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A group of bicycle users discuss the section of Massachusetts Avenue near the Newmarket MBTA station with City of Boston transportation planners during a group ride on Sept. 18, 2019.

Boston Planners Begin Outreach for Mass. Ave. Upgrades In Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 3, 2019

On Saturday, the City of Boston will host its second community walk and bike ride with city transportation planners to discuss safety upgrades to Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road at Edward Everett Square, a corridor that was identified as a top short-term priority for better bike lanes and crosswalks in the […]

A newly-opened section of the Wayside Trail, a section of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, passes an abandoned trail station at the Church Street underpass in Weston.

A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 1, 2019 | 2 Comments

This fall, trail advocates and officials are celebrating ribbon cuttings on two significant new trail connections in the suburbs west of Boston: a 2.5 mile segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail through West Concord, and a 4.5 mile segment of the Wayside Trail (part of the longer Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, which extends from […]

The current eastbound bike lane on Cambridge Street in Allston is pictured in September 2019. The City of Boston and MassDOT are planning to add flexposts to separate the street's bike lanes from vehicular traffic.

Boston Plans Separation, Traffic Calming For White-Knuckle Allston Bike Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 30, 2019

The Boston Transportation Department is planning “near-term” changes to Cambridge Street in Allston between Harvard Avenue and the Charles River, where paint-only bike lanes currently guide cyclists through a series of intimidating merges with speeding vehicles headed to and from the Massachusetts Turnpike. In an open house last Tuesday, staff from the Boston Transportation Department […]

A cyclist enters Cambridge on the protected bike lane at the western end of the Longfellow Bridge in May 2019. Under plans to be implemented this fall, similar improvements will be made for the eastbound lanes of Cambridge's Main Street.

Kendall Square Is Getting Rid of Another Car Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 26, 2019 | 2 Comments

In the midst of a development boom that will bring thousands of new workers and residents into the neighborhood, the City of Cambridge is continuing its policy of accommodating growth by re-allocating street space from private vehicles to cleaner, more efficient modes of transportation with a planned road diet on Main Street between Broadway and […]

New bus lanes and transit-priority traffic signals were installed this summer on Broadway in Somerville. Courtesy of the City of Somerville.

T Board Vents Frustration At Slow Pace of Bus Network Improvements

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 24, 2019

"It doesn't feel like anything is changing... and that is frustrating. At least for me as a board member and a bus user," said FMCB member Monica Tibbits-Nutt.

A rendering of the proposed Ruggles Street improvements illustrate new bike lanes, shortened, raised crosswalks, and increased sidewalk space for pedestrians and bus riders. The planned reconstruction project is scheduled to begin in 2020. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Ruggles Street Plans Aim for Safer Link From Dudley Square to SW Corridor

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

The City of Boston Public Works Department is finalizing plans to rebuild Ruggles Street, a street lined with affordable housing developments, with narrower car lanes, wider sidewalks and new protected bikeways. The project spans only about 2,000 feet of roadway, but it is bookended by two major transit destinations: the Ruggles T stop and the […]

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