Keeping a Close Eye On The Harvard Allston Expansion
With the announcement of the construction slowdown of the science complex in Allston, some of us Allston residents realized that there may very well be a large hole in the ground for many more years to come.
Suddenly, we looked around and saw that there were many issues with the Harvard 50 year plan for Allston that the neighborhood needs to keep an eye on. For those that live in Allston / Brighton, or in Cambridge, or in Boston, we need to be more vigilant to prevent our town from becoming nothing more than empty buildings for the next 50 years.
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More commuter rail traffic through Allston/Brighton?
Posted on June 17th, 2011 1 commentAlthough the plans are sketching from what was reported in the Globe it appears that the push is on to run some Worcester/Framingham trains through North Station instead of South Station. Its implied that more trains would be added as opposed to rerouting existing trains. There are other competing plans for the space though.
If its “relatively inexpensive ” to add a stop at MIT then it should still be relatively inexpensive to add an Allston/Brighton stop.
A Brighton Landing to North Station train could get an Allston/Brighton resident to the parade tomorrow in no time!
I should also add that this is the first I’ve heard that the Urban Ring is dead. Hopefully this will be reanimated in the future as it could be great for mass transit access in Allston.