Challenge

The Minuteman Bikeway in the Town of Arlington, Massachusetts is a cherished and heavily-used regional multimodal corridor. By virtue of its popularity, the Bikeway faces challenges related to crowding, differences in speed between users, and expectations of behavior. Some of these challenges can be addressed through improved maintenance practices.

Solution

Kittelson led a planning project to identify safety, access, demand management, policy, maintenance, and placemaking opportunities on the Minuteman Bikeway. The project included reviewing existing conditions, conducting an online and in-person intercept survey that received feedback from nearly 1,700 participants, identifying corridor-wide opportunities to widen the Bikeway or leverage alternate means of managing high user demand, producing concept-level lighting and wayfinding plans, and developing a series of conceptual vignettes for the at-grade street crossings and wayside opportunities.