TRANSIT CIRCULATION & ACCESS

Main Street

Main Street is an important thoroughfare within Holyoke, connecting the city to Interstate-391 and the neighboring city of Chicopee, and South Hadley via Route 116. From Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, many people commute through and visit the project area. Community members, notably parents and grandparents, have said that vehicles move especially fast along Main Street, creating unsafe conditions for pedestrians, especially when crossing the crosswalk in front of Enlace de Familias. Fortunately, in the future a raised speed table will be added to the Main Street and Cabot Street intersection to slow down traffic. Members of the core client team have also reported that many of the street trees on Main Street block sightlines for cars, creating hazardous conditions for drivers. The core team shared that these street trees and others in the neighborhood are not regularly pruned or maintained which they believe create those unsafe conditions.

Other

Some of the streets have faded road lines which may create confusing traffic conditions. For example, the large triangular Clemente Street and Crescent Street intersection has no painted street lines or indications for traffic flow.

Cabot Street and Appleton Street also receive a lot of vehicular traffic. However, side streets such as Race, Betty Medina, Clemente, and Crescent Streets are much quieter and have less vehicular traffic which may present an opportunity to increase pedestrian activity.

Transit Circulation & Access

BUSES & BIKES

While most people visit the project site by car, alternative forms of transportation are used. There are five bus stops located throughout the project site. Bicycle infrastructure is sparse, with one dedicated bicycle lane only along Appleton Street and one bike rack. The bike rack is exclusively for an EV-powered bike share program. The lack of bike lanes and racks may discourage people from bicycling through the neighborhood.