[*BCM*] Storrow Drive Tunnel and Esplanade

[Ian Thistle]

Yep, get all those bikes off the roads, whre they don't belong.

On 12/16/05, Thomas John Vitolo <tjvitolo at bu.edu> wrote:
>
> I wouldn't be opposed to temporarily rerouting cars onto the Esplanade,
> and I
> doubt that there will be another solution, to be honest.
>
> That said, what I suspect will happen is that when they look to cut costs,
> they'll do it in such a way that harm pedestrians, cyclists, and other
> park-goers the most.  They won't put up enough Jersey barricades during
> construction.  They'll half-ass connecting paths for cyclists.  They'll
> continue
> to not clear the ice on the Esplanade paths.
>
> When they're done, they won't restore things completely.  They'll cut
> cost.
>
> And, after non-car-users have given up use of a section of the Esplanade
> for a
> year or three or five, they won't even get things back the way they gave
> them up
> one or three or five years ago.
>
>
> So, how it *should* work, in my opinion:
> In return for losing Esplanade sections for a period of time, the
> city/state should:
> * Improve the area of the Esplanade near Charlesgate.  We're squished
> right
> next to the cars, and it's loud, full of exhaust and fumes, and dangerous
> due to
> dust and pebbles being kicked up at us.
> * Improve other areas of the Esplanade to reduce the noise from cars, or
> better
> yet to use landscaping so that parkgoers don't even see cars on
> Storrow.  It
> would make the place more peaceful, more quiet, and more healthy.
> * Replace the decrepit staired footbridge over Storrow near BU with a new,
> ramped footbridge.
> * Fix the water fountains.
>
> And I'm sure there's more.  The Esplanade could use an infusion of cash to
> help
> isolate it from Storrow Drive.  The citizens of Boston deserve it.
>
>
> - stomv
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