Topic: Transportation – Page 4

Southborough Wachusett Aqueduct Connector

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:40 am. Written by Kit Un

Southborough Connector Overview The Southborough Connector will provide a long needed closure of a key gap in our regional trail system between Pine Hill Rd and Sudbury Reservoir Trail. Three […]

Holliston Foot Trail

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:39 am. Written by Kit Un

Holliston Foot Trail Overview The Holliston Greenbelt is an idea that dates back 30 years to connect many of the town’s open spaces and create a route between the recently […]

Ashland Park Connection

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:38 am. Written by Kit Un

Ashland Park Connections Overview This project seeks to connect the proposed Upper Charles Trail through Hopkinton State Park to the Southborough commuter rail station. The Town of Ashland has recently […]

Weston Charles River & Riverside Access

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:36 am. Written by Kit Un

Weston Charles River & Riverside Access Overview The overall goal of this project is to identify opportunities for providing a continuous trail along the Charles River in Weston. Due to […]

Framingham Upper Charles Trail

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:34 am. Written by Kit Un

Framingham Upper Charles Trail Overview The Upper Charles Trail is complete through Milford, Holliston, and a portion of Sherborn. The ultimate goal is to extend the trail to Framingham Centre […]

Cochituate Aqueduct

Posted on June 5, 2020 at 10:30 am. Written by Kit Un

Cochituate Aqueduct Overview The Cochituate Aqueduct Trail extends from Newton to Natick. Recent trail clearing efforts have extended the trail as far west as Pickerel Pond. In order to create […]

Potential Impacts of Ride-Hailing on the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT)

Posted on September 11, 2019 at 4:05 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Potential Impacts of Ride-Hailing on the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) August 2019 The Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) commissioned this study to evaluate whether BAT’s declining ridership in recent […]

West Station Area Transit Study

Posted on August 29, 2019 at 5:41 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

West Station Area Transit Study A transportation and land use study by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council Header photo: Google Maps, @2019 MassGIS, Commonwealth of Massachusetts EOEA, Maxar Technologies, Sanborn, […]

Expanding the Use of Value Capture for Transportation and TOD in Massachusetts

Posted on August 23, 2019 at 1:04 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

January 2017 Public investments in transit, highways, roads and other infrastructure generate value for nearby property owners. The term “value capture” refers to any strategy whereby a public agency “captures” […]

Filling the Transportation Gaps – MAGIC Subregion

Posted on August 9, 2019 at 3:51 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

ABOUT UPDATES FAQs Communities in the MAGIC Subregion have joined together to develop on-demand transportation pilots to help fill the gaps in the region’s transit network. The program, called Making […]