICS website, www.mbta.com. asset management, smart David Fargen growth and land use, project Kathy Jacob programming, and transit Kate Parker O’Toole planning. ● Alewife Studies cont. from p. 5 It is estimated that the Phase PHOTOGRAPHY from the Registry of Motor II study will take nine For more information on Thomas J. Humphrey Vehicles months to complete. the sessions presented at the conference, go to www.ampo TRANSREPORT is available in ac- . Recommend operational cessible formats to people with .org. improvements to the Route disabilities. Contact the MPO at (617) 973-7119 (voice), (617) 2/Route 16 (Alewife Brook 973-7089 (TTY), (617) 973-8855 Parkway) intersection (fax), or publicinformation@ bostonmpo.org.

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