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Eyes on the Street: Downtown Crossing’s New Bus and Bike Lanes
Washington Street in Downtown Crossing has been transformed from a traffic jam into a street that sets aside most of its space for bikes and transit users.
July 7, 2020
Cambridge Council Recommends Updates to ‘Cycling Safety Ordinance’ to Accelerate Bikeway Projects
The Cambridge City Council will take up an ambitious update to the city's Cycling Safety Ordinance on July 7.
July 2, 2020
Boston Officials Plan Some Summer Fun for 7-City Point Bus Riders
For now, the new lanes would primarily benefit riders of the MBTA's 7-City Point bus, which connects South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, and the downtown financial district.
July 1, 2020
Baker Admin. Launches $5M ‘Shared Streets and Spaces Emergency Grant Program’
The Commonwealth is launching a new $5 million grant program to create safer walking and biking routes with more room for physical distancing as “stay at home” orders ease this spring and summer.
June 11, 2020
Cambridge (Finally) Announces Citywide Shared Streets Network to Facilitate Safe Physical Distancing
The conceptual network would extend "all the way from Fresh Pond and Danehy Park, through Harvard Square and down towards Kendall Square... with another piece running down from Central Square to the river along Magazine Street."
May 28, 2020
Mayor Walsh Announces Details of New ‘Healthy Streets’ Initiative
The initial plans include a network of new protected bike lanes across downtown Boston and around the Public Garden, expanded bus stop waiting areas, and processes to let restaurants expand their outdoor seating areas on sidewalks and on-street parking lanes.
May 28, 2020
New Poll Forecasts Fewer Trips, Large Mode Shifts on the Streets This Summer
A new poll from the MassINC Polling Group shows that many Massachusetts residents expect to make fewer trips once the state begins to reopen this summer, and when they do travel, they expect to ride transit much less often – and walk or drive more – than they did before the pandemic.
May 28, 2020
Cambridge Lags In Delivering Safer Streets for Physical Distancing
It's been over a month since the Cambridge City Council endorsed a policy order to restrict car traffic on Memorial Drive and other neighborhood streets in order to give residents more space to physically distance on city streets, and the city's administration has still not taken any action, even as peers in surrounding cities have successfully implemented their own programs.
May 27, 2020
Plans for Boston’s ‘Healthy Streets’ Initiative Expected Later This Week
On Tuesday, the City of Boston briefly published a new website with tentative plans for its "healthy streets" initiative, which would make tactical changes to city streets to provide more room for safe physical distancing among pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders.
May 26, 2020
Check Out Somerville’s Citywide ‘COVID-19 Mobility Strategy’
The City of Somerville has announced a citywide mobility strategy to provide safer walking and biking routes with more room for physical distancing as "stay at home" orders ease this spring and summer.
May 24, 2020
