2009 JFKUMASS Station Charrette Briefing Booklet

JFK/UMass Station Charrette:
BRIEFING BOOKLET
Table of Contents
I. II. III. Charrette Agenda Charrette Facilitators Study Area: Orientation & Context L
Locus Map
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Bus Tour Route
Study Area TOD Planning Land Area (Quantified)
Existing Land Uses
Existing Open Space Map
Station Photos Selected Study Area Photos IV. JFK/UMass Station Aerial Photo Operations Diagram MBTA Operational Requirements for Air Rights Development
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Charrette Parameters: What Can Change, What Can’t VI. Transportation Background Information
Pedestrian and Bicycle Amenities
Existing Transit Service Map
Transit Service Operations VII. Sample Charrette Work Products
Sample Site Plan
Sample Development Program p
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AGENDA
October 29, 2009
Charrette Venue: 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Suffolk Room, Dorchester*
8:30 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
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4:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Bus Tour of Study Area: Bus departs promptly from Westin
Boston Waterfront Hotel. Bus tour ends at JFK/Mass Station.
Walking Tour of JFK/UMass Station
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Presentation,, 150 Mt. Vernon Street,, Suffolk
Room, Basement Level
Breakout Groups Begin
Lunch Break
Breakout Groups Resume
Group Reports
Integration of Plans
Summary
Close
*The bus and walking tours will provide critical orientation and background information for charrette; please be sure to attend. However, if
for some reason you are unable to attend and need to go directly to charrette meeting venue, walk from JFK/UMass Station east on Mt.
Vernon Street. Look for the 30’ tall “Bayside Exposition Center” sign. The entrance to 150 Mt. Vernon Street is immediately underneath
this sign.
Tour & Charrette Facilitators
Tseng‐Wei Chung is Senior Urban Designer at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He specializes on site analysis, district planning, urban design guidelines and building massing and topology studies. In the 10 years of working experience, he has worked on international and domestic projects with various scales in both public and private sectors. He received Master of City Planning and Certificate in Urban Design from University of Pennsylvania in 2005. He also holds Bachelor of Architecture
from Tunghai University in Taiwan.
Gregory A. Dicovitsky, Transit Realty Associates. Greg is the Senior Project Manager charged with the managing the disposition of the MBTA’s surplus real estate rights at the JFK/UMASS Station. He has over thirty five years of experience in the areas in real estate development, investment and management. Lately he has been intensely involved in creating Transportation Oriented Development opportunities. Don Kindsvatter is Director of Planning & Urban Design at Von Grossmann & Company in Boston. He has thirty years of experience focusing on transportation and development projects, and frequently works on multi‐disciplinary teams d i i
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stakeholder groups in hands‐on workshops in order to bring a wide range of ideas to the table, take advantage of local knowledge and build project support through the participants’ understanding the trade‐offs between various possible solutions.
John (Tad) Read is Senior Planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority where he focuses on transportation and transit‐
oriented development planning Tad began his professional career working on neighborhood plans transportation plans
oriented development planning. Tad began his professional career working on neighborhood plans, transportation plans, and special planning studies in southern California. In the mid‐1990’s he focused his attention on housing policy and development and he came to manage the Housing Division in the City of Santa Monica. After earning a Master in Design Studies degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2004, Tad became TOD Planning Manager for the State of Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development. Tad holds a B.A. from Williams College and M.A.in Architecture and Urban Planning from UCLA.
Urban Planning from UCLA. Christopher Riale, AICP is a Planner/Urban Designer for Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge, LLC with experience in urban revitalization, transit‐oriented development and urban transportation projects. He was project planner and urban designer for successful revitalization projects in Columbia Point, Roslindale, Worcester, MA, and Biddeford, ME. Other recent TOD projects include the Chapel Hill, NC Long Range Transit Study, and station area studies in Trenton, NJ and New Rochelle, NY. p
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Christopher is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association.
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Tour & Charrette Facilitators (cont’d)
Carole Schlessinger, Carole. Schlessinger is a founding Principal and Director of Planning for Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge, LLC. Carole has 30 years of experience in urban planning, with a focus on urban revitalization and transit oriented development. She has been the Project Manager for successful revitalization projects in Columbia Point, Roslindale, Lowell, Worcester, Chelsea and Fitchburg, MA; Biddeford, ME; Greenwich, CT and Windsor, VT. Other recent TOD projects include th N B it i H tf d CT B
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has served as a Board Member for the Boston Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar and is currently on the Program Committee for the Urban Land Institute’s Boston Council.
Lauren Shurtleff is an Urban Planner with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). At the BRA, she is the Planner for Back Bay, Downtown, the North End, and the West End. She also works on the Christian Science Plaza Revitalization Project, the Copley Place Expansion Project the Columbia Point Master Plan and other projects and planning studies associated with
Copley Place Expansion Project, the Columbia Point Master Plan, and other projects and planning studies associated with the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Previously, she worked at a community outreach firm in New York City, focusing on transportation and infrastructure projects. She attended Boston College for her undergraduate degree and received her Master’s degree in Urbanization & Development at the London School of Economics.
Skip Smallridge is a founding Principal and Director of Urban Design for Crosby | Schlessinger | Smallridge, LLC. Skip has over 30 years of experience in planning and design for transit oriented development; urban revitalization and highway context
years of experience in planning and design for transit oriented development; urban revitalization and highway context sensitive design. He has been the Project Manager/Urban Designer for TOD/transit projects in Cleveland, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Trenton, Knoxville, Louisville and Boston, as well as in towns and cities throughout New England. His recent TOD projects include the New Britain‐Hartford Busway Station Area Planning Project, the New London CT Union Station TOD Project and the Chapel Hill NC Long Range Transit Study. Skip has lectured for many years at local colleges and universities and has been a frequent presenter at APTA and TRB conferences.
Study Area: Orientation and
Context
Columbia Point Locus Map
Bus Tour Route
Charrette Study Area
Land Area
Existing Land Uses
Existing Open Space
View of Station from Columbia
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Station Entrance from Sydney
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Station Entrance from Morrissey
Boulevard
Station Entrance from Columbia
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Exposition Center
Sovereign Bank
UMass Boston
Massachusetts State Archives
Peninsula Apartments
Bayy Views
Harborwalk at Bayside
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Harborwalk on University
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Picnic Area by Harbor Point
JFK/Mass Station
JFK/Mass Station - Aerial View
JFK/Mass Station:
Existing Operations
JFK Station
Future Development Parameters
Station Ownership •
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Comprises 207,250 square feet (4.76 acres) The parking area to the west of the Station (under the I‐93 viaduct) is not owned by the MBTA.
Existing Operations that MUST BE MAINTAINED •
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Entrances to the Station from Sidney Street, Columbia Road, and Morrissey Boulevard (though these can be re‐designed). Bus Operations, including bus lanes and waiting areas and private bus lines using the site
Subway Operations
Commuter Rail operations (plus a parallel area 25 feet wide to the east of the existing rail ROW) Red Line Station offices
Shuttle Buses
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Passenger pick up and drop off facilities, including taxi stands An area equal in length and width to that currently used for bus operations and storage at the site. This includes all regular bus service, plus space for queuing of 12 buses to handle passengers during emergencies when Red Line is shut down Clearances that MUST BE MAINTAINED
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22’ clearance above existing and future tracks and platforms •
19’ clearance above parking lot and bus operations Reconfiguration Possible
Reconfiguration Possible The MBTA is willing to consider reconfiguration and/or relocation of all transportation services so long as such changed configuration is functionally equivalent to existing operations and is at no cost to the MBTA.
Charrette Parameters
JFK/UMass Station Charrette:
Parameters for Change WHAT CAN’T CHANGE:
Interstate 93: Interstate 93 must remain as an elevated expressway. Kosciuszko Circle: On the National Register of Historic Places; cannot be altered.
Kosciuszko Circle:
On the National Register of Historic Places; cannot be altered
Morrissey Boulevard: Is part of the Commonwealth’s parkway system and must remain as a parkway; however, it may be re‐designed as a parkway. Green space along the edge of Morrissey Boulevard is technically parkland, with the effect that any removal of this park land would require one‐for‐one replacement within the immediate vicinity. JFK/UMass Station ‐ Existing Operations: All of the following must be maintained:
– All existing operations (Subway, Bus, Parking, Kiss & Ride, Taxi, Red Line Operations Building, etc.) – Right‐of‐Way for Additional Commuter Rail Track – 22’ Clearance above existing and future tracks and platforms
Clearance above existing and future tracks and platforms
– 19’ Clearance above parking lot & bus operations
– 25’ Right of Way for commuter rail track expansion
– Queuing area for 12 buses to handle passengers during emergencies when Red Line is shut down
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JFK/UMass Station Design Entrances and access ways to JFK/UMass Station Roadways other than Kosciuszko Circle and Morrissey Boulevard
Redevelopment parcel land uses, heights, densities, setbacks, etc. Pedestrian and bicycle paths and amenities. Transportation Background
Information
Pedestrian and Bike Accommodations
Sidewalk
Pedestrian Bridge
Observed Informal Pedestrian Routes
Crosswalk
Harborwalk
Priority Bicycle Corridor
Observed Break in fence/guardrail
Low Activity
(0 – 60 pedestrians)
Medium Activity
(60-300 pedestrians)
High Activity
(>300 pedestrians)
Note: Subject to updated counts
Harborwalk connects to
Neponset River Greenway
Existing Transit Services
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Commuter Rail
(Kingston&Middleborough)
Red Line (Ashmont & Braintree)
Bus #5 (City Point)
Bus #8 (Kenmore Station)
Bus #16 (Forest Hills)
Bus #18 (Ashmont/Andrew)
Bus #41 (Monument)
JFK/Umass Shuttle
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Transit Service Operations
Route
(Origin/Destination)
Headway at JFK/UMass Station
(Frequency of Service)
in minutes
Peak
(AM/PM)
Off-Peak
(AM/PM)
Weekend
(Sat/Sun)
JFK/UMass
Station
Boardings
Utilization
Peak Hour (Daily)
Peak Hour*
Commuter
Rail
South Station –
Kingston/Plymouth,
Middleborough and
Greenbush
Inbound
20 / 0
Outbound
0 / 40
Inbound
180 / 0
Outbound
0 / 120
Inbound
60 / 60
Outbound
60 / 60
2 (70)
TBD
Red Line
Alewife –
Ashmont/Braintree
4/4
6/6
7/8
865 (9,446)
85%
Bus #5
City Point –
McCormack Housing
60 / 60
60 / 60
60 / 0
6 (8)
14%
Bus
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Harbor
a bo Point/Umass
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Kenmore Station
12 / 20
45 / 22
35 / 35
3 (14)
53%
Bus #16
Forest Hills –
Umass
16 / 18
16 / 18
0/0
6 (9)
63%
Bus #18
Ashmont Station –
Andrew Station
30 / 30
60 / 60
60 / 60
N/A
38%
Bus #41
Centre &Elliot Streets
– JFK/Umass Station
20 / 20
30 / 22
35 / 35
47 (278)
47%
Umass
Shuttle 1
JFK/Umass Station –
Umass
5/5
5/5
0/0
TBD
TBD
Umass
Shuttle 2
JFK/Umass Station –
Umass (via JFK)
20 / 20
20 / 20
20 / 20
TBD
TBD
* Peak Load / Peak Direction
Sample Charrette Work
Products
Sample Site Plan
Sample Development Program