George Batchelor presentation at Moving Together 2014
Channel: John Allen
Date: 2015-05-12

George Batchelor of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation describes two projects and some reference documents.

In this video, I have combined his own presentation slides with my audio recording from the Moving Together conference on October 30, 2014. 

For the record, I strongly disagree with what Mr Batchelor says about both projects. I consider them both to be deeply flawed. 

The Casey Arborway project, by replacing the Casey overpass with an at-grade highway would result in delays and congestion for motorists, and place a multi-lane highway between the Jamaica Plain neighborhood at the Forest Hills transit hub, also consuming parkland. The project would also place bicyclists on sidepaths with delays at the several traffic lights, and usuble in winter. The Beacon Street (Somerville) project attempts to shoehorn bicycle sidepaths into a corridor which is too narrow to accommodate them and with numerous crossing and turning hazards at driveways and intersections. 

Citizens have proposed better alternatives for both projects, and the alternatives have been ignored.