NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK FEASIBILITY REASSESSMENT - \\mawald\checkin\...\chapter2\4194-BAC2.DWG PREVIOUS RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT

North Portals

Fitchburg Line

Lowell, Haverhill Charles River Rockport/Ipswich Lines

John Gilmore Bridge

Amtrak Northeast Corridor, Needham, Franklin, Attleboro/Providence Stoughton , Worcester Lines

Dorchester Branch Back Bay Portal (Fairmount Line) Central Artery Alignment

South Bay Portals South Station North Station / Fleet Center

Government Center Garage

City Hall

Atlantic Ave

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IT

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O N Dorchester Ave C BIT CONC Quincy Market BIT CONC Fort Point Channel Custom House Tower USPS Federal Old Colony Lines Reserve International Place State St Bank

MBTA Blueline Aquarium Station

Long Wharf Marriott

Rowes Wharf

Dorchester Ave Alignment

DEIR Study, 2003 0 600 Feet1200 NorthSouthRailLink •VHB/FRH, A JOINT VENTURE P R O J E C T

Tunnel Alignment Figure 2.5-1

2-20 Description of Alternatives NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK FEASIBILITY REASSESSMENT - DOWNTOWN GROWTH 2003-2017

Number Address Type Impact Height (FT) ID Proposed development Location Additional Details 1 1 Beverly St area, Parcel 1B New Build TBD ~120 2 (MTA) Bullfinch Triangle B (The Merano) A North Point Parcel W Northern Expy 3 2 110 Beverly St, Boston New Build TBD ~100 Development 3 101 Canal St, Boston New Build TBD 119

4 One Canal St New Build TBD ~120 0.2% Annual Chance Flood Hazard B Parcel 1 (MTA) Bulfinch Bulfinch Triangle (Simpson Housing) 1% Annual Chance Flood Hazard Triangle CHANGED 2000-2017 4 C STATION ENTRANCE PROPOSED 2018+ BOAT SECTION C CAT Parcel 6 - YMCA Market St & New Projected 2030 C&C AND C.I.P. MINED SWITCH AREA D BORED TUNNEL. MINED STATION AREA Chardon St & N E Green Line Elevated pre 2005 Green Line Tunnel post 2005 Washington St D 198 Hanover Street Projected 2035 F Number Address Type Impact Height (FT) (mixed use) G 1 Beverly St area, Parcel New TBD ~120 1B (MTA) Bullfinch Build E Greenway Planning - H Triangle (The Merano) 11 Cross Street Crescent 2 110 Beverly St, Boston New TBD ~100 Green Line Elevated pre 2005 Build F Greenway Planning - 1252 Cross St Projected 2035 Green Line Tunnel post 2005 3 101 Canal St, Boston New TBD 119 Build CHANGED 2000-2017 STATION ENTRANCE Parcel 11B (mixed use) 11 100 Lovejoy Wharf New TBD ~160 PROPOSED 2018+ 0.2% Annual Chance Flood Hazard I Build 12 1% Annual Chance Flood Hazard 1 G Greenway Planning - BOAT SECTION 12 Boston Garden New Conflict with 2 C&C AND C.I.P. MINED SWITCH AREA Expansion Build proposed B station BORED TUNNEL. MINED STATION AREA MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Parcel 9 ancillary 3 H Haymarket Hotel - North End MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 7.15 North Station MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 7.16 Parcel 9 DEIR/S Alignments - Summary of New Development and Impacts: Sheet 6 of 8 October 16, 2017 DEIR/S Alignments - Summary of New Development and Impacts: Sheet 7 of 8 October 16, 2017 I Greenway Planning - 200 State St. Proposed 2035 Marketplace Center J 55 India Street Proposed 2027 O 7 I K Greenway Planning - 22 Wharf St Projected 2035 (mixed 6 8 India Street Sites use)

10 Number Address Type Impact Height (FT) L 102-110 Broad St (See completed, 5 400 Atlantic Ave Renovation None ~120 number 9) 6 169‐175 Purchase St Renovation None 177 M Greenway Planning 400 Atlantic Proposed 2035 P 7 Independence Wharf, 470 Renovation None 184 Atlantic Ave J Q Number Address Type Impact Height (FT) 8 InterContinental Boston, New Build TBD 253 N Greenway Planning - 436-440 Atlantic Proposed 2035 (mixed 510 Atlantic Ave K 6 169-175 Purchase St Renovation None 177 9 110‐112 Broad Street New Build TBD 120 L Hook Site Ave use)

7 Independence Wharf, 470 Renovation None 184 10 Atlantic Wharf, 280 New Build TBD 456 Atlantic Ave Congress St O Greenway Planning - 234-236 8 InterContinental Boston, New Build TBD 253 510 Atlantic Ave Richardson Block Congress St 10 Atlantic Wharf, 280 New Build TBD 456 Congress St P South Station Planning for M Expansion Project 2020 (mixed use, 5 rehabilitation) Q South Station tower 667’ tall, planning to N start construction R 0.2% Annual Chance Flood Hazard 0.2% Annual Chance Flood Hazard by late 2017, addl O 1% Annual Chance Flood Hazard 7 1% Annual Chance Flood Hazard foundation work reqd CHANGED 2000-2017 CHANGED 2000‐2017 STATION ENTRANCE 6 STATION ENTRANCE PROPOSED 2018+ 8 PROPOSED 2018+ R USPS Annex 25 Dorchester BOAT SECTION BOAT SECTION C&C AND C.I.P. MINED SWITCH AREA C&C AND C.I.P. MINED SWITCH AREA Ave BORED TUNNEL. MINED STATION AREA 10 BORED TUNNEL. MINED STATION AREA South Station District MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 7.13 Financial District MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 7.14 DEIR/S Alignments - Summary of New Development and Impacts: Sheet 4 of 8 October 16, 2017 DEIR/S Alignments - Summary of New Development and Impacts: Sheet 5 of 8 September 11, 2017 NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK FEASIBILITY REASSESSMENT - PEER PROJECTS

CrossRail, London • $19.72B • 26 miles of tunnel/73 miles of track • Completion: 2019

MetroLinx, TorontoToronto

Peer Project Studies Underway SR99, Seattle

(arup) Tunnel Boring Machines used for East Side Access in NYC, Crossrail London, Seattle Northgate Link and most new transit and roadway underground projects.

Union Station, Los Angeles MetroLinx, Toronto NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK FEASIBILITY REASSESSMENT -

\\mawald\checkin\04194\graphics\figures\t-map.p65 COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE PLANS

AMTRAK to New Hampshire, Portland, ME • A ‘no-build’ plan, outlining projected changes to commuter rail, and

HAVERHILL assuming no expansions of North and South Stations. BRADFORD NEWBURYPORT LAWRENCE FITCHBURG LOWELL ROWLEY to Concord, NH ANDOVER • A ‘surface only’ plan, assuming currently planned projects at both N LEOMINSTER IPSWICH SHIRLEY NORTH BALLARDVALE NORTH WILMINGTON HAMILTON / WENHAM AYER BILLERICA ROCKPORT LITTLETON / 495 WILMINGTON READING NORTH BEVERLY North and South Stations (and including an increase to hourly service SOUTH ACTON ANDERSON RTC GLOUCESTER WAKEFIELD WEST CONCORD MISHAWUM W GLOUCESTER CONCORD WINCHESTER GREENWOOD MANCHESTER during the off peak on all lines). CENTER LINCOLN BEVERLY FARMS SILVER HILL WEDGMERE MELROSE HIGHLANDS PRIDES CROSSING HASTINGS WEST MEDFORD MELROSE / MONTSERRAT KENDAL GREEN CEDAR PARK • An ‘aspirational surface only’ plan, assuming as much service as can be BRANDEIS / ROBERTS WYOMING HILL BEVERLY DEPOT WALTHAM SALEM WAVERLY MALDEN SWAMPSCOTT BELMONT CENTER CTR LYNN supported by the infrastructure. PORTER RIVERWORKS CHELSEA • A ‘minimum tunnel service’ plan for each of the two tunnel NORTH STATION alternatives, assuming no expansions of North and South Stations, CENTRAL STATION maintaining the projected level of service (and not increasing fleet size) with an increase to hourly service during the off peak on all lines, YAWKEY STATION BACK BAY SOUTH STATION

NEWTONVILLE JFK/UMass WEST NEWTON QUINCY CENTER and the use of dual-mode locomotives (Two alternatives, 2 and 4 track AUBURNDALE WELLESLEY FARMS WEYMOUTH LANDING WELLESLEY HILLS BRAINTREE WELLESLEY SQUARE tunnel). EAST WEYMOUTH NATICK RUGGLES UPHAMS WEST NATICK FOREST HILLS CORNER ROSLINDALE VILLAGE FRAMINGHAM WEST HINGHAM ASHLAND BELLEVUE SOUTH • A ‘maximum tunnel service’ plan for each of the two tunnel WEYMOUTH SOUTHBORO HIGHLAND MORTON ST NANTASKET JUNCTION WEST ROXBURY HOLBROOK/ WESTBORO HYDE PARK FAIRMOUNT RANDOLPH COHASSET GRAFTON HERSEY ABINGTON alternatives, assuming doubling of peak service levels from ‘minimum MILLBURY NEEDHAM JCT READVILLE MONTELLO NORTH SCITUATE WORCESTER NEEDHAM CTR ENDICOTT WHITMAN GREENBUSH NEEDAM HEIGHTS ROUTE 128 DEDHAM CORP CTR BROCKTON tunnel service’, hourly off peak services on all lines, no expansions of ISLINGTON CANTON JCT NORWOOD DEPOT HANSON NORWOOD CENTRAL CAMPELLO SHARON AMTRAK WINDSOR GARDENS PLIMPTONVILLE BRIDGEWATER North and South Stations, and the use of dual-mode locomotives. to Springfield, Pittsfield, CANTON CENTER HALIFAX WALPOLE MANSFIELD Albany, Chicago FRANKLIN STOUGHTON MIDDLEBOROUGH / LAKEVILLE ATTLEBORO NORTH EASTON RAYNHAM (Two alternatives, 2 and 4 track tunnel). FORGE PARK / 495 PLYMOUTH S ATTLEBORO TAUNTON KINGSTON PROVIDENCE EAST TAUNTON FREETOWN • An ‘aspirational tunnel service’ plan for each of the two tunnel FALL RIVER NEW BEDFORD AMTRAK to New York alternatives, assuming as much service as can be supported by the Washington D C DEIR Study, 2003 infrastructure. (Two alternatives, 2 and 4 track tunnel).

Source: Central Transportation Planning Staff NorthSouthRailLink• VHB/FRH, A JOINT VENTURE PROJECT Proposed Rail Link Line Pairs Figure ES-4 Four Track Alternative

ES-14 Executive Summary NORTH-SOUTH RAIL LINK FEASIBILITY REASSESSMENT - RIDERSHIP TRENDS AND POPULATION/EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

Ridership by Segment • Commuter rail ridership has declined since 2009

• Since 2003, the region has added 582,000 residents and 472,000 jobs

• Regional growth is slow and steady Employment change in the studyMassDOT North area-South Rail 2000-2016 Link Feasibility Assessment - absolute changeFigure 9.5 Employment Change in the Study Area, 2000-2016 – Absolute Change October 16, 2017

MBTA commuter rail passenger flows

-National Transit Database (NTD) -2003 DEIR

Sources: MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 8.2 -National Transit Database (NTD) -2003 DEIR MBTA commuter rail averageMBTA Commuter weekday Rail Average Weekday Ridership ridership- Projected (DEIR) v. Actual October 16, 2017Population change in the study area 2000-2016 - absolute change

MassDOT North-South Rail Link Feasibility Assessment Figure 8.2

MBTA Commuter Rail Average Weekday Ridership - Projected (DEIR) v. Actual October 16, 2017