This document summarizes a workshop on transportation issues related to the Union Square redevelopment project in Somerville, MA.
1. Effective transportation infrastructure is critical to the future of Union Square given its existing congestion issues and plans for increased density. Existing infrastructure and transit options are underperforming.
2. Stakeholders discussed opportunities to improve bike, pedestrian, vehicle and transit movement in the area through changes like converting one-way streets to two-way, improving bike lanes and sidewalks, managing parking, and planning for the new Green Line station.
3. Redevelopment presents both challenges like narrow streets, and opportunities to streamline traffic and create new multi-modal connections depending on how transportation is integrated
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Developing the strategy will involve engaging with theory relating to inclusion and participation, and with debates relating to participatory practice in plans for urban change in London and elsewhere and specific techniques for promoting participation in urban design.
Development control rules,
Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act,
Land acquisition act,
Village planning: Necessity and principles,
Rural developments- Growth
centre approach, Area Development approach, Integrated rural development
approach.
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we can ensure that even when gentrification hits, housing will remain affordable and people can remain in place. Other measures exist to tackle gentrification, which is what will be discussed in this report. We take a look at gentrification from various angles, within the Grangetown context, and using our analysis we propose an array of ‘anti-gentrification’ measures to promote longitudinal affordability for the area. We do this through the lens of various topics, in order to be able to paint an all round picture for an anti-gentrification strategy. These topics include:
1. Public Policies and Regulations
2. Patterns of land Ownership and Uses
3. Housing finance
4. Designing Structures, Spaces and Places
5. Community Demographics and Mobilization
6. Processes of Property Development
Urban renewal in France by Clemence PINEL
volunteer at Merhav - the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (www.miu.org.il)
Presented as part of the Urban Empowerment Lab that seeks to develop tools for the transformation of aging and decaying Israeli public housing complexes - built in the 1950s-1970s - into places with a high quality of life.
In this presentation we mainly focus on Redevelopment and its methodology, discussion of TWC (Third World Countries) redevelopment strategies, planners activity for redevelopment, An overview of gradual change on Dhaka city from the old (Basically on Land use and Transportation) and International Case study.
This presentation gives you a brief on town planning with emphasis on:
1. Objectives of Town Planning
2. Principles of Town Planning
3. Zoning
4. Green Belt
5. Road Systems
6. Master Plan
7. Slum Rehabilitation
This report considers the notion of ‘urban inclusion,’ focussing particularly on the potential for inclusion through the participation or meaningful involvement of local people in decisions related to transformation within their neighbourhoods and/or wider districts. The aim is to design a strategy for community involvement relating to the development of an area that forms part of the larger site developed between 2006 and 2012 for London’s Olympic Games. Our small site, known as Rick Roberts Way, lies within the London Borough of Newham, along the eastern edge of the Lea Valley and to the south of the main Olympic Park.
Developing the strategy will involve engaging with theory relating to inclusion and participation, and with debates relating to participatory practice in plans for urban change in London and elsewhere and specific techniques for promoting participation in urban design.
Development control rules,
Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act,
Land acquisition act,
Village planning: Necessity and principles,
Rural developments- Growth
centre approach, Area Development approach, Integrated rural development
approach.
Rooted in Place : Designing a flexible masterplan for resilient GrangetownShreya Mahajan
This report is a combined effort to design a master for Grangetown in Cardiff by proposing anti-gentrification strategies. One major ‘anti-gentrification’ measure is to increase the amount of affordable housing for the population. By doing so,
we can ensure that even when gentrification hits, housing will remain affordable and people can remain in place. Other measures exist to tackle gentrification, which is what will be discussed in this report. We take a look at gentrification from various angles, within the Grangetown context, and using our analysis we propose an array of ‘anti-gentrification’ measures to promote longitudinal affordability for the area. We do this through the lens of various topics, in order to be able to paint an all round picture for an anti-gentrification strategy. These topics include:
1. Public Policies and Regulations
2. Patterns of land Ownership and Uses
3. Housing finance
4. Designing Structures, Spaces and Places
5. Community Demographics and Mobilization
6. Processes of Property Development
Urban renewal in France by Clemence PINEL
volunteer at Merhav - the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (www.miu.org.il)
Presented as part of the Urban Empowerment Lab that seeks to develop tools for the transformation of aging and decaying Israeli public housing complexes - built in the 1950s-1970s - into places with a high quality of life.
In this presentation we mainly focus on Redevelopment and its methodology, discussion of TWC (Third World Countries) redevelopment strategies, planners activity for redevelopment, An overview of gradual change on Dhaka city from the old (Basically on Land use and Transportation) and International Case study.
This presentation gives you a brief on town planning with emphasis on:
1. Objectives of Town Planning
2. Principles of Town Planning
3. Zoning
4. Green Belt
5. Road Systems
6. Master Plan
7. Slum Rehabilitation
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5. Placemaking, Retail, Public Realm, Art
February 4
Creating an Employment Center in Union Square
February 11
Project Realities
February 18
Giving Shape to D2/D3
March 25
1
2
3
4
WORKSHOPS
Development Opportunities and Realities
6. • Effective infrastructure and transportation are fundamental to the
future of Union Square
• Infrastructure and transportation systems are underperforming
• Industrial history has redevelopment implications
• Redevelopment will add new users
• City has proactively developed solutions
• Redevelopment and the resulting economic impact will be critical
to implementing solution
• Collaboration to optimize solutions is critical
Why discuss transportation, infrastructure and
brownfields?
17. • Significant amount of infrastructure improvements
happening around Union Square, lead by PB
• Stormwater management is a big part of the works
being planned, that will mitigate, but may not
eliminate the potential for flooding
• Individual development will contribute by
incorporating stormwater management features to
reduce the rate of runoff from the project sites
Summary
22. Sources
• Walkthrough
• MassDEP Records
• Past Environmental Investigations
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• City Directories
• Aerial Photographs
• Environmental & Building Databases
23. Findings
• Environmental impacts due to historic uses
• Commercial & Industrial Activities, Residential
• Environmental Records Review of findings
• Land Use Limitations
• Future Environmental Requirements
• Adaptive Creativity in Design
26. 1. Cost of mitigating environmental impact
2. Applicability of public funds
3. Land use consistent with environmental conditions
4. Long-term operation & maintenance
5. Status of regulatory reviews & reporting
6. Phasing development to accommodate improvement of
site conditions
7. Developable areas vs. public amenities, easements & R/W
Factors to Consider
27. Develop Parcel-Specific Profile
Example
a. SB 1888: Repair shop, water works, shed, tool house. SB
1900: Veteran Fireman Association, Somerville Sewer
Dept., Shed, tool house (carpenter?). SB 1933: Same.
SB 1950: Unmarked. SB 1989: Parking. SB 1991: Parking
b. Brownfield grant (City of Somerville). Phase I ESA
completed (Redevelopment authority)
Profile:
Industrial, impacted, some cleanup work completed,
remaining impact being assessed. Possible waste pits &
vessels
28. Develop Parcel-Specific Approach
1. Assess soil, groundwater and soil vapor
2. Employ Risk-Based analysis following regulatory process
3. Satisfy regulatory requirements
4. Mitigation of hazards from past industrial operations
5. Establish cost-benefit development model
6. Optimize land use for public benefit
30. 1. Activity and Use Limitations (AUL) as a notice of Deed Restriction
(Institutional Controls)
2. Engineering controls integrated with design elements
3. Vapor intrusion mitigation
4. Soil handling (cut/fill), off-property soil disposal
5. Groundwater quality improvements
6. Waste area cleanup
7. Subsurface features (USTs, etc.)
Under Consideration
32. Assessment:
Soil, groundwater and vapor
Planning:
Community input, zoning, land use, massing, roadways, utilities,
open space, subterranean floors
Design:
Foundation types, pad elevations, utilities, stormwater
Regulatory:
Land use conformity, cleanup goals, restrictions
Coordination:
Phasing, remediation, infrastructure, sustainability
33. • Union Square industrial past is still very much
influencing the way we will develop the area,
impacting project cost, land use, and design
• Mitigating contaminated soils & groundwater are
expensive & complex, requiring additional funding
support and a creative approach to allow maximum
development value
• We will continue to work with all stakeholders to
achieve an optimum development
Summary
39. Somerville is Changing too…
Draft Zoning Ordinance Updates:
Draft Zoning Ordinance
• Urban Square and TOD area
TDM Plan
• Mobility Management Plan is required as part
of permitting
• Mandates TDM Programs
• Requires annual reporting
Parking
•No minimum parking requirements only
maximums
•Unbundled parking/off‐site parking permitted
•Higher densities require parking underground
or in a structure
Bicycle Parking
•Bicycle parking requirements for new buildings
43. At the Crossroads of Regional Destinations
UNION
SQUARE
DOWNTOWN
BOSTON
93
28
COMMUTER
RAIL
KENDALL
SQUARE
SULLIVAN
SQUARE
ASSEMBLY
ROW
HARVARD
SQUARE
45. Accessed by a Mix of Modes
Union Square
Data: American Community Survey 2006-2010, Extracted through CTPP
Bicycle
3%
Drove alone
62%
Carpool/ Vanpool
8%
Walked
8%
Transit
14%
Other
5%
Those Who Work in Union Square
Union Square Residents
Data: American Community Survey 2013 5-year estimates
46. People Travel through Union Square on a Variety of Routes
Input from February 4th Placemaking Workshop
62. Use Size
Apartments 1,367 units
Auto Repair 168,155 SF
Bank 33,059 SF
Bar 7,671 SF
Church 51,322 SF
Condo 44 units
Convenience Market 15,743 SF
Donut/Coffee Shop 18,471 SF
Fast Food 11,381 SF
Furniture Store 7,318 SF
Gallery 76,364 SF
Grocery Store 37,262 SF
High-Turnover Sit Down Restaurant 50,296 SF
Light Manufacturing 173,953 SF
Medical Office 115,442 SF
Office 200,505 SF
Quality Restaurant 43,085 SF
School - 1100 k-12 57,200 SF
School - 555 students 110,000 SF
Target Store 130,947 SF
Warehouse 229,549 SF
Cleaners 3,555 SF
Government Office 127,702 SF
Residential in Mixed Use 72,824 SF
Health/Fitness Club 6,065 SF
Recreation Center 13,464 SF
Shopping Center 23,507 SF
General Shopping Center 35,678 SF
TOTAL 1,800,000 SF + 1,400 HU
Mixed Land Use Mitigates Parking Demand
71. Biking Today: Class 2 Bike Lanes and Sharrows
Gaps in lane network
No protected infrastructure
McGrath barrier
One ways force cyclists to follow
circuitous routes through square
79. Sample Street Widths: Prospect, Webster, & Somerville
PROSPECT STREET – 35’
WEBSTER STREET – 33’
SOMERVILLE AVE ‐ 60’ IN SQUARE
80. Interim Plans from Streetscape Study
Prospect Street, looking North
Source: Union Square Utility and Streetscape Improvements Study
PROSPECT STREET – 35’
84. East West Bus Service is More Frequent than North-South
85. Bus Route Origin-Destination
Weekday Peak
Headway (minutes)
Weekday Midday
Headway (minutes)
Weekday Evening
Headway (minutes)
Weekend Headway
(minutes)
CT2 Sullivan Station - Ruggles Station via Kendall/MIT 20 30 - 35 -- --
69
Harvard/Holyoke Gate - Lechmere Station via Cambridge
Street
10-20 25 40 20-40
80 Arlington Center - Lechmere Station via Medford Hillside 20 25-35 60 30-60
83 Rindge Ave - Central Square Station via Porter 20 30 60 25-60
85
Spring Hill - Kendall/MIT Station via Summer Street &
Union Square
40 40 -- --
86
Sullivan Station - Reservoir (Cleveland Circle) via
Harvard
8-18 20 28-45 30-60
87
Arlington Center/Clarendon Hill - Lechmere Station via
Somerville Avenue
20-22 30 30-35 30-40
88 Clarendon Hill - Lechmere Station via Highland Avenue 8-18 30 35 20-40
90
Davis Square Station - Wellington Station via Sullivan
Square Station and Assembly Mall
40 40-55 65 70
91
Sullivan Square Station - Central Square Station via
Washington Street
25-30 25-30 60-65 20-60
KEY: RouteRuns Directly Thorough Union Square
Route Runs Within 1/2 Mile of Union Square
Currently: Frequent Connections to
Harvard, Sullivan, and Lechmere
87. Green Line Extension Will Increase Transit Accessibility
Credit: MassDOT
85/CT2
Buses
Future
Connections
between Red
and Green Line?
88. Projected to have over 3,500 Boardings Daily
•Green Line Extension projected to
have 49,000 Riders (Credit: 2012 Factsheet)
•Union Square Station Projected to
be 3rd busiest Green Line Station
north of the Charles in 2030 (Out of
all 10 Stations) Credit: 2012 Ridership Estimates
STATION TODAY PROJECTED 2030
Union Square ‐‐‐ 3,570
Gilman Square ‐‐‐ 3,930
Lechmere Station 6,400 8,820
Credit: 2012 Ridership Estimates, MBTA Blue Book
95. What We’ve Heard: February 4 Workshop
FEBURARY 4th WORKSHOP TRANSPORTATION
IDEAS:
• Bikers live in US on purpose – affordable!
• Increase bike path connections to Boston,
water, Red Line, etc.
• Bike path along tracks
• Trees, courtyards, nice walking streets
• Road diet on Webster Ave
• Somerville Ave is a place for people, not
cars
• Create connection across Green Line tracks
• Connect to Target from Inman/Cambridge
• Create alternate walking path from
Somerville along Everett Street to Prospect
• Continuous retail to promote walking
• Increase connections in street grid
• Create a parking/green area on D-7
• Re-route traffic pattern so you don’t have
to drive through US
96. What We’ve Heard: Somerville Bike Committee
SOMERVILLE BICYCLE COMMITTEE IDEAS:
• Ground level-bike access
• Sharing ramps w/cars = bad
• Park bikes closer to door than vehicles
• “Separate and better rather than
separate but equal”
• In Union Square area, good bike parking
expected
• 15% - target bike mode share
• Awnings along Prospect would provide a
covered connection Green Line – US
• Promote bike friendliness as part of
development identity
100. Projected Green Line Ridership
Credit: 2012 Ridership Estimates Half as busy as existing Lechmere Station
Projected to be 3rd busiest Green Line station North of the Charles
DRAFT
