{"id":1258,"date":"2012-10-10T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/real-estate\/2012\/10\/10\/hub-and-spoke-an-update\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T19:31:59","slug":"hub-and-spoke-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sherin.com\/real-estate\/2012\/10\/10\/hub-and-spoke-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Hub and Spoke: Greater Boston Transportation Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In June, the <a title=\"ULI Boston District Council\" href=\"http:\/\/boston.uli.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_self\">ULI Boston District Council<\/a> issued \u201cHub and Spoke: Core Transit Congestion and the Future of Transit and Development in Greater Boston\u201d, in collaboration with the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University, A Better City and MASCO.\u00a0 The ULI Boston Infrastructure Council, which I Co-Chair, has been engaged in a <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-1349881952862\" class=\"alignRight\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/uli logo.png\" alt=\"ULI Logo\" width=\"265\" height=\"133\" border=\"0\" \/>comprehensive effort to educate key public and private constituencies as to the economic importance of the regional transit system.\u00a0 The <a title=\"Hub and Spoke Report\" href=\"http:\/\/boston.uli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Hub_and_Spoke_WEB.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Hub and Spoke Report<\/a> examines the extent to which current and projected capacity constraints in Boston\u2019s core transit infrastructure could hinder regional economic growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Hub and Spoke Report documented the increasing MBTA ridership in recent years (an average of 3% per year since 2006) and the resulting congestion at the core of the transit system. \u00a0One of the factors contributing to this increasing congestion is the growth in transit-dependent development.\u00a0 Fully one-quarter of all jobs in Massachusetts and one out of six homes are within one-half mile of an MBTA subway, trolley, or commuter rail station. \u00a0The Hub and Spoke report was released jointly with a study prepared by the MAPC.\u00a0 You may obtain a copy of the Report at [<a title=\"boston.uli.org\/ULI-in-action\/infrastructure\" href=\"http:\/\/boston.uli.org\/ULI-in-action\/infrastructure\/\" target=\"_self\">boston.uli.org\/ULI-in-action\/infrastructure<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Various segments of the Green, Orange, Red, and Silver Lines all currently exceed their capacity during portions of the day.\u00a0 The core transit congestion documented in the Hub and Spoke Report has been cited by various participants in the ongoing discussion regarding solutions to the financing constraints faced by the MBTA and other transportation agencies of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Hub and Spoke Report also highlighted the potential limiting effect of this increasing transit congestion on future economic development and growth in areas served by public transportation.\u00a0 The Report identified specific \u201cHot Spots\u201d where transit congestion may grow unacceptably worse in the next decade, including downtown Boston, Longwood Medical Area, Back Bay, the Seaport and Kendall Square in Cambridge.\u00a0 Because of the \u201chub and spoke\u201d design of the MBTA transit system, transit congestion in these core locations will affect future transit-oriented development in suburbs and Gateway Cities along the outer \u201cspokes\u201d of the system as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To advance the conversation about public transportation financing, MassDOT is sponsoring a series of statewide forums to engage the general public. \u00a0More information about the MassDOT transportation forums is available at the <a title=\"MassDOT website\" href=\"http:\/\/massdot.state.ma.us\/InformationCenter\/EventMaterials\/YourVisionOurFutureAConversation.aspx\" target=\"_self\">MassDOT website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is anticipated that the Legislature will take up the issue of a comprehensive transportation funding solution early in the next legislative session. \u00a0The ULI Boston Infrastructure Council intends to continue to be involved in these discussions and, in particular, to keep at the forefront the issue of addressing core transit congestion. To that end, the ULI Infrastructure Council has established a Transportation Finance Committee which is tasked with continuing ULI\u2019s efforts.\u00a0 The Commonwealth needs to plan for and invest in the MBTA\u2019s core capacity to prevent worsening congestion and enable economic growth throughout eastern Massachusetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, the ULI Boston District Council issued \u201cHub and Spoke: Core Transit Congestion and the Future of Transit and Development in Greater Boston\u201d, in collaboration with the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University, A Better City and MASCO.\u00a0 The ULI Boston Infrastructure Council, which I Co-Chair, has been engaged in a comprehensive effort to educate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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