Experience the brand-new Somerville Community Path Extension, a dramatic two-mile shared-use path running alongside an active rail corridor through the heart of New England’s densest municipality. Learn how grassroots and official advocacy created a viable funding strategy for the Path via the MBTA Green Line Extension light rail project. Discuss the challenges of reconciling design guidance with unique site conditions and extreme value engineering. Put yourself in the shoes of operations managers assigned to maintain this complex facility.

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Mode

• Bus & Walking, Easy
• Please wear closed-toe shoes. You will not be allowed on the trail without closed toe shoes since you are entering a rail facility. 

Leader

• Viola Augustin, City of Somerville

Speakers

• Terry McCarthy, MBTA
• Derek Anderson, MBTA/Arup
• Lynn Weissman
• Karen Molloy