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General
Somerville demographic snapshot by MAPC
Scope of the Green Line Project according to EOT
Images of trolleys
around the world as models for Union Sq Green Line
Best Practices
Project for Public Spaces - "21 Great Spaces the Show how
Transportation Can Enliven a Community"
Smart Growth article
Smart Growth Examples
Community Cohesion through transportation planning article
Article on car ownership costs
Shared Space article on street design
Parking Management for New Urbanism
Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit Oriented
Neighborhoods Report
Smart Growth Planning in California
Reconnecting America
AIA Study on Design of Transportation Projects - their
six keys to ensuring a successful project that benefits
communities economically, environmentally, and other ways
are:
* Employing an integrated design process through which
planners, designers, transportation officials, and builders
develop a unified plan
*Including all community stakeholders from the outset
* Using three- and four-dimensional images and graphics to
increase citizen involvement, understanding, and buy-in
* Creating human-scaled structures and spaces that make busy
transportation hubs more manageable
* Using easily legible signs and directions that make
complicated multimodal systems easier and safer to navigate
* Designing projects to be both durable and adaptable to new
transportation modes and community needs.
Union
Square Transportation Planning:
The City of
Somerville is slated to begin work with a consultant in the
winter of 2008 a planning process to plan for transportation
Links
to the Union Square and 2002 Union Sq Transportation Plan
General info on the Community Path
Community Path Planning, presentation about extension to
North Point
SafeStart Pedestrian Report for Somerville
Davis Square Study
Proposal by Frederick Design Studio for Green Line
alignment
Union
Square Land Use Planning
The Mayor's
Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development is
revising a proposal for changes to Union Sq zoning and it is
expected in February 2008 for community review.
See
the presentation that looks at the goals of rezoning.
Federal
"Tool Kit for Integrating Land Use and Transportation
Decision-Making"
Current Union Square Construction/ Somerville Avenue
Reconstruction
The design
work included in Somerville Ave project doesn't take into
consideration any changes in the center of Union Square. The
primary work in this reconstruction, particularly at the
eastern corner of Somerville Ave and Bow St, is underground
and addressing the issues of sewer and storm drains.
General information on Somerville Ave project
Pollution:
Article about diesel train pollution
The city
received EPA funding to evaluate the Kiley Barrel and Public
Safety sites. What was the outcome?
Issues of Resident Displacement and Affordability:
General Information from City of Somerville Housing dept
Somerville Housing Needs Assessment
City Report on Impediment to Fair Housing
MAPC Report on Housing Choice
Equitable Development Toolkit
Union
Sq Business Mix and Market Assessment
Union Square Main Street Annual Report 2005
Union Square Main Street Annual Report 2006
Comparison of Union Sq to Davis Sq Commercial Development
Other
Ball Square Study by Tufts Urban Planning
students
Maps
Union Square Existing Conditions with properties
Union Square Existing Conditions with first floor uses
Somerville Walk Time Spider Map
Union Square Zoning - current in February 2008
MBTA Train Map
- current lines
MBTA All Current Services Map |
