Praise the Lord.
Everett is considering a northbound Broadway evening peak bus lane:
http://www.everettindependent.com/2...ng-northbound-afternoon-bus-lane-on-broadway/
But in the area of useful advice, I can only think of send the 79 and 350 up Broadway to Davis (a faster trip, and 1 stop closer to most inbound destinations)
At least somewhat. But the 79 & 350 still spend a lot of time in the super-painful traffic of Greater Alewife.Does the bus lane on Mass Ave in Arlington make a reroute to Davis less attractive?
Yankee Line will be testing the use of double-decker buses (similar to the one in the photo tested in Quincy on Wednesday) to help move the droves of commuters from Southie trying to make it downtown. Could these new buses be potentially used for the #7 and #9 routes? We shall see.
Don't double deckers tend to have longer dwell times for a given number of passengers getting on / off than 60' articulated buses if the double deckers have only a single staircase and only two doors?
Don't double deckers tend to have longer dwell times for a given number of passengers getting on / off than 60' articulated buses if the double deckers have only a single staircase and only two doors?
Coming to #Brighton -dedicated
@MBTA
bus lanes on sections of Soldiers Field Road and Brighton Ave; just announced
@MassDOT
public meeting. Likely spring 2019
CONCLUSIONS
• Very positive feedback from bus riders and people bicycling
• Preliminary MBTA data extremely promising with significant
improvement in travel times and reliability
• Dedicated lane improves street function for bus riders (and
bicyclists)
• Low impact on vehicle traffic compared to typical conditions
• Low impact to on-street parking from bus lane due to low
utilization in 6-9 am timeframe
NEXT STEPS
• Post-Pilot survey open until November 30
• Review full set of MBTA data and feedback November-December
• Deliver report in early 2019 on recommendations for permanent bus lane
• Continue work at Alewife Brook Parkway intersection and signal modifications
• Investigate pedestrian safety improvements
• Add TSP to Mass Ave signals – also added to Jason and Mill Street intersection
• Consider level platform boarding
• Work with MBTA and Cubic to implement off-board fare collection system
• Explore BRT elements on Broadway and broader application of BRT elements
along other sections of Mass Ave
Arlington seems pretty happy with its BRT Pilot (which only covered the last few blocks of the 77/79/350 on inbound in the morning).
https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/sh...XzBh5EXhErOHqHjds0sL9szrZhq1Hc8-w8XpWVtrWqrGE
BRT on Broadway = 87 (Arlington Center to Lechmere via Davis Sq)
That is almost word for word the analysis that came after the priority bus lane pilot in Roslindale. It's almost like, I don't know, better transit improves everything for everybody. Who'd a thunk it?
• Very positive feedback from bus riders and people bicycling
• Preliminary MBTA data extremely promising with significant
improvement in travel times and reliability
BRT coming to Broadway in Somerville:
https://twitter.com/3deckerlaura/status/1063233280588288001
People have terrible cognitive biases. It is just like bike paths where they have to trot out the Police Chief from ("nice places" like) Lexington to prove that bike paths aren't dens of thieves, or from Brookline/Newton to prove that the GLX won't crater quality of life and property values (and still people are skeptical).I mean...HOW COULD ANYONE HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
Quite the tease. Where would we get details on this?
Outermost Broadway is perfect for a bus-and-bike lane. For Bus, it would be great to have a priority lane just for the climb from Clarendon Hill (the low point @ MVP where the 88 & 89 begin and where the 87 enters from Arlington in the AM rush) up to the crest at Teele Sq and past the Fire House there. That would speed the 87 & 88 on their way to Davis and would speed the 89 on its way to Sullivan.
For Bike, it would be a good climbing lane (already it serves this function since most--but never quite all-- of the parking isn't used (there's always "that one" car parked out of ~40 spaces?)
But then, yes, ALL of Broadway is important in the AM inbound to Sullivan Sq (the 89 shares Broadway with the 87/88 Clarendon-Teele, and then with the 80 Powderhouse-Magoun, and then with the 101 through East Somerville.)
https://www.cambridgeredevelopment.org/ames-street-development/ said:Two new bus stops will be added to Ames Street for the CT2 and EZ Ride routes. These stops relocated from Main Street make the CT2 and EZ Ride buses more efficient, and will reduce the bus' running times by several minutes. One new bus stop will be located on the west side of Ames Street, and the second will be a "floating bus stop" on the east side of the street, meaning the stop will be separated from the sidewalk via the two-way bicycle lane.