Draft Project Impact Report - Boston Redevelopment Authority

Exeter Residences\888 Boylston
Peak Hour Bicycle Volumes
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Morning, evening and Saturday peak hour bicycle counts were conducted at each of
the study area intersections. Peak hour bicycle volumes are presented in Figures 4-
12 and 4-13 for the morning, evening, and Saturday peak hours, respectively.
To quantify bicycle activity at key locations, bicycle counts were conducted in May
2008 at:
The intersection of Boylston Street and Exeter Street
The intersection of Exeter Street and Blagden Street
The intersection of Exeter Street and Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street between Fairfield Street and Gloucester Street
Huntington Avenue between Belvidere Street and East Ring Road
The counts were performed during the AM and PM peak traffic hours on Thursday
May 1, 2008 and during the midday peak on Saturday, May 3, 2008. The weather
conditions were good on both days. The bicycle counts, similar to pedestrian and
vehicle counts, were reduced (one percent per year) from year 2008 to year 2006, in
order to correspond to data presented in the NPC/PNF. As illustrated in Figures 4-
12 and 4-13, bicycle volumes are highest along Boylston Street.
As illustrated in the NPC/PNF, the Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston
developments will utilize existing loading dock areas within the Prudential Center to
accommodate the proposed program demands. Specifically, the Exeter Residences
will utilize the Shaw’s Supermarket dock (Shaw’s dock, illustrated in Figure 4-14)
and 888 Boylston will make use of the Prudential Center North Dock (also referred to
as the “D-Block”, illustrated in Figure 4-15). A detailed discussion on loading bays
was presented in the NPC/PNF.
At present, a formalized agreement exists between the Proponent and Shaw’s
Supermarket, establishing the operation and use of the dock to support the
Gloucester Apartments and the proposed Exeter Residences. The Shaw’s
Supermarket and the residential units have complementary uses and AvalonBay will
coordinate with Shaw’s to schedule deliveries to prevent any overcrowding on local
streets.
Exeter Residences and 888 Boylston Street have been designed to accommodate all
loading and delivery functions in a safe and efficient manner. Truck routes and
hours of deliveries will be coordinated to minimize truck activity during the
commuter peak hours. Reasonable efforts will be made to use service vendors
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