Wig Zamore : Two Head (Houses) Are Better Than One
Thoughts on the Assembly Square Orange Line T Stop

On June 29th, 2009 the MBTA sponsored a meeting at the Capuano Early Childhood Center in East Somerville to present preliminary design ideas for the Assembly Square Station and to solicit public comments. Despite the large area to be served by the station (145 acres), the proposed design has only one head house. In a handout created for the meeting (see below), Wig Zamore explains that two head houses would significantly increase T use and thereby reduce highway emissions in East Somerville, an environmental justice neighborhood. A comment letter (pdf) from Livable Streets and Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP) also stresses the need for a second head house at Assembly Square. A head house is a point of entry/exit to the station platform.