Agree with the above comments. It is next to impossible to sleep with windows open or have a conversation in front of the house without being interrupted by the incredibly loud bus. Moving the stop to a less residential, yet still convenient area is the solution to this problem.

I agree. We live on the next farther block on Beacon St. If the windows are open it is monstrous ...let alone the diesel fumes from the bus compounding the noise and health issues. Let's move the stop to Broadway next to the 7-Eleven right near the Williams St. corner. then the trash thrown from the bus and the 7-Eleven will all be in one place!!!!

I don't think moving the stop is going to help, it just a truly noisy neighborhood. Between truck, buses and loud music in cars driving by. There already is a stop on the corner in front of the check cashing place.

Park street resident,
Although I appreciate your comments, since you are not a Beacon St resident I don't feel you truly understand the level of noise and polution experienced from the bus stop. The stop you speak of is not in a residential area. As to your point about trucks, they are actually not permitted to use Beacon Street during the night/early morning so that is a non-factor. It is reasonable to relocate the stop towards the stop you are referencing for ease of accessibility and improvement of living conditions for Beacon St and surrounding residents. If you lived where I lived I'm sure you would feel the same way.

Kim, I may not live on Beacon Street, but I am a Chelsea resident that deals with the noise every single day, just as you do. There is bus stop in front of my house, as well. I agree with you that the buses are horrendous. The stop in front of the check cashing place has both commercial AND residential, there are homes and apartments right at that bus stop. The only point I was trying to make is that the noise problem does not just affect on Beacon Street.

First of all, thank you for everyone to weigh in on this matter. The more that constructive thoughts are presented into a situation the better the chances are that we can come up with a great resolution.

Park street....I think the point that Kim was trying to make is that beacon street is not at all a commercial street whereas you live on a very often traveled commercial/residential street. In my opinion, there seems like there is no need to further congest a residential street such as beacon street when an easier solution would be to just move a bus stop literally one block over to an already heavily/noisy traveled route. In addition, given the frequency of the popular 111 bus, it only seems logical to move the stop in order to prevent a simple noise/pollution disturbance.

I guess the overall bottom line is that if noise disturbance can be prevented by relocating the beacon street stop to a pre-existing higher traffic area I don't see why that wouldn't be a valid and wise decision.

I waited until I could talk to the City Manager about your submission. He confirmed what I suspected: this is an MBTA matter; there is no action that the City of Chelsea can take. You can find several ways to contact the MBTA here: http://www.mbta.com/customer_support/customer_bill_of_rights/

Ok, thank you for the insight Richie C!

Oh, and to go on the record as a Beacon St. resident also, moving the bus stop wouldn't accomplish much. The bus would still have to go down Beacon to Broadway, even if it didn't stop at the current bus stop. Going straight down Chestnut and right on Williams isn't an option because the bus can't make that tight turn onto Williams.

Good to know, thank you! I was wondering though; what if the bus stop was moved to the corner of Chestnut and Williams Street so as to avoid having to make that turn? It could then proceed straight down Chestnut street to continue the bus route I believe.

But even if it had to travel down Beacon Street I think that moving the stop would at least accomplish having the bus only making one stop on Beacon instead of two (once at the bus stop and once at the stop sign @ corner of Beacon and Broadway).

Let me know what you think and thanks again for everything.