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REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES FROM THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS

• Arlington Center Alternatives to Sidewalk Bicycle Riding
  TAC report (April 12, 2010)
  
• Recommendations for STOP Sign on High Haith Road at Highland Avenue
  TAC report (April 12, 2010)
• MBTA Bus Shelters
  TAC report (March 8, 2010)
• Bicycle Lanes on Park Avenue
  TAC report (March 8, 2010)
• Request for Crosswalk at Summer St. and Brookdale Road
  TAC report (December 14, 2009)
• Preliminary Recommendations re Crosswalks on Chestnut Street
  TAC report (December 14, 2009)
• Recommendations re Crosswalk on Broadway near Silk Street (Lahey Clinic)
  TAC report (December 14, 2009)
• Winslow Tower Residents Transportation Concerns
  TAC report (December 14, 2009)
• Spy Pond Park/Pond Lane
  TAC report (October 26, 2009)
• Thorndike Field Phase 2
  TAC report (October 26, 2009)
• Curve at Westminster Avenue
  TAC report (October 26, 2009)
• Hemlock at Yerxa, Winchester at Hutchinson, and Morningside at Hutchinson
  TAC report (September 21, 2009)
• Appleton Place
  TAC report (September 28, 2009)
• Germaine Lawrence School Parking
  TAC report (September 21, 2009)
• Jason Street School Bus Stops
  TAC report (September 14, 2009)
• Downing Square Recommendations
  TAC report (October 5, 2009)
• Recommendations for Phase 1b Pedestrian Safety Improvements at Peirce School
  TAC report (May 18, 2009)
• CVS Project Memos to Arlington Redevelopment Board
  TAC memos (February 26, March 23 & March 26, 2009)
• Winter Street and Dearborn Academy
  TAC report (March 23, 2009)
• Stratton and Dallin School Parking
  TAC report (February 9, 2009)
• Hardy School Bike Pilot Program
  TAC report (February 9, 2009)
• Bishop School Phase 1A
  T.A.C. Report (September 8, 2008)
• Pierce School Phase 1A
  T.A.C. Report (August 11, 2008)
• Harlow Street Crosswalk
  T.A.C. Report (August 11, 2008)
• Stratton School Phase 1B
  T.A.C. Report (July 14, 2008)
• Beacon and Hamlet Stop Signs
  T.A.C. Report (July 14, 2008)
• Thompson School, Phase 1
  T.A.C. report (April 7, 2008)
• East Arlington Parking Report
  T.A.C. report (November 26, 2007)
• Recommendations for Ravine/Irving/Academy Neighborhood
  T.A.C. report (November 5, 2007)
• Stratton School, Phase 1
  T.A.C. report (August 13, 2007)
• Short-Term Recommendations Westminster Ave and Lowell St.
  T.A.C. report (June 4, 2007)
• Warren St. Crosswalks
  T.A.C. report (June 4, 2007)
• Potential Options to Reduce Speeding on Westminster Ave.
  Working Group memo (April 26, 2007)
  
• Mass Ave at Lockeland Ave Lane Drop
  T.A.C. Report (January 8, 2007)
• Webster and Franklin Parking
  T.A.C. Report (January 8, 2007)
• Crosby Street Speeding
  T.A.C. Report (January 8, 2007)
• Wilbur and Wollaston Stop Sign
  T.A.C. Report (January 8, 2007)
• Dickson and Wheeler Revisited
  T.A.C. Report (January 8, 2007)
• Dickson and Wheeler Intersection Request
  T.A.C. Report (June 15, 2006)
• Marathon Street and Waldo Road
  T.A.C. Report (May 31, 2006)
• Stowecroft Road/Bishop Elementary School
  T.A.C. Report (March 21, 2006)
• Appleton St, Paul Revere Rd & Florence Ave
  T.A.C. Report (January 5, 2006)
• Quincy St
  T.A.C. Report (December 19, 2005)
• Highland Ave
  T.A.C. Report (December 19, 2005)
• Mystic St and Winslow St
  T.A.C. Report (November 13, 2005)
• Wright St, Huntington St, Berkeley St Stop Sign
  T.A.C. Report (November 1, 2005)
• Library Way Crosswalk
  T.A.C. Report (October 27, 2005)
• Sunrise Assisted Living Crosswalk
  T.A.C. Report (September 27, 2005)
• Fisher and Fayette Stop Sign
  T.A.C. Report (September 27, 2005)
• Cedar Ave, Hawthorne St, Fountain Rd
  T.A.C. Report (September 26, 2005)
• Dallin School
  T.A.C. Report (July 11, 2005)
• Downing Square Trial
  T.A.C. report (June 6, 2005)
• Webster St and Philips St
  T.A.C. report (June 6, 2005)
• Churchill Avenue
  T.A.C. report (April 25, 2005)
• Cedar Ave & Waverly Rd
  T.A.C. report (November 8, 2004)
• Crosswalk at Norfolk Rd and Jason St
  T.A.C. report (September 29, 2004)
• Hutchinson Rd
  T.A.C. report (June 8, 2004)
• Traffic Impact Study, Lowell Street Apartments
  T.A.C. report (January 2, 2004)
• Rawson Rd
  T.A.C. report (December 22, 2003)
• Quincy St at Gray St
  T.A.C. report (December 22, 2003)
• Symmes Neighborhood Transportation Data
  T.A.C. report (August 6, 2003)
• Trowbridge and Mass. Ave. (Leader Bank) Crosswalk
  T.A.C. Report (February 10, 2003)
• Bishop School Traffic Issues
  T.A.C. Report (February 8, 2003)
• Jason and Spring Streets
  DPW drawing of proposed changes
  T.A.C. Report (September 23, 2002)
• Cutter Hill and Bellington Stop Signs
  T.A.C. Report (August 30, 2002)
• Cleveland Street
  T.A.C. Report (April 29, 2002)
• Magnolia Street
  T.A.C. Report (April 17, 2002)
• Russell Street Neighborhood Report
  T.A.C. Report (January 2, 2002)
• Consideration of Oak Hill Drive Referral
  T.A.C. Report (November 14, 2001)
• Cutter Hill Road Report
  T.A.C. Report (November 1, 2001)

SYMMES REDEVELOPMENT

• Symmes Hospital Redevelopment Transportation Overview
  (PDF - 1.7M) Howard/Stein-Hudson report, September 13, 2004
• Peer Review of HSH report - memo Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, September 15, 2004
• Peer Review of HSH report - presentation
  (PDF - 5.5M) Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, September 15, 2004
  Note: you can view this presentation much faster if you download the file to your local drive before viewing it.
• Symmes Trip Generation Comparison T.A.C. report (September 16, 2004)
• Plan for Transportation Tasks: Symmes Special Permit
  T.A.C. report (November 18, 2004)
• Recommended Traffic Mitigation, Symmes Redevelopment
  (PDF - 3.4M) T.A.C. recommendation to the Redevelopment Board
  (April 11, 2005)
  Report without appendices (662K)
  Appendices only(2.7M)

EAST ARLINGTON PARKING STUDY

• East Arlington Parking Survey Results
  T.A.C. report (December 15, 2005)
• East Arlington On-Street Residential Parking: Next Steps
  T.A.C. report (November 11, 2005)
• East Arlington Parking Study: Executive Summary - DRAFT T.A.C. report (June 23, 2005)
• East Arlington Parking Study - Survey Form
  
• East Arlington Parking Studay - Survey Response Summary (June 23, 2005)
• Presentation at June 23, 2005 meeting
  (HTML)

MASS AVE CORRIDOR STUDY

• Mass Ave Corridor in East Arlington: A Brief History of the Project as of July 2006
  (July 15, 2006)
• Mass Ave Corridor Study Presentation
  Louis Berger Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint®)
  (April 9, 2002)     (Warning - 6 MB file)
• Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Study Handout
  T.A.C. Handout (April 9, 2002)
• Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Meeting Notes
  T.A.C. Working Group (July 10, 2002)
• Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Meeting Notes
  T.A.C. Working Group (September 4, 2002)
• Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Meeting Notes
  T.A.C. Working Group (October 10, 2002)
• Massachusetts Avenue Corridor Meeting Handout
  T.A.C. Working Group (December 4, 2002)

ARLINGTON CENTER STUDY

Pedestrian, Bicycle and Bus Ridership Counts (3/1/03-4/23/03)

• Map of Mass Ave Counting Areas
• Count data
• Count summary

ARLINGTON DATA MAPS

• Arlington Street List (1.1M, scanned)
• Crash "Hot Spots" (1990-2001)
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash "Hot Spots" (1990-2001)
• Households with No Motor Vehicle Available
• Workers Using Public Transit in Arlington

TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT STUDY

• Transportation Assessment Study
  Louis Berger Report to Arlngton's Planning Department
  (June 7. 2002)    (Warning - 5 MB file)
• Summary of Comments from Residents
  Louis Berger Report
  (June 14, 2002)

OTHER T.A.C. REPORTS

• Annual Report to 2009 Town Meeting
  (February 11, 2009)
• Transportation Demand Management Update
  (July 14, 2008)
• Letter of Support - MPPF Grant
  (February 14, 2008)
• Annual Report to 2008 Town Meeting
  (February 14, 2008)
• Conceptual Plan to Improve School Transportation Safety
  (January 28, 2008)
• Transportation Demand Management Proposal
  (January 10, 2008)
• Parking Policy Recommendations
  (January 8, 2007)
• School Zone Evaluation Recommendation
  (January 8, 2007)
• Annual Report to 2007 Town Meeting
  (March 28, 2006)
• Town Meeting 2002 Warrant Article 66: Funding for Transportation Improvements - T.A.C. Recommendations
  T.A.C. Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint®)
  (March 25, 2002)
• Transportation Survey Results
  From Vision 2020 Survey (June 14, 2002)
• Request for CDBG funding for improvements to Pleasant/Mass Ave intersection
  (March 3, 2003)
• Request for CDBG funds to support Massachusetts Avenue Corridor improvements
  (March 3, 2003)
• Arlington Center Pedestrian, Cyclist and Bus Ridership Counts
  (May 21, 2003) Printer warning: this file includes a legal-size page.
• Crosswalk Report to the Board of Selectmen (June 5, 2004)

GUIDELINES

• School area sign standard
• Decision criteria for transportation decisions
• Guidelines for a two-way stop installation
• Guidelines for an all-way stop installation
• About crosswalks
• Advance yield lines at crosswalks
• When should intersections receive stop signs and signals?
• What you can do to improve traffic safety in Arlington
• Crosswalk Marking Standards