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TASK FORCE MEETING #2 – 5/21/14 – HONAN LIBRARY, ALLSTON
I-90 ALLSTON INTERCHANGE
A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
TASK FORCE MEETING #2MAY 21, 2014 – HONAN LIBRARY, ALLSTON
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MassDOT Priorities
2
Improve Safety, Access & Connections for All ModesInterchan
geCambridg
e StTransit Neighborh
ood• Replace Viaduct• Realign I-90• Implement
AET• Context
Sensitive Design
• Redesign C-bridge St• Revitalize C-
bridge St• Reconfigure
Local Roadway Connections• Context
Sensitive Design
• Support S. Station Expansion, C-Rail, DMU, etc.• Context
Sensitive Design
• Avoid/minimize ROW/property displacements• Minimize
local impacts during construction• Context
Sensitive Design
The Bottom
LineUse available financial resources within timeframe
allotted
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Taskforce Priorities
3
Improve Safety, Access & Connections for All ModesInterchan
geCambridg
e StTransit Neighborh
ood• Realign I-90• Minimize
interchange presence • Safe
connections to C-bridge St.• Increase
permeability across interchange• Context
Sensitive Design
• Safe connections to interchange• Less
interchange impact to C-bridge St.• Reconfigure
Local Roadway Connections• Improve safety• Context
Sensitive Design
• Connections between C-bridge St. & W. Station• Context
Sensitive Design
• Minimize local impacts during construction• Avoid new cut-
thru traffic• Reconnect
Allston• Foster local
business • Context
Sensitive DesignThe
Bottom Line
Improve safety, respect the neighborhood, reconnect Allston to itself & the Charles
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Shared Priorities Improve safety for all modes:
walking, cycling, driving, transitRealign I-90Context sensitive design or:
Lessen impact of interchangeAvoid inducing cut-through traffic with
new configurationReconnect sections of Allston to each
other and the RiverProtect the neighborhood during
constructionA more vibrant Cambridge Street that
serves all modesAccessibility to transit at future West
Station
4
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Traffic Analysis Area
5
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Existing Highway Volumes
6
70,000
DAILY
55,000
56,000 73,000
75,000
72,000
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Existing Ramp Volumes
7
15,000
DAILY
19,00016,000
16,000U-TURN = 1,000
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1 ,500
5,600
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – AM Peak
8
7,100
I-90 EB OFF
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1,300
4,100
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – AM Peak
9
5,400
I-90 WB OFF
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1,1004,100
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – AM Peak
10
5,200
I-90 WB ON
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1,8005,600
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – AM Peak
11
7,400
I-90 EB ON
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1,300
3,900
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – PM Peak
12
5,200
I-90 EB OFF
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1,400
4,500
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – PM Peak
13
5,900
I-90 WB OFF
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1,5004,500
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – PM Peak
14
6,000
I-90 WB ON
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1,6003,900
Existing Highway & Ramp Volumes – PM Peak
15
5,500
I-90 EB ON
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70%
30%
Existing Ramp Distribution – AM Peak
16
EB OFF
1,500
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30%
70%
Existing Ramp Distribution – AM Peak
17
WB OFF
1,300
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30%70%
Existing Ramp Distribution – AM Peak
18
FROM CAMBRIDGE
ST
1,300
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45%55%
Existing Ramp Distribution – AM Peak
19
FROM S.F.
ROAD1,300
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60%
40%
Existing Ramp Distribution – PM Peak
20
EB OFF
1,300
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35%
65%
Existing Ramp Distribution – PM Peak
21
WB OFF
1,400
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25%75%
Existing Ramp Distribution – PM Peak
22
FROM CAMBRIDGE
ST
1,100
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40%
60%
Existing Ramp Distribution – PM Peak
23
FROM S.F.
ROAD1,800
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Existing Local Roadway Volumes – AM Peak
24
300400
300325
800
1,400800
1,200
550
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Existing Local Roadway Volumes – PM Peak
25
450400
425450
1,200
1,4001,200
1,300
500
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Local Roadway Bicycle Volumes – AM (PM) Peak
26
1 (2)1 (4)
1 (7)3 (3)
1 (1)
4 (3)
2 (4)
2 (2)
1 (1)
2 (2)
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Local Roadway Pedestrian Volumes – AM (PM) Peak
27
20 (10)25 (15)
6 (7)
20 (40)15 (15)
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – AM Peak Hour Volumes
28
55
TOTAL VOLUME2,455
1,200430
1,250
330
440
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – PM Peak Hour Volumes
29
45
TOTAL VOLUME3,260
1,000740
1,530
675
800
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – Traffic Signal Phasing
30
1.I-90 Off Ramps
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – Traffic Signal Phasing
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1.I-90 Off Ramps2.Cambridge Street
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – Traffic Signal Phasing
32
1.I-90 Off Ramps2.Cambridge Street3.Hotel Exit
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – Traffic Signal Phasing
33
1.I-90 Off Ramps
2.Cambridge Street
3.Hotel Exit4.S.F. Road WB
Off Ramp
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Cambridge St/S.F. Rd – PM Peak Hour Volumes
34
1.I-90 Off Ramps
2.Cambridge Street
3.Hotel Exit4.S.F. Road WB
Off Ramp 5.S.F. Road EB
Frontage Road
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Interchange Concept Development – Traffic Considerations• Simplify the Cambridge
Street/Soldiers Field Road intersection
• Provide system that disperses rather than concentrates traffic flows
• Reduce traffic on Cambridge Street by providing multiple connection points
• Determine need for 2-lane ramps vs. 1-lane ramps
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Project/Site Constraints
36
Operational(During
Construction)
Operational(Final
Configuration)
Physical Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Project/Site Constraints
37
Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)
Physical Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Project/Site Constraints
38
Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Project/Site Constraints
39
Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical•Limited distance between River and BU property
Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Existing Section Near Buick Street
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Project/Site Constraints
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Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections
Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Preliminary Section Near Malvern Street
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Project/Site Constraints
43
Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections•Right-of-way
Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Project/Site Constraints
44
Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections•Right-of-way•Length required for street connections from Cambridge St over I-90
Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Schematic Connector Location Limit
45
No Connections from Cambridge St over I-90 are Possible
750’
Proposed I-90Rail Yard
and Commuter Rail
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Schematic Connector Profile
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Project/Site Constraints
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Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections•Right-of-way•Length required for street connections from Cambridge St over I-90•Potential subsurface contamination
Regulatory
Fiscal/Schedul
e
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Project/Site Constraints
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Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical Regulatory•Historic
impacts Section 106•Parkland impacts Section 4(f)•Stormwater treatment
Fiscal/Schedul
e•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections•Right-of-way•Length required for street connections from Cambridge St over I-90•Potential subsurface contamination
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Project/Site Constraints
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Operational(During
Construction)•Maintain all local connections•Maintain 8 lanes of travel on I-90•Maintain all rail service
Operational(Final
Configuration)•Rail yard location south of I-90•Future Commuter Rail Station location• I-90 design
speed of 65 mph•On/off ramps lengths sufficient for acceleration/ deceleration and queuing
Physical Regulatory•Historic
impacts Section 106•Parkland impacts Section 4(f)•Stormwater treatment
Fiscal/Schedul
e•Funds identified from Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) FY14-FY18 (approx $160M)•Schedule linked to AET coming on-line 2016
•Limited distance between River and BU property•Clearance over rail yard –possible connections•Right-of-way•Length required for street connections from Cambridge St over I-90•Potential subsurface contamination
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Preliminary Interchange Concept Design
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GROUP 1Suburban Type• One
intersection for on-ramps
• One intersection for off-ramps
GROUP 2Suburban Type• One
intersection for EB on-ramps & WB off-ramps
• One intersection for WB on-ramps & EB off-ramps
GROUP 3Urban Type
• Split diamond configuration
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Option 1A
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Option 1B
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Option 1C
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Option 1D
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Option 2A
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Option 2B
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Option 3A
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Option 3B
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Option 3C
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Option 3D
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Option 3E
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Option 3F
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Parcel Ownership Map
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Project Locus
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