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StreetNEWS (Apr. 28)

Submitted by Charlie Denison on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 8:22am.

Highlights
  • State slates $5m for new Neponset park: Also to renovate Hyde Park shell (Boston Globe, Boston Metro)
    For years, the images of birds, fish, and flowers on the Martini Shell have been a blur of peeling paint, graffiti, and rot. Now, the state plans to revitalize the performance space and the surrounding area along the Neponset River.

  • Hyde Park to get extreme makeover: Master plan to include rezoning, revitalizing two squares (Boston Metro)
    The city is envisioning a makeover for Hyde Park, including rezoning the neighborhood and revitalizing Cleary and Logan squares with new businesses, more usable green space and a refurbished commuter rail station.

  • DPW workers quit early, city says: Routine jobs incomplete, aids find (Boston Globe)
    Five to 10 workers and supervisors in the city's Department of Public Works face discipline and could be fired, and dozens more are being questioned after an investigation by city officials revealed workers routinely left the job early and managers failed to ensure even basic pothole repairs were completed.
    (Related stories below...)

  • How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing (Streetsblog)
    The mayor of a global metropolis, elected to his first term in 2001, set out to reduce driving and promote greener modes of transportation in his city. Congestion pricing turned out to be unfeasible, because influential political forces in the suburbs believed, rightly or wrongly, that charging people to drive into the urban core was regressive. Undaunted, the mayor found other means to achieve his transportation agenda.
"Streets"
  • Metro Moments with the Mayor: Dangerous Riverway crossings (Boston Metro)
  • Driving Signs Can Make Navigating Boston Difficult (WBZ)
  • For business owners, a long road of frustration to new Somerville Avenue (Somerville News, Boston Globe)
  • Reviving the 'Middle Cities' (Worcester Business Journal)
  • 'Serious Longfellow flaws cities in study: State disputes, delays report (Boston Globe)
  • BU Bridge in need of some major refurbishing (Boston Globe)
  • Scores helped to clean up the city: 197 projects benefited by Boston Shines (Boston Globe)
  • LETTER: Officials came up short in helping clean-up crews (Boston Globe)
Bicycling
Transit
  • Silver Line moves into Phase III: Completion of the Silver Line requires support of communities (SAMPAN)
  • T has plan to maintain Back Bay buildings: $3 well system to elevate levels of ground water (Boston Globe, Boston Herald)
  • T Q+A with General Manager Dan Grabauskas (Boston Metro)
  • MBTA files lawsuit in Canton rail crash (Boston Metro)
  • Air quality improving around Dudley Station (Boston Metro) 4/22
  • The Southwest of bus lines? New York-Boston route's newest player cribs from discount airline models (Boston Globe)
  • MBTA to search bags as part of terror drill (Boston Herald)
  • Youth group to fight the fear on the No. 23: Teens' survey promotes a 'culture of courtesy' on MBTA buses (Boston Metro)
  • Making a bolt for dominance on Boston-N.Y. route (Boston Globe)
  • Governor Patrick approves funding for Green Line extension (Tufts Daily)
  • LETTER: Long wait after game does disservice to riders (Boston Globe)
Cars
Parking
Parks
  • Tests along Neponset find no risk from prior contamination (Boston Globe)
Development projects
  • The Machine as Garden: The New Harvard Campus in Allston, Sustainability and Its Effects On Design (Harvard Design Magazine)
  • What's in a name? Residents get input on paper mill identity (Hyde Park Bulletin)
  • Dorchester builder cuts condo prices (Boston Herald)
  • MFA unveiling a grander gateway to its treasures: Coming in June, new entrance on the Fens will greet visitors (Boston Globe)
  • Here, density may work: On Chinatown site's future, a clash over priorities (Boston Globe)
Transportation financing/government
  • Mayor wants inspectors driving Smart Cars (Somerville Journal)
  • Boston DPW workers eyed faking hours face discipline (Boston Herald)
  • Menino rebukes city DPW workers: Mayor appoints new official to oversee reform (Boston Globe)
  • Department of Public (no) Works (Boston Herald)
  • Promises unmet: The mayor has failed to deliver, in whole or in part, on nearly half of his 40 clearly stated commitments to the city (Boston Globe)
Green trends
 Out-of-state
National trends
  • New High-Rise Map of U.S. Per-Capita CO2 Emissions (WIRED)
  • Home Prices Drop Most in Areas with Long Commutes (NPR)
  • Macy's: Leave the Car at Home (Streetsblog)
  • Best And Worst Cities for Commuters (Forbes)
  • High gas costs fuel energy debate (Boston Globe)
  • Mayors embrace tree-planting programs: But green solution finds tough going in urban settings (Boston Globe)
International news
  • Rallying call: Take back the streets from automobiles (The Record)
  • School-run charge 'could spread' (BBC News)
  • Europeans turning backs on cars: Astronomical fuel prices stoke use of public transportation, bikes (San Francisco Chronicle)
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