Shared Streets

Please take the Shared Streets Survey after learning more about the pilot project.

Andover Shared Streets Final

Andover Shared Streets

The Town is piloting quick-build traffic calming interventions to give people the opportunity to walk, bike and engage in other activities on neighborhood streets around downtown. Shared Streets will allow people to walk safely on the street and feel comfortable as local traffic passes at very slow speeds. These streets will remain open to local vehicle traffic, deliveries, and emergency vehicles, while discouraging drive through vehicle traffic. With slower speeds and fewer cars, these residential streets will be prioritized for bicyclists and pedestrians to navigate daily car-free trips to schools, grocery stores, and other locations.

This approach, implementing shared streets with quick-build materials around downtown, is new to all of us. Andover Planning Division has applied for a grant that would allow us to implement Shared Streets in phases and with flexible tools (think temporary signs and cones) in order to be sure that we get it right and that we can be responsive to residents' needs and experiences.  As we see how the streets are working, get feedback from residents, and adjust to the changing business operations and commuting patterns during this time, we anticipate making changes to shared streets.

  • Cars may use the street, but must yield to other users.
  • Street Paint identifies the street is safe for bikes to use.
  • Signs indicating that cars should drive slow and to yield to other users.
  • People are able to step out into the road and feel safe if the sidewalk is too busy.
  • People biking can feel safe amongst cars driving at lower speeds.
  • Planters and other interventions placed at the entrance of a street create a narrower turning radius which slows traffic.

Maple Avenue Shared Street Plans

Neighborhood meetings, internal working group meetings, and site walks have informed the plans for Maple Avenue listed below. Please feel free to direct questions to Tony Collins - anthony.collins@andoverma.us. 

Please remember that all the materials used in this pilot are moveable. As we study the effects of these traffic calming interventions, we expect the design to evolve as we meet the safety concerns of all users of the street.

Maple Ave Shared Street Plans

  1. Elm Street Entrace 10.22.21
  2. Mid Block Maple 10.22.21
  3. Walnut Entrance 10.22.21
MassDOT Speed Graphic