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Description
BTD held a public meeting to gather feedback on the proposed route for the North Station to Seaport Multimodal Corridor. The corridor would include a rapid bus connection between North Station and South Station, as well as bike and pedestrian improvements through Downtown.
A
So
we
started
looking
at
these
challenges
through
an
in-depth
review
of
available
data.
We
looked
at
some
past
plans,
policies
and
programs
like
past
planning
studies,
go
boston,
2030,
plan,
downtown
and
so
forth
through
looking
at
past
community
engagement
and
understanding
what
community
engagement
has
happened
in
the
last
few
years
and
then
talking
through
with
stakeholders
and
understanding
what
their
needs
are
next
slide,
and
we
have
a
few
main
areas
that
we
really
want
to
highlight.
The
first
are
missing
crosstown
connections.
The
next
are
transit
service,
reliability
and
legibility.
A
So
the
first
and
foremost
reason
why
we're
looking
at
the
study
is
it
really
takes
a
long
time
to
go
from
north
station
to
the
seaport
district
for
a
relatively
short
geographical
distance
right
it's
two
miles,
and
it
takes
about
26
minutes
during
the
peak
period
to
make
that
trip
on
transit
today.
That
typically
requires
two
transfers
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
the
reliability
of
that
connection
is
very,
very
different.
A
Depending
upon
when
you
go
and
how
much
congestion
there
is
so
again
going
between
north
station
post
office
square
south
station
and
points
in
between
is
time
consuming
and
also
connecting
major
transit
hubs
like
north
station
haymarket
and
state
street
is
again
unreliable.
Next
slide.
A
We
also
know
there
are
various
missing
crosstown
bike
routes
that
are
not
particularly
comfortable.
Today,
it's
difficult
to
reach
many
key
downtown
seaport
destinations,
and
we
know
that
there's
demand
for
downtown
blue
bike
stations
that
oftentimes
outstrips
the
supply
next
slide,
and
we
know
there
are
issues
with
the
existing
downtown
bus
network.
So
the
first
thing
is
the
traffic
congestion
typically
leads
to
a
lack
of
reliability
with
the
downtown
bus
system.
A
So,
if
you're
trying
to
move
through
downtown
on
a
bus,
you're,
probably
out
of
luck
because
most
buses
today
act
feeder
services
to
the
rapid
transit
system
as
opposed
to
serving
crosstown
connections,
and
this
graphic
on
the
right
shows
the
frequency
of
buses
that
are
coming
into
downtown
and,
as
you
can
see,
most
of
the
buses
that
kind
of
circulate
through
downtown
except
for
one
route,
are
really
focused
on
those
points.
Those
hub
and
spoke
type
destinations
next
slide.
A
A
So
when
we
first
started
looking
at
population
sizes,
we
know
that
in
2013
there
were
about
11
000
people
that
lived
in
sort
of
the
greater
seaport
area,
which
included
which-
and
this
analysis
includes
the
census
tracts
in
the
area
of
west
broadway
and
east
1st
street,
but
still
within
sort
of
that
greater
seaport
area,
and
we
anticipate
that
number
will
be
about
31
000
by
the
time
the
district
is
fully
built
out.
So
this
will
be
a
neighborhood,
that's
larger
in
population
than
the
populations
of
austin
roslindale
back
bay
or
matapan
next
slide.
A
We
also
know
that
there
is
a
tremendous
amount
of
growth
in
terms
of
jobs,
so
by
2030
the
seaport
district
will
be
the
second
largest
jobs
hub
in
the
entire
state.
So
a
bit
smaller
than
downtown
they'll
have
89
000
jobs
compared
to
178
000
in
downtown,
but
far
more
than
the
back,
they
had
52
000
jobs
in
the
back
bay.
So
again
that
job
growth
has
also
outpaced
the
previous
projections
that
we
had,
and
it's
a
number
that
we
think
will
be.
A
You
know
we
really
need
to
accommodate
through
better
transportation
systems
next
slide
and
in
terms
of
street
design.
We
know
that
the
neighborhood
has
a
some
significant
issues.
First,
private
vehicles
are
oftentimes,
prioritized
over
transit
biking
and
walking.
A
lot
of
our
streets
are
overbuilt
in
terms
of
what
we
would
build
today
for
a
21st
century,
road
sort
of
relatives
of
the
90s
or
previous
decades.
A
We
know
that
traffic
is
frequently
unpredictable
and
a
lot
of
times
the
curbside
regulations
that
we
have
in
downtown
don't
meet
current
needs,
so,
whether
that's
pickup,
drop-off
or
loading.
We
know
that
there's
some
mismatched
needs
that
cause
double
parking
and
other
curbside
issues
and
then,
finally,
a
lot
of
downtown
pedestrian
facilities,
lack
accessible
facilities
for
people
with
disabilities
and
a
lot
of
the
public
realm
features,
lack
street
trees
or
other
improvements.
That
would
really
enhance
the
sort
of
public
realm
and
how
people
walk
and
experience
the
downtown
area
next
slide.
A
Then
next
we're
looking
at
mode
share,
so
the
goal
of
go
boston.
2030
is
really
to
increase
commuting
to
work
by
transit
by
a
third
and
drive
along
rates
by
half
so
again
thinking
through
how
we
can
do
that
is
going
to
be
critical
through
projects
like
this
next
slide.
A
So
taking
like
sort
of
this
business
as
usual
approach
where
we
continue
to
prioritize
cars
in
downtown
over
the
movement
of
people
and
thinking
through
how
you
know
with
job
growth
and
population
growth,
this
area
will
continue
to
become
congested.
Unless
we
take
action
to
improve
transit
connections
and
improve
walkability
bikability
of
downtown,
we
really
need
to
change
the
sort
of
strategy
that
we
have
in
downtown
and
really
focus
on
these
things
that
can
make
downtown
more
competitive.
So
this
slide
on
the
right.
I
think
it's
interesting.
A
It's
a
1940s
era,
transit
poster
showing
even
back
then
people
realized
if
more
people
drove
as
opposed
to
taking
transit,
downtowns
and
other
areas
would
become
more
and
more
congested
and
the
same
holds
true.
Today
we
need
to
shift
people
onto
transit
in
order
to
make
downtown
more
of
a
viable
residential
and
business
place
for
people
to
come
next
slide.
A
So
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
now
about
our
proposed
corridor
for
improved
bus
and
multimodal
accommodations
next
slide.
So
here's
the
concept
corridor
on
the
left.
We
are
looking
at
a
corridor
that
begins
up
at
north
station
along
causeway
street,
continues
to
merrimack
street
past
haymarket
station
and
then
continues
south
on
congress
street
past
state
street
station,
and
we
still
have
to
think
through
some
of
the
post
office
square
streets
to
from
engineering
and
auto
turn
turning
radius
analysis.
A
The
key
thing
with
this
connection
is
that
it
enables
us
to
connect
to
key
transit
hubs
like
north
station,
a
market
state
street
station
and
south
station.
It
enables
us
to
reach
major
employment
destinations
in
downtown
boston
like
post
office
square,
and
it
also
enables
a
10
to
12
minute
trip
between
north
and
south
stations.
A
So
we
think
that
trip
can
be
reliable
and
predictable
and
that's
really
the
goal
of
this
corridor
and
the
infrastructure
that
we'll
provide
next
slide
and,
as
mentioned
earlier,
we
are
coordinating
with
the
mbta's
bus
network
redesign
on
the
proposed
service
enhancements,
so
mbta
business
resign
is
looking
at
a
public
process
that
potentially
could
launch.
A
The
public
process
will
launch
in
the
next
several
weeks,
but
the
service
could
launch
sometime
in
the
next
several
years,
potentially
in
2023,
though
that
will
be
up
to
sort
of
how
the
public
process
goes,
but
we're
really
looking
at
a
route
that
would
connect
from
sullivan
square
into
north
station
through
downtown
into
the
seaport
district
and
then
into
city
point.
A
So
the
corridor
that
we're
looking
at
from
infrastructure
standpoint
in
downtown
would
support
the
key
sort
of
node
for
that
corridor,
making
that
key
node
in
the
center
of
that
corridor
reliable
and
what
I
love
about
this
connection
is.
It
enables
people
who
are
making
crosstown
trips
today
that
aren't
particularly
reliable,
aren't
particularly
straightforward
to
make
these
trips
in
a
much
more
succinct
way,
so
say,
for
example,
you're
trying
to
get
from
the
convention
center
up
to
faneuil
hall
if
you're
a
tourist.
This
will
be
a
one-seat
ride
from
between
those
two
destinations.
A
If
you
are
taking
a
train
to
north
station
and
you
want
to
get
south
station
again,
this
will
be
a
one-seat
ride
if
you're
a
person
from
the
south
boston
neighborhood
who
wants
to
travel
to
the
celtics
game
again.
This
is
now
a
new
one-seat
ride,
so
I
think
we're
excited
for
what
this
connectivity
could
offer
in
a
way
that
current
connections
within
and
through
downtown
don't
currently
have
next
slide.
A
A
So
in
particular,
we
want
to
sort
of
focus
on
bike
connections
from
the
seaport
from
the
greenway
to
reach
new
biking,
corridors
and
sort
of
existing
biking,
borders
that
are
on
tremont
street
washington,
street
and
cambridge
street,
and
I
think
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
work
in
a
way
that
is
allows
for
this
predictable
and
important
connection
to
you,
know,
sort
of
to
be
built
out
and
enables
us
to
have
a
holistic
approach
to
multimodal
planning
in
downtown
next
slide.
A
B
Thanks
matt
hi
everyone,
my
name
is
maya
and
I'm
a
planner
here
on
the
transit
team.
So
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
what
we
imagine.
This
experience
will
be
like
on
the
corridor
next
slide,
please.
So.
These
are
some
example
images
that
we
are
drawing
inspiration
from.
Obviously
these
are
not
boston,
so
our
corridor
will
not
look
the
same
as
this,
but
first
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
what
your
experience
of
walking
to
the
bus
stop
will
be.
B
We
would
like
to
include
pedestrian
improvements
on
the
sidewalk
so
that
everybody,
regardless
of
ability,
is
able
to
comfortably
reach
their
bus.
Stop
once
you
reach
your
bus,
stop.
You
know
that
you'll
be
waiting
in
a
shelter,
so
you're
covered
from
the
elements,
and
these
shelters
will
have
real-time
arrival
signs.
So
you
know
that
once
you
arrive
at
your
shelter,
your
bus
will
be
arriving
in,
say
five
minutes
and
you'll
see
that
on
a
screen
and
as
the
bus
comes
closer,
that
time
will
count
down
next
slide.
Please.
B
We
also
know
that
these
stations
are
going
to
be
comfortable
for
people
to
wait
in
there
will
be
seating.
There
will
be
covered
shelters
for
you
and
there
will
also
I'm
sorry
one
moment.
Yeah
so
you'll
be
able
to
board
the
buses
in
a
timely
manner,
and
you
know
that
your
bus
will
take
you
to
your
destination
in
a
timely
manner.
B
Next
slide,
please,
with
bus
priority
lanes
like
the
one
pictured
here,
buses
won't
get
caught
in
the
same
downtown
traffic
that
we've
all
experienced
before
so,
like
matt
mentioned
earlier,
that
that
journey
from
north
station
to
the
seaport
that
currently
takes
26
minutes
will
only
take
about
10
to
12
minutes
and
if
you're,
stopping
anywhere
in
between
you'll,
be
able
to
enjoy
the
pedestrian
improvements,
so
you'll
be
walking
along
more
comfortable
sidewalk.
B
B
So
how
do
we
get
there?
Obviously,
this
is
a
very
big
vision
that
we
have,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
tools
to
reach
this
next
slide.
Please
some
key
elements
of
the
infrastructure
that
we
are,
including
on
this
project
like
I
mentioned
bus
priority,
which
means
that
buses
will
have
an
easier
time
traveling
down
the
street
transit,
stops
and
transfer
points.
So
once
you
reach
the
station,
stops
along
this
route,
you'll
be
able
to
transfer
to
the
subway
system,
other
buses
or
bike
connections.
B
We
are
going
to
coordinate
with
freight
and
deliveries,
so
there's
a
lot
of
businesses
downtown
that
require
deliveries,
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
they
can
also
have
access
to
valuable,
curb
space
and
then
maintenance.
B
If
these
stations
are
going
to
look
as
unique
as
we'd
like
them
to
be,
they'll
require
special
maintenance
and
we
are
definitely
keeping
that
in
mind
next
slide.
Please
so.
Bus
priority
is
one
of
our
main
tools
to
make
sure
that
this
bus
will
be
reliable
and
efficient.
B
So
we
have
several
tools
in
the
transportation
world
we
can
use
to
make
that
happen,
including
bus
lanes.
So
if
any
of
you
are
familiar,
we
have
them
all
over
the
city,
there's
some
in
brighton
and
roslindale,
but
bus
lanes
will
ensure
that
buses
don't
get
caught
up
in
downtown
traffic.
Things
like
queue,
jumps
even
potentially
changing
the
direction
of
some
streets
to
make
sure
that
they
work
better
and
transit
signal
priority,
which
means
that
buses
again
don't
get
caught
up
at
these
signals.
Next
slide,
the
transit
stops.
Like
I
mentioned.
B
We
want
to
make
them
more
comfortable
for
folks
who
are
waiting
so
again,
shelter
from
the
elements
seating
for
anyone
who
needs
it,
making
sure
that
these
shelters
are
easy
to
find.
If
you've
ever
used
the
buses
downtown,
it
can
be
a
little
difficult
to
see
where
you
need
to
go
and
what
bus
departs
from
where
so
there
will
be
appropriate
signage
to
make
sure
that
you
know
where
you're
going.
B
So
these
are
some
of
our
station
stops
from
the
new
center
running
bus
lanes
on
columbus
ave,
and
this
is
not
exactly
what
our
stops
will
look
like,
but
it's
a
good
example
of
some
of
the
amenities
I
just
mentioned,
like
this
countdown
clock
next
slide.
Please
transfer
points
like
matt
mentioned.
There
are
a
lot
of
really
important
transfer
points
downtown,
whether
that's
to
other
buses
or
to
the
subway
or
commuter
rail
system.
B
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
these
are
comfortable,
easy
transfers
for
people
there's
an
example
here
of
kenmore
square
and
down
at
the
bottom.
That's
actually
the
pentagon
bus
transfer
point
in
dc
and
you
can
see
they're
covered,
there's
easy
signage,
so
people
can
see
where
they
need
to
go,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
they're
well
lit
and
that
these
are
all
ada
accessible.
B
Next
slide,
please
and
stop
art
design
and
place
making.
We
want
to
make
downtown
look
nice,
so
we're
going
to
coordinate
with
landscape
architects
to
incorporate
some
green
elements,
public
art
and
other
features
to
make
these
bus
stops
kind
of
iconic
and
incorporate
the
historic
nature
of
boston
downtown.
B
So
here
are
some
examples
from
phoenix
you
can
see
how
they
incorporate
local
art
and
also
local
flora.
Next
slide,
please
and
enhancing
the
downtown
bike
network.
Like
we
mentioned
more
comfortable,
safe
connections
for
people
on
bikes
and
also
more
access
to
bikes
through
our
blue
bikes
program
will
be
included
as
part
of
this
plan.
B
Next
slide,
please
pedestrian
improvements.
Downtown
is
a
key
pedestrian
environment
in
the
city,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
these
are
all
ada
accessible,
which
means
maybe
widening
the
sidewalks
in
some
places,
repaving
them
making
sure
that
all
of
our
ramps
are
accessible
and
our
site
and
our
crosswalks
as
well,
including
street
trees,
landscaping,
more
seating,
downtown
and
some
other
art
elements,
because
this
route
also
travels
along
the
freedom
trail.
We're
working
with
some
of
our
historic
societies
downtown
to
include
improvements
to
that
as
well.
B
Next
slide,
please,
and
then
loading
and
deliveries
like
I
mentioned,
there's
a
lot
of
folks
who
need
to
do
loading
and
receive
deliveries
downtown.
So
we
are
coordinating
with
businesses
along
the
route
to
figure
out
where
they
get
their
deliveries
and
potentially
make
changes
to
our
curb
use
to
make
sure
that
they
can
get
their
deliveries
in
a
safe
manner.
B
B
So
when
we
get
snow,
ensure
that
that's
cleared
any
art
elements,
we
make
ensure
that
they're
cleaned
and
kept
up,
and
then
we
are
also
coordinating
with
our
stakeholders
along
the
route
to
see
what
other
elements
of
this
route
will
need
to
be
maintained.
Next
slide,
next
steps,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
back
to
matt.
A
Awesome,
thank
you
so
much
maya,
so
I
just
want
to
go
through
some
next
steps
with
you
all
and
then
we'll
go
into
breakout
groups.
So
next
slide
please
so
where
we
are
now
is
on
sort
of.
As
I
mentioned
before,
the
quarter
selection
process,
we
are
going
to
be
continuing
some
stakeholder
engagement
this
month.
A
So
talking
to
some
elected
officials
and
talking
to
some
neighborhood
groups,
we
haven't
been
able
to
touch
base
with
directly
we're
also
going
to
be
having
some
pop-up
events
at
north
and
south
stations
to
sort
of
meet
people
who
might
not
have
been
a
part
of
this
process
before
but
might
want
to
know
more
or
have
some
interesting
input
and
then
once
we
sort
of
get
all
the
feedback
we
hear
from
this
meeting
and
the
other
stakeholder
discussions,
we've
had
to
date,
we'll
confirm
with
city
leadership
that
the
direction
we
want
to
head
in
in
terms
of
bus
priority.
A
Multimodal
improvements
is
in
fact,
where
we're
going
on
sort
of
this
next
for
the
six
space
design.
Once
we
get
that
confirmation,
we
will
begin
a
concept
plan
for
the
selected
chord.
So
this
includes
architecture,
high
level,
civil
engineering
and
a
transportation
analysis
to
make
sure
that
we
are
factoring
all
of
the
ins
and
outs
and
that
we
think
will
be
important
for
this
project
before
really
getting
into
detail
design.
A
A
Once
we
sort
of
have
a
good
working
concept
plan,
which
will
hopefully
be
this
fall,
we'll
be
able
to
come
back
out
to
the
public,
have
more
stakeholder
conversations
around
this
concept
plan
and
then,
hopefully
move
into
later
stages
of
design
by
sort
of
the
later
part
of
this
year,
early
2023,
and
once
we
get
further
confirmation
around
the
later
stages
of
design,
20
20,
you
know
the
25
stage
design
as
we
would
call
it
move
into
later
stages:
75
psne.
A
These
are
all
jargony
engineering
terms,
but
sort
of
important
to
understand
the
context
for
the
process
that
we're
about
to
embark
on
next
slide.
A
So,
thank
you
very
much
really
appreciate
your
time
tonight
and
we'd
love
to
hear
your
feedback
and
we're
going
to
move
into
some
breakout
groups
now,
so
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.