…a small industrial area near the downtown and adjacent to the bike path. Congratulations to many at MAPC, which provided the town with the updated zoning text and also visualizations…
…February 26, 2014. Courtesy Marilyn Humphries. MAPC Winter Council Meeting, Boston, Mass., February 26, 2014. Courtesy Marilyn Humphries. Shirronda Almeida Chandler, the Steering Committee Chair of MetroBoston Sustainable Communities,…
…A 33 (1999): 549-574. Available as a free download from https://shoup.bol.ucla.edu/. Donald Shoup, The High Cost of Free Parking (2005), Planners Press, American Planning Association. Available for purchase from https://www.planning.org/APAStore/Search/Default.aspx?p=1814….
…and strategies that may help in its resolution. There is not enough parking in the downtown area; customers have trouble finding spaces and frequent double-parking blocks spots and causes congestion…
…Master Planning process, community members identified revitalizing Downtown Foxborough as a key goal. In January, we held a visioning workshop with a focus group consisting of Foxborough business owners. There,…
…a car-oriented strip mall area. Creating the type of environment where its easy for people to walk between destinations involves both good urban design and parking policies. If each destination…
Three local examples are provided. The Belmont, Mass. and Lexington, Mass. parking study examples are studies that target commercial areas and focus exclusively on parking issues. The Norwood, Mass. example…
…building stock. Encourage infill development throughout the Downtown area to reduce the number of underutilized properties. Increase the amount of pedestrian activity at prominent locations along Route 135 to take…