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Boston’s Downtown Bike Lanes Are Gone – But City Hall Says They’ll Be Back, Even Better
The Boston Transportation Department reports that the city is gearing up for a “permanent” implementation for new protected bike lanes on the streets around the Common and Public Garden.
October 8, 2020
Somerville Plans New Bus, Bike Lanes on Washington Street
The new roadway layout would benefit bike and bus riders traveling between Harvard and Union Squares.
October 7, 2020
Cambridge City Council Votes to Fast-Track Citywide Protected Bike Lane Network
The new ordinance aims to accelerate the construction of the city's protected bike lane network by encouraging the use of "quick-build" projects, and adds a May 1, 2026 deadline for building protected bike lanes on over 20 miles of city streets.
October 5, 2020
Eyes On the Street: A New Network of Protected Bikeways Around Harvard Square
New protected bike lanes are being implemented on Mass. Ave., Brattle Street, the Quincy-Bow-DeWolfe corridor, and Mt. Auburn Street.
October 5, 2020
City of Cambridge Pitches an Expanded Bike Network Plan
The updated plan would add several key streets to the city's planned network of protected bikeways and prioritize certain projects for "quick-build" bike infrastructure improvements.
October 2, 2020
A Suburban Strip In Newton and Needham Is Getting a Complete Streets Makeover
Among other improvements, the project will build new protected bike lanes that will create a continuous, 1.8 mile bike route from Needham to Newton Highlands.
October 1, 2020
Melnea Cass Project Spotlights Value of Street Trees
Because the project is already under contract between MassDOT and Newport, the City of Boston has limited influence. But city officials say that they are working with MassDOT to pursue possible "change orders" to the agreement.
September 28, 2020
Guest Column: It’s Time to Build Resilient Streets for Somerville
In cities across the globe emerging from COVID-19, we have consistently seen a slow return to transit, and a quick return (and even growth) in private car travel. We know that pre-COVID-19, fewer than half of Boston area residents drove to work. We also know that if this ratio were to change due to the crisis -- with people mode shifting to single occupancy vehicles - all of our lives would be impacted in ways both significant and menial, and not for the better.
September 22, 2020
DCR Plans to Remove Car Lanes, Add Buffered Bikeways on the Arborway
The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has announced plans to replace motor vehicle lanes with wide buffered bike lanes along three roadway sections of the Arborway in Jamaica Plain as part of a suite of short-term safety improvements.
September 21, 2020
Mayor Walsh Boasts of ‘Healthy Streets’ Transformations
In a sure sign that taking away lanes from cars to create safer, more efficient streets is a politically winning strategy, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is expected to hold a press conference Tuesday morning to boast about the ambitious changes being made under his administration's "Healthy Streets" initiative.
September 15, 2020
