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a clear trail lined by snow next to trees and a restaurant.

Leominster and Fitchburg’s New Rail-Trail Gets Creative With Winter Maintenance

By Grecia White | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

A relatively new trail, Twin Cities Rail Trail first opened its “phase 1” segment to the public last summer to connect the cities of Fitchburg and Leominster.

A person riding a bike along a sunny one-way street next to some two-story buildings with stores on the ground floor.

In Chicopee, Drivers Have Killed 8 People Since September

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

Even in the context of record-setting bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways last year, Chicopee has seen an unusually high rate of violence from drivers.

Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA outreach worker wait to board the bus at Bellingham Street in downtown Chelsea. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.

A view from the Boston Public Library steps overlooking the festivities from day one of Copley Connect, a pilot project that will close one block of Dartmouth Street to motor vehicle traffic in order to expand the public space of Copley Square.

City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

72 percent of survey respondents expressed a "very positive" opinion about making the car-free plaza permanent.

A high level overview showing the scope of DCR’s Arborway Parkways Improvement Project in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood from Jamaica Pond (upper left corner) to Kelley Circle, Murray Circle (middle) and continuing alongside the Arnold Arboretum just past Forest Hills Road.

Changes Coming to Jamaica Plain’s Arborway Parkway

By Grecia White | Dec 30, 2022 | No Comments

In the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the ongoing redesign project for the Arborway Parkway continues advancing closer to the final design phase with the goal of improving safety and accessibility for all corridor users including bicyclists and pedestrians. Serving as one of the links connecting a string of parks along Boston's Emerald Necklace, the Arborway extends […]

A pedestrian crosses Tremont Street in a new crosswalk. In the foreground is a newly-installed median island, about the size of a parked car, that is paved in bricks and ringed by a granite curb. To its left are two lanes for two-way car traffic; to its right is an asphalt-paved bike lane, and a second curb at the right edge of the photo delineates the street's sidewalk. A smaller granite curb island is located at the far side of the crosswalk, and two other pairs of islands in a similar configuration protect the crosswalk on the opposite side of the intersection. Historic brick rowhomes line both sides of the street. In the distance is a church steeple.

Eyes On the Street: Portions of New Tremont St. Protected Bike Lane Are Ready to Ride

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments

In the past few weeks, new striping has gone down on several blocks in the western end of the project area, delineating space for new protected bike lanes.

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