Faced with a struggling and underutilized corridor along the Charles River, residents and community leaders of Boston, Cambridge, and Watertown, Massachusetts were determined to transform the neglected Greenough Boulevard into a unique multi-use greenway that would offer recreational opportunities and encourage more people to use non-vehicular modes of transportation. Due to land use development patterns and geography, the predicted demand for motor vehicle travel never reached the corridor. The Boulevard remained a half empty four-lane roadway that invited speeding along its course. The physical scale of the roadway crowded the riverbanks, degraded the environment along the river, and discouraged all but the most ardent walkers, runners, and cyclists from making their way along the shore. Communities today are facing major challenges related to climate change, shifting economies, and the need to build resilient, healthy communities. As demonstrated from the success of the award-winning Greenough Greenway project, VHB is a recognized leader in embracing sustainability as integral to its core values.
Sustainable Infrastructure Design Transforms Roadway INTO Connected Multimodal Corridor
ITE journal ; 87 , 6
2017
Article (Journal)
English
Transportation , Environmental stewardship , Transportation planning , Design , Motor vehicles , Roads & highways , Quality , Rivers , Climate change , Travel , Designers , Community , Walking , Joint use , Sustainability , Stormwater management , Recreation , Communities , Climatic changes , Motor task performance , Geography , Land use , Floods , Infrastructure
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