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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
American Legion Project to Create Protected Bike Route from Franklin Park to Mattapan Square
The City of Boston plans to address a high-crash corridor on American Legion Highway in Mattapan and Roslindale with a quick-build protected bike lane project later this fall.
September 10, 2020
The Tracks Are New, But the Green Line’s E Branch Still Gets Stuck in Traffic
Last week, the E Branch of the Green Line reopened to riders after a month-long construction project to replace tracks on Huntington Avenue.
September 10, 2020
Boston Bike Counts Make the Case for Better Bike Lanes on Key Routes
Data show that several downtown streets, like Cambridge and Charles Streets, get lots of bike traffic in spite of inadequate or nonexistent bike infrastructure.
September 4, 2020
NACTO Grants to Fund Open Streets As Tools for Equity and Resilience
“It seemed prudent to lift up examples of projects that balanced that tension between the need to respond rapidly to this crisis and the need to be thoughtful about the people who live in cities,” said NACTO’s Jenny O’Connell.
September 3, 2020
T Announces New Bus Lane Projects, Targeting 6 Regional Bottlenecks
The T estimates that, even under reduced levels of ridership during the pandemic, these bus lane projects would benefit over 50,000 riders every weekday.
August 28, 2020
Northampton Rearranges Its Main Street to Prioritize Foot Traffic
City crews have moved concrete barriers and roughly one hundred planters into the middle of Main Street's asphalt to delineate generous new public spaces for protected bike lanes and expanded sidewalk zones.
August 24, 2020
Next Phase of Boston’s ‘Healthy Streets’ Will Make Downtown Bike Lanes Permanent, Advance Projects in Outlying Neighborhoods
Boston officials announced plans to make downtown's new pop-up bike lanes permanent, and a new project that would add protected bike lanes and calm traffic on American Legion Highway between Mattapan and Hyde Park.
August 19, 2020
DCR to Reboot Its Planning Process for Memorial Drive
The state's "Memorial Drive Phase 3" project is intended to complement recent improvements to Memorial Drive between the Longfellow Bridge to the DeWolfe Boathouse just east of the B.U. Bridge.
August 14, 2020
