The proposed Sullivan Square and Rutherford Avenue redesign project has caused quite a stir in Charlestown, but it is also starting to attract attention for its potential traffic impacts from downtown Boston, including the North End. One option under consideration, known as the “surface option,” will fill in the highway-like underpasses through Sullivan Square and Read More…
The City of Boston Mayor’s Office issued the following release: MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO REQUESTS EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOSTON’S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ROUTING STUDY In a letter to the Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Jeffrey B. Mullan, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has requested that the state quickly begin the Read More…
“Based on the differences in route risk, the routes through downtown Boston are significantly higher in risk than travel on the beltway (Route 128).” —Battelle Memorial Institute Study Boston Transportation Department Commissioner Tom Tinlin brought good news to approximately 80 North End / Waterfront residents at this week’s community meeting on hazardous material (hazmat) truck Read More…
The long awaited public safety study on routing hazardous material/cargo (hazmat) trucks has finally reached Boston’s City Hall. According to city officials, the analysis supports banning the hazmat trucks from cutting through ANY of the North End / Waterfront streets. Further, the study recommends routing the trucks completely outside the City of Boston to the Read More…
Boston Globe’s Meghan E. Irons reports the idea of one-way traffic on Hanover Street, including wider sidewalks and al fresco dining, as proposed by the North End Chamber of Commerce. “We are getting more people than Faneuil Hall, Chinatown, Newbury Street,’’ said Frank De Pasquale, head of the North End Chamber of Commerce, which is Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council is getting more involved in the parking and traffic situation in the North End. The new Parking and Traffic Committee is being chaired by Ryan Kenny, a second year member of the council. To kick off their efforts, the committee heard from James Mansfield, Community Affairs Director from Read More…
The decision came down this week from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that hazardous material (hazmat) trucks can return to Commercial Street in the North End/Waterfront neighborhood. This ruling reverses the City of Boston’s 2006 daytime ban of hazmat trucks that were not delivering in Boston from cutting through the city rather than going Read More…
This is the first in a series of articles on the issues discussed at the June 22, 2009 public meeting for the Greenway District Planning Study with a focus on transportation.
The Boston Transportation Department was on stage Monday night as part of a series of public meetings for the Greenway District Planning Study. Vineet Gupta presented goals of the department that not only apply to the Greenway, but also to the larger City transportation system.