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Eyes on the Street: Room to Breathe on DCR Parkways
This weekend, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) closed off segments of several Boston-area park roads to give people more room to recreate with safe physical distancing in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 13, 2020
DCR to Block Drivers From More Parkways in Boston, Watertown
DCR hopes that the closure of parking areas and certain road segments to motor vehicle users will reduce crowding and give park users more space to spread out.
April 10, 2020
Brookline Boards Endorse Car Lane Closures to Give Pedestrians More Space
The town will close on-street parking lanes on Brookline Avenue, Longwood Avenue, and Harvard Street, plus one motor vehicle travel lane on Beacon Street in the vicinity of Coolidge Corner.
April 8, 2020
Woman Drives SUV Into Family of 3 in Ipswich, Killing the Father
Police reported that the suspect in the vehicular assault, a 43-year-old Ipswich woman, remained on the scene and has so far been cooperating with the investigation.
March 28, 2020
Bike Shops Deemed ‘Essential’ As Bike Transport Surges
Governor Baker ordered all "nonessential" businesses to close on Tuesday, but with a surge of people bicycling for recreation and transportation, bike shops are being allowed to stay open across Massachusetts this week.
March 24, 2020
Harvard To Get 2 Upgraded Bikeways In 2020
In two separate but linked projects, the city is making plans for upgraded bike lanes on Mount Auburn Street from John F. Kennedy Street to Massachusetts Avenue and a new bi-directional bikeway on Quincy, Bow, and DeWolfe Streets.
March 13, 2020
Public Transit and Public Health
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) started having a major impact on civic life in the Commonwealth this week: public agencies are cancelling meetings, universities are sending students home, traffic congestion has evaporated, and the MBTA started taking additional measures to disinfect stations and vehicles.
March 12, 2020
Livablestreets Report Keeps ‘Go Boston 2030’ on the Agenda, Not on a Shelf
In a new report released this morning, the LivableStreets Alliance says that Boston is making good progress on improving street safety, but by and large has yet to make significant progress on its ambitions to reduce traffic and air pollution by increasing biking, walking and transit use.
March 11, 2020
Boston Pitches Major Transit-Focused Redesign For Blue Hill Ave.
Because the vast majority of Blue Hill Avenue's neighbors identify as people of color, the addition of high-quality bus lanes and stations could offer a major improvement to inequities in the city's bus network, where black bus riders currently spend, on average, 64 more hours every year traveling than white bus riders.
March 5, 2020
City Proposes Road Diet, Protected Bike Lanes On Cummins Highway in Mattapan
The Boston Public Works Department is recommending a major reconfiguration of Mattapan's Cummins Highway to reduce vehicle speeds and add protected bike lanes, but drivers in the neighborhood are pushing back against the city's recommendations.
March 3, 2020
