Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/15/2015 Myriam Diaz Thank you for your time at the meeting at the Faulkner Hospital 68 Prince Street Jamaica Plain MA 02130 [email protected] X 13:34:00 Auditorium. My name is Myriam Diaz and I live on Prince Street, I would like to see the access to Prince Street on the new wonderful plan, coming north from Murray Circle, a little before or a little after the opening to enter Prince Street. As to not have a straight visual to the opening of the street, as not to encourage people from trying to take a short cut. I would also encourage you to take a second look at another possible access from Francis Parkman Dr that would avoid going through the Kelly Circle and back to Murray to almost reach again the Kelly Circle to then go into Prince. I would take it like that compare to what we have but should someone take a fresh look and figure something out would be super. My first request on slightly moving the entry point on Prince St. forward or a little backwards should be possible. Sincerely, Myriam Diaz 617-459-8688 --- Great Plan! Can't wait to see it done! Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/15/2015 Clayton Harper Many thanks to DCR, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Toole Design 44 Hampstead Rd Jamaica Plaina MA 02130 [email protected] X 14:13:00 Group, elected officials and the many engaged advocates and citizens who have been participating in this process since February. I'm very much in favor of this project and believe most refinements to it are a strong and necessary improvement over current conditions. It seems to me that parking needs on the carriage roads are minimal since most homes there have driveways. I suggest widening the median so that the bike lanes between Kelley and Murray could become protected, off-street, grade-separated bike paths rather than just paint. I am disappointed that the raised crosswalks for the Arborway Frontage Rd at Hunnewell Gate and St. Rose have been pushed off until Phase 2. I understand the challenges of the grade separations on the mainline south of Murray, but I'm exasperated that no traffic calming efforts are planned on the Frontage Rd which has no such difficulty. Sincerely, Clayton Harper Jamaica Plain Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/18/2015 Andy Tsai 1) The people that are effected the most by this redesign are the 57 Prince Street Jamaica Plain MA 02130 [email protected] 19:59:00 residents of this area. Many in the meeting mention that they drive/bike through the area. They are superficially/transiently effected by these changes, and they have a CHOICE of not traveling through this area. However, the residents in this area have no choice and their daily lives will be significantly and permanently effected by the redesign. The squeaky wheel (passer-byes) should not get all the attention. Residents living in this area should have more voice/weight to the redesign. 2) To get into Prince St., there is a bit of detour (circle down to Kelly Circle and back up). All the other side streets have easy assess via Murray Circle. Is there a way to add in a "cut-through" for access into Prince street? Seems like the families living on Prince St. are being short changed. 3) Many opinions were voiced by the cyclists (great minority). How about the opinions of the 50,000+ motorists/day traveling through? Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/19/2015 Andrew Can the meeting handout be made available online? It is missing from 11 Eugenia Rd Roslindale MA 02131 [email protected] X 6:53:00 Schwartz this meeting, but present for other meetings including the Oct 15 one, so I wonder if that upload slipped through the cracks somehow. Excellent meeting, and the plan was very clearly well thought out! The roundabouts and improved biking access will be a welcome improvement that I think will prove to pay off very quickly. I would reiterate a desire for protected / physically separated bike lanes, though. I understand that it will be local / abutters road with low speeds and traffic, but as usage of the carriage roads figures itself out, I think setting the bike lanes up a little proactively, anticipating misuse, growth, and change, will pan out to be the right call. Thank you again for all the great work you all are doing on this project. 10/19/2015 Joshua Jacober This plan looks great! I think the Toole design group has done a 7 Alveston St. Jamaica Plain MA 02130 [email protected] 21:41:00 thorough job and they have taken into account a lot of the concerns of the neighborhood. My one concern is intersections between the cycle tracks and the roadways. I know the narrowed and raised crossings will improve yielding but I wonder if separate signaling, including bicycle signals would be safer. I see the modern roundabouts should decrease speeding at these intersections but what about for the roadway in general? Thank you. Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/20/2015 Erza Pincus-Roth I'm writing this comment in my capacity as a current resident of Greater 233 Pleasant Watertown MA 02472 [email protected] see attached 12:56:46 Boston, and a former Jamaica Plain resident (specifically of 16 Lakeville Street #109 File#1 Road). While I appreciate the effort going into this particular plan for the Arborway, I am requesting that physical protections and separations for people who are bicycling are a tangible component of the final plan. If you consult the attached photograph I took in April this year, you will see a telling example of multiple bicyclists who opted to bike on the sidewalk instead of the painted bicycle lane that was intended for their use. As vehicle traffic moves down the Arborway at (or above) the posted speed of 30 miles per hour, these bicyclists would rather use the sidewalk. The current bicycle lanes provide insufficient protection on such a road, and do not fit DCR's mission to promote and enhance recreational resources. Any plan for an Arborway bicycle facility should include physical protections (bollards or a second curb). Thanks. 10/20/2015 Ajay I could not make it to the meeting but I wanted to add my voice to those [email protected] 16:36:46 supporting the new design. Crossing the Arborway on foot or on bike, especially at the rotaries, is a game of Russian roulette. Thank you for trying to make the road safer. I didn't see cycletracks in the design, but I encourage you to add those to the road as well. Please also do something to reduce car speeds. Finally, I would love to see this road closed to car traffic every Sunday as Cambridge does with Memorial Drive. Let us pretend we live in a civilized place at least one day a week. Thank you. Improved Multi-Modal Safety Access to Emerald Necklace Parks in Jamaica Plain (Arborway) Public Comments Submitted Online by Deadline November 30, 2015 Comment I would like to Date and Uploaded receive Name Address City State Zip Email Time Document future DCR Updates 10/21/2015 David Fingerman Hi, I would just like to make one minor comment about the timing of the 362 Arborway Jamaica Plain MA 02130 [email protected] X 18:24:38 proposed changes for the Multi-Modal projects. If I understand correctly, you are proposing to start these changes about the same time that the Casey Overpass project is planning to finish (assuming it finishes on time). As a member of the community, could you please give us a breather between finishing the Casey Overpass project and starting this new set of projects? We would really like to have some normalcy after the Casey Overpass project finishes. Your goals are admirable, but please remember that we in the community need to live through all of the construction and inconveniences that go along with it. Please don't start this new project until after the Casey Overpass project is fully completed and the community has some time to return to normalcy before you start another major project. (perhaps 12-18 months after the Casey Overpass project is fully completed?) Thank you for considering! 10/21/2015 Carol Carveth I wish I could have gone to the meeting, but I was out of town.