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So we have a few rail proposal threads, but I figured it would be cool to have a thread for just general crayoning of infrastructure ideas around the boston area. There are two ideas that I had posted in another thread which didnt really have anywhere to go and the reason for the thread.
Examples of things that can go in here would be things like new road bridges, ped bridges, bike paths, rail trails, streets, roads, highways, rail ideas that dont fit in another thread, land reclamation, sea walls, logan airport replacement ideas, logan expansion ideas, harborwalk….etc.
Anyways the 2 posts:
“-Heres a version of the i90/95 interchange I posted in another thread:
“So you have rt.30 right there going into newton, park rd is the road at the bottom left coming from rt. 30 which goes into lower falls to the right of the image, the commuter rail line with an existing office park (and new station), and the pike all right here. Plenty of space to construct a transit oriented neighborhood on land taken back from excessive highway infrastructure which is no longer needed. Oh yea and this is weston so on top of all of that you obviously have a golf course directly next to the commuter rail line too. If this first phase had happened then at some point in the future maybe it could have extended across the tracks to the other side where the course is (they have 2 more courses nearby anyways).
Obviously none of this can or will happen now, but this is more just a thought experiment about how much land is being wasted around transit lines and so close to the city and how with some imagination (and actual professional planning vs my crayoning) there are more possibilities out there hidden in plain sight.”
-This could also tie in with a different idea I have had to connect rt. 30 to washington st in newton, giving a connection to west newton and newton corner via washington st. and downtown watertown via watertown st. I feel like this should have been done a long time ago, because now it would require taking 2 houses and possibly the corner of a warehouse depending on how wide it would need to go.
New road connection here
So close but so far..
New road connecting rowe st to washington st (2 houses would need to be taken)
New routes opened up in red, existing in blue.
-This would go especially well with the first proposal of the TOD neighborhood in the masspike row, because it gives new connections to this new neighborhood to west newton, newton corner, watertown etc.. Plus it still has the commonwealth ave connections to newton centre, newtonville, chestnut hill, brighton, allston/packards corner.
The mass pike realignment cant happen any time soon, because theyre in the process of rebuilding the bridges now, but this 2nd proposal could happen regardless.
Examples of things that can go in here would be things like new road bridges, ped bridges, bike paths, rail trails, streets, roads, highways, rail ideas that dont fit in another thread, land reclamation, sea walls, logan airport replacement ideas, logan expansion ideas, harborwalk….etc.
Anyways the 2 posts:
“-Heres a version of the i90/95 interchange I posted in another thread:
“So you have rt.30 right there going into newton, park rd is the road at the bottom left coming from rt. 30 which goes into lower falls to the right of the image, the commuter rail line with an existing office park (and new station), and the pike all right here. Plenty of space to construct a transit oriented neighborhood on land taken back from excessive highway infrastructure which is no longer needed. Oh yea and this is weston so on top of all of that you obviously have a golf course directly next to the commuter rail line too. If this first phase had happened then at some point in the future maybe it could have extended across the tracks to the other side where the course is (they have 2 more courses nearby anyways).
Obviously none of this can or will happen now, but this is more just a thought experiment about how much land is being wasted around transit lines and so close to the city and how with some imagination (and actual professional planning vs my crayoning) there are more possibilities out there hidden in plain sight.”
-This could also tie in with a different idea I have had to connect rt. 30 to washington st in newton, giving a connection to west newton and newton corner via washington st. and downtown watertown via watertown st. I feel like this should have been done a long time ago, because now it would require taking 2 houses and possibly the corner of a warehouse depending on how wide it would need to go.
New road connection here
So close but so far..
New road connecting rowe st to washington st (2 houses would need to be taken)
New routes opened up in red, existing in blue.
-This would go especially well with the first proposal of the TOD neighborhood in the masspike row, because it gives new connections to this new neighborhood to west newton, newton corner, watertown etc.. Plus it still has the commonwealth ave connections to newton centre, newtonville, chestnut hill, brighton, allston/packards corner.
The mass pike realignment cant happen any time soon, because theyre in the process of rebuilding the bridges now, but this 2nd proposal could happen regardless.