Tufts University professor Justin Hollander, from the department of Urban Environmental Policy and Planning, has created the inTeractive Somerville project "to engage Somerville residents, particularly those who ordinarily do not get involved in city planning, in helping to shape the future of the city in anticipation of the Green Line extension into Somerville." Here's a sample:
Here's the video of the November 8 meeting.
Click to see why the Community Path is such a critical link.
Boston Globe: "Slow progress on Community Path" Advocates have been pushing for the state to see the Community Path as an integral part of the Green Line extension but "there's nowhere near enough funding," said Alan Moore, a member of the Friends of the Community Path who spoke at the meeting.
"Somerville's small industrial shops threatened by Green Line"
"Green Line extension planners meet with the public at Tufts"
Cross-posted from our friends at MGNA…
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is finalizing plans for a year-long study to evaluate the impacts and economic development potential surrounding the proposed Green Line station at Mystic Valley Parkway and Boston Avenue on the Medford/Somerville line.
MAPC, the regional land use planning agency for the 101 cities and towns in Greater Boston, has been awarded a $209,000 contract from the state to study the station, which is proposed for Phase II of the Green Line extension project currently being planned. Phase I will extend the Green Line to College Avenue in Medford and to Union Square in Somerville by October 2015.
"Brickbottom residents reassured on Green Line facility" If you think of the extension as a wishbone north of Lechmere Station - with one side being a short leg to Union Square, and the other side being a much longer leg across Somerville to Medford - the split occurs smack up against the Brickbottom lofts. On one side it bisects the back…
Somerville will receive $1.8 million in federal funding to complete a comprehensive citywide transportation plan and capitalize on the six new Green Line stations. "This federal funding will help the City of Somerville as it prepares for the Green Line, increasing the resources available to implement a thoughtful approach to transit oriented development planning," said Congressman Mike Capuano. Somerville Journal press…
Boston Globe: "A roadblock to revival: The Orange Line opened Malden to new possibilities, but many remain unrealized" "Although the downtown was just one street away from the Malden Center T stop, out-of-towners couldn't see it when they stepped off the subway. Instead, they saw the big brick retaining walls of Government Center and kept walking."