Tag: Massachusetts
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A longer response to Egan
[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…
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Boston Chief Civil Engineer’s reply to my comments on Connect Historic Boston
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…
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Comments on the Charles River Basin Connectivity Study
[Note as of December 28, 2024: plans from 2021 and 2024 propose something very much like what I suggested for the rotatry at North Beacon street in Brighton. See project background page here [archived], and related documents. I have prepared extensive comments on the Charles River Basin Connectivity Study and submitted them for review. I…
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Is This Street Wide Enough?
I have posted a video of a group of avid recreational cyclists riding on Hampshire Street in Cambridge, in the middle of the day. You may view it in glorious full-screen high definition here. Is This Two-Lane Street Wide Enough? from John Allen on Vimeo. The cyclists in this video are riding on a stretch…
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Comments on Connect Historic Boston
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…
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Close Encounter on Washington Street
The City of Boston created a deadly hazard for bicyclists at the entrance to the Downtown Crossing pedestrian mall. Shortly after noticing it in time and avoiding a crash, I encountered a man responsible for the situation and got some pushback when I commented on it. Does Boston deserve its League of Amercian Bicyclists Bicycle…
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Report on Belmont Community Path Public Meeting, January 22, 2014
The Selectmen of the Town of Belmont appointed a Community Path Advisory Committee about a year ago, and held a public meeting about the Community Path, which I attended last night. The Community path would go east-west through Belmont, and would be a segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail, which when complete, would run…
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My Comments on the Cambridge Street Bridge project
My comment letter may be found at this URL. It is a PDF file. I agree with many of the suggestions made by other commenters, though not all, and I made some additional suggestions.
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About the shared-lane markings on Brighton Avenue…
I’m commenting here on the November 20, 2013 Boston Globe/boston.com article about “shared lane markings on steroids” on Brighton Avenue in the Allston section of Boston, as shown in this Boston Globe photo: The article may be addressed through libraries by going here and searching on <Boston sharrows steroids>. I have known Brighton Avenue for…