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CHB Phase 2 was abandoned the moment Mahty became Mayor, just like the rest of the work done under the Menino Administration. The TIGER Grant only covered Phase 1. All plans were succeded by the GoBoston 2030 plan. Still worth pushing BTD to connect the tracks.

My biggest issue about what's been built is the thinness of the trim, it might work for a single-family or even a triple decker, but it just doesn't read on a 5-6 story building. A 1/2"-3/4" difference in thickness between the clapboard field and the trim vanishes; with the windows in the same...

I received an email about the Fenway Multi-Use Path for a safer crossing of Park Drive (the petition appears to still be active): Thanks to the over 200 of you that signed the petition at tinyurl.com/fenwayconnector. Your comments were sincere and helpful; in fact, 3 of you volunteered to...

FK4, I've responded in a "conversation", I think that replaces personal messages.

The presentation by the Boston Department of Neighborhood Development is available here, as are some of the public comments: https://buildinghousing.boston.gov/project/roslindale-municipal-parking-lot-19d0c DND did a poor job of explaining that this was a first discussion with the neighborhood...

Kermit is insanely expensive and doesn't last. But they won't even do asphalt for the new (or even old) bus/bike lanes that are the approximate color of reddish asphalt.

The Dunk's site is Happening!

The first video is so close - just remove the damned roadway across the water. keep a narrow bike/ped bridge and the island in the middle of the Channel as a car-free hangout on the water.

A BIG chunk of the Emerald Necklace would have dissapeared under the freeway. And if we had to Big Dig it it would never be able to revert to what it is today, because cars must take priority, just look at the rebuilt Casey Arborway at six and seven lanes because right-sizing at at four would...

Having been through three sets of design meetings (a BTD Causeway St design, the CHB design, and PWD North Washington Bridge design) I can tell you that vehicle LOS was the driving factor in not bringing bike lanes through Keany Sq. The BRA, as part of their Crossroads Innitiative, developed...

Re: Crossroads at Kenmore | 560 Commonwealth Ave | Kenmore Square Well, this particular X and particular Y have been proven to reduce vehicle speeds, reduce crashes and injuries, and make roads safer in general. Of course, the AMA disagrees; and that just proves my point.

Re: Crossroads at Kenmore | 560 Commonwealth Ave | Kenmore Square It's really quite effing simple: if you don't think red light and speed cameras are a good idea, then you don't think that keeping people safe is a good idea either. What is the correct number of people dying on our streets is...

Crossposted from the Development forum, Kenmore Square redesign. http://www.bu.edu/today/2019/reimagining-kenmore-square/ Big improvements with curb separated bike lanes on the west side of Kenmore Sq. while only done within the general area of the new development, it demonstrates how to fix...

Re: Crossroads at Kenmore | 560 Commonwealth Ave | Kenmore Square I attended the meeting. Only one building - they move the Citizen's Bank building forward into the square to create a cross street behind it that changes traffic patterns around the square (managing volumes and throughput to...

Looks like a pedestrian connection to Codman Park is needed here. Makes a far shorter walk to Jackson Sq.

RE Casey mixing zones: MassDOT decided to meet partway between a protected intersection like arrangement (advocated by BCU) and the mixing zones as done in the remainder of the SWCP path. It's awkward, but by and large its setup to slow cyclists down where people on foot and bikes meet.

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Yet another sports related boondoggle idea by Marty Walsh. Boston 2024, Indycar, and now this. A sports stadium that only gets used a dozen times a year is just about the least worthy use for any location in the City of Boston.

Vineet Gupta, senior planner at BTD, announced its demise during the BTD Budget Hearing two years ago. The new plan is the Better Bike Corridors plan on pages 152/153 in the GoBoston 2030 full report. Can't seem to figure out how to post just the plan. Here's the link to the entire 158mb...

Beeline, Thanks for all the updates. I do wonder what the red building will look like once the GC remembers that it was supposed to have stairs and porches.

Two or so years ago DCR was planning changes to the Centre St/ Walter St intersection; thought that they were the ones doing the work. The design team they hired (Beta Engineering, I think) was less than enthusiastic about major changes such as a roundabout and had to be prodded to consider...