Roslindale Infill and Small Developments

JumboBuc said:
Centre St + Walter immediately at this site are SCREAMING out for a road diet. Hopefully this project can be a catalyst to finally make that happen.
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It’s already happening, separate project. They’re putting a signal here and adding cycle tracks on centre and Walter. I think the signal is a shitty idea and the typical unimaginative Boston solution of just adding stoplights rather than real calming measures to permanently slow car speeds on Centre. A tight rotary would have done this but whatever bureaucracy makes rules for rotaries said it wasn’t enough space. I have advocated for the removal of a lane on each side of the stretch between weld and VFW. That stretch is 100% completely unnecessary and primes cars to speed once deeper outbound on Centre. Not sure if that will happen anytime soon.
 
Is this thing going on the parking lot?

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If this improves the pedestrian walkways here, I'm all for it.

I would also love to see some thought put into connecting Allandale Woods with the Arboretum better.
 
PerfectHandle said:
If this improves the pedestrian walkways here, I'm all for it.

I would also love to see some thought put into connecting Allandale Woods with the Arboretum better.
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The city of Boston sold the parcel that the Hebrew rehab sits on back in the 1960s. In my opinion, that decision was a complete travesty. It could have been a continuous green linkage between the two, with Bussey Brook fully naturalized. I still think there’s a lot that could be done, like forcing the Rehab (which has made endless promises to the neighborhood and never delivered on any of them) to participate as an active community member, greenway-ify Bussey Brook, and have a narrow green corridor performing the very linkage you propose.

Another key part is the roads. My neighborhood association has had some meetings and shared with me some documents of plans of Centre and Walter changes. I believe these are final and it’s just a matter of waiting for whenever the city gets around to construction, but those plans include protected bike lanes on Centre (just that one little stretch) and also sidewalks and bike lane on the beginning of Walter. I have advocated for a long time to reduce Centre between Weld and VFW to one lane each. It’s stupidly and pointlessly wide and encourages speeding. Eliminating one lane on each side would also make it easier to install signage and pedestrian connections around this whole area. Wayfinding, as we know, is an important aspect to putting places on the map.
 
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