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Select Board delays vote on MBTA pilot to upgrade Beacon Street transit‑signal priority after safety questions
Summary
DPW and MBTA officials proposed a one‑year trial to upgrade transit‑signal priority on Beacon Street at two intersections, saying the newer system would better detect Green Line vehicles and provide remote performance monitoring.
Town transportation staff and MBTA project managers presented a proposal to upgrade the Beacon Street transit‑signal priority system at Washington and Marion Streets, an initiative intended to reduce Green Line delays by giving trolleys priority at signals.
Dan Martin, transportation engineer for the Brookline Department of Public Works, told the Select Board the upgrades were part of a regional TSP effort and would be paid initially by the MBTA under a one‑year technical support agreement. "We are not asking the town for funding today," Martin said, while also noting the town would remain responsible for typical signal…
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