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A bike rider rides along a flexpost-protected bike lane next to a sidewalk cafe on one side and a line of cars waiting in traffic on the other side of the bus lane, on the left edge of the photo.

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 13, 2023 | No Comments

In a memorandum dismissing the case, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan observed that, contrary to the plaintiff's claims, the Cycling Safety Ordinance "does not prohibit individuals from visiting any businesses or residences, and the Plaintiffs have not plausibly suggested facts to the contrary."

Highland Avenue near Central St. in 2020.

Somerville Budget Plan Could Start Highland Ave. Protected Bike Lane Project in 2024

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments

The city plans "protected bike lanes in both directions, following the anticipated completion of sewer separation work in 2024,” a spokesperson from Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s office told Streetsblog.

A nighttime view of cars and trucks on a 6-lane expressway next to some railroad tracks (right) in downtown Boston.

Boston Plans New Parkland to Bridge the Turnpike’s Scar Through Chinatown

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 8, 2023 | No Comments

The planning effort will focus on four blocks along the Interstate 90 trench, from Arlington and Tremont Streets in the west to Harrison Avenue in the east.

A map of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, extending from I-495 in the west to Waltham in the east, Framingham in the south, and Concord in the north. The Mass. Central Rail Trail corridor, highlighted in green solid lines where the trail is complete and in dotted lines to indicate incomplete trail sections, crosses the center map west to east, and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail crosses the center of the map north to south.

3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments

Before the end of the decade, it should be possible to travel between Lowell, Marlborough, and Waltham almost entirely on off-street pathways.

A crowd of people wearing bright construction vests and helmets crosses a bridge next to a chain-link fence (left) and railroad tracks (right)

Somerville Approves Community Path Lease Agreement; Opening Delayed ‘Til April

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments

Last Thursday, the Somerville City Council endorsed a proposed lease agreement between the city and the MBTA that, once executed, will formalize maintenance responsibilities and open up public access to the new path.

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments

"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."

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