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...current transit system in the Greater Boston area is a radial system, with subway and commuter rail lines spreading out like spokes from hubs, such as Park Street and North Station. This idea of an urban ring would create transit lines running in a circle around the urban area...
...Boston is sprawling as much as any region in this country. The urban ring is key to absorbing future rounds of growth,” said David Dixon, the incoming president of the Boston Society of Architects...
...proposed urban ring transit system would start in East Boston and run around Chelsea and Everett to Sullivan Square in Charlestown, then go through North Point, East Cambridge, and Kendall Square and across the B.U. Bridge into Boston. The ring would continue through Fenway, the Longwood Medical Area (LMA) and Ruggles and end up in South Boston...
Participants said urban ring transit would allow employers in the corridor to better recruit and retain employees, with better transit around the corridor also promoting development and creating jobs. The urban ring corridor is now home to 300,000 people and 350,000 jobs...
...It’s not just about getting people from Roxbury and Chelsea to the other side of town. It’s about bringing the jobs to you,” said M. David Lee, an adjunct professor of urban planning and design at the Graduate School of Design (GSD) who has been advocating for an urban ring for a decade...