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Grisly Texas Crash Raises Old Questions About Teen Drivers
Safe streets advocates in Texas are questioning the state driving age after an aggressive teenage motorist mowed down six cyclists this weekend — and others are wondering whether children really belong behind the wheel anywhere in America.
September 27, 2021
Eyes On the Street: Nubian Square’s New Bike Path
The Boston Transportation Department is contemplating other projects for Warren Street and Malcolm X Boulevard that could extend the bike path and also create dedicated bus lanes for some of the city's busiest bus routes.
September 23, 2021
Federal E-Car Incentives Get $4B, E-Bikes Still In Limbo
U.S. motorists may soon be eligible for up to $12,500 in grants to purchase electric cars, thanks to a new fund folded into the Democrats' reconciliation package — but benefits for e-bike purchasers may be far more modest and aggressively means-tested, unless advocates speak out.
September 20, 2021
Arlington Select Board Prioritizes Parking Over Bike Lanes At Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection
A town committee that has been meeting for over a year endorsed a plan to remove on-street parking and install bike lanes, but members of the town's Select Board rejected their recommendation.
September 17, 2021
Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge
This week, while the City of Cambridge was finalizing its plans for separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, city crews installed new pavement markings and flexible-post bollards to upgrade bike facilities on another segment of the same street, between Harvard and Central Squares.
September 16, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Trail, Bike Projects Connect the Fenway
Currently in the works: a new off-street, multi-use pathway to the Fenway Green Line stop, new flexpost-protected bike lanes on Boylston Street, and a refurbished Carlton Street footbridge to Brookline.
September 2, 2021
Report: Bigger Bike Budgets Boost the Boom

August 25, 2021
Somerville to Shrink Powder House Traffic Circle
In the next few weeks, the City of Somerville will use quick-build materials to transform the Powderhouse Circle traffic rotary, a six-way junction of busy walking and biking routes at the southern edge of the Tufts University campus, into a smaller roundabout with protected bike lanes, shortened crosswalks, and increased space for pedestrians.
August 10, 2021
Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent
Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.
July 22, 2021
Travel Guide: Exploring the New Coastal Trails of Newburyport, Salisbury, and Amesbury
The interconnected Coastal Trails network of Newburyport, Amesbury, and Salisbury reward visitors with a quaint towns, art displays, riverfront, beachfront, forest, marsh, countryside, and encounters with friendly locals.
July 21, 2021