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BOSTON - Tuesday, November 8, 2022 - The Boston Planning and
Development Agency (BPDA) and the Boston Transportation Department (BTD)
today announced the launch of the South Boston Transportation
Action Plan (SBTAP), which will be completed in close
partnership with the Disabilities Commission (DC) and Boston Public Works
Department (PWD). The BPDA is evaluating the unique transportation
challenges in the core of South Boston’s residential neighborhood, and
through the South Boston Transportation Action Plan planning and engagement
process, will improve transportation access, efficiency, and safety.
Building on the vision and goals in Imagine Boston 2030 and Go Boston 2030,
the South Boston Transportation Action Plan will evaluate safety concerns
in South Boston and focus the City’s resources on proven strategies and
people-first improvements to eliminate serious and fatal traffic crashes in
South Boston. The plan will study key transportation connections to and
within the South Boston area and recommend improvements that can be
implemented immediately, within the next 15 years, and beyond. The
recommendations will reflect an understanding of South Boston as it exists
currently, as well as the forecasted effects of new development. This
Action Plan will develop community-driven mobility improvements and
conceptualize future complete streets and transit network improvements to respond
to this growth, and allow the neighborhood to reach its full
potential.
The BPDA and BTD will release a detailed analysis of the existing and
future multi-modal network to determine the necessary sequencing of
improvements to safely meet future mobility needs. Following a future
conditions analysis, the South Boston Transportation Action Plan will
release recommendations aimed at eliminating serious and fatal traffic
crashes, simplifying intersections for all users, and improving the
transportation network. The recommendations will build upon nearby recent
existing planning initiatives including, but not limited to: PLAN: South Boston
Dorchester Avenue, South Boston Seaport
Strategic Transit Plan, and the South Boston Waterfront
Sustainable Transportation Plan.
In conjunction with the launch of this Action Plan, the BPDA and Boston
Transportation Department (BTD) will be hosting a virtual public meeting on
Monday, November 14, 2022. This meeting will include a
presentation on the South Boston Transportation Action Plan and where South
Boston’s transportation network stands today, and planners will be
available to answer questions from the public. Transportation planners and
engineers will describe recently completed and planned transportation and
infrastructure improvements in and around the Study Area, and share what
they have found out so far from their existing conditions report. The
topics in the existing conditions report include bike network
infrastructure, pedestrian conditions, travel patterns and trends, parking
statistics, crash histories, and speed data.
The BPDA is also collecting feedback from residents through a survey that
will be open until December 15, 2022. This survey covers everything from
transportation habits and preferences, to future improvements that could be
implemented through the planning process.
The agency will host pop up opportunities at several locations in the
neighborhood - including heavily trafficked bus stops and stores - during
November and early December. This effort is intended to raise awareness of
the planning process and the survey. The survey will also solicit
volunteers for 60-minute focus groups which will help the project team
identify key mobility challenges and opportunities. In addition to
community meetings, the survey and focus groups will allow the BPDA to
collect input from a wider swath of South Boston residents and receive
targeted feedback.
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