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Bedford Town Meeting Narrowly Rejects Long-Planned Reformatory Branch Trail Upgrades
The Reformatory Branch is currently an unimproved and frequently muddy pathway for most of its length, and is only accessible to able-bodied hikers and mountain bikers.
April 5, 2022
Arlington Makes Plans to Connect Minuteman, Mystic River Paths
The Town of Arlington is soliciting feedback on a possible new multi-use path that would connect the Alewife Brook Greenway to Arlington Center and the Minuteman Bike Path along the Mystic River waterfront.
April 4, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End
Work is now underway on two street reconstruction projects that will improve bike connections to the Southwest Corridor.
March 30, 2022
Most of Western Ave. in Allston Would Be Dedicated for Bikes and Buses Under BPDA Plan
To meet climate goals and accommodate new development with more efficient city streets, City of Boston planners and community advocates are pushing to redesign Western Avenue in Allston to a bus-priority "transitway" that would reduce car traffic to just one lane for most of the street's length between Barry's Corner and the Charles River.
March 14, 2022
City of Cambridge Will Miss Cycling Safety Ordinance Deadline With Porter Square Project Delay
"We don't want this to become the norm or the expectation," said Joseph Barr, Cambridge's Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation.
March 8, 2022
‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent
A lane of the Fellsway/McGrath Highway would be "repurposed to provide enhanced bicycle accommodations" under the I-93 viaduct, according to a MassDOT spokesperson.
March 7, 2022
MassDOT Bridge Replacements Could Upgrade Somerville’s Access to Sullivan Square
According to preliminary design documents from MassDOT, the new Maffa Way bridge would make room for a slightly wider sidewalk and a new two-way, physically separated bike path that would extend from Mount Pleasant Street on the Somerville/Boston city line to the Sullivan Square MBTA station.
March 2, 2022
Eyes On the Green Line: Somerville’s New Community Path Is Coming Together
The new Community Path Extension in Somerville is beginning to look like a usable trail, with new light fixtures and a base layer of pavement in place.
February 21, 2022
MassDOT to Transfer Control of Downtown Greenway Streets Back to City of Boston
MassDOT's petition to transfer the streets back to the city's control was approved in a meeting of the Boston Public Improvements Commission on Thursday.
February 18, 2022
City of Boston Proposes Safety Improvements for Mattapan Square
To improve safety - particularly for the thousands of transit riders who pass through the square - the City of Boston's Transportation Department is proposing to close the wide right-turn slip lane in front of the Mattapan trolley terminal, widen sidewalks to reduce crosswalk distances, and add a new crosswalk across the Blue Hills Parkway to provide more direct access to the T station and the Neponset Greenway from the neighborhoods to the west.
February 16, 2022
