bostonbiker

Tag: CHB

  • Drainage Failure on Causeway Street

    —

    by

    jsallen
    in

    I took the photo below around 10 PM on January 5, 2017 looking west on Causeway Street in Boston from in front of North Station. Here’s a link to the location in Google maps. The default view in Google Maps is from before installation of the bikeway, as I write this. Streets are crowned (higher…

  • A longer response to Egan

    —

    by

    jsallen
    in ,

    [Note, December 28, 2024: Link rot is appalling but the Internet Archive has preserved almost every citation in this post.] This is a more extended response to the letter from Boston’s Chief Civil Engineer responding to my comments about the Connect Historic Boston project. My comments are at https://john-s-allen.com/pdfs/CHB_Comments.pdf and https://john-s-allen.com/pdfs/CHB_2014-03_comments.pdf Mr. Egan’s reply to…

  • Boston Chief Civil Engineer’s reply to my comments on Connect Historic Boston

    —

    by

    jsallen
    in ,

    I have discussed my comments on the Connect historic Boston project in an earlier post. Now Boston’s Chief Civil Engineer, Bill Egan, has replied — but actually, his reply is a non-reply. He doesn’t address the issues I raised about messing up — rather than improving — bus and taxi access to North Station. Or…

  • Comments on Connect Historic Boston

    —

    by

    jsallen
    in , , ,

    I’ve posted extensive comments on the Connect Historic Boston project. I am concerned about: safety issues; increase in bicycle travel times and congestion of motor traffic; the project’s degrading rather than improving access to North Station; its being designed as if Boston were a tourist attraction rather than an urban center, while on the other…