streetsblog-mass-logo-alt

streetsblog-mass-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Header

Streetsblog Network

Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit

streetsblog-mass-logo

Streetsblog Massachusetts

Support StreetsblogMASS

SB-Donation-500px-wide

Donate to StreetsblogMASS house ad – homepage

River card donations house ad

<p>Got tips? Send them to me via Signal, the encrypted messaging app, at 207-310-0728. You can also follow me on <a href="https://better.boston/@cmilneil" rel="me">Mastodon.</a></p>


PROMO-milneil

Christian MilNeil

A crowd of people on bikes rides down an empty four-lane highway. On the left side of the roadway are large trees and multi-story brick buildings; on the right is the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the distance.

RiverbendParkBikes

Elections and Politics

Emails Reveal State Officials’ Flawed Excuses For Taking Away Riverbend Park Access in Cambridge

Screenshot 2023-07-26 at 10.48.51 PM

Read Sec. Tepper’s Memo Regarding Her Cancellation of Car-Free Riverbend Park Events

A man and a woman in casual clothing hold signs next to a wide four-lane street. A grand Italianate-style library building with tall arched windows is in the background behind them on the other side of the street. The man holds a sign reading "keep kids safe: build the promised crossing" and the woman holds a sign reading "No more deaths! SLOW DOWN"

ChelseaBell-CouncilorLedermanSpringfieldJuly21Protest_creditElizabethMcKinstry

Vision Zero

Springfield Librarians Protest City’s Failure to Fix Deadly Pedestrian Crossing on State Street

A chart showing "total slow time" on the y axis (from 0 to 90 minutes) and months of the year on the x axis (from last August to this July) and three colored lines representing the three MBTA subway lines (red, orange, and blue). The blue line is near 0 along the x-axis until March, when it rises to 20 minutes, then follows a jagged, generally downward trend to around 5 minutes of slow time as of mid-July. The Orange line starts around 5 minutes, spikes to 40 minutes in late September '22 (immediately after a 30-day closure), dips to near 0 over the winter, then rises again to 20 in March, and remains near 15 as of mid-July. The red line starts near the orange line, then gradually trends upwards from 10 minutes in Sept. 2022 to 30 minutes by Feb. 2023. In March, the Red line begins to slope upward steeply, reaching 80 minutes in April and May. In June and July, the red line follows a jagged descent, hitting 50 minutes by mid-July.

TransitMatters-Data-Dashboard-screenshot

Transit

TransitMatters Releases New ‘Data Dashboard’

karl-kohler-odC1vXwi0dM-unsplash-e1688957509819

Advocacy Opportunities

Now Is The Time To Speak Up For Safer Vehicles

A wide intersection with a small island planted with flowers in the foreground. The street is lined with multi-story buildings with small businesses on the ground floor. A group of three teens crosses the crosswalk in the middle distance.

ElmAndMainAndoverMA_06.8.2023

Andover Town Officials Ignored Residents’ Warnings About Site of Fatal Crash

A sunset view down a mostly-empty, wide four-lane street lined with small businesses and parked cars.

CentreStreetWestRoxburyMay312023

Mayor Wu Won’t Wait: City Will Implement Centre Street Safety Improvements This Fall

A man pushing a stroller along a narrow sidewalk on a bridge with an old stone masonry railing. Next to him is a wide asphalt highway lane where a large blue pickup truck is driving. In the distance is a brick-clad apartment tower peeking above leafy trees.

MysticValleyParkwayBridgeOverMysticRiverDowntownMedford_creditElleryKlein

Highways

Safety Advocates Set Their Sights On Medford’s Mystic Mess

New bike lanes on the Fellsway bridge across the Mystic River, between Somerville and Medford.

Fellsway Bridge Mystic River

Bicycling

New Somerville Bike Plan Envisions Bike Routes On 1/4 of the City’s Streets

The gold-plated dome of the Massachusetts State House against a blue sky, with the Massachusetts flag flying to the right of the dome in the foreground.

Massachusetts_State_House_-_Boston,_MA_-_DSC04664

State House Transportation Committee Discusses Bills Regarding East-West Rail, T Oversight