Boston, MA partnered with Goode Landscape Studio on 10-day pilot of the Copley Connect car-free zone

Boston, MA Copley Connect car-free zone pilot program

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The city of Boston's Planning and Development Agency partnered with Goode Landscape Studio to launch the Copley Connect temporary car-free zone program. During the 10-day pilot, the city will monitor traffic flow and pedestrian movements to determine the positive and negative impacts of closing the block on pedestrians, bikes, cars, buses, etc. The Copley Connect pop-up provides café seating, food trucks, block parties, dance lessons, performances, flexible programming spaces, etc.

Road & Traffic Management Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (PPP)Public Works Pilot / POC

Boston, MA

Municipality in Massachusetts

United States

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“It’s great to have this kind of space where there’s sort of an opportunity for people to look at this street in a different way, and that was the goal of this,” said Boston’s Chief of …

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Copley Square and the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library are two adjacent spaces going through separate improvement projects. The Copley Connect pop-up responds to the proposed improvements by creating pedestrian segment of Dartmouth Street, from St. James Avenue to Boylston Street. It also provides complementary spillover and flexible programming spaces for library activities and farmer’s market expansion. There will also be café seating, food trucks, performances, block parties, outdoor yoga and dance lessons, and much more.

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