Inner Core Committee • Milton • Melrose • Malden • Medford • Lynn • Chelsea Everett • Brookline • Cambridge • Belmont • Boston Arlington (ICC) Winthrop • Watertown • • Saugus • QuincyWaltham • SomervilleNeedham • Newton • Revere • Identifying Transportation Needs, Construction Projects, and Studies in Your Subregion Winter 2020 ON REG ST IO O N B M E N T O R I O T P A O IZ LMPOI N TA A N G P OR LANNING WHAT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS DID THE MPO IDENTIFY IN ICC COMMUNITIES? The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) conducted an assessment of transportation needs in the Boston region to inform the MPO’s current Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), Destination 2040, adopted in August 2019. MPO staff identified existing transportation conditions and made projections of future conditions and demand on the system. MPO staff also reached out to various subregional groups to discuss their transportation needs and opportunities to improve transportation in their communities. The resulting LRTP Needs Assessment serves as a tool for planning the region’s future transportation network, and for prioritizing the MPO’s limited funding for transportation projects and studies. The tables that follow highlight some of the transportation needs identified in the ICC subregion based on MPO analysis, and the lists below highlight needs identified from past visits to ICC communities for the Needs Assessment. For more information, please refer to the Destination 2040 Needs Assessment report and interactive applications on our website: bostonmpo.org/lrtp. Transportation Needs Identified in the Destination 2040 Needs Assessment Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Route 60 Arlington • • Interstate 93 at Columbia Road Boston (north of Exit 15) • • • Interstate 93 at North Washington Boston Street • • • Interstate 93 at Route 3A (Gallivan Boston Boulevard) • • Interstate 93 (northbound) near Exit 23 Boston (Government • • Center) Interstate 93 at ramps to Victory Boston Road (south of Exit 13) • • 1 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Interstate 93 at Columbia Road Boston (south of Exit 15) • • Interstate 93 at Morrissey Boston Boulevard • • Interstate 93 (southbound) Boston near East Berkeley Street • • Interstate 93 at Leverett Boston Connector • • Interstate 93 (southbound) at Exit 23 (Interstate Boston 90 to Purchase • • Street) Route 28 at Route Boston 3 (Leverett Circle) • • Interstate 93 south of Exit 20 (Massachusetts Boston Avenue • • Connector) Route 28 (Embankment Road) at Route 3 Boston (near Longfellow • • Bridge) Morton Street at Boston Harvard Street • • Interstate 93 at Massachusetts Boston Avenue Connector • • • Interstate 93 (near Boston and Zakim Bridge) Cambridge • • 2 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Interstate 93 near Boston Long Wharf • • Interstate 93 at ramps to Frontage Road Boston (southbound)/ South Hampton • • Street Massachusetts Avenue near Boston Commonwealth Avenue • Boston Common and Downtown Crossing (Tremont, Boston Washington, • Essex and Boylston Streets) Soldiers Field Road at North Boston Harvard Street • • Interstate 93 near ramps to Albany Boston Street • Interstate 93 near Exit 20A (South Boston Station) • Interstate 93 at North Washington Boston Street • Kosciuszko Circle Boston • Route 1A, Boardman Street Boston flyover • Downtown Boston (near Court, Summer, Boston Park, and India • Streets) 3 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Interstate 93, Boston, Southeast Quincy, and Expressway Milton • • Harvard Street (near Coolidge Brookline Corner) • Cambridge Route 2A/16 and Arlington • • Cambridge Street and Broadway Cambridge (near Harvard Square) • Massachusetts Avenue from Cambridge Harvard Square to Memorial Drive • Beacon and Hampshire Streets Cambridge and Broadway and (Park Street to Somerville Galileo Galleli • Way) Massachusetts Cambridge Avenue (near and Porter Square) Somerville • Massachusetts Avenue near Cambridge Memorial Drive • • • • Cambridge Street (Quincy Street to Cambridge Maple Avenue, and near Harvard Somerville • Square) Broadway and Inman Street Cambridge (near Central Square) • Massachusetts Avenue near Cambridge Cedar Street • 4 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Massachusetts Avenue at JFK Cambridge Street (near Harvard Square) • Prospect and Cambridge Cambridge Streets (Inman Square) • Massachusetts Avenue (Hancock Street to Landsdowne Cambridge Street, and neighboring • streets, near Central Square) Prospect and Cambridge Cambridge Streets (Inman Square) • Cambridge Street (Sciarappa Street Cambridge to East Street, near Route 28) • Mt. Auburn Street and Massachusetts Cambridge Avenue • (Harvard Square) Downtown Chelsea (Broadway, Chelsea Everett Avenue, and surrounding • streets) Revere Beach Parkway at Chelsea Webster Avenue • • • Route 99 Critical Urban Freight Everett Corridor • • 5 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Downtown Lynn (Essex, Union, Liberty, and Lynn Central Streets, and surrounding • streets) Western Avenue (Mall Street to Lynn Franklin Street) • Broadway at Route 129 Lynn (Lynnfield Street) • • • US Route 1, Malden Quarry Bypass • • Route 1 at Malden and Salem Street Revere • • Route 60 Medford • • Route 28 at Medford Route 16 • • • • Interstate 95 at Newton ramps to Route 16 • • Interstate 90, Newton Exits 16-17 • • Newton Centre (Beacon Street, Centre Street, Newton and surrounding • streets) Hammond Pond Parkway at Route Newton 9 (Boylston Street) • • 6 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Interstate 93 near ramps to Furnace Quincy Brook Parkway (north of Exit 8) • • • Interstate 93 near ramps for Furnace Quincy Brook Parkway (south of Exit 8) • • • Quincy Center (Hancock Street Quincy from Washington to School Streets) • Route 3A (Southern Artery) Quincy at Broad Street • • • Hancock Street (Adams Street to Washington Quincy Street near • Quincy Center) Route 3A in Quincy (Sea Street Quincy to Brackett Street) • Interstate 93 Quincy near Upton Street • • Route 3A Quincy • • Broadway (Mountain Avenue to Revere Revere Beach Parkway) • and Park Avenue Interstate 93 Somerville Embankment • • Somerville Davis Square and Cambridge • 7 Intersects Intersects Intersects MPO Intersects HSIP Bicycle Pedestrian Staff-Identified Massachusetts Bike Pedestrian Truck Priority Location of Crash Crash Crash Truck Crash Top Crash Crash Crash Crash Congested Identified Need Municipality Cluster Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Cluster(s) Location(s) Cluster Cluster Cluster Location Somerville Avenue, Summer Street, and Bow Somerville Street (near Union • Square) Interstate 95 at Waltham Totten Pond Road • • Interstate 95 (northbound) Waltham at Route 20 • • • Interstate 95 (southbound) Waltham at Route 20 • • Central Square Waltham • Interstate 95 Waltham at Route 20 • Main Street (approximately Waltham from Grant to Banks Streets) • Watertown Square (Main, Mt. Auburn, North Watertown Beacon, and • Galen Streets) Note: MassDOT-identified HSIP crash clusters, MPO staff-identified truck crash clusters, and MassDOT Top Crash Locations were identified using crash data collected from 2013–15. Pedestrian crash clusters were identified using data on crashes involving pedestrians collected from 2006–15. More information on these locations is available in the Safety Chapter of the Destination 2040 Needs Assessment report, while the Capacity Management and Mobility chapter of that report provides details about MPO staff-identified Priority Congested locations. HSIP = Highway Safety Improvement Program. MassDOT = Massachusetts Department of Transportation. MPO = metropolitan