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On Street Parking and Transit Capacity
ExpansionScott Hamwey
MassDOT
April 12, 2023| Leading the Nation in Transportation Excellence | www.mass.gov/massdot
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• Legislature created MassDOT in 2009 to streamline transportation bureaucracy
• Four divisions: • Highway• Rail and Transit• Aeronautics• RMV
• Office of Transportation Planning serves all divisions
Transportation Reform - MassDOT
Transportation Revenue – The Way Forward
• Governor Patrick’s $19 billion/10 year revenue proposal submitted to the Legislature in January 2013
• Legislature’s funding bill passed in July 2013, includes less than half of The Way Forward funding levels
• MassDOT Capital Investment Plan released in 2014 programs these new revenues, but also highlights limitations
• Bus Rapid Transit, not rail rapid transit, will be our best bet for capacity expansions going forward
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What is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?• Combines flexibility of bus with
features that collectively achieve rapid transit service quality:• Off-board fare collection• High frequency• Stations with amenities• Wider station spacing• Branding• Segregated right of way
• Planning informed by BRT industry standards, such as ITDP*
*Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
28 X Proposal
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BRT Elements: •Physically segregated median busway•Off board fare collection•½ mile station spacing•High capacity vehicles•Transit signal priority
Challenges: •Lack of familiarity•Advocacy for rail•Lost median, trees, on-street parking, turning movements and travel lanes
Where Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan
When 2009
Cost $173 million
Ridership(proj)
3,000 new riders per day
Peak Freq. Every 7-8 minutes
28X – Impacts and Public Response
• Parking eliminated at station locations and where left-turn lanes are preserved
• 249 parking spaces eliminated out of 1344. All but one of these were on the 3 miles of Blue Hill Ave
• $6 million included in the TIGER application for off-street parking replacement
• Parking loss totals = good ammunition for project opponents• Pulled proposal in October 2009
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Silver Line Gateway
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BRT Elements: Dedicated busway with high quality stations and countdown clocks; off board fare collection; 1/2 mi station spacing
Where South Boston, East Boston and Chelsea
When 2013
Cost $83 million
Ridership(projected)
8,730
Peak Freq. Every 10 minutes
SL Gateway – Impacts and Response
• Evaluated 3 alternatives• On Street alignment (80 spaces eliminated)• Busway/On-Street (29 spaces eliminated)• Busway (No spaces eliminated)
• Busway alternative performed best• Highest ridership• Most new riders• Fastest trips
• Busway also generated the most support (by far) from City and public process
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SL Gateway - Hawthorn Street
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• Improve reliability and travel time for local bus service
• 3 of MBTA Key Routes already serve this block
• 4,000 bus riders/day compared to 7,000 cars
• Relocation of Bellingham Square bus stop
• Net loss of 14 parking spaces
CHESTER AVE
Existing Section of Hawthorn Street
Section of Hawthorn Street with Left Side Bus Lane
9’ SIDEWALK8’ ±
PARKING LANE11’ ±
TRAVEL LANE
16’ ± BUS LANE WITH SHARED BIKE
ACCOMMODATION 9’ SIDEWALK
35’ ± PAVEMENT WIDTH
Other Experience
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SL4Key Bus Routes / Articulated BusesBarr FoundationOther Cities
BRT Challenges in BostonFor BRT generally: •Street width•Lack of grid•Existence of rail•Municipal fragmentation; transit/city mismatchFor BRT as it relates to taking parking:•Travel time savings are modest•Reliability improvements are difficult to communicate•Actual riders underrepresented in process
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