by p.furth | Dec 16, 2024 | LocalProject
“Why? Why? WHY?,” thousands of people have wondered. Where the Silver Line Waterfront lines (to/from Logan Airport, etc.) cross D Street in Boston’s Seaport district, buses can be delayed by almost 2 minutes at a red light … while scarcely any...
by p.furth | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog
General Overview The main purpose of the Blue Hill Ave project is to install center-running bus lanes in this corridor, which was developed around center-running streetcars that were abandoned in the 1950s. Widely supported community goals include preserving mature...
by p.furth | Mar 2, 2024 | LocalProject
It’s been decided: Blue Hill Ave will have center running bus lanes. Whether it will have protected bike lanes is yet to be determined, and it depends heavily on whether they can fit without sacrificing mature trees, parking lanes, or traffic capacity. This set...
by p.furth | Dec 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
12/21/2022 Severe congestion continues to plague the intersections on either side of the Charlestown Bridge, also called the North Washington Street Bridge, as reported in a WHDH Channel 7 News story. The intersection on the North End side is Keany Square; on the...
by p.furth | Sep 10, 2022 | Blog
Of the four alternatives for redesigning Arborway presented in January, 2022, I am very pleased that the DCR has announced that Alternative 4 is its preferred alternative. Alternative 4’s main features are signalized intersections in place of the two large, existing...