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Description
The City's Public Works and Transportation Departments hosted a public meeting on June 15, 2022. In this meeting, we reviewed our work to develop a new design for State Street. We shared our preferred design direction and answered questions from the public.
A
For
thank
you
so
much
for
making
the
time
to
come
out
tonight.
So
I
just
on
behalf
of
mayor
wu
and
the
streets
cabinet.
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
were
excited
to
see
a
project
move
forward
on
state
street.
This
has
been
the
result
of
a
lot
of
work
by
the
boston
transportation
department
and
the
boston
public
works
department
over
a
number
of
years.
A
A
I
do
think
it's
important,
though,
just
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
specifically
about
the
priorities
that
we
have
identified
for
this
and
I'll.
I
sort
of
want
to
talk
about
three
things,
but
I
want
to
say
they
are
in
order
right.
First
and
foremost,
our
goal
for
this
street
is
safety.
We
want
a
street
that
people
can
use.
A
So
there's
other
things
you're
going
to
hear
about
there's
many
other
benefits
of
this
design
and
the
way
that
we've
approached
the
projects.
They're,
not
our
only
goals,
but
these
are
the
things
when
we
look
at
the
decisions
that
we've
made.
These
goals
are
what
have
driven
our
our
decision-making
and
our
prioritization
for
some
of
the
trade-offs
that
will
inevitably
exist
when
you're
laying
out
a
street.
A
So
with
that,
we're
excited
to
show
you
what
we
put
together.
You
know
there
are
some
things
that
the
city
has
decided
about
the
layout
of
the
street,
but
there
are
many
other
details
and
decisions
that
we
will
will
be
made
as
we
work
towards
the
final
design
and
that's
really
a
huge
part
of
what
this
process
is
all
about.
We're
happy
to
share
the
work
that
we've
done.
A
We
want
to
answer
your
questions
and
we
want
to
hear
your
feedback
will
be
opportunities
for
all
of
those
to
happen
here
and
we're
looking
forward
to
a
future
in
a
few
years
with
a
state
street
that
is
that
works
for
all,
and
that
we
are
that
we
are
all
proud
of.
So
thank
you
again
for
being
here
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
back
to
the
city
team
to
walk
you
through
the
presentation
and
the
agenda.
B
C
Hey
everyone
how's
it
going.
This
is
patrick
from
rep
aaron
mike
what's
his
office,
I'm
just
here
to
listen
to
the
city's
presentation
tonight
and
I
just
wanted
to
mention.
If
you
know
the
public
does
have
any
comment
they
want
to
send
to
the
city
if
they
see
us
on
that
as
well.
That
will
be
helpful
for
our
office.
I'll
put
make
sure
to
put
my
contact
information
in
the
chat
thanks.
Everyone.
B
All
right,
I
think,
that's
it
for
tonight
all
right
so
before
turning
things
over
to
our
design
consultants.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
that
we
have
a
few
interactive
polling
questions
that
we
would
like
to
ask
the
audience.
Participation
is
mandatory.
Well,
it's
not
mandatory,
but
we
appreciate
an
involved
constituency.
B
Your
input
is
vital
to
the
city
and
it
helps
us
develop
a
better
design
for
your
neighborhood.
So
we
simply
want
to
get
more
information
about
yourselves
and
how
you
use
state
street.
So
please
have
your
phones,
ready
with
that
said
I'll
turn
it
over
to
cameron
radish
from
our
design
team
to
get
started.
D
Good
evening
and
welcome
everybody,
it
is
exciting
for
all
of
us
to
talk
about
state
street.
Just
a
few
kind
of
preliminary
introductory
comments.
This
meeting
is
being
recorded,
the
recording
will
be
posted.
There
is
a
state
street
project
page
on
the
boston.gov
website,
in
terms
of
participating
in
the
meeting
itself
in
the
zoom
control
panel,
the
moderator
will
unmute
people,
and
that
is
shown
here
in
the
microphone.
Your
camera
can
be
on
or
off,
maybe
they're
all
off.
D
We'll
start
with
a
short
presentation,
you
can
post
a
question
in
the
chat
or
you
can
raise
your
digital
hand
and
your
microphone
will
be
unmuted.
If
you're
joining
by
phone,
you
can
press
star
nine
to
raise
your
hand
or
and
star
six
to
unmute,
and
with
that
we
can
introduce
ourselves
so
jeff,
alexis
public
works
department,
project
manager
on
the
project
working
closely
with
stephanie
suskin
from
boston
transportation.
E
E
E
E
E
All
right,
if
you
can
remember
or
if
you
can't
you
can
still
answer
this
question,
have
you
participated
in
any
of
our
state
street
engagement
previously,
and
so
that
includes
stopping
by
our
outdoor
events
watching
those
project,
videos
that
jeff
mentioned
responding
to
our
surveys,
any
way
that
you've
interacted
with
us
and
the
project
and
again
it's
okay.
If
you
don't
remember,
you
can
still
respond.
E
E
E
E
E
We
would
love
for
you
to
use
this
to
answer
your
questions
and
then
respond
to
other
people's
questions.
So
you
can
vote
them.
You
can
give
them
a
thumbs
up.
If
you
think
that's
a
good
question
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
we're
going
to
come
back
to
this
and
start
answering
some
of
those
questions
that
you
all
liked
the
most,
whether
you
actually
liked
them
or
just
like
them,
because
it's
a
thumbs
up,
but
this
is
where
we're
going
to
be
putting
them
they
are,
will
be
moderated.
D
Okay,
so
our
presentation,
we
have
five
parts
tonight.
First,
we're
going
to
quickly
go
over
some
of
the
project
background.
The
public
input
that
we've
received
to
date
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
pilot
project
and
then
our
recommended
design.
After
that,
we
will
then
get
into
the
questions
and
comments
section
of
the
meeting.
D
So
in
terms
of
project
backgrounds,
we
probably
all
know
state
street,
it's
one
of
boston's
iconic
streets
and
it's
part
of
the
historic
fabric.
It's
at
important
pedestrian
vehicle
crossroads.
You
know
to
the
north
of
spaniel
hall
to
the
south.
Is
the
financial
district?
We've
got
this
old
state
house
on
one
end
long
wharf
on
the
aquarium.
At
the
other
end,
the
greenway,
you
know
nearby
government
center.
All
these
uses
coming
through
and
generating
demand
along
state
street.
D
The
street
is
in
need
of
improvement.
In
this
case
we'll
say,
a
picture
is
worth
a
thousand
words
and
we'll
move
on
pedestrian
space
in
particular,
is
inadequate.
On
state
street
pedestrians
outnumbered
vehicles
three
to
one
in
2019
pre-pandemic,
I'm
you
can
see
from
the
images
here
that
it's
regular
that
pedestrians,
overflow,
the
sidewalks,
there's
not
enough
space
within
state
street
to
accommodate
the
number
of
pedestrians.
D
I'm
happy
to
report
that
this
image
on
the
left
is
from
last
week
and
that
you
know,
after
two
years
of
coveid
and
a
pretty
desolate
scene
in
in
the
area
that
pedestrians
are
back
in
force.
This
picture
here
on
the
right
is
in
front
of
the
custom
house.
This
is
an
important
one
of
the
important
historic
landmarks
on
state
street
and
it's
very
inadequate
for
the
number
of
pedestrians
using
it.
D
D
It's
also
an
important
missing
link
in
the
bicycle
network.
This
is
the
connect
historic
boston
route
for
the
dow
town.
This
part
has
been
constructed
from
cambridge
street
through
the
north
end
of
connect,
historic
boston
and
state
street.
Is
this
critical
link
that
connects
the
waterfront
with
you
know
cambridge
street
and
tremont
street?
D
At
the
same
time,
state
street
was
identified
through
boston's
vision,
zero
program
as
one
of
the
high
crash
bike
network
streets
in
boston,
which
shows
it's
the
top
three
percent
of
the
streets
in
boston
with
respect
to
bike
crashes,
other
troubling
parts
about
the
crash
history
of
boston.
Again,
looking
at
the
vision,
zero
crash
records,
which
include
only
injury
crashes
for
the
five
years,
pre-pandemic
2015
to
2019,
we
see
that
over
80
percent
of
the
crashes
injury
crashes
are
pedestrians
and
bicycles.
D
Pedestrians
in
particular,
are
taking
it
on
the
chin
on
state
street,
with
44
of
the
crashes
being
involving
a
pedestrian
in
terms
of
the
distribution
of
crashes
on
state
street.
This
is
a
heat
map
and
this
shows
sort
of
where
the
focus
of
the
injury
crashes
are
on
state
street.
In
terms
of
the
overall
number
of
crashes.
D
You
know
in
that
period
from
2015
to
2019,
there
were
15
injury
crashes
for
pedestrians,
an
average
of
three
per
year,
13
bicycle
crashes,
an
average
of
2.6
per
year,
six
motor
vehicle
injury
crashes,
an
average
of
1.2
per
year.
For
you
know
a
five-year
total
of
6.8
injury
crashes
per
year,
total
34
injury
crashes,
mass
dot,
also
tracks
high
crash
locations
within
the
commonwealth.
D
The
problem
is
on
state
street.
We
have
so
many
unprotected
pedestrian
crossings
back
and
forth
through
here
we
have
crossings
at
kilby
street
merchants
row
broad
street
india,
street
commercial
streets.
These
are
high
volume,
pedestrian
crossings,
commercial
street
and
merchants
row
in
particular,
connect
to
faneuil
hall
and
collect
a
lot
of
pedestrians
and
kilby
street
broad
india
all
connect
to
the
financial
district
and
again
have
high
volumes
of
pedestrian
crossings.
D
Turning
onto
state
street.
This
is
from
actual
video
that
we
took
out
there
is
this
heavy
right
turn
movement
from
the
surface
road
onto
state
street
and
this
conflicting
with
bicyclists
traveling
through
on
state
street
or
even
bicyclists,
that
want
to
turn
on
state
street
and
pedestrians
crossing
here,
and
so
there
are
ways
that
we
can
design
for.
This
particular
crash
risk
and
that's
something
that
we'll
talk
about
later.
D
D
D
So
a
lot
of
the
public
input
that
we've
gotten
to
date
underscores
safety
concerns
on
state
street,
the
most
pressing
problem
from
our
very
initial
survey
that
we
got
from
the
public.
You
know,
unsafe
pedestrian
crossings
was
the
number
one
issue
that
people
identified.
75
percent
of
people
identified
that
as
a
problem,
narrow,
sidewalks
traffic
congestion,
lack
of
bicycle,
accommodations,
lack
of
streetscape
amenities.
D
D
D
D
So
the
pilot
has
limitations,
there's
only
so
much
that
we
can
do
with
striping
and
flex
posts
and
that
you
know
people
still
do
park
illegally,
which
does
create
safety
concerns
on
state
street.
Despite
the
pilot,
the
pilot
did
also
was
not
able
to
do
any
changes
at
the
intersections,
which
is
a
focus
of
crashes
on
state
street.
D
D
So
in
the
next
section
we'll
go
through
those
issues
as
well.
As
you
know,
the
various
options
that
we
considered
for
the
state
street
design
so
in
general,
just
broadly
speaking,
there's
three
possible
options
for
state
street.
One
is
that
you
know
make
it
car
free,
so
there's
so
many
pedestrians
out
there
it.
It
is
something
to
be
considered
at
the
opposite.
D
End
bracketing
that
particular
option
would
be
having
two
vehicle
lanes
and
no
bike
lane
on
state
street,
so
sort
of
maximizing
the
vehicle
space,
which
is
more
or
less
the
way
it
is
right
now
and
in
between
that
option,
is
you
know
a
complete
street
design
that
accommodates
every
mode
of
transportation,
vehicles,
bikes
and
and
accommodates
pedestrians
better
in
terms
of
the
car
free
street
option?
You
know
we
looked
at
it,
it's
difficult
to
find
alternative,
westbound
vehicle
routes.
D
D
This
is
a
diagram
just
sort
of
looking.
You
know
at
why
we
couldn't
accommodate
pedestrian-only
street,
because
a
lot
of
the
surveys
that
we
get
returned
from
the
public
say
you
know
why
can't
you
make
it
a
pedestrian
street?
The
green
areas
are
showing
you
know,
sort
of
where
vehicles
would
need
to
be
routed.
We
looked
at
several
options
there
and
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it
caused
some
confusion
and
it
didn't
seem
like
a
feasible
alternative.
D
D
D
We
also
can
accommodate
commercial
loading
on
state
street
so
again,
looking
up
west
of
the
pinch
point
in
the
central
part
of
state
street
between
broad
street
and
merchants
row.
Prior
to
the
pilot,
we
had
31
feet
of
space
dedicated
to
vehicles
for
vehicle
traveling
and
for
loading
and
9
and
11
foot
sidewalks
moving
the
section
that
we
had
talked
about
at
the
pinch
point
up
to
this
area.
We
have
a
travel
lane,
a
protected
bike
lane
and
wider
sidewalks
on
on
either
side
of
the
street.
D
The
loading
areas
can
be
designed-
and
this
is
something
that
will
come
down
the
line
so
that
they
perhaps
can
serve
as
additional
space
for
pedestrians
when
loading
is
not
happening
on
the
street
and
we're
also
maintaining
the
three
approach
lanes
at
the
congress
street
signal.
There's
a
left
a
through
and
a
through
light
right
lane.
This
is
in
the
pre-pilot
condition.
D
We
have
relocated
the
cab
stand
around
the
corner
onto
congress
street
that
caused
a
lot
of
confusion
and
backup
and
congestion
at
the
intersection
itself,
and
so
we're
maintaining
these
through
lanes.
These
three
lanes
at
the
signal
and
then
adding
the
bike
lane
the
the
signal
is
basically
what
meters
capacity
on
state
street.
So
we
are
maintaining
the
three
lanes
at
that
location
and
you
know
we're
talking
about
having
a
protected
intersection
at
the
corner
of
the
surface
road
and
state
street
itself.
This
is
actually
in
boston
at
cambridge
and
stanford
street.
D
This
slows
that
right
turning
traffic
down
and
moves
it
away
from
the
bikes
and
pedestrian
zone
and
makes
it
safer
for
the
conflicting
bike
and
pedestrian
movements
that
are
here
at
the
same
time
as
the
right
turning
vehicle
traffic,
so
looking
at
state
street
as
a
whole
in
terms
of
the
proposed
design
concept.
This
is
the
surface
road
we're
looking
at
state
street
in
two
sections.
D
So,
looking
at
that
concept,
we
looked
at
in
section
in
plan
view
we
have
a
single
travel
lane
from
the
surface
road
up
through
to
the
the
three
approach
lanes
at
the
congress
street
signal
a
protected
bike
lane
on
the
north
side
of
the
street,
going
through
from
end
to
end,
and
then
you
can
also
see
where
there's
darker
gray
here.
This
is
where
sidewalks
are
going
to
be
wider
on
state
street.
So
we
pick
up
additional
sidewalk
width.
D
D
That
would
help
with
this
conflict
of
of
the
right
turning
traffic
and
the
bikes
and
pedestrians
crossing,
maintaining
loading
and
parking
on
the
south
side,
because
this
sidewalk
is
wider.
We
actually
can
pick
up
an
additional
loading
space
here,
because
currently
it's
so
close
to
the
the
head
house
elevator
for
the
mbta
station
that
that
it's
not
you
can't
park
there.
This
wider
sidewalk
allows
this
whole
sidewalk
to
work
a
lot
better.
Currently,
it's
very
pinched
because
of
these
these
head
houses
to
the
aquarium.
Stop.
D
D
We
maintain
some
loading
on
the
south
side
of
state
street.
This
is
owls
here
to
get
oriented
between
merchants,
row
and
chatham
row,
and
the
currently
idea
is
to
make
the
street
a
flush
street
between
mckinley
square
up
through
merchants
row.
So
the
street
and
the
sidewalks
are
all
on
one
level,
which
makes
it
very
easy
for
pedestrians
to
cross
and
navigate
on
the
street.
D
And
now
we're
going
to
just
look
at
a
couple
of
places
in
detail
and
and
how
this
would
look
when
it
was
built
out
so
looking
first
at
chatham
row,
this
is
that
area
just
above
the
pinch
point,
there's
a
it
it
widens
out.
So
we
have
again
in
the
current
situation:
loading
and
parking,
a
9
foot,
11
foot
sidewalk
with
the
new
design,
a
10
foot
travel
lane.
We
have
a
protected
bike
lane
and
we
have
wider
sidewalks
on
both
sides
for
pedestrians.
D
D
You
know,
there's
not
a
crosswalk
here.
You've
got
trucks
parked
along
this
side
of
the
street,
which
makes
it
dangerous
for
any
pedestrian
that
wants
to
cross.
Here
and
again,
this
is
a
busy
pedestrian
crossing
and
this
pedestrian
desire
line.
Pedestrians
are
often
walking
in
the
street
because
there's
a
jog
in
the
sidewalk
here
and
that
space
is
used
for
loading,
but
that's
where
the
pedestrian
desire
line
is
that's
where
they
walk.
D
It's
interesting
to
go
through
the
historic
google
images,
because
you'll
see
pedestrians
walking
there
all
the
time-
and
this
is
the
proposed
configuration
of
state
street.
So
you
have
here
a
much
narrower
crossing
distance,
so
the
pedestrians
are
in
the
street
in
the
car
travel
lane,
where
it's
most
risky
for
them
to
be
that
distance
is,
is
greatly
narrowed
from
where
it
was
in
the
in
the
pre-pilot
condition.
You
have
flush
crosswalks,
making
it
easy
for
pedestrians
to
traverse
the
street.
D
You
have
marked
crosswalks
at
each
leg
of
the
intersection,
we're
removing
parking
that
can
obscure
pedestrians
that
are
crossing
the
street
and
we
have
a
wider,
accessible
sidewalk
and
improved
lighting.
That
will
also
make
it
safer
for
pedestrians
on
the
street
looking
at
another
location,
further
up
the
street
at
merchants
row
again
we
have
this
wider
space
dedicated
to
vehicle
use,
a
10
foot
and
a
9
foot
sidewalk
in
this
area
we
put
through
the
travel
lane
the
bike
lane.
D
We
have
a
bump
out
at
the
crosswalk
and
a
widened
sidewalk
on
the
south
side,
removing
parking
again
next
to
the
crosswalk
again
looking
at
a
pre-pilot
condition
on
state
street.
This
is
merchant's
row
coming
through
here.
You
can
see
how
wide
this
crossing
is
so
again
when
pedestrians
are
here
they're
at
risk.
D
D
You
know
all
of
this
space
then
often
invited
people
to
park
on
this
side,
and
so
it
sort
of
added
to
the
the
free-for-all
on
state
street,
because
the
curb
to
curb
distance
was
so
wide
in
the
proposed
condition.
Again.
The
the
space
that
the
pedestrians
are
in
the
travel
lane
is
greatly
narrowed.
With
the
proposed
design
again
crossings
at
each
leg
of
the
merchant's
row.
Crosswalk
parking
pulled
back
away
from
the
crosswalk
to
make
it
safer.
We
have
wider
inaccessible
sidewalks
on
both
sides
of
the
street.
D
So,
just
then
talking
about
some
of
the
trade-offs
in
terms
of
the
use
of
the
public,
right-of-way
congestion
capacity
and
vehicle
lanes
in
some
ways.
These
these,
you
know,
we've
learned
a
lot
about
state
street
we've
been
through
a
lot
in
this
couple
past
years,
and
the
street
on
the
left
is
state
street
in
a
year
ago,
april
2021,
where
basically,
congestion
was
eliminated
on
state
street,
and
it
was
not
good
for
anybody
and
the
picture
on
the
right.
You
can
see
a
state
street
last
week.
It's
very
busy
lots
of
people,
lots
of
cars.
D
People
are
back.
The
area
is
vibrant
in
some
ways.
It's
a
little
bit
of
a
relief
to
be
able
to
talk
about
congestion
that
you
know
that
perhaps
these
days
that
we
saw
in
the
last
couple
years
are
behind
us
state.
You
know
congestion
is
something
that's
larger
than
state
street.
It's.
You
know
congress
street,
it's
court
street,
it's
downtown!
It's
a
major!
You
know.
Cbd,
financial
district
of
a
major
american
city
is
congested
at
some
period
of
the
day
and
on
state
street
itself.
D
Capacity
is
largely
governed
by
the
signal
at
congress
street
and
the
the
uncontrolled
pedestrian
crossings.
That's
what
slows
the
traffic
down
and
it's
not
the
travel
lanes.
The
travel
lanes
are
storage,
so
you
have.
You
know
something
like
26
seconds
of
green
time
at
this
signal.
That
is
how
people
get
through
and
and
and
the
throughput
on
state
street
is
metered
at
that
signal,
and
there
are
then
you
know,
particularly
in
the
pm
peak.
There
are
some
conflicts
with
pedestrians
crossing
congress
street.
That
slows
down
that
right.
Turn:
movement.
D
D
The
maximum
four
minutes
and
the
average
was
just
under
three
minutes
to
get
through
state
street
end
to
end.
Even
when
the
traffic
was
going
down,
the
street
moving
slow
and
steady
the
pm
peak
it's
more
congested
in
the
minimum.
It
was
five
minutes
and
13
seconds
end
to
end
on
state
street,
a
maximum
of
just
under
7
minutes.
6
minutes
51
seconds
to
get
through
end
to
end
on
state
street
and
an
average
of
six
minutes
to
get
through
on
state
street.
So
this
is
a
normal.
D
D
So
what
what
you
have
then
is
you
have
a
street.
You
know
that
is
full,
like
this
20
of
the
day
with
this
travel
lane
queued
up
and
backed
down
state
street,
and
you
know
eighty
percent
of
the
day.
You
know
it's,
it's
not
like
that.
It's
it's
less!
So
it's
it's
a
time
period,
it's
like!
So
how?
How
do
you
use
that
street
space.
D
In
terms
of
the
traffic
analysis,
so
we
have
done
traffic
analysis
and
modeling
on
the
state
street
project,
but
the
best
analysis
is
looking
at
the
pilot
and
collecting
data
on
it
and
that's
what
we
have
been
doing
in
over
the
past
couple
years,
and
that
is
much
better
than
than
any
modeling.
That
can
be
done
because
the
modeling
uses
assumptions
and
forecasts
and
we
are
measuring
what
is
happening
in
reality.
D
So
what
so?
We
have
an
understanding
of
what
the
cues
are.
We
have
an
understanding
of
what
the
time
travel
time
and
delay
is
along
state
street,
and
you
know
that's
what
we
have
collected
to
understand
how
the
pilot
is
working,
some
options
that
we're
looking
at
and
we'll
continue
to
look
at
as
we
go
forward
on
state
street.
So
the
the
wharf
district
council
asked
if
we
could
consider
a
modification
to
hanover
street
to
allow
a
left
turn
that
could
come
down
congress.
D
So
this
would
allow
a
west
another
westbound
route
through
hanover
street
that
could
connect
then
up
court
street
to
congress
to
cambridge
and
tremont
street.
So
this
idea
will
be
considered
as
a
part
of
the
north
station
to
seaport
project,
which
is
looking
at
congress
street
in
detail
for
all
modes
of
transportation
as
well.
This
left
turn
is
currently
precluded
by
a
median
that
goes
through
the
middle
of
congress
street.
D
In
terms
of
the
loading
and
the
curbside
uses,
we
will
continue
to
allow
you
know
the
configuration
of
loading
that
we
have
put
in
through
the
pilot
and
look
for
refinements
as
we
go
through
it.
This
is
looking
at
the
the
blue
areas.
Are
the
standard
commercial
loading
7
a.m
to
7
p.m?
30
minute
parking?
D
We
have
that
focused
on
chatham
street,
so
to
the
extent
possible
to
remove
that
congestion
and
and
sort
of
the
danger
to
pedestrians
of
the
parking
and
loading
we're
focusing
that
chatham
street.
We
have
some
on
the
south
side
of
state
street.
We
have
some
also
on
broad
street,
so
as
part
of
the
pilot,
these
changes
were
made
with
the
the
parking
that
was
removed
from
the
north
side
of
state
street.
You
know
more
space
was
opened
up
on
chatham
street,
on
chatham
road
and
on
broad
street
for
commercial
purposes.
D
D
D
We'll
continue
to
you
know,
look
at
the
best
options
for
managing
the
tnc
transportation
network
activity.
That's
uber
and
lyft
pickups
and
drop-offs
pick
up
and
drop
off
activity
in
the
area.
That's
these
are
both
issues
that
affect
the
streets
of
boston,
city-wide
and
you
know,
are
looked
at
at
a
city-wide
basis
and
will
always
incorporate
within
the
state
street
design
the
best
solutions
for
these
issues
going
forward.
D
D
D
The
state
street
is
also
has
the
walk
to
the
sea,
which
is
you
know,
important,
like
the
freedom
trail,
and
there
is
an
opportunity
with
the
design
to
sort
of
have
that
articulate
the
walk
to
the
sea
within
the
design
of
the
straight
the
state
street
streetscape
going
forward.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
opportunities
within
the
street
beautification
aspects
of
the
design.
D
E
Okay,
I
think
this
will
be
a
question
for
the
design
team
about
how
the
sidewalk
design
will
cater
to
varying
levels
of
mobility,
specifically
thinking
about
bricks,
being
dangerous
for
individuals
with
mobility
constraints
or
even
people
pulling
carts
and
yeah.
So
what
are
we
thinking
in
terms
of
materials
and
sidewalk
design?.
G
Based
on
some
of
the
initial
conversations
we've
had
with
the
accessibility
staff
at
the
city,
we
will
definitely
include
a
concrete,
accessible
route
kind
of
similar
to
the
rendering
shown
on
the
right
of
this
picture,
where
we'll
have
an
accessible
path
that
will
be
in
a
concrete
material.
The
width
of
that
will,
you
know,
will
provide
as
wide
of
a
section
that
we
can.
F
E
Some
of
the
routing
will
be
dependent
on
the
bus
network,
redesign
that
the
state
has
recently
shared
a
draft
of.
So
if
you
have
not
seen
that
yet,
I
can
put
a
link
in
the
chat
for
you.
So
we're
kind
of
waiting
a
little
bit
to
understand.
What's
going
on,
there
there's
also
a
project
that
the
city
is
undertaking
on
the
on
congress
street
to
be
looking
at
a
bus
priority
and
how
we
can
accommodate
a
better.
E
I
think
that
you
know
I
understand
that
people
want
two-way
bike
facilities,
but
the
reality
here
is
that
it
would
be
extremely
complicated
to
have
that
happen.
At
the
intersection
of
congress
street.
We
have
a
lot
of
things
moving
there,
including
a
lot
of
pedestrians
and
in
in
thinking
about
who
our
streets
are
for
the
number
one
audience
for
us.
E
E
E
E
D
So
that
you
know
this
is
the
devil
is
in
the
details
on
all
of
these
things,
and
you
know
that
is
an
excellent
question
in
terms
of
you
know
what
we
have
looked
at
currently,
and
this
is
certainly
subject
to
refinement
as
we
go
through
the
process
you
know,
is
to
have
a
lip
with.
You
know
this
with
textured,
cobbles
or
or
something
along
those
lines.
Probably
we
would
have
to
have
some
kind
of
bollards
or
or
something
like
that
or
the
raised
curb.
D
So
you
know
we're
looking
at
a
lot
of
different
options.
You
know
that's
in
the
next
phase
of
design,
you
know
and
honestly
whether
it's
makes
sense
to
be
flush,
this
full
length
or
not
is
also.
You
know
something
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
into
in
more
detail
as
we
go
through
the
process,
one
you
know,
option
may
be
to
have
it.
You
know
raised
six
inches
so
that
there
is
sort
of
an
offset
for
this
area
as
well.
G
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
you
know
I
would
agree
we're
going
to
we're
going
to
explore
some
vertical
elements
there
to
really
discourage
any
encroachment,
but
at
the
same
time
we
really.
We
need
to
be
cognizant
of
emergency
vehicle
access,
because
that
is
the
route
we
would
expect
emergency
vehicles
to
utilize.
D
E
A
lot
of
time
to
figure
this
out
and
get
it
to
be
right
and
how
we
allocate
the
space
where
the
lights
go,
where
the
ballers
go,
where
the
signs
go,
you
know
all
of
that.
Stuff
is
still
for
us
to
consider,
and
I
just
also
want
to
reinforce
that.
The
image
that
you're
looking
at
right
now
is
like
at
the
most
narrow
point
on
the
street
elsewhere.
We
have
more
room
to
play
with
and
we
can
figure
it
out.
E
E
D
Okay,
so
you
know
there's
the
main
we
looked
at
it
and
we
some
cars,
still
have
to
come
down
state
street
to
provide
access
to
the
60
state
street
garage,
there's
also
a
parking
area
behind
100
state
street,
and
so
so
there's
going
to
be
some
cars
that
are
going
to
need
to
get
down.
So
you
know
how
do
you
meter
that?
How
do
you
control
that?
So
that's
one?
You
know
issue
that
we
have
frankly
another
issue,
is
you
know
finding
an
alternative,
westbound
route
that
connects?
D
You
know
the
waterfront,
the
surface
road,
the
atlantic
avenue
with
you,
know
the
center,
the
common
cambridge
and
tremont
street.
So
you
know
there
there
aren't
that
many
through
streets
that
could
accommodate
that
that
additional
demand
removed
of
removing
the
the
cars
from
state
street-
and
so
you
know
those
are
two
logistical
issues
it
would.
You
know
there
was
a
lot
of
support
for
that,
but
there
was
a
lot
of
concern
also
from
business
owners
and
and
property
owners
in
the
area.
E
D
E
E
E
I
included
this
one
because
it
was
a
spicy
question
and
I
thought
it
would
be
good
to
address,
or
at
least
try
to
answer,
which
is.
Why
is
the
marriott
custom
house
allowed
to
park
vehicles
on
the
left
side
of
state
street
by
the
busy
crosswalk
we'll
note
that
they
also
park
their
vehicles
on
the
plaza.
D
E
D
G
Yeah
I
can,
I
can
speak
a
little
bit
to
that.
Yeah,
as
carolyn
mentioned
state
street
is,
is
a
challenge
to
model
in
terms
of
traffic,
because
there
are
so
many
variables
and
we
found
it
to
be
very
challenging
because
you
have
so
many
uncontrolled
pedestrian
crossings,
and
I
think
what's
being
referenced
here
is
that
vehicles
are
getting
stuck.
You
know
at
the
midpoint.
G
You
know
broad
street
are
various
crosswalk
locations
on
state
street,
so
they
don't
actually
get
to
congress
at
times
and
as
what
stated
in
this
question,
you
know
that
the
queue
kind
of
empties
out
at
congress
and
sometimes
there's
you
still
have
a
cube.
But
it's
it's.
You
know
further
back
from
congress
because
it's
stopped
for
pedestrians
crossing.
E
E
Another
piece
is
that
the
sidewalks
are
really
narrow
and
there
are
lots
of
pedestrians.
So
it's
really
like
difficult
for
us
to
get
approval
for
new
bike
racks
where
they
could
be.
You
know
blocking
the
sidewalk
in
some
way.
So
I
think
again,
we
are
still
very
early
in
this
process
like
we
haven't
even
really
figured
out
so
much
of
the
undergrounds
yeah,
but
that
will
definitely
inform
and
you
know
I
would
love
to
see
more
bike
racks
on
the
street.
E
E
So
if
state
street
is
going
to
be
made
into
a
safe
bike
route,
but
only
one
direction,
what
will
be
the
equivalently
safe
route
in
the
opposite
direction
for
people
riding
bikes?
So
I
don't
think
that
I
can
answer
that
just
yet,
because
we
still
have
to
do
some
more
coordination
internally
and
with
key
stakeholders,
but
we
have
identified
a
route
that
we
are
working
on
and
exploring
through
a
few
different
projects
that
are
happening
right
now,
so
it
will
not
be
far
away.
G
E
E
Okay,
another
question
for
me:
the
gap
from
congress
to
court
street
and
bike
facilities
and
the
pilot
feels
very
dangerous,
especially
since
that
part
is
somewhat
uphill.
Will
consistency
and
experience
along
the
corridor
be
a
priority?
So
yes,
and
we
are
working
through
a
few
things.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
you
know
the
mbta
just
released
or
the
state,
I
guess
just
released
a
bus
network
redesign
which
I'm
not
sure
how
familiar
everyone
is
with
it,
but.
E
E
What
that
does
is
remove
some
of
the
need
for
bus
travel,
upstate
street
and
onto
court
street,
which,
if
this
plan
goes
ahead
and
if
we
are
moving
along
with
facilities
on
congress
street
to
prioritize
all
of
these
buses
and
to
make
it
an
easy
and
convenient
experience
for
everyone
that
does
give
us
more
space
in
this
block
from
state
to
washington
from
washington
to
court
square
is
tricky.
We
have
another
tight
area
and
a
lot
of
competing
needs,
including
providing
curbside
access
for
people
with
disabilities
who
are
staying
at
the
shelter.
E
So
this
is
an
active
discussion
internally
about
alternatives
and
what
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
this
bike
connection,
when
it's
created
with
the
state
street
project,
is
able
to
continue
up
court
street
if
the
bus
network
redesign
moves
ahead
again.
That
makes
it
a
little
bit
easier
because
we
won't
have
buses
and
we
won't
have
buses
on
davinci
fire
either,
but
we
also
still
have
that
pinch
point
to
work
through.
E
E
D
D
D
I
you
know,
construction
is
disruptive.
I
you
know
it
would
be.
You
know
the
details
of
how
the
phasing
work
would
go
forward
on
a
street
like
state
street
is
certainly
complicated
and
in
a
big
you
know,
consideration.
That
is
part
of
that
next
phase
of
design
that
we're
going
to
undertake
yeah.
I
don't
know
joe
if
you
wanted
to
add
anything
about.
G
B
Yeah
and
and
I'll
just
add
that
with
any
of
the
products
that
we
work
that
we
advertise
we
work
on
in
public
works
and
transportation
department
we
worked,
we
looked
to
provide.
I
mean
traffic
management
plans,
pedestrian
management
plans,
I
mean
with
stage
3
I
mean
with
the
number
of
the
volume
of
pedestrians
on
state
street-
is
something
that
we're
definitely
going
to
have
to
create
a
plan
for
to
minimize
disruption
along
this
quarter.
So
that's
something
that
we're
definitely
going
to
be
looking
at.
D
Traffic
slowing
measures
on
state
street-
so
that's
you
know,
that's
an
excellent
topic,
so
really
a
lot
of
what
we're
doing,
we
think
will
will
keep
traffic
slow
and
steady
on
state
street
narrowing
the
travel
lane
you
know
providing
you
know
the
bike
lane
next
to
the
next
to
the
travel
lane.
All
these
things
that
sort
of
bring
in
the
travel
lane
the
flush
street
design.
All
of
that
is
intended
to
calm
traffic
going
through
there,
and
you
know
we
will
look
at
other
options
as
we
get
into
detailed
design.
D
E
Okay.
So
I
also
want
to
go
back
to
this
congress
street
traffic
maximizing
questions.
So
I
think
the
first
thing
that
I
want
to
point
out
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
people
on
buses
who
are
also
moving
on
congress,
street
and
devonshire
street
today.
So
that's
one
thing.
I
also
would
say
that
what
we're
actually
trying
to
do
in
our
traffic
signal
is
balance,
how
what
amount
of
time
everyone
has
and
the
burden
of
delay
on
everyone.
E
So
that's
why
you'll
see
at
times
at
that
intersection,
there
are
crosswalks
that
will
come
on
and
drivers
will
be
able
to.
You
know
turn
over
them,
because
they'll
have
a
concurrent
green
signal,
but
there's
also
a
phase
that
is
completely
pedestrians
only
because
we
have
so
many
people
on
foot
crossing
in
all
these
directions.
E
So
it
really
is
a
balancing
act
and
if
we
were
maximizing
car
throughput
or
vehicle
throughput,
including
buses,
we
would
probably
not
have
that
exclusive
phase.
We
would
probably
be
doing
some
other
things
in
that
intersection
and
I
think
some
people
may
remember
that
we
actually
used
to
have
another
lane
on
congress
street
feeding
into
state
street
court
street.
E
D
D
As
I
said,
you
know
the
devil's
in
the
details
on
all
of
these
these
concepts,
but
you
know
we
do
absolutely
have
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
we
can
keep
the
commercial
loading
out
of
the
the
sidewalk
and
the
bike
lanes
whenever
because
it
gets,
you
know,
crowded
out
there
and
we
see
that
happening
now.
So
we
don't
want
to
make
that
easier
with
the
flush
street
and
so
how
we
handle
that
with
you
know
the
edge
treatments,
some
kind
of
vertical
element
we
have
to.
D
You
know,
look
at
the
different
options
to
ensure
that
the
you
know
that
the
loading
zones
don't
infringe
into
other
areas
on
state
street
and
it
is
more
challenging
with
the
flush
street.
So
all
I
can
say
now
is
to
you
know,
to
stay
tuned
and
that's
something
that
we'll
be
working
out
more
in
the
next
phase
of
design.
E
E
E
E
And
yes,
I
know
full
screen,
I'm
doing
it
yeah
all
right!
So
back
when
we
were
starting
this
project
and
before
we
implemented
the
pilot,
we
looked
at
a
number
of
options.
We
also
had
quite
a
lot
of
traffic
origin
destination
data
which
I
can
also
show,
but
I
think
we'll
just
stick
with
this
for
right
now.
E
So
here's
one
option
that
we
considered
for
how
to
root
traffic
around
kind
of
state
street
still
providing
access
to
those
garages
which,
while
some
people
feel
they're
unpopular,
they
are
legal
businesses,
so
we
do
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
access
to
them.
So
this
is
option
a
up.
Kilby
street,
take
a
right
on
state
street,
up
merchants
to
chatham
and
around
and
then
a
left
onto
broad
street
to
leave
option
b
similar,
but
opposite.
So
you
would
come
up
broad
street.
E
Thank
you
for
clarifying
that,
and
then
there
was
an
option
of
okay.
What
if
state
street
was
two-way
between
and
kilby
was
two-way
and
everything
just
kind
of
went
to
merchant's
road
to
chatham
and
just
kind
of
dead-ended
chatham
at
state
street.
We
also
looked
at
a
hybrid
plan
that
provided
more
options
for
access
with
a
two-way
kilby,
a
two-way
exchange
place
and
a
two-way
stretch
of
state
street
yeah
yeah.
E
Are
our
initial
looks?
We
also
did
some
additional
work
to
look
at
street
direction.
Changes
elsewhere
in
the
area,
but
feedback
from
stakeholders
was
mixed
to
negative
on
those
kinds
of
changes
to
try
to
offer
additional
routes
for
vehicles
that
are
not
possible
today
by
changing
some
of
those
little
streets,
yeah.
E
We
also
looked
at
what
those
kinds
of
impacts
would
look
like,
so
one
of
the
big
changes
would
be
allowing
northbound
lefts
from
congress
street,
which
today
are
not
allowed,
and
then
also,
as
mentioned
in
the
presentation
already
looking
at,
allowing
hanover
street
on
days
without
the
market
for
vehicles
to
be
able
to
turn
left
onto
congress
street
from
hanover
street
and
then
the
like.
There's
a
bunch
of
other
stillback
things
that
we
went
through
too
carolyn.
D
E
D
E
E
E
E
We
were
also
asked
to
look
at
franklin
street,
where
we
also
have
some
challenges,
including
removal
like
routing
back
to
court
street,
would
require
removal
of
parking
in
multiple
places
dealing
with
some
bus
issues
that
will
continue
until
the
bus
network
redesign
is
complete,
and
if
that
proposal
moves
forward
or
not,
it's
still
a
question
mark
also
looking
at
you
know.
This
is
the
map
of.
If
we
use
franklin
street
frankly,
the
route
would
be
unlikely
to
be
used
by
people
who
are
coming
through
this
area.
E
We're
also
asked
to
look
at
north
street,
so
that
also
poses
some
issues,
including
at
quincy
market,
where
we
have
a
fully
pedestrianized
area,
we
don't
have
any
plans
for
more
bike
facilities
on
north
street.
It's
still
kind
of
dead
ends
into
congress
street,
where
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
other
competing
needs,
including
bus
movement
and
again
this
will
take
additional
time
to
travel
in
those
directions.
D
I
get
just
if
I
could
just
jump
it
just
you
know
from
a
big
picture
point
of
view.
Obviously
putting
bike
lanes
in
anywhere
in
downtown
boston
is
challenging
and
there
will
be
a
lot
of
these
same
kind
of
conversations
that
we
have
on
state
street
with
you
know
what
about
the
loading
you
know,
what
about
the
you
know
the
different
things
that
are
going
on
there
and
you
know
it's
it's.
You
know
speaking
to
the
question
specifically
about
chatham
street.
I
don't.
I
do
not
believe
that
that
is
a
safer
street.
D
D
But
state
street
is
you
know
it's
critical
on
a
bike.
Just
like
it's
critical
on
a
car.
It
connects
to
two
points
that
are,
you
know,
very
heavily
used
in
the
most
direct
way
possible
and
and
that's
how
people
want
to
go
when
they're
pedaling
speaking
for
myself,
I'm
kind
of
a
lazy
biker.
I
don't
want
to
go
out
of
my
way.
I
don't
want
to
go
up
hills
if
I
don't
have
to,
and
I
think
that
you
know
other
people
probably
feel
that
way
as
well.
E
Yes,
I
will
just
add,
you
know,
to
respond
to
some
of
the
questions
in
the
chat
and
to
just
reinforce
what
you
just
said:
carolyn
just
because
we're
not
planning
one
today
doesn't
mean
that
we
might
not
be
planning
one
in
the
future
right
now,
the
majority
of
our
streets
in
boston,
don't
have
protected
bike
lanes.
I
think
we
have
800
miles
or
something
like
that,
and
I
think
there
are
20
with
protected
bike
lanes.
So
you
know
this.
E
E
E
B
Yeah,
I
guess
we
can
go
through
a
couple
more,
but
yeah.
We
definitely
are
at
time.
I
I
want
to
say
we
we
want
to
make
an
effort
to
answer
all
the
questions
that
were
were
asked
and
then
we
can
try
to.
We
will
make
an
effort
to
to
send
out
responses
and
update
the
website
to
provide.
You
means
a
lot
of
these
important
questions
that
that
you've
been
asking.
E
We
also
have
a
lot
of
competing
demands
that
not
everyone
in
the
public
is
aware
of
including
the
need
to
be
serving
businesses
and
their
needs,
and
that
is
one
of
the
reasons
why,
like
we
are
providing
access
on
the
entirety
of
state
street
for
vehicles,
it
will
say
that
our
design
will
allow
for
us
to
close
it
temporarily
or
do
events
or
even
in
the
future,
completely
close
it.
Those
are
not
forever
off
the
table.
There
are
all
kinds
of
things
that
we
can
do.
I
I
hope
that
people
checked
out.
E
Copley
connect
dartmouth
street
between
the
mckim
library,
building
and
copley
square.
You
know
that
street
normally
has
traffic
on
it
and
we
have
closed
it
for
10
days
to
try
things
out
and
to
do
something
different.
So
your
feed
all
of
the
feedback
is
being
heard,
but
our
approach
with
this
design
is
for
right
now
balancing
what
we
have
to
balance
today,
with
the
emphasis
on
you
know
really
providing
more
space,
safe
space
for
walking
and
biking
and
if
there's
a
point
where
we
can
close
down
the
street
temporarily
or
forever.
E
B
B
We
are
looking
at
providing
as
much
green
space
as
possible
along
the
corridor,
as
you
can
see
from
the
planter
in
this
nice
photo
so
yeah
I
mean
it's
something
that
we
take
a
look
at
businesses
as
well.
If
they're
interested
you
know
we're
happy
to
have
businesses
along
the
corner
to
sign
on
to
maintain
any
any
green
scape,
you
mean,
should
they
they
want
us
to
do
something
a
little
bit
more
significant.
D
So
the
the
you
know
again,
this
is
the
next
phase
of
design
that
we
will
be
going
into,
and
so
I'm
assuming
that
this
is
talking
about
where
the
the
pedestrians
cross,
the
bike
lane,
and
so
those
will
be
marked-
and
you
know,
with
a
crosswalk
just
like
a
street
is
marked
with
a
crosswalk,
and
there
are
you
know,
ways
that
you
can
through
signage
and
pavement
markings.
You
know,
warn
bicyclists
about
upcoming
crossings
of
pedestrians.
D
I
you
know
in
certain
areas
when
I've
biked,
when
I
you
know
in
copenhagen,
sometimes
there
was
even
sort
of
rumble
strips
on
crossings
that
were
particularly
problematic.
That
bicyclists
were
not
yielding
on.
So
I
don't
know
if
the
city
has
implemented
other
things
elsewhere
to
to
manage
those
conflicts.
F
E
B
Yes,
yeah
we
had
a
social
media
blast
where
we
we
try
to
send
out
notification
in
regards
to
this
project.
We
definitely
reached
out
to
neighborhood
services.
I
mean
to
kind
of
help
us
assist
with
distributing
and
just
providing
notification
about
this
project.
So
yeah
I
mean:
do
we
have
an
extensive
contact
list?
I
mean
happy
to
have
you
join
our
contact
list?
If
you
sign
on
to
the
website,
you
can
put
in
your
email,
so
you
can
get
on
any
additional
updates
on
the
state
street
project.
B
F
B
Details
that
we
need
to
square,
we
need
to
square
away
for
this
project,
so
we're
happy
to
have
you
on
board,
but
we
are
sorry
that
we
didn't
get
to
get
you.
We
didn't
get
to
get
your
attention
that
you
mean
it
sooner,
but
but
as
as
we
said,
I
mean
this
is
this
is
still
ongoing
and
we're
happy
to
get
your
participation
and
involvement.
D
E
E
We
did
have
some
posters
on
the
street
for
almost
two
years
talking
about
how
state
street
was
being
redesigned
and
to
go
to
the
website
they're
a
little
out
of
date,
so
they're
all
down
now,
but
right
definitely
put
new
ones
up
as
one
of
the
people
who
put
them
up
the
first
time.
I
can
tell
you
that
we
definitely
had
them
up
for
a
while,
and
you
had
to
buy
new
zip
ties
and
everything.
E
So
you
can
look
forward
to
that.
There
are
still
a
few
more
questions,
but
I
think
we've
mostly
answered
them
through
our
other
questions
and
we
can,
as
jeff
mentioned,
put
together
a
response
to
comments
and
share
those
out
widely
with
everyone
to
have
access
to
it.
So
I
think
I'm
good
on
on
questions
at
this
time.
B
Yeah,
I
think
we're
at
time
I
mean
we
thank
everyone
for
joining
us.
I
think
this
was
a
great
discussion,
a
lot
of
questions,
a
lot
of
important
questions
that
we
try
to
provide
answers
to
and
we'll
continue
this
conversation,
of
course,
but
yeah.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
good
night.
We're
definitely
moving
forward
and
we
definitely
still
need
your
input.