Northeastern Students Present Sustainable Transportation Projects for Dot
dotbike advocacy September 9th, 2008A special presentation sponsored by DotBike.
How would you make Dorchester more bike (and foot) friendly?
Northeastern University professor Peter Furth traveled to the Netherlands this summer with 18 civil engineering students to study sustainable transportation in a country where there’s plenty of it. When they returned, they applied their lessons to Dorchester, redesigning key sites to to improve access and safety for bicycles, pedestrians, and public transportation.
Come hear and critique their ideas on Wednesday September 24th, 7 pm at the Vietnamese American Community Center, 42 Charles Street Dorchester, MA (one short block from the Fields Corner T stop). Projects to be presented include:
1) Making Dorchester Ave. bike friendly
2) Transit oriented development around Ashmont Station
3) Better walk /bike access to the UMass peninsula
4) A bike rental station for Andrew and / or JFK / UMass station
5) Making the South Bay shopping center more accessible for walk / bike / transit
Prof. Furth is a transportation engineer whose specialties include bicycle route networks and urban transit. For more information email dotbike<AT>bostonbiker.org or call Andy at 781-367-9200.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Sounds cool, I’ll for sure try to be there.
I wonder if they put any thought into turning Dot Ave into one big bike lane. I know at first it sounds a bit crazy, but honestly Dot Ave is a really stupid major street considering it’s one lane on both sides. If we closed Dot Ave to cars, people would be forced to use the major roads to get around Dot instead of jamming onto this one skinny one. Of course, some parts of Dot Ave would be open to cars crossing over the street to get from one side of Dot to the other, but actual travel on Dot Ave would be non motorized.
I mean, it’s not like we don’t have enough streets for cars already anyway, plus this way Dot Ave could have the sidewalks expanded, trees planted and turned into a pedestrian friendly shopping mecca that would help all Dot citizens.
September 11th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Definitely an interesting idea. I’d love to see this as well.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
This looks like it could be really interesting. Shadi and I will make an effort to be there.