Kendall Square Transportation Projects -Archived

Main Street from Broadway to Ames - Completed 2016

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Through the Kendall Square Planning Study (K2C2), a plan of improvements for Main Street (Ames to Wadsworth) was developed. The project reconstructed Main Street’s sidewalks and roadway, enhanced transit accommodations, provided a new connection from Third Street to Main St, and included seating, bus shelters, standard City bike parking, and artist designed bike racks. The project was completed in June of 2016. For more information see the City’s project page.

Broadway from Third To Ames STreeT - Completed 2014

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The Broadway streetscape project reconstructed the roadway and sidewalk on Broadway between Third Street and Ames Street. This was a surface enhancement project with the intention of increasing aesthetic appeal and pedestrian and bicycle safety.  It included roadway and sidewalk reconstruction between Third and Ames Streets, improved pedestrian safety at the Volpe-to-Marriott crosswalk by re-aligning the crosswalk. The project was designed to maintain Broadway's vehicle capacity while improving the hotel edge and taxi zone to reduce vehicle conflicts, enhancing pedestrian and bicycle access, and increasing the quality of green space. See here for the City of Cambridge project page and the 100% Design Plans.

Vassar Street - 2004 and 2008

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Vassar Street underwent a full reconstruction as part of a large-scale building project undertaken by MIT. As part of the development, the City redesigned a one-mile stretch of Vassar Street from Main St. to Audrey St. with east and westbound raised cycle tracks at sidewalk grade level. The cycle tracks, which are each 5 feet wide with 5 foot landscaped buffers separating the bikeway from parked cars, serve as a primary east-west route across the MIT campus for cyclists and as a connector to the Kendall Square area and the riverfront. The cycle track is primarily differentiated from the sidewalk by its material - asphalt edged with grey concrete pavers. The Vassar Street cycle track was constructed in two phases - the eastern portion in 2004 and the western portion in 2008.