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4/20: Medford St @ Tufts St Decatur St @ Samuel Morse Way

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I've noticed it's been closed for a while now with lots of reconstruction. Is this a part of the Rutherford redesign or a moot 'fix?"

If that ground floor config/treatment is 'as-of-right,' dare I say something's wrong with the 'as-of-rite.'

I'm not advocating for the elimination of open space... I think if the state is going to stick with the wide corridor, the plan is relatively well balanced. I just think the surrounding parcels should be up-zoned to meet the scale of the right-of-way and the urban context. I'm wondering if...

My thinking's changed somewhat now after realizing the state will/would never seek to reduce the width of the right-of-way. I've started thinking that zoning could play the most crucial role in 'right-sizing' the new boulevard. I really hope Somerville considers a re-zoning/corridor plan while...

The main thing I altered was the frontage roads - SUPER excessive in my opinion. Most of the state proposal was left intact in the illustration above, I just shifted the location of some of the proposed infrastructure to eliminate the frontage roads. Travel lanes, sidewalks, verges, separated...

Made a quick mockup of what I previously suggested - returning some of the width of McGrath back to Somerville to be rezoned to better stitch together the neighborhoods, improve ped experience, and reduce the excess right-of-way width. (Open to suggestions, and very rough) (would probably flip...

Wow what a loss! RIP streetcars. Had to go look for a map of this location to orient myself - 1913 Bromley:

I feel like there's an 'elephant in the room' that hasn't come up directly yet in this discussion that goes beyond NIMBYism but is often a basis for NIMBYs. I hope the state comes down on them hard.

After revisiting the slides, I'm especially disappointed by the lack of bus infrastructure along the stretch of McGrath from Washington St > Somerville Ave/Medford St. This stretch will have 3 bus routes terminating/looping, two of them being "T" routes (87 (likely to stop looping), T47, and...

I was able to attend the meeting. A big question that arose for me was: why fill the existing right-of-way with more road infrastructure (medians, verges, parallel frontage/local access roads, and long driveway access cuts) just cause there's the space to? A lot of what was shown seems to aim...

Sooo flat! The main facade depth element is scattered vents. 👎

Shockingly bad urban form. I'm having a hard time understanding why this is being treated as a superblock when the surrounding neighborhood fabric would recommend 3-4 blocks. I'm surprised to see surface parking increase from 132-154 (vs new structured) - the amount of developable land...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/24/metro/somerville-mcgrath-highway-project-update/?s_campaign=camberville:newsletter The link to the meeting: https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

Any chance you have the link?