Impact

By reducing congestion in the Fenway area, we can have an impact on the community, environment, and on transportation as a whole.

For example, by improving efficiency on the roads, we reduce the amount of extra fuel burned by cars. Therefore, we reduce the amount of pollution caused by cars, lessening the impact on the environment.

If we go with one of the prior ideas of subtracting lanes, we can actually have an impact on the community. Some may decide that driving is not as efficient as public transit, and may even choose to take the train or a bus instead. The more people there are taking public transit in Boston and the Fenway area, the more demand there is for service. This creates more jobs for people in the MBTA. More demand in the services of the MBTA can also help to pay off their debt faster, allowing them to improve public transportation and making it more appealing to commuters. Overall, if one of our solutions can not only make roads more efficient but encourage others to use public transit, we could create a large cycle of positive impact on our community.

There will be an impact on transportation all together if we reduce congestion in the Fenway area. Improving this aspect of people's commutes on the roads will actually make bus routes more efficient. In addition, reducing congestion will also make sure light rails (Green Line) are more efficient. A chain reaction will probably occur, improving transportation on the heavy rails.

Fixing the flawed road system in the Fenway area would have positive repercussions that would benefit the community, environment, and transportation. Creating efficiency when it comes to driving in the Fenway area is the basis to spreading efficiency all over