Parking in central Boston: meeting the access needs of a growing downtown.
Contributors: Boston Traffic and Parking Dept.; Vanasse/Hangen Associates.
Published: 1983
Language: eng
Subjects: Back Bay / Beacon Hill, Boston (Mass.) -- Parking.; Central Business District and Financial District, Boston (Mass.) -- Parking.; Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Motor vehicles -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; North Station, Boston (Mass.) -- Parking.; Parking -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Studies.; Projections (1990) -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Parking.; Travel Patterns -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Projections (1990); Waterfront, Boston (Mass.) -- Parking.; Fort Point Channel Area (Boston, Mass.); North End (Boston, Mass.) -- Parking.; South End (Boston, Mass.) -- Parking.
Description: ...in-depth study covering the following areas: North Station, Beacon Hill, Central Business District, Back Bay, South End, North End, Waterfront, Financial District and Fort Point Channel; gives land uses and transportation characteristics of the area, parking supply characteristics, cost of parking, future parking needs (projections to 1990) and future travel to downtown (projections to 1990); presents growth policy options for addressing future needs and recommended actions; Appendix A is a 1982 parking inventory that includes type, rated capacity, rates, etc. for each off street parking facility; Appendix B presents the results of a survey of employees of five downtown buildings to obtain information on travel patterns; Appendix D discusses adapting Boston's 1976 parking freeze to changing conditions, Appendix E contains guidelines for restriping of facilities for compact cars (motor vehicles) and conversion to attendent parking operations; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...