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Gotta give credit to the architects, they were given boxes and they did the best with it.
Gotta give credit to the architects, they were given boxes and they did the best with it.
9 Channel Center approved
http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/projects/development-projects/9-channel-center
The A Street Widening shall be allocated by the BRA
to the first Proposed Project of a Participating Owner Party for which a transportation
study undertaken as part of Article 80 review demonstrates that upon construction of such
Proposed Project, the level of service at intersections along a material portion of the
length of A Street from West Second Street to Melcher Street will be diminished to F by
reason of the transportation impacts of such Proposed Project.
An unpleasant surprise to me: widening of A Street is planned. Hearing April 16th, 10 a.m., Room 801 City Hall.
Looks like they want to do the "anti road diet", converting right-of-way width from 3 lanes to 4. And knock down a whole line of recently planted trees to do it. Completely insane. So much for Vision Zero? The widening decision seems to be driven by Level-of-Service based planning.
Slides (see pg 42): http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/4d1422ae-0ee4-4be0-97d2-2691d772179f
Memo: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/getattachment/6ea061f3-27e9-402b-99e4-04f6e2b9f19e
I'm not against it since this really is the only arterial street down there but they could have mitigated it with 10' lanes and been fine. There WILL be more car traffic but that doesn't mean they have to give them the most space. Having that extra foot as a buffer for the bike lanes is a huge safety improvement.