The study was aimed at finding out who couldn’t access the Blue Hills Reservation and why – and to make recommendations that could reverse that situation.
Great Blue Hill sits majestically in the distance beyond the aptly named Blue Hill Avenue, but for many residents of Dorchester and Mattapan, the 7,000-acre reservation below the 635-foot mountain is a place they know little about and rarely visit.
“The first time I found out about it was when I was elected as a state rep.,” said Holmes, who won his House race in 2010. “You can very much see it, but you can’t touch it. That is very much the feeling our residents have toward the Blue Hills. It feels like it could be a million miles away and that’s because there’s no quality access for our community. Everything is designed for the car.”
Rourke said they found that accessing the Blue Hills is very easy by car, with ample parking, but most of the site is inaccessible by public transit. From Mattapan Square, there is only one bus route – the 716, and its only stop is at the bottom of the mountain at the Trailside Museum on Canton Avenue.
A fellow bicyclist introduced her to the reservation. “It wasn’t until I was 26 that I got to see that great place so close to me. I had seen it and driven through it with my father, but never knew what it was,” she said. “It’s something you would hear about, but it’s not a place you go to, especially because there really is no public transportation.”
On a recent morning, the Dorchester Reporter observed the 716 bus route for more than an hour. The scheduled outbound bus never arrived at the Trailside Museum, and the inbound bus came by 15 minutes late, and kept going without stopping. By way of comparison, in that time period, more than a dozen cars pulled up in the museum parking lot — and hikers, dog walkers and mothers with strollers headed off to the hiking trails.
A more expansive improvement would be a new public transit service out of Mattapan Station that would loop through the Blue Hills Reservation and stop at popular spots. The most optimistic option would include a full loop through the western and eastern sides of the reservation with stops at the Museum, hiking trail start points, Brookwood Farm, Houghton’s Pond, the Shea Skating Rink, and the road to the Quincy quarries.
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