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MassDOT Announces $1 Million in Grants for Pandemic ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’
The first round of grant funding will create safer walking routes to schools in Chelsea, a new bus lane in Somerville, and new protected on-street pathways in Lowell.
July 23, 2020
Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common
The first protected bike lanes of Boston's new "Healthy Streets" initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common.
July 22, 2020
Boston to Fast-Track Cummins Highway Road Diet With Temporary Materials
In an effort to control reckless driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and road-test its road diet proposal, the City of Boston Public Works Department will use construction barriers to turn Cummins Highway in Mattapan into a two-lane street for the rest of this summer.
July 20, 2020
Belmont Advances Its Plans for New Mass. Central Rail Trail Segment
When the project is complete, there will be a continuous off-street pathway that links Belmont to the Boston Harbor waterfront in Charlestown.
July 18, 2020
Physically Protected Bike Lanes to Replace Car Lanes on Tremont Street
The City of Boston Transportation Department expects to solicit construction bids later this year for physically protected bike lanes, new bus stops, and safer crosswalks on Tremont Street through the South End.
July 9, 2020
Boston Blames Construction Barrel Shortage for Sluggish ‘Healthy Streets’ Rollout
It's now been over a month since Boston announced its “healthy streets” initiative, the city's transportation plan for the COVID-19 pandemic, but even as more businesses and offices across the city have reopened in recent weeks, a key component of the plan – a pop-up network of protected bike lanes to help more bicyclists travel downtown – remains incomplete.
July 8, 2020
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
Watch ‘Revival: The Story of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway’
The documentary features Tom Fortmann and Cathy Buckley, two co-founders of the Minuteman Bikeway organization, who recollect their neighbors' opposition to the trail when they first proposed the idea in the 1970s.
June 29, 2020
