Morrissey Boulevard Redesign

[stick n move]

-Figured Id create one thread to consolidate everything regarding morrissey blvd upgrades.

Morrissey blvd corridor study:

https://www.mass.gov/doc/draft-morrissey-boulevard-corridor-study-report/download

 

[bigeman312]

I'm glad they didn't go with Figure 4-9, as that would be inappropriate for a corridor with such low bus service demand. I'm hoping, but not optimistic, that the "protected bike lane" is actually protected, by at least bollards.

I hope we can see robust bus infrastructure on the stretch of Columbia Rd where there is actual demand for such infrastructure, between Blue Hill Ave and JFK/UMass, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[stick n move]

Panel okays report on Morrissey rehab; city promises own planning approach​

“The Morrissey Commission planning group, working under a legislative mandate, approved its final report in an online meeting last Thursday (June 26) after ducking a curveball that city officials tossed into the process by committing to lead a much-requested comprehensive planning process alongside the road project.

Much of the curb-to-curb roadway designs, which had been vetted and discussed in meetings throughout 2024, have been embraced by neighbors and commission members.

They encompasses changes to key points from Preble Circle in South Boston to Neponset Circle – with most showing improvement to traffic congestion on computer models and including much better access points for pedestrians trying to get to the waterfront from the neighborhoods.
New configurations and new roadways are suggested for the area by Star Market, Bianculli Circle at the UMass-Boston intersection, and a major alteration to traffic at Freeport Street and Victory Road will include new intersections and no direct left turns off Freeport.

One sticking point was a flood mitigation wall or berm along Morrissey Boulevard between Bianculli and Freeport. Neighbors and planners clashed over designs and strategies during most of the process, and that part of the plan was set for further review during the design process……..”

Panel okays report on Morrissey rehab; city promises own planning approach | Dorchester Reporter

The Morrissey Commission planning group, working under a legislative mandate, approved its final report in an online meeting last Thursday (June 26) after ducking a curveball that city officials tossed into the process by committing to lead a much-requested comprehensive planning process...

www.dotnews.com

 

[Charlie_mta]

No matter how much they pretty it up, it still looks like an overly wide highway. A 10' wide landscaped median down the middle would break up the sea of asphalt and provide a refuge in the middle for pedestrians and.bikes crossing the highway.

 

[TheRatmeister]

No matter how much they pretty it up, it still looks like an overly wide highway. A 10' wide landscaped median down the middle would break up the sea of asphalt and provide a refuge in the middle for pedestrians and.bikes crossing the highway.

I'm not sure about that. In my opinion either the median needs to be wide enough that people actually want to be there (I would argue 10' is not nearly wide enough for that), or you keep the median small and use it to add some tree cover.

 

[Charlie_mta]

I'm not sure about that. In my opinion either the median needs to be wide enough that people actually want to be there (I would argue 10' is not nearly wide enough for that), or you keep the median small and use it to add some tree cover.

Yes, I think a 25' wide median that would include the green two-way bike path plus trees and landscaping would be great, something like a modified version of Comm Ave in the back Bay..

 

[BeyondRevenue]

Whoever designed Figure 4-3 must be aware of children in a mere theoretical sense, or has never visited Neponset Circle at all.
A heavily peopled bike trail adjacent to a rotary that often hurls Hyundais like a jai lai cesta! The designer must be publicly pro-life but covertly pro-death, opting to passively terminate these notional children in bike trailers in the 12th trimester and beyond. Dogs? The elderly in wheelchairs? Shades of Death Race 2000.

Oops! Your virtue signaling fell in my reality, and it smells like rotten scallops from a 1963 MDC/ MassDOT clambake.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Whoever designed Figure 4-3 must be aware of children in a mere theoretical sense, or has never visited Neponset Circle at all.
A heavily peopled bike trail adjacent to a rotary that often hurls Hyundais like a jai lai cesta! The designer must be publicly pro-life but covertly pro-death, opting to passively terminate these notional children in bike trailers in the 12th trimester and beyond. Dogs? The elderly in wheelchairs? Shades of Death Race 2000.

Oops! Your virtue signaling fell in my reality, and it smells like rotten scallops from a 1963 MDC/ MassDOT clambake.

Generally all the renders and layouts look like an expressway.