BCF Community Service Opportunity

I hope to recruit a high school student to work with me on a Belmont traffic project for community service. The project will use the rotary at the intersection of Grove, Blanchard and Washington Streets to estimate the effectiveness of similar rotaries at the entrance to McLean Hospital at Mill Street, and at the intersection of Concord Avenue and Common Street at Belmont Center.

I am a retired electrical engineer with an advanced degree from MIT. I did a traffic study in 2017 with a high school student to estimate Belmont’s cut-through traffic during the morning rush hour.

Here are some parts of the project, which should total about 40 hours:

• Observe the Grove Street rotary
• Collect video traffic data at McLean Hospital and Belmont Center
• Predict what rotaries would do for traffic at McLean and Belmont Center
• Meet with Glenn Clancy, Belmont town engineer, with me
• Prepare manuscripts for the Belmont Citizens Forum newsletter

There is no one ideal student for this project. If the student delights in solving physical puzzles, or explaining ideas, great. If a student has a best friend who could make a great team, that is possible.

To apply, contact Sumner Brown, 617-484-1149, sumner3144@gmail.com .