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<b>STREET TALK! <br>
"Using Transportation to Transform Communities"<br>
Thu. Sept. 25, 7 - 9 pm<br>
by Ken Kruckemeyer and Ann Hershfang<br></b><span><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/taxonomy/term/24" rel="tag" title="" target="_blank">LivableStreets</a> | <a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/taxonomy/term/8" rel="tag" title="" target="_blank">Event/activity</a></span><br>
@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Central Square, Cambridge <span><span><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/node/530" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank">map...</a></span> <a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/node/530" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.livablestreets.info/modules/contextlinks/images/external.gif" alt="external"></a></span><br>
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Learning from the anti-highway movement</b>: A grass roots movement swept
Boston in the 60's and led to, among other things, the orange line
subway and park known as the Southwest Corridor. Meet some of the
individuals who made this happen and hear their stories.<br><br>Event is free and open to the public, donation suggested, beer/sodas provided compliments of Harpoon Brewery!<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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In the years following World War II, America was becoming increasingly
highway development oriented. In the 60's and 70's a grassroots
movement prevented several major highway projects from destroying its
neighborhoods, and instead shifted funding to transit expansion, which
we now take for granted. This activism prevented the development of
several major highway projects which had the power to destroy
Boston-area neighborhoods. <br><br>
It is due to the efforts of steadfast neighborhood champions like Ken
Kruckemeyer and Ann Hershfang that the City of Boston and the State
decided against extensive highway development projects and instead
shifted funding to the expansion of public transportation; which we now
take for granted.<br><br>
Of the many outcomes of this moment, two visible successes are the:
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(1) Prevented development of the "inner belt" which was a highway that would have cut clear through Cambridge's Central Square and Cambridgeport neighborhoods <br><br>
(2) Tossing out what was to be the multi-lane "Southwest
Expressway" that would connect Boston to points south via the Roxbury
and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods in favor of the mulit-use
transportation corridor and green space we now know as the Southwest
Corridor Park and MBTA Orange Line subway. <br><br>
<span><span><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/node/1339" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank">Click here for a short WBUR piece highlighting Ken...</a></span> <a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/node/1339" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.livablestreets.info/modules/contextlinks/images/external.gif" alt="external"></a></span><br>
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<span><span><a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/files/newsletters/ebulletin13.htm#article8" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank">Click here for more history...</a></span> <a href="http://www.livablestreets.info/files/newsletters/ebulletin13.htm#article8" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.livablestreets.info/modules/contextlinks/images/external.gif" alt="external"></a></span><br>
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<span><span><a href="http://nuweb.neu.edu/psullivan/protests.html" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank">Click here for an interview with Ann...</a></span> <a href="http://nuweb.neu.edu/psullivan/protests.html" rel="CONTEXTLINKS_NEW_WINDOW" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.livablestreets.info/modules/contextlinks/images/external.gif" alt="external"></a></span><br>
<br><u><b>More about Ken & Ann</b></u><br><br>
<b>Ken</b> is a private consultant specializing in the design of civil
infrastructure, focusing on integrated public transport systems,
pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and roadway and bridge design. He is
also an adjunct Research Associate at the Center for Transportation and
Logistics and Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the MIT. Ken served as Associate Commissioner of the
Massachusetts Department of Public Works from 1983 to 1991. Mr.
Kruckemeyer is an Architect with degrees from Princeton University and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Loeb Fellow in
Advanced Environmental Studies at Harvard University.<br><br>
<b>Ann</b> has extensive experience in all facets of the transportation
business, including serving on the Board of the Massachusetts Port
Authority and 10 Years on the Massachusetts Turnpike Highway Board, as
well as founding Walk Boston, a non-profit membership organization
dedicated to improving walking conditions in cities and towns across
Massachusetts. In essence, her entire professional experience stemmed
from her involvement in the Anti-Highway Movement. <br><b><br>
This event is sponsored by LivableStreets Alliance</b>
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