Mega-study targets SE Expressway pollution (CAFEH)
It’s difficult to imagine, but it is only in the last decade or so that the academic community has really begun to dial in on how air pollutants affect health of people living next door to major highways. But stacks of new research papers have been published in recent years, in part inspiring a new $2.5 million study that promises to be one of the most convincing to date. It’s based at Tufts University in Chinatown and may even send investigators out to Dorchester’s Columbia neighborhood.
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Talbot Bike Lane design on schedule
DEHC and St. Marks Area Main Streets met with Nicole Freedman and Nick Jackson of Toole Design (the city’s contractor for bike lane design) earlier this week, and the news is a 25 percent design is expected sometime in December. We’ll be letting you know how it looks shortly after the Boston Transportation Department reviews.
With your support, DEHC influenced the city to install a bike lane on Talbot from Peabody Square to Blue Hill Avenue when we learned the section near Franklin Field was scheduled to be repaved as part of the stimulus funding to the city. We are on the lookout for more opportunities, and your continued vocal support of bike facilities in the neighborhood is absolutely necessary for our continued success! Thank you!
Bike Cages requested on Red Line
Working with DotBike, DEHC is building support in the community for card-accessed bike cages at two Dorchester Stations on the Red Line. Recently, the MBTA installed a basic bike cage at Forest Hills that holds around 100 bikes, is accessed by a special Bike Charlie Card, and has four surveillance cameras!
In Dorchester, we are requesting one or two bike cages at JFK/UMass Station and one at Ashmont Station (which connects with our future Talbot Avenue bike lane!). DotBike and DEHC are researching different bike cage designs and exploring the two stations to determine where to put them and what they might look like.
The MBTA has received $4.8 million for bicycle improvements to their system, and we want to let them know that secure bike parking should be a priority, particular in Dorchester. We’ve all seen bike skeletons on their current bike racks! Get in touch with us if you’d like to help us with this initiative, and make sure your local civic associations and institutions are aware.
Dorchester Avenue Project Update
November 9, 2009
CONTRACTORS BID ON PLAN TO RECONSTRUCT DORCHESTER AVENUE INTERSECTIONS
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Funds Boston Project
The overhaul of fifteen intersections along Dorchester
Avenue took a giant step forward recently with the opening of bids
from contractors competing for the much anticipated project. The
reconstruction is being funded with federal stimulus money under the
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The job is expected to take
two years to complete and will provide jobs for over 100 people.
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The push for bike lanes on Blue Hill Avenue
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28X Bus Improvement Community Meeting – Oct 1
From the MA Office of Transportation Planning:
Thursday October 1st, we will be holding a Public Meeting at the
Mattapan Branch Library at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue to discuss the
Route 28X Bus Enhancements Project. We hope you can join us.
The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM and will cover three topic areas:
1. Project schedule update
2. A review of alternative transit concepts identified by the community,
including a discussion of how to evaluate their potential benefits and
impacts
3. Information on our proposed approach to job creation and management of
construction impacts.
As you may know, the grant application was submitted recently. The
submitted application materials can be found atwww.mass.gov/eot/28x as can
other information about the project.
We will continue to hold community meetings and other events as part of
the Route 28X Bus Enhancements Project. We will publicize all meetings
and events.
Please contact the Office of Transportation Planning at 617.973.7210 or
planning@eot.state.ma.us with any questions.
Please help spread the word.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation
- DEHC hopes folks from our local cycling community can attend and speak up about considering bike transit in the plans…
TONIGHT: Community Meeting on 28X Bus Route!
This was to be the FINAL COMMUNITY MEETING on 28X!
ALL CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN, AND ROXBURY
Monday, September 14th, 6-8PM
Prince Hall, 24 Washington Street, Dorchester
This is the final community meeting to voice your concerns on the 28X Bus Project! All residents, churches and businesses are strongly encouraged to attend!
For more information about plan to improve bus service between Mattapan Square and Dudley Station along Blue Hill Avenue, visit this website.
HOSTED BY: Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, Sen. Jack Hart, Rep. Willie Mae Allen, Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry, Rep. Gloria Fox, Rep. Liz Malia, Rep. Byron Rushing, Rep. Marie St. Fleur, City Councillor Chuck Turner, City Councillor Charles C. Yancey
For more information, Contact Heather Perez in the Office of Representative Willie Mae Allen at 617-722-2460.
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there are others to be scheduled, please check out the calendar.
