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Redesign of the Redesign of the Arborway: y Kelley Circle to Murray Circle Design By: HUB Engineering, Inc. Michelle Boccia Michelle Boccia Andrew Caparco Andrew Caparco Joseph Mayotte Jocelyn Rothstein Existing Conditions: Emerald

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Redesign of the Redesign of the Arborway: y

Kelley Circle to Murray Circle

Design By: HUB Engineering, Inc.

Michelle Boccia Andrew Caparco Michelle Boccia Andrew Caparco Joseph Mayotte Jocelyn Rothstein

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Existing Conditions:

Emerald Necklace Jamaica Pond Arnold Arboretum Project Area

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Existing Conditions:

Kelley Circle Kelley Circle Murray Circle

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Objectives:

Provide a high quality multi‐

use path.

Maintain arterial capacity.
Convert road space to green
Provide a high quality multi‐

use path.

Maintain arterial capacity.
Provide safe pedestrian

crossings.

Convert road space to green

space.

Convert inaccessible green
Provide safe pedestrian

crossings.

Separate regional and local

traffic.

Provide reasonable access to

space to accessible green space.

Preserve existing landscape
Separate regional and local

traffic.

Provide reasonable access to

Provide reasonable access to and from local streets while discouraging cut‐thru traffic. g p and mature trees. Provide reasonable access to and from local streets while discouraging cut‐thru traffic.

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Northeastern Proposed Design:

Signal added at Eliot Street. Signalized intersection replaces Two coordinated signals replace current rotary at Kelley Circle. intersection replaces existing rotary at Murray Circle. Outer Arborways now two-way 18’ roadways. Proposed 10’ Paved Multi-Use Path and 6’ Stone Dust Path Existing signal at Pond Street Crossover signal separates EB Left and EB Through

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t replaced with all- way stop. EB Left and EB Through traffic in order to increase capacity.

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Paths:

Existing Cross Section

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Proposed Cross Section

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Origin-Destination Study:

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Analysis of Proposed Improvements

Weekday AM: v/c 0.57 LOS A Weekday PM: / 0 65 LOS A Weekday AM: v/c 0.65 LOS A Weekday AM: v/c 0.67 LOS B Weekday PM: / 0 60 LOS B W ay M v/c 0.59 LOS B Weekday PM: v/c 0.74 LOS B v/c 0.60 LOS B Weekday AM: v/c 0.97 LOS B Weekday PM: / 0 80 LO Weekday AM: v/c 0.57 LOS B Weekday AM: v/c 0.53 LOS B W kd PM v/c 0.80 LOS A HUB Engineering, Inc. Redesign of the Arborway April 2008 Weekday PM: v/c 0.36 LOS B Weekday PM: v/c 0.64 LOS B

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Existing Recreational Greenspace:

Accessible Greenspace Inaccessible Inaccessible Greenspace

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Proposed Recreational Greenspace:

New Greenspace = 4.45 Acres N l Acc ssibl G nsp c 5 60 Ac s Newly Accessible Greenspace = 5.60 Acres Total Greenspace Gained = 10.05 Acres Inaccessible Accessible

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Inaccessible Greenspace Accessible Greenspace

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VISSIM…

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Evaluation:

Design provides a 10’ paved multi‐

th ll 6’ t d t

Design maintains current arterial

Design provides a 10’ paved multi‐

th ll 6’ t d t

Design maintains current arterial

it use path as well as a 6’ stone dust path.

All crossings are signal protected.

capacity.

Design converts road space to

green space. use path as well as a 6’ stone dust path.

All crossings are signal protected.

capacity.

Design geometrically separates

regional and local traffic.

Design provides reasonable
Design converts inaccessible

green space to accessible green space.

Design geometrically separates

regional and local traffic.

Design provides reasonable
Design provides reasonable

access to and from local street.

No mature trees along the

Arborway disrupted.

Design provides reasonable

access to and from local street.

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Questions?

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