Green Bus Depot Boston Logan International Airport pdf

Green Bus Depot Boston Logan International Airport

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The proposed Green Bus Depot would include approximately 72,810 square feet of enclosed structure that would house most of the program functions. Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel for the hybrid busses will be stored within two (2) 10,000 gallon below grade storage tanks, with bus fueling station housed in a structure near the site entrance gate. Washwater recycling equipment will allow reuse of approximately 70% of the bus wash water. The structures and limited employee parking spaces, and the site vehicular and pedestrian circulation cover a total of approximately five acres. The balance of the developed parcel would include an evergreen landscape edge and berm along the MBTA tracks, and a vegetated area with the stormwater detention basins and bioswale to enhance the quality of stormwater runoff adjacent to the marsh. Site access would be via a planned new roadway extension from the existing airport roadway system.

Pedestrian access will be provided The building arrangement locates the quietest facility elements closest to neighboring homes and further shields those homes with a noise- and reverberation-mitigating sound wall. To further dampen the ambient noise, an earthen berm (approximately 2 feet high) will be constructed along the northern edge of the site. To minimize sounds from the building’s operations, most rooftop equipment will be installed on the lowest roof, away from nearby neighborhoods. The higher roof of the bus storage structure serves to shield the neighborhood from the rooftop equipment. The site circulation is designed for efficient one-way bus travel in order to limit unnecessary movements and to curtail bus back-up alarms

• Creator/s: Massachusetts Port Authority
• Date: 2010
• Year: 2010
• Book Topics/Themes: Logan Airport, Redevelopment, Construction, Airport, Airplane, Airplanes, avgeek, Bus, Green Infrastructure, Massport

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