75 Morrissey Boulevard | Dorchester

HenryAlan said:
Any project on Morrissey Blvd. should require protected bike lanes. Otherwise, build it!
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For real. I was just looking recently and one section of it has 13 car lanes....

It would be great if it was a two-lane bike lane on the side of Morrissey closest to the train tracks so that there was better connection from this side of JFK to Savin Hill.
 
real_EthanHunt said:
Morrissey redesign is part of a much larger ongoing MassDOT/DCR/BTD redesign.
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Are there any documents showing whats going to be done? Ppl on here have drawn up a million different versions of ways to get rid of the rotary and clean up the roads here, Id love to see what some official proposals look like.
 
stick n move said:
Are there any documents showing whats going to be done? Ppl on here have drawn up a million different versions of ways to get rid of the rotary and clean up the roads here, Id love to see what some official proposals look like.
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It would be interesting to see if it would be possible to eliminate the exit onto Columbia road from 93. Northbound from 93 could be handled by the existing exit onto Morrissey by the gas tank. Getting onto 93 south could be handled by the onramp at Freeport street. Maybe make some modifications to allow for safer and smoother merging onto both the onramp and 93 itself with proper acceleration lanes added. Create a new offramp 93 south where the emergency pullout is and have it run to 170 Freeport street is. That area is sandwiched between the red line tracks, and some industrial buildings.

Widen the space between the northbound and southbound lanes on Morrissey to allow for some protected bike lanes from exit 13B through the existing rotary.
 
LOI: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/e5xuj9vqfmdaer4fw64z5vb5v60iuunj

Since it wasn't posted at the time (at least in this thread - I feel like we discussed it somewhere), the Master Plan from last December: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/2eow81sywvmxx7b01sth0zvs0ceestmf

They mention only residential use, so I assume this is either C and G or C and B, though no two of these buildings add up to 650KSF.

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themissinglink said:
I wish they'd change one of the life sciences/office/commercial buildings to residential. We badly need more housing, and I kinda doubt there's enough demand for four office/lab buildings here. There are already a ton of lab vacancies in Greater Boston.
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They may yet. It's encouraging that developers are starting with residential projects instead of waiting for the lab market to recover - I was worried they'd hold off on everything.
 
I'm all for development here and at Bayside Expo unlike the local NIMBYS but these entities absolutely not be able to pretend like there arent major transportation issues here with K circle and the state of JFK/Umass T. Its completely irresponsible to do so. They have to pony up for improvements or go build somewhere else

The Bayside project goes 'hey look at us we are responsible we will try and make people use the T to get here' and then not want to pony up to fix the decrepit station. Thats not right, you are leaning on and using the T as a major selling point and the station is a mess. Help fix it
 
Suffolk 83 said:
I'm all for development here and at Bayside Expo unlike the local NIMBYS but these entities absolutely not be able to pretend like there arent major transportation issues here with K circle and the state of JFK/Umass T. Its completely irresponsible to do so. They have to pony up for improvements or go build somewhere else

The Bayside project goes 'hey look at us we are responsible we will try and make people use the T to get here' and then not want to pony up to fix the decrepit station. Thats not right, you are leaning on and using the T as a major selling point and the station is a mess. Help fix it
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The MBTA is on it - seems like a priority:

www.wbur.org

The MBTA's new 'chief of stations' tackles JFK/UMass decay, prepares to visit all stations

Dennis Varley, the new chief of stations joins the T after a three-decade career in transportation in New York. Varley is tasked with helping make Boston's subway, commuter rail and buses safe, secure and clean for riders.
www.wbur.org www.wbur.org

www.boston.gov

JFK/UMass Station Area Action Plan

This project will develop a concrete plan and comprehensive vision for improvements in and around the MBTA JFK/UMass Station at Columbia Road. This includes both steps that can be taken by the City of Boston independently on City property, as well as actions that will need to be coordinated with...
www.boston.gov www.boston.gov
 
curcuas said:
Note that the developers originally proposed more housing that the NIMBYs cut down. Good they're bringing it back.
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Kinda makes you think what all these new lab/office/residential complexes going up would look like if developers could propose the maximally profitable balance regardless of what's likely to get approved
 
Equilibria said:
LOI: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/e5xuj9vqfmdaer4fw64z5vb5v60iuunj

Since it wasn't posted at the time (at least in this thread - I feel like we discussed it somewhere), the Master Plan from last December: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/2eow81sywvmxx7b01sth0zvs0ceestmf

They mention only residential use, so I assume this is either C and G or C and B, though no two of these buildings add up to 650KSF.

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It's good this project will deliver more residential, but it sucks it is sandwiched between two highways. The localized air pollution there has got to be terrible.
 
#bancars said:
It's good this project will deliver more residential, but it sucks it is sandwiched between two highways. The localized air pollution there has got to be terrible.
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In America, the only place you’re really allowed to build new high density housing is next to one or more highways or massive arterial surface streets. I can’t imagine spending an hour between Morrissey and the expressway, much less a lifetime.
 
#bancars said:
It's good this project will deliver more residential, but it sucks it is sandwiched between two highways. The localized air pollution there has got to be terrible.
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The views are good, Morrissey will be shrunk over time, and these buildings can filter their air at least. Also Dorchester Bay City will be built. But yeah, it's still uncomfortably close to the upzoning only along highways.
 
curcuas said:
The views are good, Morrissey will be shrunk over time, and these buildings can filter their air at least. Also Dorchester Bay City will be built. But yeah, it's still uncomfortably close to the upzoning only along highways.
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Will building's hvac be able to filter out pollutants? I dont think that's possible at least economically
 
Suffolk 83 said:
Will building's hvac be able to filter out pollutants? I dont think that's possible at least economically
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The Josiah Quincy Upper School in Chinatown (sited right beside the Pike) has a high filtration HVAC system that passed the sniff test of the CAFEH research group at Tufts Medical that study highway generated urban pollution.
 
JeffDowntown said:
The Josiah Quincy Upper School in Chinatown (sited right beside the Pike) has a high filtration HVAC system that passed the sniff test of the CAFEH research group at Tufts Medical that study highway generated urban pollution.
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Until the filters need to get replaced in one year and don’t.
 
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