by Peter Furth | Jul 26, 2018 | LocalProject
Graduate student Jeff Bachiochi designed a compact intersection based on a Copenhagen design that allows bikes and pedestrians to cross concurrently, yet protected from high right-turn volumes – an efficient design that results in a short cycle and short delays...
by Peter Furth | Apr 8, 2018 | LocalProject
Since 2008, the City of Boston has been planning a project to convert Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown from a wide highway into a boulevard with a linear park, and to convert the oversized rotary and vehicle-oriented streets in Sullivan Square into a walkable urban...
by Peter Furth | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Click here to see a video of a traffic simulation of the one-way grid. With a rapid transit station only 1.5 miles from downtown Boston and surrounded by parking lots and lightly used industrial tracts, Sullivan Square lies ripe for rebirth as transit oriented...
by Peter Furth | Jan 28, 2018 | Blog
I am grateful for the effort that has been made to illuminate the circumstances around the death of bicyclist Dr. Anita Kurmann on August 7, 2015. Dr. Kurmann was killed when a 48 foot semi-trailer truck executed a sharp right turn in front of her at the intersection...
by Peter Furth | Jan 19, 2018 | LocalProject
Two pedestrians have recently been killed crossing Tremont Street in Boston’ South End. The current layout – 4 lanes, undivided – leads to reckless speeding and makes it difficult to cross the street. Rampant double parking offers evidence that four...