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Framingham has a pretty big issue of 2 at grade crossings through downtown that is a really hard situation to find a solution to. Lots of people have tried to find a good solution, but they never do. I was wondering what ideas people could come up with that could fix or improve this situation. The at grade crossings make traffic downtown a mess and if higher frequency trains are ever going to happen it will only get much worse. Really all that theyve come up with is to sink 135 under 126, which does next to nothing. They dont want to sink or build a bridge for 126 over the tracks because it will cut downtown in half. Sinking the whole train line below grade isnt even an option monetarily and service would be probably cut off for a while. What are some ideas people can think of?
Rt 126 crossing downtown
Bishop st crossing east of 126
Both grade crossingsand from outer view of downtown
Heres the main page for related documents for the city.
https://www.framinghamma.gov/269/Downtown-Railroad-Crossing
Pg 98 has the options. Essentially just sink 135 under 126.
https://www.framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3275/Framingham_Downtown_Study-Final_Report-20091009?bidId=
Rt 126 crossing downtown
Bishop st crossing east of 126
Both grade crossingsand from outer view of downtown
Heres the main page for related documents for the city.
https://www.framinghamma.gov/269/Downtown-Railroad-Crossing
Pg 98 has the options. Essentially just sink 135 under 126.
https://www.framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3275/Framingham_Downtown_Study-Final_Report-20091009?bidId=