Friday, October 7, 2016

Don’t Like That New Intersection? Wait A Minute

Armed with chalk paint, tape, cones, flowers and a piece of artificial turf, town planners recently set out to reconfigure and beautify several streets in downtown Maynard.
Within just a few hours, officials from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council put in new bike lanes, extended curbs, and even installed a miniature green space called a parklet.

The temporary road installation was a new technique gaining popularity among planners to test out changes to roadways, sidewalks and intersections without spending thousands or millions of dollars.But a few days later, all signs of the changes were gone.
Christopher Kuschel, a planner with the MAPC who oversaw the Maynard installation, said projects are typically studied, designed, and then built — all without knowing for sure whether they will work.
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