Downtown Brockton Transportation and Infrastructure Plan

06/28/2023

The US Department of Transportation has informed us that the City of Brockton has been awarded $7.8 to advance our Downtown Transportation and Infrastructure Plan.

01/11/2021

Soil testing before construction of a New Street that will connect Petronelli Way to Count Street. New Street will improve traffic circulation downtown.

06/24/2020

Two-way Main Street with expanded sidewalks and bike lanes in both directions. On-street parking moved to side streets and new parking facilities to expand capacity and provide convenience to employers and traffic generators. And a new pedestrian green-space network to connect them all.

06/24/2020

It is finished. After over a year of work, with dozens of participants, we have completed the Downtown Brockton Traffic Study. The report can be found at https://brockton.ma.us/city-departments/planning/transforming-downtown/ You can down load the full report and the appendices as well.

Department Details ROB MAY Phone (508) 580-7113 Email [email protected] Records Access Officer [email protected] Pam Gurley Administrative Assistant to the Planning Board and Conservation Commission Megan Shave Conservation Agent Transforming Downtown Brockton Downtown Brockton is the heart and soul...

09/26/2019

Here is the story from the Enterprise on our public open house earlier this week.

The price tag for a redesigned Main Street in Brockton, including two-way traffic? About $15 to $20 million.

09/25/2019

How do design a street for everyone, not just cars.

Busy downtown streets that operate 2-way are often the most difficult streets for cities to reconfigure and retrofit. Many of these streets suffer from double parking and loading conflicts…

09/25/2019

The City hosted an open house this evening to review finding on the downtown traffic study and the potential conversion to two-way traffic.

09/22/2019

And from the University of North Carolina.

In recent years, cities across the country have chosen to convert their one-way street networks into traditional two-way streets. This blog post will explore the roots of this widespread planning …

09/21/2019

More on one-way to two-way conversion.

It's not just about traffic accidents.

09/20/2019

Brockton is not alone in rethinking it's network of one-way streets.

And could converting streets to two-way revitalize blighted sections of Texan inner cities, especially Houston’s still-moribund downtown?