Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
Beginning July 1, 2018 and ending June 30, 2019
Last updated:
4/11/18
Transportation Department
The mission of the Boston Transportation Department is to promote public safety, manage the City's transportation network, and enhance the quality of life for residents of our City neighborhoods. Accomplishment of our mission is ensured through the use of planning, coordinated engineering, education and enforcement. The Transportation Department strives to improve circulation in and around the City, enhance public transportation services, gain efficiencies in the management of parking resources, adjudicate and collect fines, collaborate with relevant agencies and encourage the use of alternate transportation modes.
Gina Fiandaca, Commissioner
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This Capital Plan invests deeply in the core goals of Go Boston 2030: streets that are safer for all users of our roads and sidewalks, particularly pedestrians and cyclists; travel that is more reliable and predictable, and quality transportation choices that improve access to interconnect Boston neighborhoods for all modes of travel.
FY19 Major Initiatives
- Vision Zero will continue to deliver targeted safety improvements in both our residential neighborhoods and along some of our most challenging corridors.
- A citywide, multi-year campaign to bring all painted crosswalks, lane markings, and bike lanes into a state of good repair continues this year.
- Implement Neighborhood Slow Streets projects in Chinatown, Grove Hall/Quincy Corridor (Dorchester and Roxbury), Highland Park (Roxbury), Mount Hope/Canterbury Street (Roslindale), and West of Washington Coalition (Dorchester).
- Design of the reconstruction of Melnea Cass Boulevard will continue.
- The addition of protected bicycle lanes on “Great Streets” projects by continuing and increasing the annual investment in the Strategic Bicycle Network
- New traffic safety improvements are scheduled at Father Hart Bridge and Wolcott Square in Hyde Park.
- A multi-year effort begins that will renew all painted crosswalks, lane markings, and bike lanes.
Transportation Department - Active Projects
| Category | Project | Location | Status | FY19 Projected | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | Dudley Street | Roxbury | In Design | 1,600,000 | 9,000,000 |
| Open Space | Green Links | Various Neighborhoods | New Project | 100,000 | 400,000 |
| Technology | Father Hart Bridge Traffic Improvements | Hyde Park | In Design | 200,000 | 1,375,000 |
| Technology | Traffic Signal Construction at 4 Intersections | Various neighborhoods | In Construction | 2,888 | 485,000 |
| Technology | Traffic Signal Construction at 4 Locations | Various neighborhoods | In Design | 1,000,000 | 1,350,000 |
| Technology | Traffic Signals | Citywide | Annual Program | 2,500,000 | 12,500,000 |
| Technology | Traffic Signals at 9 Locations | Various neighborhoods | In Design | 11,416 | 3,487,107 |
| Transportation | 300 Frontage Road Improvements | South Boston | In Design | 400,000 | 463,807 |
| Transportation | Accessible Pedestrian Signals | Citywide | Annual Program | 250,000 | 1,831,088 |
| Transportation | Bowdoin Street/Geneva Avenue Study | Dorchester | To Be Scheduled | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| Transportation | BTD Tow Lot Facility | South Boston | In Construction | 0 | 3,800,000 |
| Transportation | Centre Street / South Street | Jamaica Plain | In Design | 0 | 400,000 |
| Transportation | Crosswalk and Lane Marking Revitalization | Citywide | In Construction | 2,640,000 | 4,650,000 |
| Transportation | Fenway Longwood Kenmore Improvements | Fenway/Kenmore | In Construction | 475,074 | 7,987,722 |
| Transportation | Melnea Cass Boulevard | Roxbury | In Design | 350,000 | 27,640,000 |
| Transportation | Municipal Parking Lots | Citywide | Annual Program | 300,000 | 2,856,226 |
| Transportation | Operations Center at 12 Channel Street | South Boston | New Project | 175,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Transportation | South Bay Harbor Trail | South End | In Design | 96,505 | 4,233,000 |
| Transportation | Strategic Bicycle Network Project | Citywide | Annual Program | 1,250,000 | 4,850,000 |
| Transportation | Transportation Planning | Citywide | Annual Program | 300,000 | 2,898,849 |
| Transportation | Vision Zero | Various neighborhoods | Annual Program | 3,900,000 | 18,922,192 |
| Transportation | Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue | Roxbury | In Design | 572,165 | 3,343,974 |
| Department total | 16,173,048 | 115,073,965 |