Hmmm...wasn't there a headline once that went Work on the long-delayed Columbus Center project finally about to start?
Hmmm...wasn't there a headline once that went Work on the long-delayed Columbus Center project finally about to start?
For those without a Globe subscription, here's the post from MassDOT:
http://blog.mass.gov/transportation...eement-for-fenway-center-development-project/
The Baker-Polito Administration’s Department of Transportation today announced that after nearly two decades of discussions, it has closed on a lease agreement for Phase I of the Fenway Center Development Project, allowing for construction to begin immediately on two buildings which will contain rental housing units, retail and office space, as well as a direct pedestrian walkway to the adjacent Yawkey commuter rail station and a parking lot with more than 1,200 spaces.
"the developer is required to close the Phase II lease by December 2020."
That is the taller air rights building, correct? What happens if they don't close the lease?
If theyre still planning that idiotic garage, they can delay another 12 years
IMO it makes way more sense to put a garage right next to the ballpark and two major streets, than force all those people to drive around looking for parking. Ideally part of this project would include a westbound on-ramp to the mass pike but I doubt that is ever going to happen.
One of the few places a garage makes sense is near a ballpark. Currently the entire Fenway neighborhood is a traffic hellscape during a home game because of people parking in random garages and gas stations throughout the neighborhood.
IMO it makes way more sense to put a garage right next to the ballpark and two major streets, than force all those people to drive around looking for parking.
You have it reversed. It is a traffic hellscape BECAUSE there is so much parking, and people know it. Making parking even easier will only add traffic.
Even at $40 a game, it makes more financial sense to drive in a car than buy round trip commuter rail tickets for 4.
If your parking option was the prudential center, then guess what, people would take the train.
One assumes that they get to rebid the rights to the parcel.
You're right that some extra people would take the train if it were harder to find parking. But do you think someone from the South Shore would drive to the commuter rail station, take the commuter rail into SS, red line to park, then D line to Fenway instead of driving straight in? What about people coming from the North West? IMO it's naively optimistic to think people would take such a a roundabout way when they could drive instead. It's not good urban planning to put your head in the sand and ignore demand that exists.
You're right that some extra people would take the train if it were harder to find parking. But do you think someone from the South Shore would drive to the commuter rail station, take the commuter rail into SS, red line to park, then D line to Fenway instead of driving straight in? What about people coming from the North West? IMO it's naively optimistic to think people would take such a a roundabout way when they could drive instead. It's not good urban planning to put your head in the sand and ignore demand that exists.
... do you think someone from the South Shore would drive to the commuter rail station, take the commuter rail into SS, red line to park, then D line to Fenway instead of driving straight in? What about people coming from the North West? IMO it's naively optimistic to think people would take such a a roundabout way when they could drive instead. It's not good urban planning to put your head in the sand and ignore demand that exists.