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The Town of Arlington is currently planning a major reconstruction of Mass Ave from the Cambridge-Arlington line (Route 16) to Arlington Center, and they're taking public comments now, before the plans are written up. If you ever use Mass Ave as a transit rider, cyclist, pedestrian, or driver, this project will affect your life, and now's your chance to say something about what they do.
The project website says:
The primary goal of the project is to create a healthy balance between automobiles, bikes, pedestrians, and transit users. The Redesign will strive to create a truly livable, pedestrian friendly street, where people feel safe and comfortable meeting, shopping, and strolling, while also creating a vehicular traffic system that is safe, efficient, and easy to navigate.
During this process the Town will consider a number of different kinds of improvements, including:
Shorter and more visible crosswalks.
Clearly marked and dedicated bikeways and travel lanes.
Changes in street width and sidewalk width that offer options for seating, cafés and landscaping.
Improved on-street parking to support a healthy retail environment in the East Arlington commercial district.
Improved and coordinated traffic signals.
Pedestrian scale lighting for safety at key locations
Street furnishings that make using Mass. Ave. more comfortable
There's a public planning workshop tonight, Thursday October 23, at 7pm at the Arlington Town Hall in Arlington Center. (Accessible by the 87 bus from Davis, the 77 bus that runs down Mass Ave, or the Minuteman Bikeway.) If you can't be there, see the website above for information on how to contact the town's project supervisor with your thoughts.
srl, Crossposted to menotomy)The Town of Arlington is currently planning a major reconstruction of Mass Ave from the Cambridge-Arlington line (Route 16) to Arlington Center, and they're taking public comments now, before the plans are written up. If you ever use Mass Ave as a transit rider, cyclist, pedestrian, or driver, this project will affect your life, and now's your chance to say something about what they do.
The project website says:
The primary goal of the project is to create a healthy balance between automobiles, bikes, pedestrians, and transit users. The Redesign will strive to create a truly livable, pedestrian friendly street, where people feel safe and comfortable meeting, shopping, and strolling, while also creating a vehicular traffic system that is safe, efficient, and easy to navigate.
During this process the Town will consider a number of different kinds of improvements, including:
Shorter and more visible crosswalks.
Clearly marked and dedicated bikeways and travel lanes.
Changes in street width and sidewalk width that offer options for seating, cafés and landscaping.
Improved on-street parking to support a healthy retail environment in the East Arlington commercial district.
Improved and coordinated traffic signals.
Pedestrian scale lighting for safety at key locations
Street furnishings that make using Mass. Ave. more comfortable
There's a public planning workshop tonight, Thursday October 23, at 7pm at the Arlington Town Hall in Arlington Center. (Accessible by the 87 bus from Davis, the 77 bus that runs down Mass Ave, or the Minuteman Bikeway.) If you can't be there, see the website above for information on how to contact the town's project supervisor with your thoughts.