Following monitoring, congestion, mobility, and safety problems are identified as problem locations in need of detailed study and further action for the implementation of the recommended improvements. Most of the problem locations identified from monitoring fall into one of the following categories:
Congested roadway locations can be seen on the maps (beginning with Figure 4-1). The congested corridors in the Boston region are listed below by direction of travel. A corridor appears on the congested corridors list if the Congestion Management Process indicated that there is a congestion issue in either the AM or PM peak period. Corridors are determined to be congested if any of the following performance measures is below the set threshold: observed travel speed, level of service, or speed index,. Each of these measures is an indicator of an aspect of congestion, and they often overlap in what they are measuring. The CMP has determined the following arterial corridors within the Boston Region to be congested: the congested arterial and expressway corridors are listed in Table 5-1 and Table 5-2, below.
TABLE 5-1
Congested Arterial Corridors*
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Fresh Pond Pkwy. |
NB |
Soldiers Field Rd. on-ramp |
Rte. 2 |
A |
V/C (both) |
Fresh Pond Pkwy. |
SB |
Rte. 2 |
Soldiers Field Rd. on-ramp |
A |
TS (AM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 107 |
NB |
Rte. 16 |
Albert J. Brown Circle |
A |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (PM), LOS (AM) |
Rte. 107 |
SB |
Albert J. Brown Circle |
Rte. 16 |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (PM), LOS (AM) |
Rte. 109 |
EB |
I-495 |
Birch St. |
A |
V/C (both) |
Rte. 109 |
WB |
Birch St. |
I-495 |
A |
V/C (both) |
Rte. 114 |
EB |
Palmer Ave. |
Marblehead TL |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (PM), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 114 |
WB |
Marblehead TL |
Palmer Ave. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (PM), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 119 |
NB |
Pope Rd. |
Rte. 2 |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 119 |
SB |
Rte. 2 |
Pope Rd. |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 127 |
EB |
Essex TL |
Rte.128 |
A |
V/C (both) |
Rte. 127 |
WB |
Rte. 128 |
Essex TL |
A |
V/C (both) |
Rte. 129 |
EB |
Rte. 1A |
Ocean Ave. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 129 |
WB |
Ocean Ave. |
Rte. 1A |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 138 |
NB |
Park Ave. |
I-93 |
A |
TS (AM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Rte. 138 |
SB |
I-93 |
Park Ave. |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 140 |
NB |
Maple St. |
Foxborough TL |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 140 |
SB |
Foxborough TL |
Maple St. |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 145 |
EB |
Boston TL |
Revere TL |
A |
V/C (AM) |
Rte. 145 |
WB |
Revere TL |
Boston TL |
A |
V/C (AM) |
Rte. 16 |
EB |
Concord St. |
Capital St. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 16 |
WB |
Capital St. |
Concord St. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 1A |
NB |
Bell Circle |
Oak Island Rd. |
A |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 1A |
SB |
Oak Island Rd. |
Bell Circle |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 1A |
SB |
Rotary |
First Bell Circle signal |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both) |
Rte. 1A |
NB |
Kingman St. |
Market St. |
A |
SI (AM), LOS (AM) |
Rte. 1A |
SB |
Lynnway stop sign |
Kingman St. |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 1A |
NB |
General Edwards Bridge |
Hanson St. |
A |
SI (PM) |
Rte. 203 |
EB |
Harvard St. |
I-93 |
A |
TS (both), SI (both) |
Rte. 203 |
WB |
I-93 |
Harvard St. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both) |
Rte. 203/ Jamaicaway |
EB |
Willow Pond Rd. |
Forest Hills Rotary |
A |
SI (PM), LOS (AM) |
Rte. 203/ Jamaicaway |
WB |
Forest Hills Rotary |
Willow Pond Rd. |
A |
TS (AM), SI (both), LOS (AM) |
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Rte. 27 |
NB |
Depot St. |
Canton St. |
A |
V/C (PM) |
Rte. 27 |
SB |
Canton St. |
Depot St. |
A |
V/C (PM) |
Rte. 28 |
NB |
Highland Ave. |
Assembly Sq. Mall |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 28 |
SB |
Assembly Sq. Mall |
Highland Ave. |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 28 |
SB |
Riverside Ave. |
Presidents Landing |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 28 |
NB |
Third St. |
Twin City Mall |
A |
None |
Rte. 28 |
SB |
Twin City Mall |
Third St. |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 28 |
NB |
Presidents Dr. |
Riverside Ave. |
A |
TS (AM), SI (both) |
Rte. 30 |
EB |
I-90 |
Rte. 9 |
A |
SI (both), V/C (PM) |
Rte. 37 |
NB |
Rte. 139 |
I-93 |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 37 |
SB |
I-93 |
Rte. 139 |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 3A |
NB |
Hingham TL |
I-93 Interchange |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), LOS (PM), V/C (AM) |
Rte. 3A |
SB |
I-93 Interchange |
Hingham TL |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), LOS (PM), V/C (AM) |
Rte. 4 |
NB |
Rte. 2 |
Billerica TL |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both), CR |
Rte. 4 |
SB |
Billerica TL |
Rte. 2 |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), CR |
Rte. 60 |
EB |
Newton St. |
Trapelo Rd. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both) |
Rte. 60 |
WB |
Trapelo Rd. |
Newton St. |
A |
SI (both) |
Rte. 62 |
EB |
Bedford-Concord TL |
Burlington TL |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), LOS (AM) |
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Rte. 62 |
WB |
Burlington TL |
Bedford-Concord TL |
A |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both), LOS (AM) |
Rte. 99 |
NB |
Dexter St. |
Shute St. |
A |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 99 |
SB |
Shute St. |
Dexter St. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Mystic Valley Pkwy. |
EB |
Auburn St. |
Main St. |
A |
TS (AM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Mystic Valley Pkwy. |
WB |
Main St. |
Auburn St. |
A |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Storrow Drive |
EB |
Memorial Dr. |
Leverett Circle |
A |
TS (AM) , SI (both), V/C (both) |
Storrow Drive |
WB |
Leverett Circle |
Memorial Dr. |
A |
V/C (both) |
Rte. 3/Rte. 3A |
NB |
Country Club Rd. |
Billerica TL |
A |
SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 3/Rte. 3A |
SB |
Billerica TL |
Country Club Rd. |
A |
SI (both), V/C (both) |
*Rte. = Route, A = arterial, PLAR = partially limited-access roadway,
LAR = limited-access roadway, TS = travel speed, SI = speed index, V/C = volume/capacity ratio,
LOS = level of service, CR = crash rate, TL = town line
TABLE 5-2
Congested Corridors: Limited-Access Roadways and Expressways
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I-90 |
EB |
Oak St. overpass |
Centre St. |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
I-90 |
EB |
Cambridge St. overpass |
Toll plaza |
LAR |
TS (both) |
I-90 |
WB |
Centre St. |
Weston TL |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (PM), V/C (AM) |
I-90 |
WB |
Toll plaza |
Exit 17 (Newton/Watertown) |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both) |
I-93 |
NB |
Granite Ave. |
Government Center |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
I-93 |
SB |
Government Center |
Granite Ave. |
LAR |
TS (both, SI (PM), V/C (both) |
I-93 |
NB |
Leverett Circle |
I-95 |
LAR |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
I-93 |
SB |
I-95 |
Leverett Circle |
LAR |
TS (AM), SI (AM), V/C (both) |
I-93 |
NB |
Massachusetts Ave. |
Braintree Split |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
I-93 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
Massachusetts Ave. |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
I-93/Rte. 128 |
NB |
I-95 |
Braintree Split |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
I-93/Rte. 128 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
I-95 |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both) |
I-95 |
NB |
Winter St. |
Rte. 3 |
LAR |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
I-95 |
SB |
Rte. 3 |
Winter St. |
LAR |
TS (AM), V/C (both) |
Rte.128 |
NB |
Braintree Split |
Dedham St. overpass |
LAR |
TS (AM), SI (AM), V/C (both) |
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Rte.128 |
SB |
Dedham St. overpass |
Braintree Split |
LAR |
V/C (both) |
I-95 |
NB |
I-93 |
Rte. 30 |
LAR |
TS (AM), V/C (both) |
I-95 |
SB |
Rte. 30 |
I-93 |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 1A/Rte. 60 |
NB |
Logan on-ramp |
U-turn |
PLAR |
TS (PM), SI (PM) |
Rte. 1A/Rte. 60 |
SB |
U-turn |
Logan on-ramp |
PLAR |
SI (AM) |
Rte. 2 |
NB |
Newtown Rd. |
I-95/Rte. 128 |
PLAR |
TS (AM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 2 |
SB |
I-95/Rte. 128 |
Newtown Rd. |
PLAR |
TS (PM), SI (both), V/C (both) |
Rte. 2 |
EB |
Lake St. |
Alewife signal |
LAR |
SI (both) |
Rte. 2 |
WB |
Alewife signal |
Lake St. |
LAR |
SI (both) |
Rte. 24 |
NB |
Avon TL |
Rte. 139 |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (AM) |
Rte. 24 |
SB |
Rte. 139 |
Avon TL |
LAR |
None |
Rte. 24 |
NB |
Mazzeo Dr. |
I-93 |
LAR |
TS (both), SI (AM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 24 |
SB |
I-93 |
Mazzeo Dr. |
LAR |
TS (PM), SI (PM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 3 |
SB |
Braintree Split |
Exit 14 |
LAR |
TS (AM), SI (AM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 3 |
NB |
Exit 14 |
Braintree Split |
LAR |
TS (AM), SI (AM), V/C (both) |
Rte. 9 |
EB |
Southborough |
Brookline Ave. |
PLAR |
TS (PM), SI (both),V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Roadway |
Direction |
From |
To |
Type of Roadway |
Congestion Indicator |
Rte. 9 |
WB |
Brookline Ave. |
Southborough |
PLAR |
TS (both), SI (both), V/C (both), CR, LOS (both) |
Rte. 1 |
NB |
City Square |
Chelsea off-ramp |
PLAR |
SI (PM) |
Rte. 1 |
SB |
Chelsea off-ramp |
City Square |
PLAR |
TS (AM), SI (AM) |
Rte. 1 |
NB |
I-93 |
Route 99 on-ramp |
PLAR |
SI (PM), V/C (AM) |
Rte. 1 |
SB |
Lowell St. |
I-93 |
PLAR |
SI (AM), V/C (AM) |
Rte. 1/VFW |
NB |
I-95 |
Centre St. |
PLAR |
TS (both), SI (both) |
Rte. 1/VFW |
SB |
Centre St. |
I-95 |
PLAR |
TS (both), SI (both) |
TABLE 5-3
The Ten Most Congested Interchanges in the
AM Peak Period
Freeway |
Freeway Section |
Direction |
Interchange |
Speed Index |
Approach Speed |
Route 3 South |
Route 14, Duxbury, to I-93, Braintree |
NB |
Int. 16, Route 18 |
0.2 |
12 |
Route 3 North |
New Hampshire state line to I-95/Route 128, Burlington |
SB |
Int. 30N, Lowell Connector |
0.22 |
12 |
I-93 North |
Int. 31, Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway |
SB |
Int. 31, Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway |
0.27 |
15 |
I-93 North |
I-95/Route 128, Woburn/Reading, to Route 28, Somerville |
SB |
Int. 30, Route 38/Mystic Avenue |
0.27 |
15 |
I-93/SE Expressway |
Route 3, Braintree, to Southampton Street, Boston |
NB |
Int. 12, Route 3A/Neponset |
0.27 |
15 |
I-93/SE Expressway |
Route 3, Braintree, to Southampton Street, Boston |
NB |
Int. 13, Freeport Street |
0.27 |
15 |
Route 1 North |
I-95, Peabody, to I-93, Charlestown |
SB |
Route 99 |
0.34 |
17 |
I-90 |
I-495, Hopkinton, to Logan Airport, Boston |
WB |
Int. 18, 19, & 20, Allston-Brighton |
0.35 |
19 |
I-93/SE Expressway |
Route 3, Braintree, to Southampton Street, Boston |
NB |
Int. 14, Morrissey Boulevard |
0.36 |
20 |
Route 24 |
Route 140, Taunton, to I-93 (Route 128), Randolph |
NB |
Int. 19, Harrison Boulevard |
0.4 |
26 |
Table 5-4
The Ten Most Congested Interchanges in the
PM Peak Period
Freeway |
Freeway Section |
Direction |
Interchange |
Speed Index |
Approach Speed |
|
|
I-90 |
I-495, Hopkinton, to Logan Airport, Boston |
WB |
Int. 18, 19, & 20, Allston-Brighton |
0.18 |
10 |
||
Route 3 North |
New Hampshire state line to I-95/Route 128, Burlington |
NB |
Int. 30N, Lowell Connector |
0.22 |
12 |
||
I-93 North |
Int. 31, Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway |
NB |
Int. 31, Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway |
0.27 |
15 |
||
I-93 North |
I-95/Route 128, Woburn/Reading, to Route 28, Somerville |
NB |
Int. 30, Route 38/Mystic Avenue |
0.27 |
15 |
||
Route 1 North |
I-95, Peabody, to I-93, Charlestown |
NB |
Route 99 |
0.34 |
17 |
||
I-90 |
I-495, Hopkinton, to Logan Airport, Boston |
EB |
Int. 18, 19, & 20, Allston-Brighton |
0.35 |
19 |
||
Route 1A/Route 60 |
|
SB |
Porter Street off-ramp |
0.38 |
15 |
||
I-95/Route 128 |
University Avenue, Canton, to Route 9, Wellesley |
SB |
Int. 13, University Avenue |
0.4 |
22 |
||
I-90 |
I-495, Hopkinton, to Logan Airport, Boston |
WB |
Int. 17, Newton Corner |
0.4 |
22 |
||
I-93/SE Expressway |
Route 3, Braintree, to Southampton Street, Boston |
SB |
Int. 16, Southampton Street |
0.44 |
20 |
The location of the worst congestion on Boston’s HOV network is the northbound HOV lane (in the evening) on the Southeast Expressway. Travel times have been increasing for both the HOV and general-purpose lanes over the past nine years, since 2002, except at the very beginning and end of each peak period. Congestion in this network reaches its peak at about 8:00 AM. Despite the congestion, the travel time saved by using the HOV lanes is about 8 minutes, which does meet the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) standards for travel time savings. The DEP standards are that the travel time for each mile of HOV travel should be at least one minute less than for one mile of travel in the general-purpose lanes. Another issue is that while the Southeast Expressway’s southbound HOV lane did not show significant congestion, it also did not meet the DEP standards.
The following table (Table 5-5) shows data for the 10 bus routes with the lowest percentage of weekday trips meeting the on-time performance threshold: Routes 171, 459, 553, 455,1 558, 435, 556, 450, 434, and 429. Any bus route that has fewer than 60% of its trips performing on time does not pass the congestion threshold for on-time performance.
Table 5-6, below, shows the commuter rail lines that failed to meet on-time performance standards. During the first three months of 2011, none of the MBTA commuter rail lines met the on-time performance threshold of 95% of trips operated on time.
Table 5-7, below, shows the congested corridors for the rapid transit lines. Both the Red Line and the Orange Line failed to meet the on-time performance standard. The B Branch of the Green Line and the Mattapan High-Speed Line also failed to meet the standard.
TABLE 5-5
Top Ten Bus Routes with the Lowest
On-Time Performance2
Bus Route Name |
Bus Route Number |
Weekday On-Time Performance* |
Dudley Station–Logan Airport Station |
171 |
22% |
Salem Depot–Downtown Crossing |
459 |
37% |
Roberts–Downtown Boston |
553 |
41% |
Salem Depot–Wonderland |
455 |
42% |
Riverside–Downtown Boston |
558 |
43% |
Liberty Tree Mall–Central Square (Lynn) |
435 |
44% |
Waltham Highlands–Downtown Boston |
556 |
46% |
Salem Depot–Haymarket/Wonderland Station |
450 |
46% |
Peabody–Haymarket |
434 |
46% |
Northgate Shopping Center–Central Square (Lynn) |
429 |
46% |
Percent of buses running on time (less than 5 minutes late).
TABLE 5-6
Commuter Rail Lines That Failed to Meet
On-Time Performance Standards,
December 2011, February 2012 and March 20123
Rail Line |
Average On-Time Performance |
|
Rockport |
85% |
|
Fitchburg |
88% |
|
Providence |
90% |
|
Newburyport |
91% |
|
Stoughton |
94% |
|
Haverhill |
94% |
TABLE 5-7
Rapid Transit Lines That Failed to Meet
On-Time Performance Standards,
December 2011, February 2012, and March 20124
Rail Line |
Average On-Time Performance |
|
Orange Line |
94.30% |
|
Red Line |
94.60% |
The MBTA bus routes that fail to meet the Load Standard Adherence during at least one of the three monitoring periods (weekday, Saturday and Sunday) are: bus routes 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 51, 59, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 80, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 96, 101, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 120, 136, 137, 191, 192, 216, 222, 225, 230, 238, 240, 350, 411, 429, 430, 441, 442, 450, 455, 459, 553, 701, 741, 742, 749, and 751.
According to data used for the preparation of the MBTA’s Preliminary 2010 Service Plan, the following rapid transit lines failed to meet passenger load standards: the Blue Line (evening and late evening), the Red Line Braintree branch (midday base), the Red Line trunk service (midday, outside the core area), the Green Line B Branch outside the core area (midday base, evening, and late evening), the Green Line C Branch (outside the core area, evening), and the Green Line D Branch outside the core area (midday base, evening, and late evening). The rapid transit lines that failed to meet the passenger load standards are displayed in Table 5-8.
TABLE 5-8
Rapid Transit Lines That Failed to
Meet Passenger Load Standards
Rapid Transit Line |
Area |
Time of Day |
||
Blue Line |
Core |
Evening, late evening |
||
Red Line (Braintree) |
Non-core |
Midday base |
||
Red Line (Trunk) |
Non-core |
Midday base |
||
Green (B) |
Non-core |
Midday base, evening, late evening |
||
Green (C) |
Non-core |
Evening |
||
Green (D) |
Non-core |
Midday base, evening, late evening |
The only commuter rail line with any observed violation of passenger load standards is the Lowell Line during the PM peak period.
TABLE 5-9
Park-and-Ride Lots That Failed to
Meet Parking Utilization Standards
Station |
Line |
Lot Ownership |
Parking Spaces |
Occupied Parking Spaces5 |
% Parking Space Utilization |
Ayer |
Fitchburg |
Town |
82 |
80 |
98% |
Lincoln |
Fitchburg |
Town |
44 |
43 |
98% |
Littleton |
Fitchburg |
Town |
66 |
65 |
98% |
South Acton |
Fitchburg |
Town |
385 |
362 |
94% |
Waltham |
Fitchburg |
Town |
94 |
88 |
94% |
Greenwood |
Haverhill |
Private |
6 |
6 |
100% |
North Wilmington |
Haverhill |
Town |
50 |
49 |
98% |
Reading |
Haverhill |
On-street |
37 |
37 |
100% |
Wedgemere |
Lowell |
MBTA |
124 |
124 |
100% |
Wedgemere |
Lowell |
On-street |
31 |
31 |
100% |
West Medford |
Lowell |
MBTA |
20 |
19 |
95% |
West Medford |
Lowell |
Town |
45 |
44 |
98% |
Winchester |
Lowell |
Town |
151 |
138 |
91% |
Beverly Depot |
Newburyport/Rockport |
On-street |
56 |
55 |
98% |
Ipswich |
Newburyport/Rockport |
On-street |
22 |
22 |
100% |
Ipswich |
Newburyport/Rockport |
Town |
128 |
126 |
98% |
Manchester |
Newburyport/Rockport |
MBTA |
68 |
66 |
97% |
Salem |
Newburyport/Rockport |
Town |
121 |
120 |
99% |
Swampscott |
Newburyport/Rockport |
MBTA |
126 |
119 |
94% |
Swampscott |
Newburyport/Rockport |
On-street |
16 |
16 |
100% |
Auburndale |
Framingham/Worcester |
MassDOT |
60 |
55 |
92% |
Wellesley Hills |
Framingham/Worcester |
On-street |
18 |
17 |
94% |
Wellesley Hills |
Framingham/Worcester |
Town |
51 |
48 |
94% |
Worcester |
Framingham/Worcester |
MBTA |
115 |
103 |
90% |
Endicott |
Franklin |
Town |
45 |
45 |
100% |
Franklin |
Franklin |
MBTA |
118 |
116 |
98% |
Norwood Central |
Franklin |
MBTA |
68 |
68 |
100% |
Walpole |
Franklin |
Private |
328 |
315 |
96% |
Line |
Lot Ownership |
Parking Spaces |
Occupied Parking Spaces6 |
% Parking Space Utilization |
|
Needham Center |
Needham |
Town |
124 |
118 |
95% |
Needham Junction |
Needham |
MBTA |
171 |
166 |
97% |
Sharon |
Providence/Stoughton |
MBTA |
37 |
37 |
100% |
Sharon |
Providence/Stoughton |
Town |
709 |
635 |
90% |
Wood Island |
Blue Line |
Private |
82 |
77 |
94% |
Forest Hills |
Orange Line |
MBTA |
202 |
199 |
100% |
Malden |
Orange Line |
MBTA |
198 |
192 |
98% |
Oak Grove |
Orange Line |
MBTA |
760 |
693 |
100% |
Braintree |
Red Line |
MBTA |
981 |
905 |
100% |
Butler |
Red Line |
MBTA |
44 |
42 |
100% |
Savin Hill |
Red Line |
MBTA |
20 |
18 |
95% |
Woburn Bus Yard |
MBTA Express Bus |
MBTA |
75 |
70 |
98% |
Hingham |
Commuter Boat |
Private |
293 |
287 |
91% |
According to the needs assessment that was conducted for the Boston Region MPO’s current Long-Range Transportation Plan, Paths to a Sustainable Region, less than 2% of the region’s non-interstate roadways provide bicycle accommodations, and half of the region’s non-interstate roadways do not have a sidewalk on at least one side.7 There are a few transit stations that are scattered throughout the MBTA system that have insufficient bicycle capacity and stations that surpassed the bicycle utilization standards, as can be seen in Tables 5-10, 5-11, and 5-12.
TABLE 5-10
Rapid Transit Stations That Surpassed the
Bicycle Utilization Thresholds
Station |
Line |
Utilization % |
||
Porter |
Red Line |
108% |
||
Harvard |
Red Line |
119% |
||
Haymarket |
Orange Line, Green Line |
100% |
||
Newton Center |
Green Line D Branch |
94% |
TABLE 5-11
Bus Stations That Surpassed the
Bicycle Utilization Thresholds
Station |
Route Number |
Utilization % |
||
Watertown Square |
59, 70, 70A, 71 |
92% |
TABLE 5-12
Commuter Rail Stations That Surpassed the
Bicycle Utilization Thresholds
Station |
Line |
Utilization % |
||
Ipswich |
Newburyport/Rockport |
100% |
||
Lowell |
Lowell |
92% |
||
Waltham |
Fitchburg Line |
88% |
||
Walpole |
Franklin Line |
100% |
||
Providence |
Providence/Stoughton Line |
100% |
1 MBTA bus route 455 has experienced a reduction of service since the writing of this document.
2 Any bus route that has fewer than 60% of its trips performing on time does not pass the congestion threshold for on-time performance.
3 Any commuter rail line that has fewer than 95% of its trips performing on time does not pass the congestion threshold for on-time performance.
4 Any rapid transit line that has fewer than 95% of its trips performing on time does not pass the congestion threshold for on-time performance.
5 Occupied parking spaces at time of last AM-peak-period inbound train.
6 Occupied parking spaces = at time of last AM-peak-period inbound train.
7 Boston Region MPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan, Paths to a Sustainable Region, Vol. 2, “Regionwide Needs Assessment.”