Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Street Design

The Wayside Trail, part of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, passes an abandoned trail station at the Church Street underpass in Weston.

MassTrails Program Announces $4 Million in Grants for 55 Trail Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 31, 2020 | No Comments

This year's MassTrails grants will distribute about $4 million to 55 trail projects across the state.

“The Chain” Bike Lane Delineator, designed by team Culture House lead by Aaron Grenier, features a bike lane shielded from car and bus traffic by a large, waist-high lane delineator that resembles a large bicycle chain. The links in the chain form the barrier while the pins of the chain are anchored into the ground.

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Designing Protected Bike Lanes That Any City Can Afford

By Kea Wilson | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

The 'Build a Better Barrier' competition sought new ideas for low-cost protected bike lane barriers.

A rendering illustrates the City of Boston's proposal to add a two-way protected bikeway on Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road in Dorchester. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Boston Proposes 2-Way Protected Bikeway for Mass. Ave. in Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

In the city's proposal, the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. would be converted into a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers.

Pedestrians take advantage of expanded walking areas on Beacon Street in Brookline in mid-April. Brookline officials have repurposed on-street parking areas to provide additional space for safe physical distancing in commercial districts and on key routes to area hospitals; City of Boston officials may soon follow suit. Photo courtesy of the Brookline Transportation Department.

MassDOT Announces $1 Million in Grants for Pandemic ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 23, 2020 | No Comments

The first round of grant funding will create safer walking routes to schools in Chelsea, a new bus lane in Somerville, and new protected on-street pathways in Lowell.

A new protected bike lane, photographed here on the morning of Wednesday, July 22, has been installed using temporary materials on Charles Street in downtown Boston as part of the city's "Healthy Streets" initiative. Photo courtesy of StreetsblogMASS board member Matt Lawlor.

Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 22, 2020 | No Comments

The first protected bike lanes of Boston’s new “Healthy Streets” initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common. Since Tuesday afternoon, Boston Transportation Department crews have deployed hundreds of orange construction barrels to delineate protected bikeways on Tremont, Boylston, Charles, and Beacon Streets around the Boston Common and Public Garden. Pop-up […]

The City of Boston will test a proposed road diet on Cummins Highway in Mattapan with temporary materials later this summer. Photo illustration courtesy of the City of Boston Public Works Department.

Boston to Fast-Track Cummins Highway Road Diet With Temporary Materials

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

In an effort to control reckless driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and road-test its road diet proposal, the City of Boston Public Works Department will use construction barriers to turn Cummins Highway in Mattapan into a two-lane street for the rest of this summer. As we reported in March, the Boston Public Works Department is […]

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