How can walking & biking connections to the river parklands from Allston, Brookline, and Downtown be part of the MassDOT I-90 Allston Reconstruction?

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April 10, 2018 6:00 – 8:00pm Fort Point Room / Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St

Presentations by:

Joe Beggan, Harvard University
Alan Mountjoy, NBBJ
Mark Dawson, Sasaki
Michael Nichols, Esplanade Association

Panel discussion and audience Q&A moderated by ArchitectureBoston editor Renée Loth with:

Jim Aloisi, Former MassDOT Secretary
Antonio DiMambro, urban planner
Tom Doolittle, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Emily Saul, November Project Boston co-leader
Kishore Varanasi, CBT

Discussion will include:

• Wadsworth Path, an at-grade People’s Pike path connecting Allston Village, West Station, and Franklin St footbridge
• Footbridges over at-grade I-90
• Separated paths on boardwalk/fill in the “throat”
• Straightened path under BU Bridge & rebuilt Grand Junction / Soldiers Field Road Bridge

Media from the campaign (in case you missed it):

• “Unchoke the Throat” opinion piece in CommonWealth Magazine, co-authored by board member Harry Mattisson and Wendy Landman of WalkBoston.
• Board member Harry Mattison and Wendy Landman of Walk Boston Rethink the Turnpike Allston Interchange on WBUR Radio.
• Watch the 2 minute video, “Help #UnchokeTheThroat along the Charles River”