The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site in Brookline, Massachusetts is a three-story, nine-room dwelling (c. 1909) that is the birthplace of the 35th President of the United States. The National Park Service is in the process of developing a new General Management Plan (GMP) for the site. A number of areas to be addressed in the GMP relate to transportation — primarily visitor access, circulation, and parking — and Volpe provided planning and management support for these areas. The study recommends ongoing NPS coordination with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA); interpretive or transportation-based shuttle services; improved website information; provision of bicycle parking; signage improvements and walking route enhancements; and potential summer use of a nearby public school parking garage. The study also examines implementation of some of these activities in the context of the GMP alternative to establish a satellite visitor center.

Final Report, September 2010
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site General Management Plan Support: Transportation Study  (PDF, 8.5MB)