III Background - Meeting Minutes - Boston Redevelopment Authority

MEETING #2 cont.
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I I I B a c k g r o u n d - M e e t i n g M i n u t e s
3. ACCESS AND CIRCULATION
What is special?
• Ideal for those who do not drive—close to “T” (5)
• “Circular streets reflect patterns of original Boston”
• Pedestrian aspect throughout (4)—maintain this
• Limited vehicle traffic within park
• Safe (6)
What can be enhanced?
• Ensure multiple access points, open to the community at large; but retain sense of
community and safety aspects (2)
• Put all garages underground (3)
• Reduce traffic (5); “we are overwhelmed by traffic on Storrow Drive and Martha
Road now”
• Access from Storrow Drive, Martha Road is poor (2)
• Beautification
• Pedestrian safety at crossings (3); more “Walk” lights (Cardinal O’Connell,
Blossom, and Cambridge streets all mentioned)
• Enforce parking laws on streets (events at the Fleet Center)
• Opportunity to remove elevated Green Line tracks
• Green Line handicap access in general & Science Park station need upgrades (3)
• Better overpasses to T and Esplanade
• More parking for visitors as well as residents
• Limo parking
• Better access through MGH campus (3) “don’t want to have to go through hospital
to reach Cambridge Street”
• Access to Whittier by car is poor
• Reconfigure some pathways
• Not well-marked street signs
• Easier interchanges between T buses and commuter rail lines
• Improve surrounding roads (especially Cambridge Street)
• Put a new park along Blossom Street where parking garage is, not a new high-rise
• Bike paths
• Vehicles are restricted by the limited streets