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MASCO's Area Planning and Development Department
can be seen as a successful prototype of business improvement
districts that are forming
all across the country.
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Longwood
Avenue being
widened in 1983. |
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The Area Planning and Development
department strives to create an environment that is inviting and accessible for patients,
students and visitors of the LMA, while planning for growth and development. The
department works cooperatively with member institutions and state and city agencies to
identify and solve common problems, and implement improvements in traffic and access, open
space/urban design, and public transportation services and demand management. In addition
it establishes a framework for long-range land use, transportation, and infrastructure
planning while coordinating development and enhancing community relations. Area Planning
and Development Services include:
- Short and long-range
planning studies (land-use, open space, parking, traffic & access,
energy/infrastructure, workforce development)
- Capital improvements
(traffic signals, roadway and sidewalk circulation, open
space/streetscape)
- Development
planning
and construction coordination
- Transportation demand
management services (CommuteWorks)
- Liaison with public agencies
and community groups
- Area-wide maps, data and
inventories
Recent accomplishments include:
- Completion of the State of the LMA: a document that
highlights the importance of Longwood to the Massachusetts
economy
- Implementation of traffic signal and detection equipment
improvements at seven intersections
- Completion of a long-range infrastructure study for
utilities
- Added city enforcement at area illegal parking 'hotspots'
- Selective removal of meters for added capacity at key access
points
- Successful advocacy for additional commuter rail and green
line service to the area
- Documentation of a shift in commuter travel with a 14%
reduction in solo drivers, 7% increase in transit ridership and
a 5% increase in walk/bicyclists since 2002
- Traffic signal improvements at
19 intersections
- Additional commuter rail stops
at Yawkey and JFK/UMass stations
CommuteWorks
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here for more information
MASCO's
CommuteWorks offers the following commuter information and
services to members:
- Personalized assistance in choosing the most efficient and
cost-effective commuter transportation
- Transit schedules and route information
- A computerized ridematching system
- An emergency ride-home program
- Participation in Commute Fit
- Information on commuter cost savings such as T-pass sale,
discounts, and subsidies, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's
Carpool Passes, carpool lanes, and free parking for vanpools
- New hire orientation to LMA
commuting options
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