Public Informational Meeting June 30, 2016 SULLIVAN SQUARE ...€¦ · Austin Street to City...
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CITY OF BOSTON
SULLIVAN SQUARE - RUTHERFORD
AVENUE CORRIDOR
Public Informational Meeting – June 30, 2016
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Project Team
City of Boston James Gillooly, Deputy Commissioner
William Conroy, Project Manager
Tetra Tech Erik Maki, PE, PTOE , Project Manager
Ian McKinnon, EIT, Transportation Engineer
The Cecil Group – Urban Design
Brown Richardson & Rowe – Landscape Architects
Jacobs Engineering Group – Structural Engineering
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Agenda
Review Project Goals
Mobility & Traffic Data MBTA System/Trends
I-93 Corridor
Volumes 2008 vs. 2015
Adjacent Projects
Concept Plans and Discussion Austin Street to City Square
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Rutherford Avenue Corridor
Route 1 North Ramps
Sullivan Square
North Washington Bridge
1000’ 900’
Austin St/Gilmore Bridge
City Square
Total project length from Alford Street/Mystic River to City Square is about 7,000 feet.
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Project Goals
“Right-size” the Road – Replace regional highway feel with
neighborhood-oriented character
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Project Goals
Improve pedestrian connections/ safety to MBTA Transit
Stations and community
Decrease traffic congestion
Protect Main Street from cut-through traffic
Create public/open space
Provide opportunities for appropriate development
Provide bicycle connections
Increase on-street parking
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Urban Street Grid
TOD Development
Proposed Options
Surface Option
Underpass Option
Project Goals
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Project Goals
Create continuous
bicycle and pedestrian
connections along the
entire corridor
Create bicycle and
pedestrian
connections across
the corridor
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Mobility – Sullivan Square transit HUB
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Mobility – Orange Line daily boarding
80048297
9920
9095
9512
7209
8667
7336
82818495
9004
10125
1888
1103
3521 3382
4743
3122
36633843
3327 34243695
4956
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1997 2004 2007 2008 2009 2013
Daily B
oardin
gs
Weekday MBTA Orange Line Station Entries
Sullivan Square Community College
Growth: 4%/Year
Growth: 9%/Year
Source 2014 MBTA Blue Book
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Mobility - Orange Line Improvements
Wynn Subsidized Service 9 extra trains per weekday
AM Headways (8 Min → 5 Min)
PM Headways (10 Min→ 7.5 Min)
$7.5 Million over 15 years
MBTA Purchased Cars 152 new vehicles purchased
Delivery 2018, Service 2019
More cars during peak periods will
Reduce headways to 4-5 min
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Mobility – City of Everett – Transit Action Plan
Sullivan Sq.
Haymarket
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Mobility – 30 year bike plan
Opportunity to create new connections to existing and proposed
bikeways; also get a Hubway station at Sullivan Sq
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Daily Traffic Volumes 2008 vs. 2015
+3.5%
+12%
+20%
Data collected in June 2008, and September 2015
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+2.9%
+4.2%
-3.5%
Data collected in June 2008, and May & October 2015
Daily Traffic Volumes 2008 vs. 2015
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Rutherford Avenue Daily Traffic VolumesNorthbound vs. Southbound Comparison
Location 2008 2015
Rte-99 South of Alford St
BridgeNB: 19,557
SB: 28,919
NB: 20,732 (+6.0%)
SB: 29,456 (+1.9%)
Sullivan Square Underpass
NB: 5,799
SB:17,599
NB: 6,799 (+17.2%)
SB: 19,336 (+9.9%)
Rte-99 Austin St Underpass
NB: 8,330
SB: 23,855
NB: 7,660 (-8.0%)
SB: 25,895 (+8.6%)
Note that southbound travel is much higher than northbound, by
about 3X
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Traffic volume comparison -
Austin Street Underpass (Both NB/SB)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
12:0
0 A
M
12:4
5 A
M
01:3
0 A
M
02:1
5 A
M
03:0
0 A
M
03:4
5 A
M
04:3
0 A
M
05:1
5 A
M
06:0
0 A
M
06:4
5 A
M
07:3
0 A
M
08:1
5 A
M
09:0
0 A
M
09:4
5 A
M
10:3
0 A
M
11:1
5 A
M
12:0
0 P
M
12:4
5 P
M
01:3
0 P
M
02:1
5 P
M
03:0
0 P
M
03:4
5 P
M
04:3
0 P
M
05:1
5 P
M
06:0
0 P
M
06:4
5 P
M
07:3
0 P
M
08:1
5 P
M
09:0
0 P
M
09:4
5 P
M
10:3
0 P
M
11:1
5 P
M
VO
LU
ME (
VP
H)
2015 2011 2008
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Traffic volume comparison -
Austin Street Underpass
588 432 392 376780
595 752 732
2352
1445 1568 1751
15861600 1398 1350
2940
1877 19602127
23662195 2150 2082
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500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
1997 2008 2011 2015 1997 2008 2011 2015
AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
NB SB
Big
Dig
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Regional Mobility
Future Tobin effect?
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I-93 Annual Average Daily Traffic
120000
125000
130000
135000
140000
145000
150000
155000
1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2014 2015
AA
DT (
VEH
IC
LES
)
I-93 2-Way AADT
AADT
Growth: 0.9%/Year
Note: Volumes dropped in early 2000’s due to the recession and
again in 2007-2009
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AM Peak Hour – Volume Comparison
Location Exist 2008 (TT) Exist 2015 (TT)Future No-Build
2030 Old (TT)1
Wynn Build
2023
(HSH)2
A
Sullivan Square East of
Maffa/Cambridge St2841 2785 2984 3283
B
Sullivan Square North of
Bunker Hill St1463 1448 1537 1987
C
Sullivan Square South of
West St1910 1935 2005 2143
D
Sullivan Sq NB (Underpass)
123 152 129 185
E
Sullivan Sq SB (Underpass)
1279 1199 1343 1219
Current 2015 counts are similar to the older 2008 counts during peak
hours (i.e., saturated conditions).
Wynn projections generally higher than previous projections.
Lower Mystic Regional Working Group – future growth scenarios
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PM Peak Hour – Volume Comparison
Location Exist 2008 (TT) Exist 2015 (TT)Future No-Build
2030 Old (TT)1
Wynn Build
2023
(HSH)2
A
Sullivan Square East of
Maffa/Cambridge St2579 2294 2708 3249
B
Sullivan Square North of
Bunker Hill St2822 2835 2963 3415
C
Sullivan Square South of
West St2615 2453 2746 2967
D
Sullivan Sq NB (Underpass)
480 677 504 603
E
Sullivan Sq SB (Underpass)
969 710 1017 1066
Current 2015 counts are similar to the older 2008 counts during peak
hours (i.e., saturated conditions).
Wynn projections generally higher than previous projections.
Lower Mystic Regional Working Group– future growth scenarios
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Adjacent Projects within the Study Area
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Adjacent Project Development
Partners Healthcare – Assembly
Square
4,000 employees & 2,400
parking spaces
Boston Housing Authority
Charlestown Redevelopment
+1,900 new residential units
Wynn Casino
629 hotel rooms
4,000 employees
Hood PDA
Bunker Hill Apartments
Chain Forge Redevelopment
Rope Walk Redevelopment
30 Polk Street
Long Term Projects:
Sullivan Square TOD
BRA land at BHCC
Brickbottom / Inner Belt
North Point
McGrath Highway
Industrial Zoned land near I-93 &
Medford Street
Other Everett, Somerville &
Cambridge Projects
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Austin Street –Existing Geometry &
Concept Development
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4(4)
4(5)
0(4)
14(8)23(15)
100(93)
81(76)
AM Peak – 7:15 to 8:15 AM
PM Peak – 4:00 to 5:00 PM
AM (PM)
0(7)
Austin Street –
Pedestrian
Volumes
Pedestrian
bridge to be
counted and
evaluated in the
Fall
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Austin Street –
AM Peak Hour
Volumes
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182
279
30
20
21
148
119
8632
329
1728
2015 Existing Volumes
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Austin Street –
PM Peak Hour
Volumes
653
234
427
67
188
32
132
128
136
53
171
1312
2015 Existing Volumes
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Rutherford Avenue- Previous Concept
(See full-size roll plan after slide show)
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Austin Street - Previous Concepts
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A. Surface Option
B. Underpass Option (SB Only)
C. Underpass Option (NB+SB)
Austin Street Improvement Options
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Rutherford Avenue Corridor Right-of-Way
Route 1 North Ramps
North Washington Bridge
Austin St/Gilmore Bridge
City Square
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A. Surface Option
Remove Underpass
Open space gained +++ both
sides
Continuous Pedestrian crossing
but may take longer
Traffic Operations – concern
Gilmore queues affect SB
flow along corridor
Enhanced access to BRA parcels
Future Bike
Connection
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B. Underpass - SB Only Future Bike
Connection
Remove NB Underpass
Open space gained ++
Heavy SB traffic stays underneath
Higher Speeds SB along
Rutherford
Shorter Pedestrian crossings
Future BRT lanes?
More signal time allocated to
Austin St and Pedestrians
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C. Underpass NB+SBFuture Bike
Connection Reduced Underpass
Less Open space
Shorter Pedestrian crossings
Future BRT lanes?
Potential for Reversible Lanes in
Underpass for peak flow
Higher Speeds along Rutherford
More signal time allocated to
Austin St and Pedestrians
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North Washington St Bridge BRT Lane
Separated bike lanes
Protected Intersection
City Square
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Separated bike lanes- examples
Source: Indyculturaltrail.org
Western Ave, Cambridge
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Separated bike lanes-
examples
Austin, TX
Lance Armstrong path
Photo credit: Adam Coppola
Photography
Seattle, WA
Photo credit: Adam Coppola
Photography
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New Design Guides
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Your continued involvement is appreciated!
For more Information, visit:
www.cityofboston.gov/transportation/rutherford/