StreetsblogMASS Editor Christian MilNeil visited the studios of WBUR last week to discuss street safety, Boston's Vision Zero policy, and bike lane controversies with Mark Chase of Tufts University and host Tiziana Dearing last week.
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A bicycle user rides through the intersection of New Chardon Street on downtown Boston’s new Cambridge Street bike lane. The City of Boston has also installed flexible-post bollards in intersections near crosswalks to force turning vehicles to slow down and watch for bikes and pedestrians.
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"It really did feel like they really did listen and change a lot of stuff,” says Ellery Klein, a Medford road safety advocate.
If it were enacted as the state's new budget law, the Senate proposal would force the T's budget writers to fill a budget shortfall of roughly $200 million this year, with virtually no reserve funding available to cushion the blow.
The silver lining: the new bridges that MassDOT is building will create wider sidewalks, protected bike paths, and more dedicated bus lanes to improve connections between East Somerville and Sullivan Square.