Mastodawn

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)Jan 6

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)Dec 10

Raised crossings on the new designs for McGrath Boulevard! So many good things in these plans, it'll be a huge improvement and can't come soon enough.
#SomervilleMA #GroundingMcGrath #HighwayRemoval #MassDOT

Garrett Wollman Jul 17, 2025

For those interested in #Boston area traffic, and might be coming back late from something on Saturday, #MassDOT has announced that the ramp from Routes 128 (aka I-95) and 30 to the eastbound Turnpike Extension (aka I-90) will be closed starting 10 p.m. on the 19th, through the early morning hours, to shift the ramp traffic onto the new bridge over the Charles River that has been constructed over the past year. Detour route is to take the Pike west and turn around at the State Police overpass.

StreetsblogMASS Jun 3, 2025

#MassDOT budget proposal reveals new timeline for proposed Somerville-Everett bike and pedestrian bridge, with completion delayed 'til early 2030s –
#mapoli

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/03/new-mystic-bridge-wont-be-built-til-the-2030s-under-massdots-proposed-budget

New Mystic Bridge Won't Be Built 'Til the 2030s Under MassDOT's Proposed Budget - Streetsblog Massachusetts

MassDOT's latest 5-year capital plan includes $69.8 million for the project, but work wouldn't begin until fiscal year 2027, more than a year from now.

Scott May 12, 2025

#massdot #somerville #boston #biketooter Mystic bridge meeting has been postponed due to space double booking

StreetsblogMASS May 12, 2025

SUV Driver Kills Priest on Route 138 in Milton

▪️ #MassDOT was warned of 'poor safety conditions' on the roadway in a 2018 report
▪️ Authorities wouldn't answer our questions about whether the suspect's license had been suspended

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/suv-driver-kills-priest-in-milton

SUV Driver Kills Priest on Route 138 in Milton - Streetsblog Massachusetts

A 2018 study warned of "poor safety conditions" on the state roadway where a driver killed Father James B. Doran last week.

Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)Apr 16, 2025

The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower

#Massachusetts #MassPike #MassDOT #AllstonMA #AllstonBrighton #RoadDiet #urbanism #BostonMA

The Path Forward for Allston's Highway Megaproject Is Getting Narrower - Streetsblog Massachusetts

Is MassDOT ready to admit that Allston needs more trains and fewer lanes?

Aaron Feb 26, 2025

i must have not looked super closely at (or completely missed) the fy2025 #massdot #rta connectivity grants
this was prompted by me trying to figure out if there was any progress on the 2024 rtig grants we've been waiting on for nearly a year at this point. specifically the bat-gatra-srta and brta-frta/pvta connectors, because those are the fun ones

both programs received further funding under rta connectivty, of about $1.5 million each

https://www.mass.gov/how-to/fy25-transit-connectivity-grant

StreetsblogMASS Feb 3, 2025

A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars from #MassDOT on designs for the Allston I-90 project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday:
#mapoli
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/02/03/designers-tempers-fray-as-major-issues-remain-unresolved-for-allston-i-90-project

Designers' Tempers Fray As Major Issues Remain Unresolved for Allston I-90 Project - Streetsblog Massachusetts

A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars for its design work on the Allston Multimodal Project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday.