Detour routes through Cambridge are likely to create traffic backups.MassDOT has requested that the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) allow vehicular traffic on Memorial Drive in Cambridge on Sunday, July 29, and Sunday, August 5 to minimize impacts on local roadways and allow for reliable travel throughout the area.MBTA bus service will be impacted with expanded detours to the CT2 and 47 routes between Thursday, July 26 at 7 p.m.The Exit 20 off-ramp from I-90 West (to Brighton/Cambridge/Storrow Drive) will be closed intermittently. The I-90 East on-ramp from Cambridge Street/Soldiers Field Road will be closed this entire period. I-90 (Mass Pike) in Boston between the Allston Interchange and the Beacon Street Overpass will be reduced to one or two lanes in both directions from 9 p.m.Access will be restricted on the BU Bridge to only pedestrians and bicyclists. The Boston University (BU) Bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic, including MBTA buses, beginning on Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m.Here are some of the noteworthy impacts that the Cambridge community should be aware of: As a result, Cambridge residents will also potentially be affected – to varying degrees. Pedestrians and bicyclists will have bridge access throughout construction, with some detours. There will be significant service impacts to all modes of transportation in the Boston University/Saint Paul Street neighborhood of Boston along Commonwealth Avenue, for Amtrak, MBTA, and commuter rail customers, BU Bridge vehicles and on I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike). Mass.The next intensive construction phase for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) upcoming Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement Project is scheduled to take place between Thursday, Jand Saturday, August 11, 2018. Analysis of pre- and post-construction data (p.21-24) has shown a decrease in crash occurrences and severity along the corridor, an increase in traffic volume, and 85% of vehicles traveling below but near the posted speed limit.ĭCR’s FY22 Goals include road diets on Hammond Pond Parkway in Newton and the Arborway in Boston.Įvaluation of Road Diets in Massachusetts in 2017 for MassDOT by Toole Design athletic complexes, yacht and rowing clubs.
Much like Memorial Drive, one side of Nonantum Road is generally residential, and the other side is generally recreational (i.e. Nonantum Road was re-striped from a four-lane to a two-lane roadway, with left-turn lanes where appropriate at intersections and driveways.
Today, the improved conditions of the path allow local schools to send their student cross-country teams to run along the Charles River, and people gather along the Greenough Greenway to view rowing races along the Charles.ĭCR’s Nonantum Road, which runs through Boston, Newton and Watertown, underwent a similar lane reduction project in 2012. Additionally, stormwater management was greatly improved, and 165 shade trees and wildflowers were planted to enhance the native landscape. Greenough Blvd was reduced from four lanes to two lanes in order to create more green space for active travel users, as well as an ADA-compliant pedestrian ramp to connect the parking lot on Greenough Blvd to the existing path. When Greenough Blvd, the segment just to the west of Cambridge, was being redesigned, people were very concerned about reducing the roadway, etc., there were no traffic problems. How have similar road diets worked before? On other DCR roads? On Memorial Drive and adjacent roads?
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