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JUNE/JULY 2009 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BOSTON REGION METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MPO RELEASES ALEWIFE STUDY Page 2 Arlington Street WALKABLE COMMUNITY MBTA Station Is Now WORKSHOPS A Page 2 Accessible to All BOSTON REGION MPO houses, a revamped mezza - In June the Boston UPWP NEWS nine, and lighting improve - Page 2 HELPS SUPPORT Region Metropolitan RENOVATIONS FOR ments. Planning Organization ECONOMIC STIMULUS ADA COMPLIANCE The $22.7-million station (MPO), which is respon - BOOSTS CONSTRUCTION sible for programming Page 3 The Arlington Street upgrade is scheduled for entrance to the Green Line completion this fall after the federal funds for trans - MPO ACTIVITIES MPO subway reopened this June reconstruction of the plat - portation projects and Page 3 after a two-and-a-half-year form near the Berkeley studies in the MPO closure, during which the 88- Street entrance and the region, welcomed a new BAY STATE BIKE WEEK Page 4 year-old station was brought installation of two escalators. member. up to modern standards of The Arlington Station proj - The Town of Braintree accessibility. Arlington assumes the seat on the MEETING CALENDAR ect is among a number of Station, previously inaccessi - projects that the MBTA has MPO vacated by the For the most recent information ble to people who could not undertaken to improve City of Salem, which on the following public meetings manage stairs, now complies access to the Green chose not to run for and others that may have been with the Americans with scheduled after TRANS REPORT Line —Boston’s oldest trolley reelection. went to press, go to www.boston Disabilities Act (ADA). line —as well as other stations mpo.org or call (617) 973-7119. Passengers can now access Another seat was also A photo ID is required to access in the MBTA transit system. up for election this year most meeting sites. the underground station via Through its Key Station and the incumbent, the elevators and can board trol - Plan, the MBTA is bringing AT THE STATE leys more easily. Town of Bedford, was TRANSPORTATION 80 transit stations into ADA reelected for another BUILDING, 10 PARK The Boston Region MPO compliance. Seventy-seven of PLAZA, BOSTON term. help ed fund the station ren - the stations are now in com - July 2 (Thursday) ovations by programming pliance. Boston Region MPO Transportation Planning and Programming federal dollars for the Committee. Conference Room 4. MBTA Accessibility Program 10:00 AM in the MPO’s Transportation July 8 (Wednesday) Improvement Program. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Freight Committee. The station renovations Conference Room 4. included the installation of 1:00 PM three elevators, ADA-compli - Regional Transportation Advisory Council. Conference Room 4. ant warning edges on plat - 3:00 PM forms that assist the visually July 9 (Thursday) Tentative impaired in detecting where Boston Region MPO Transportation the track lies, elevated plat - Planning and Programming Committee. MPO Conference forms that accommodate Room, Suite 2150. 10:00 AM low-floor Green Line cars, A ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 1 marked the reopening of the main July 16 (Thursday) new stairways, new head entrance of Arlington Station. Boston Region MPO Transportation Planning and Programming The members of the Boston Region MPO: Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works, cities of Boston, Committee. Conference Room 4. Braintree, Newton, and Somerville, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Massachusetts 10:00 AM Bay Transportation 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 Calendar cont. from p. 1 MPO Releases Alewife Study July 22 (Wednesday) The Boston Region MPO approach (jug handle) and trian facilities , and the Access Advisory Committee to the recently completed the the Minuteman Bike way redesign of access points MBTA. Conference Rooms 2 and 3. 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Alewife Traffic Operations overpass near the station. Longer- and Access Study, Phase II, term recommendations for - July 23 (Thursday) Tentative . Adding a left-turn lane which made recommenda - shared-use path s include: Boston Region MPO Transportation from Route 2 eastbound to Planning and Programming tions for improving traffic Committee. MPO Conference Route 16 northbound . Extending the Watertown operations at the Route 2 Room, Suite 2150. 10:00 AM Branch Trail to Alewife and Route 16 intersection in . Adding a lane to the July 27 (Monday) Station , including the con - Cambridge; access and Alewife Station Access Regional Transportation Advisory struction of a pedestrian Council Freight Committee. MPO egress for MBTA buses ser- Road and upgrading traf - bridge over the rail tracks Conference Room, Suite 2150 . ving the Alewife MBTA sta - fic signals to allow for 1:00 PM to Russell Field tion; and bus routes servi ng demand-responsive opera - July 30 (Thursday) Tentative Alewife Station and the tion and bus priority . Redesigning Cambridge- Boston Region MPO Transportation Arlington and Lexington park Drive and Cam- Planning and Programming Recommendations from the Committee. MPO Conference bridgepark West to areas. A companion study, bus service portion of the Room, Suite 2150. 10:00 AM improve safety and opera - conducted by the Metropol- study include exploring tions for cyclists and pedes - AT OTHER BOSTON itan Area Planning Council whether modifying the spac - AREA LOCATIONS (MAPC), recommended trians ing of bus stops in the study July 10 (Friday) improvements for bicycle area could reduce delays and . Extending the Minuteman MBTA Senior and Transportation and pedestrian access to whether the MBTA and Bikeway to Porter Square Access Pass Registration. Weymouth Elder Services, 182 Alewife Station. LEXPRESS, a bus service in . Creating a radial shared- Green Street, Weymouth. Lexington, could improve 12:00 noon to 4:00 PM The study of the Route use path from Fresh Pond coordination of services to July 14 (Tuesday) 16/Route 2 intersection yield - to Spy Pond, including a ed the following low-cost rec - reduce transfer time. MassHighway Public Hearing: new bridge over the tracks Route 99 Reconstruction and ommendations for improv - The bicycle and pedestrian west of Alewife Station, Signal Improvements in Everett. ing traffic operations and City Hall, Keverian Room, 3rd portion of the study recom - that would connect new Floor, 484 Broadway, Everett. bus access in the area: mended curb-cut repairs, developments and would 7:00 PM . Adding a short westbound safety-related traffic opera - July 15 (Wednesday) G Alewife cont. on p. 4 lane between the Alewife tions improvements, mainte - MassHighway Public Hearing: nance of bicycle and pedes - Willow Street Bridge Replacement Station Access Road Project. Great Hall, Dover Town Hall, 5 Springdale Avenue, Dover. UPWP News 7:00 PM Schedule a Walkable The Boston Region MPO July 16 (Thursday) expects to release the draft MassHighway Public Hearing: Route 1 over Neponset River Community Workshop Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Bridge Replacement Project. The Boston Region MPO is slated for new development. Unified Planning Work Norwood Public Safety Building, Community Room, 137 Nahatan continuing its Walkable Program (UPWP) for public The workshops last approxi - Street, Norwood. 7:00 PM Community Workshop pro - review early this summer. mately two and a half hours, July 28 (Tuesday) gram and is currently sched - The UPWP describes the starting with a presentation MBTA Senior and Transportation uling workshops for this transportation planning Access Pass Registration. Dedham on elements that make a summer and the rest of this studies that the MPO plans Council on Aging, 735 Washington community more pedestrian - Street, Dedham. 12:00 noon to year. If there are areas in to undertake in the upcom - friendly. Participants then go 3:00 PM your municipality where you ing fiscal year. for a short walk and return wish to encourage more Meetings sponsored by the Boston to discuss ways to engender The draft document will be walking, the MPO can help. Region MPO are conducted in improvements. available on the MPO’s web - accessible locations, and materi - MPO staff will work with you site, www.bostonmpo.org, als can be provided in accessible to evaluate potential walking A good walking environment formats and in languages other and members of the public sites that might be difficult is an important aspect of than English. If you would like will have 30 days to provide accessibility or language accom - spots for pedestrians, places community livability, which comments to the MPO. modation, please contact the that are relatively attractive in turn is related to the com - MPO at (617) 973-7100 (voice), Check the website for a for walking but could use munity’s economic viability (617) 973-8855 (fax), or (617) notice of the start of the 973-7089 (TTY), or e-mail us at some improvement, or areas G Workshops cont. on p. 4 public-review period. [email protected] . 2 TRANS REPORT June/July 2009 www.bostonmpo.org Construction Gets a Boost from Economic Stimulus MPO-PROGRAMMED projects and $319 million on Transit Authority, and the bus station and shelter PROJECTS ARE transit projects. Cape Ann Transportation improvements. A project for Authority. bus lane enhancements for GETTING UNDERWAY For the greater Boston area, the Silver Line service from Federal economic stimulus the Boston Region MPO As of press time, contracts Dudley Station to South dollars from the American programmed nearly $130 for stimulus-funded roadway Station has been advertised Recovery and Reinvestment million of stimulus funds for projects had been awarded for bids. Also, this summer Act of 2009 are being award - 23 roadway projects in this for resurfacing projects on the MBTA plans to begin ed to contractors to begin region, including resurfacing Route 2 in Harvard, the procurement of 108 vans transportation projects in projects, a bicycle path con - Littleton, and Lincoln, and for THE RIDE service.
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