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The Boston Transportation Division (BTD) thanks everybody who offered feedback on the potential websites for brand new Bluebikes stations in East Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, and South Boston Waterfront. BTD acquired greater than 900 feedback at open homes, by e-mail, and by survey in October and November.
New Bluebikes station put in in Pope John Paul II Park.
Final fall, BTD recognized 56 potential websites in these neighborhoods. BTD shared them with the general public and requested for his or her assist narrowing down the listing. Based mostly on the suggestions, BTD has prioritized websites for set up. BTD expects to put in 21 websites this winter. BTD has began to safe permits, and set up will start subsequent week.
The general public can discover the precedence and standing of the listing of stations at boston.gov/bike-share-expansion.
Listed are a few of the new stations that can be put in within the coming weeks (pending remaining permits):
East Boston:
• Ashley St at Boardman St.
• Bennington St at Marion St.
• Wooden Island T Cease – Vienna St at Bennington St.
Charlestown:
• Important St at Mishawum St
• Chelsea St at Medford St
• Medford St at McNulty Ct
• Structure Rd at Chelsea St
• Important St at Salem St
• Important St at Devens St
South Boston and Waterfront:
• Summer season St at A St
• Harbor St at Channel St
• O’Callaghan Means at Kemp St (off-street on BHA property)
• Boston Conference and Exhibition Middle – we’re including 16 docks to the prevailing station.
Different stations we’ve prioritized require license agreements or different approvals and can be scheduled for set up pending decision of those processes. We are going to proceed to replace boston.gov/bike-share-expansion.
Different Station Updates
Along with the websites we shared at open homes and within the surveys, we’ve prioritized a number of websites for set up or reconfiguration that have been already in progress in these neighborhoods:
• We’re including 8 docks to the prevailing Broadway T Cease station.
• We’re putting in a brand new station at Congress St at Boston Wharf Rd within the South Boston Waterfront as a part of Article 80 necessities.
• We’re putting in a brand new station at Rutherford Ave at Bunker Hill Industrial Park in Charlestown as a part of Article 80 necessities.
Past these neighborhoods, we’re excited to have executed a brand new settlement with DCR that may carry new stations to their parks and parkways. We’ve already began to put in a number of websites which have lengthy been recognized as priorities, together with: Pope John Paul II Park in Dorchester, Christian A. Herter Park in Allston, Jamaicaway at Perkins St in Jamaica Plain, and Truman Parkway at Fairmount Ave in Hyde Park.
