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Thursday: StreetsblogMASS In Person In Everett
On Thursday evening, the City of Everett and its Active Transportation Advisory Committee will host StreetsblogMASS editor Christian MilNeil for the city's monthly Street Level Everett speaker series.
May 28, 2025
Wednesday: ‘Rides of Silence’ Will Commemorate Victims of Traffic Violence in Boston, Westfield, and Dartmouth
On Wednesday, family members and safety advocates all over the world will gather to memorialize victims of traffic violence in 2024 for the International Ride of Silence.
May 20, 2025
Photos: Bike to Work Day 2025
Hundreds of commuters – and quite a few people who joined the ride just for fun – joined convoys from all around the region to converge at City Hall Plaza before the workday began Friday morning.
May 16, 2025
MassDOT to Reschedule Public Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project
Update: On Monday afternoon, hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin, MassDOT announced that "this meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date." The hearing will now be held on June 24 at Somerville High School.
May 12, 2025
Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Back Open Streets Schedule for 2025
On Wednesday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city's 2025 schedule of Open Streets events, with five weekend street festivals in Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Jamaica Plain, plus 11 car-free Sundays for Newbury Street in the Back Bay this summer and fall.
May 8, 2025
Watch: ‘The 15-Minute City’ Discussion Featuring Carlos Moreno and Jim Aloisi
Last month, StreetsblogMASS editor Christian MilNeil moderated a discussion on the "15-Minute City," an emerging planning principle that reduces transportation costs and congestion by allowing more jobs and services to locate in the same neighborhoods where people live, for the GBH Forum Network.
April 24, 2025
Concord and Lexington Declare Freedom From Cars For 250th Patriots’ Day Weekend
Numerous streets will be opened up for bikes and pedestrians for the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Concord and Lexington.
April 17, 2025
Transit Riders Plan Grassroots Protest of Tonight’s Boylston Street Bus Lane Removal
Boston residents are planning to gather in Copley Square this evening to protest the city's planned removal of the Boylston Street bus lane, which improved bus speeds and reliability for the MBTA's Route 39 but also attracted the ire of the politically well-connected Back Bay Association.
March 18, 2025
Monday: A Discussion On ‘The 15-Minute City’
On Monday, March 24th at noon, StreetsblogMASS editor Christian MilNeil will moderate a discussion on the "15-Minute City," an emerging planning principle that reduces transportation costs and congestion by∑ allowing more jobs and services to locate in the same neighborhoods where people live.
March 17, 2025
Registration Opens for Youth Bike Summit in Roxbury
Editor's note: the following article is an edited version of a press release from the Youth Bike Summit's organizers.
March 6, 2025
