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Ocm10561343-2002-07.Pdf (112.6Kb) JULY 2002 TRANSREPORT TRANSPORTATION NEWS FROM THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION Summer Street Viaduct in South Boston Reopens to Traffic; Central Artery/Tunnel Project at 82 Percent Completion Another Central Artery project mile- lane bridge has been set up to accommo- In a “State of the Project” address given stone was reached on June 10 when the date construction work on the new con- at the Greater Boston Chamber of Com- Summer Street Viaduct reopened to vention center near its southern end. merce’s annual Government Affairs vehicular and pedestrian traf- Breakfast, Massachusetts Turnpike fic in its new permanent chairman Matthew J. Amorello alignment. A new 800-foot- reported that the Central Artery long steel bridge replaces a project is 82 percent complete. The decaying bridge that was event was held in a completed tunnel closed in 1998 to make way section of I-90 under the Fort Point for Route I-90 tunnel con- Channel in South Boston. Mr. struction and a new South Amorello also reported that the proj- Boston Interchange. ect cost is holding at $14.625 billion The temporary connection and announced that a public walk between Summer and Con- through the soon-to-be-completed gress streets that was put in I-93 tunnels is tentatively planned place when the old viaduct for August 18. Details on that walk was closed has been discontin- will be provided in the August issue ued. A temporary traffic con- Summer Street Viaduct (convention center construction at left of TRANSREPORT. figuration on the new four- and new tunnel vent building on the right) Caravan for Commuters Receives National Awards CARAVAN for Commuters, a full-serv- Established in 1978 as a pilot program To obtain more information on ice commuter transportation organization funded by the Massachusetts Highway CARAVAN, visit www.commute.com or that provides assistance to employers and Department (MassHighway), CARA- call 1-888-4-COMMUTE. the commuting public, has been recog- VAN now operates a vanpool program, nized by the U.S. Department of Trans- provides ride matching, offers informa- portation as a Commuter Choice Pioneer tion and referral services on all trans- INSIDE THIS ISSUE for its work in providing choices for com- portation modes, implements worksite- muters in dealing based commuter MPO activities update . 2 with congestion. It programs, and man- Central Artery mitigation . 2 is one of only 11 ages MassHighway’s Green space and pedestrian publicly supported organizations in the Transportation Demand Management enhancements . 3 country to receive this prestigious award. Program. MBTA ferry fleet purchase . 4 CARAVAN has also been designated a “CARAVAN for Commuters’ programs MBTA Bill of Rights program . 4 Commuter Choice Champion by the provide an important alternative means U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of transportation,” said MassHighway Transit-based mortgage program . 5 for its leadership role in establishing acting commissioner John Cogliano. “It’s Amtrak’s Downeaster service . 5 commuter services in Massachusetts that great to see CARAVAN recognized for Logan runway Final EIS . 6 reduce congestion, air pollution, and fuel their important work.” Meeting calendar . 6 consumption. The members of the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Executive Office of Transportation and Construction • City of Boston • City of Everett • City of Newton • City of Peabody • Federal Highway Administration • Federal Transit Administration • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority • Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board • Massachusetts Highway Department • Massachusetts Port Authority • Massachusetts Turnpike Authority • Metropolitan Area Planning Council • Regional Transportation Advisory Council • Town of Bedford • Town of Framingham • Town of Hopkinton BOSTON METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Mitigation Update Given to Artery Oversight Committee TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE ACTION ITEMS The Boston MPO’s Transportation Planning and Program- ming Committee approved two adjustments to the fiscal year 2002–07 Transportation Improvement Program at a The status of the Central Artery mitiga- meeting held on June 20. The adjustments, which were adopted after a 30-day pub- tion commitments was the subject of the lic comment period, reassign funding for seven bridges and allow construction at the June Central Artery Environmental Blue Line’s Maverick Street Station to begin in 2003. Oversight Committee meeting. The National experts on best practices for environmental justice also attended the meet- briefings included updates from Susan ing and provided guidance on developing a systems-level analysis of environmental Altshuler and Dennis DiZoglio of the justice issues. MBTA on the Washington Street Silver The committee set forth a schedule for meeting upcoming federal deadlines for the Line, clean buses, the Urban Ring, Transportation Plan, the FY 2003 Unified Planning Work Program, and the FY Arborway restoration, and the Red 2003–08 TIP. The circulation of a major amendment to the current TIP was Line–Blue Line connection. announced for July 25; representatives from the region’s municipalities are invited to The Washington Street Silver Line will provide updated information on the status of their projects at a meeting on July 18. begin operation this summer, initially See the calendar on page 6 for details on meetings planned to date for the develop- using 40-foot compressed natural gas ment of these documents. (CNG) buses, which will be replaced REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL UPDATE with 60-foot CNG buses by the end of At the Advisory Council’s June 2002. The service will include 14 stations meeting, Barbara Lucas, chair of with electronic messaging boards and the Transportation Planning and kiosks, will use traffic signal preemption Programming Committee’s Task to shorten travel time, and will give users Force on TIP Criteria, presented free transfers at Downtown Crossing Sta- a progress report on the develop- tion to the Red Line and at Boylston Sta- ment of pilot guidelines for the tion to the Green Line. selection of TIP projects. The The MBTA is running its diesel buses on draft criteria cover all types of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel. In addition, projects and would promote 400 model year 1994/1995 diesel buses consistency of projects with Jeff Levine (R) and Wig Zamore (L) of Somerville will be retrofitted with diesel particulate discussing Assembly Square issues with Council members MPO policies. The Advisory filters. To date, 48 are completed; the Council’s TIP Committee, chaired by Malcolm Davis, will undertake a detailed remainder will be completed at the rate review of these guidelines. of four buses per week. The engines on Karl Quackenbush, deputy director at the Central Transportation Planning Staff, these 1994/1995 buses will also be talked about how CTPS’s computer model works and is used. Modeling produces upgraded by July of 2004. All buses older objective information needed for policy development and decision-making. than 1994 will be retired by the end of 2004. In addition, the MBTA is purchas- The Advisory Council was also briefed by CTPS project managers Mary Ellen Sulli- ing 358 compressed natural gas buses. van and David Mohler on the progress of, respectively, the Unified Planning Work These improvements to the bus fleet will Program and the TIP. Funding constraints, more severe than in the recent past, are reduce emissions by 44 percent. imposing limitations this year. Led by Bob Sturgis, the Council’s UPWP Committee is reviewing the document as it is being developed. The Major Investment Study of circum- ferential transit improvements in the The Advisory Council continued its practice of viewing sites of important projects Urban Ring corridor has been completed, with a June 19 trip to Assembly Square. Members heard about the City’s plans for and a three-phase, multimodal project development, connections to transit, and highway access improvements. recommended as the preferred implemen- ACCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE MBTA UPDATE tation strategy. No further environmental In June, AACT members focussed their attention on MBTA elevators — from review is required for the additional planned construction of new elevators for the system, to the MBTA’s maintenance Phase I crosstown and express bus routes and cleaning program, to the methods used to inform people with disabilities of out- to be implemented over the next five ages. These issues are all of great concern to the disability community since the years using low-emission vehicles. How- unavailability of an elevator severely restricts mobility and can make the difference in whether someone is able get to work, go shopping, etc. ■ Mitigation Update cont. on p. 4 TRANSREPORT 2JULY 2002 Pedestrian Enhancements and Green Space Growing, from Downtown to Neighborhoods Boston’s reputation as a walkable city will by the Metropolitan District Commission TREE PLANTING FOR CENTRAL be enhanced by a number of recent and (MDC). CORRIDOR BOULEVARD BEGUN ongoing projects, including the latest in a One of the other four parks, Paul Revere On June 20 Central Artery/Tunnel and series of Central Artery mitigation meas- Park in Charlestown, opened in July City of Boston officials held a ceremony ures along the New Charles River Basin, 1999. Work on Nashua Street Park in for the planting of the first trees along a new footpath in Jamaica Plain, and the Boston began last October and is the boulevard that will extend from planting of trees along the boulevard that expected to be completed in May 2003. Boston’s Leather District to the North will replace the elevated Artery. North Point Park was designed by Carr, End. The six linden trees that were Lynch, and planted along Atlantic Avenue beside Sandell of South Station are the first of 900 linden, Cambridge, honey locust, and other trees planned for and the the open space that will be created when $18.4 mil- the Central Artery comes down. lion con- Details on the creation of a trust com- struction posed of state and city appointees who contract was will build and maintain the open space awarded to are currently before the Legislature.
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