Rose Kennedy Greenway

For having state of the art computer controlled signals, I'm continually amazed how much they suck for everyone. No matter if I'm in a car or on a bike or walking, along the Greenway I pretty much get every signal red as soon as I get to it. At this point they'd be better just turning them all off entirely.

I think part of the problem might be that they time them for 30 mph, but at most times of the day no one is actually going 30 mph. So the whole system just breaks down. They'd be better timing them for 15 mph. It would work better when traffic is heavy and when traffic is light it would get people to slow down a little so they could get progressive greens.
 
I'll third/fourth/whatever that the timing sucks no matter what your mode of travel is. Though I will say that actually walking up the Greenway, as in walking up the physical middle of the space and jaywalking at each cross street, is probably your best bet.
 
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That photo should be the Greenway's main marketing material. Green oasis in the midst of a bustling city, with tons of different uses all happening at once.
 
MBTAddict said:
That photo should be the Greenway's main marketing material. Green oasis in the midst of a bustling city, with tons of different uses all happening at once.
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Only 2 people in the whole shot are using the "green" part of the Greenway :confused:

Nothing says "don't walk on the grass" like a bunch of concrete next to the grass. I don't know the solution to the problem, but my intuition tells me that an expanse of grass needs to be larger than some threshold before anyone will set foot on it.
 
It's not always like that. Plenty of people sunbathe on the grass, particularly on the North End parcels.
 
There were plenty of people--families with little kids mainly--using the grass that didn't make it within the frame of my pic.
 
fattony said:
Only 2 people in the whole shot are using the "green" part of the Greenway :confused:

Nothing says "don't walk on the grass" like a bunch of concrete next to the grass. I don't know the solution to the problem, but my intuition tells me that an expanse of grass needs to be larger than some threshold before anyone will set foot on it.
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The camera shot was pointing at the fountain. Would be interesting to know from the photographer whether or not the rest of the grass was empty of people .
 
stellarfun said:
Covah doz ramps!

http://bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2014/06/new_push_to_cover_greenway_ramps
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But not with buildings. Seriously, the article is all whining about how hard it is to build a building on those parcels and how "alternatives" are needed.

The icing on the cake: spewing from the mouth of none other than Kairos Shen.

were deemed too costly, as building would require expensive support platforms over the subsurface highway
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No kidding... that's how f'ing air rights work... Jesus this is ridiculous.
 
If they want to cover it in "green" maybe they should have every public official come and vomit on it.
 
Are the North End ramps that recent legislation have asked to have covered by 2017 just the ramp on Parcel 12 or all ramps in the North End? Also in the North End region are ramps just off the Greenway by the Tunnel Administration building, additional space that could be decked to expand the area near the Portal Park, and a massive pit of ons and offs in front of the Government Center Garage. Any mention of those, or are they being kicked down the road?
 
timsox6 said:
Are the North End ramps that recent legislation have asked to have covered by 2017 just the ramp on Parcel 12 or all ramps in the North End? Also in the North End region are ramps just off the Greenway by the Tunnel Administration building, additional space that could be decked to expand the area near the Portal Park, and a massive pit of ons and offs in front of the Government Center Garage. Any mention of those, or are they being kicked down the road?
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I suspect the legislation only applies to ramps that were intended to be covered, hence they were designed and engineered, including the placement of subsurface utilities, with that expectation.
 
Almost 100 artists from around the world applied, but next spring, it will be Janet Echelman who has her sculpture installed on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The artist, who has a studio in Brookline and has done projects from California to Lithuania, will create a sculpture made of knotted fiber suspended hundreds of feet over a section of the Greenway. The work, which will connect existing buildings, will be on view through the fall of 2015. It will cost about $1 million in total, with half of that money coming from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation. Just over $100,000 will come from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New England Fund for the Arts
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyl...er-greenway/QM03wRG6yrYRrvzKZs951L/story.html

Presentation by the artist:
http://www.ted.com/talks/janet_echelman
 
The Greenway is capable of becoming the best part of the city in my opinion.

From the North End to the Aquarium is booming on a nice day.
 
(I posted this in the general air rights thread, but probably more relevant here) The first public meeting on decking over parcels 6, 12, and 18 is coming up, 6 PM on Thursday @ City Hall. The article frames it as a listening session, with no decisions yet on whether park or buildings are to go up on each parcel.

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/...ublic-hearing-for-greenway-ramp-parcel-study/

Parcel 6 (by the Gov't Center garage) seems to be the best fit for some significant residential development to link Bullfinch Triangle and the North End. If the BRA can get something with a good face along the Greenway side of the parcel I can see it providing a better "ending" for the Greenway than simply petering out into the humdrum newer buildings of Bullfinch Triangle.

Parcel 12 is a gaping hole between some of the most successful sections of the Greenway and is probably best off as another park section. Something that transition from the active maze and carousel sections to the more passive segments to the north would be great. Who knows what can be done with Parcel 18 down by Rowe's Wharf, it seems too narrow for much more than an expanded park.
 
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