[MassHistPres] Traffic Patterns

[Jonathan Feist]

Greetings,

There¹s been a change in Harvard¹s historic Town Center traffic pattern that
has some people in town up in arms, and I¹ve been asked to weigh in.
Basically, a stop sign was removed to make traffic able to pass through the
main intersection more quickly. Opponents see this as a degradation of the
feeling of a cozy town center.

I don¹t have an opinion about it yet. I can¹t imagine that the HHC has any
jurisdiction, as no structures have visibly changed.

Does anyone have thoughts? And is there any data to support the argument
that faster traffic contributes significantly to the deterioration of
buildings? 

--Jonathan

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Jonathan Feist, Chair
Harvard Historical Commission
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