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MassDOT Is Building a Complete Streets Corridor Through West Springfield and Agawam
The projects are noteworthy for their efforts to transform suburban multi-lane roadways into calmer, safer streets that might actually be welcoming to people traveling on foot and by bike.
February 8, 2021
Cambridge Starts Planning for Bus, Bike Improvements Through Porter Square
Joseph Barr, Cambridge Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation, wrote in a memo to the City Council that the city is "in the process of hiring a consultant to support the design of quick-build separated bike lanes along Massachusetts Avenue from Roseland Street to Beech Street through Porter Square."
February 5, 2021
Bikeshare Systems Expanding to Salem, West Springfield
Salem plans to join the Bluebikes system with eight new stations, and West Springfield will join the ValleyBike system with two new docks.
February 3, 2021
Advocates Press for Protected Bike Lanes on Somerville’s Highland Ave.
In a construction project expected to begin later this year, the City of Somerville will rebuild Highland Avenue as well as several adjacent streets as part of its Spring Hill Sewer Separation project.
February 1, 2021
Building Back Flimsier: Flexposts Replace Concrete Curbs for Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes
The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) has installed flexible-post plastic bollards along the Massachusetts Avenue bike lanes through the Boston Medical Center campus, one of the city's most dangerous street segments, to replace more robust concrete curbs that were removed in December.
January 26, 2021
Photos: Three New Trails To Look Forward To in 2021
Three new trail projects in Boston's suburbs are poised to open for traffic in early 2021: the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick, the Cambridge-Watertown Greenway, and the extension of the Northern Strand Trail in Revere, Saugus, and Lynn.
December 28, 2020
Meet Peter Cheung, MassBike’s ‘Advocate of the Year’
If you ride a bike in the Boston area, odds are pretty good you've run into Peter Cheung: he's often leading the pack for large group rides like the Ride for Black Lives and the Boston Bike Party, and he's also the person behind many of the region's ghost bike memorials to the victims of traffic violence.
December 27, 2020
Outside Boston, Cellphone Data Suggests A Biking and Walking Boom
Increased working from home appears to have diminished bike traffic in cities like Boston and Cambridge, but considerably more people are walking and riding in the rest of the state.
November 25, 2020
Eyes On the Street: Boston’s New Downtown Protected Bike Lanes
"We've been able to build out a set of bike lanes that serve as a hub for the bike network that courses into Boston's downtown," says Chris Osgood, Boston's Chief of Streets.
November 20, 2020
