Re: Hayward Place
Guys,
A lot of the same arguments keep being re-argued in different threads -- let's set up some threads where anyone who wants to argue about the following can do so separably from these various projects:
1) biking, walking and T in versus car-ing
2) to have an underground garage and the necessary curb cuts or not
3) whether the street should be limited to buses or not
4) how wide the sidewalks should be
5) why the current site should be used for something else
None of the above are going to change from what has been planned, and construction launched so -- let's not fill all of the discussions of specific new projects with the repeats of old arguments
Specifically for those of you worried about needing parking in a residential tower -- a lot of the people in these towers commute to work on foot, some take the T -- very few drive to work -- yet a lot of them want a car to drive to: (Vt, NH, ME Mountains for skiing, Cape for swimming or weekending, Berkshires for Tanglewood, etc) -- since you can't get to these places any other way -- you drive -- ergo most people want to have a car --although ZipCar is making some inroads
On the other hand so far -- most of the new places of business such as the Innovation District need garages because while some will walk to work or take the T a lot will drive from suburbs where they live. If you want to fundamentally alter this -- then you need to provide places where young families would want to live inside the city and these places need to be accessible to the places of business without the need for a car.
The latter my friends are all major long-term projects as they involve transit, schools, local shopping which the typical suburban family is used to having a short drive away -- being created in the middle of the city or in one of the new districts where the T is already located or is easily extended such as Sommerville
