From the 1923 "Annual Report of the Public Trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway": "Looking elsewhere to the north, the present transfer station at Lechmere Square, itself part of a decided improvement in the former service between Boston and Cambridge and Somerville, is not fitted to be a permanent transfer station, and while being used as such must fail to satisfy.…
Download this PDF for a good update on the Green Line Extension project, including upcoming design and construction milestones and the federal New Starts funding process.
The Green Line Extension is one step closer to reality! The MassDOT Board unanimously approved a $393 million Intergovernmental Service Agreement (ISA) with the MBTA that will construct three new stations (Lechmere, Washington St, and Union Square). These stations will open in early or mid-2017. Boston Globe: "State approves $393m for three new stations on Green Line" "This vote by the…
We love this 1945 vision of an expanded MBTA, with tiny drawings of each imagined station. Imagine if the envisioned line through Somerville had been built back then? View large map.
Comments submitted by STEP on the 2014-2017 State Transportation Improvement Plan The Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP) appreciates the opportunity to make comments on the 2014-2017 STIP. We believe that the funding in the STIP to extend the Green Line promotes better regional public transportation, will reduce mobile pollution and provide major improvements to multi-modal transportation in Somerville and our neighboring…
Somerville Patch: “Construction Firm Hired for Green Line Extension”
“White Skanska Kiewit has been selected as the construction manager-general contractor for the Green Line Extension….White Skanska Kiewit is a join venture among J.F.White Contracting Co., Skanska USA Civil Northeast, Inc. and Kiewit Infrastructure Co.”
Boston Globe: "MassDOT approves another $26m for Green Line Extension" "The board approved the funding, which will be used for work on preliminary construction management design, surveying, and noise and vibration studies."
STEP's map of the Green Line Extension has been updated to include many new 3D renderings and site plans as presented by MassDOT during public workshops in June. While these station designs aren't final, they're getting closer. Click on a station location to view the new images.
Boston Globe: "Patrick proposes bigger gas tax in transit plan" In rejecting the transportation financing measure the Legislature sent him, Patrick countered with a proposal to further increase the gas tax in 2017 if Massachusetts Turnpike tolls expire as scheduled...."I have said I would accept the Legislature’s $800 million a year as a big step forward, so long as that number…
Construction of the new Orange Line station at Assembly Square is moving quickly, as the following photos from Wig Zamore show. These were taken in May and June. Click for more.