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Boston Kicks Off Redesign Process for West Roxbury’s Centre Street
West Roxbury Main Streets, the neighborhood business organization, has been asking the city for traffic calming improvements since 2016, when a survey identified Centre Street's pedestrian-hostile design as a major barrier to foot traffic.
June 17, 2019
Developers Pitch Major Reconfiguration of Kenmore Square
"The result is a Kenmore Square whose heart is a public space rather than a busy roadway," says the proposal's designer.
June 14, 2019
Allston Gets a New Bike/Bus Lane
It's been a rough week for the MBTA and its riders, with a Saturday derailment on the Green Line that injured 10, and an extremely disruptive Red Line derailment during this morning's rush hour, but some good news is here for riders on two of the agency's busiest bus routes.
June 12, 2019
The Magic of Red Painted Bus Lanes
Drivers may be seeing red, but bus drivers are seeing only green.
June 10, 2019
Crowd of 100 Turns Out to Scrutinize Northern Ave. Bridge Plans, Process and Budget
Dozens of sustainable transportation advocates in the audience, carrying bright signs that read "PEOPLE FIRST," turned out to ask the city for a slimmer bridge design for bikes and pedestrians only.
June 4, 2019
Car Lanes Would Bust the Budget for Boston’s New Northern Avenue Bridge
Nine years ago, when it was still a vast plain of parking lots, planners imagined Boston's Seaport neighborhood as the city's future: a master-planned "innovation district" of tech companies, new housing options and signature public spaces along a revitalized waterfront.
May 31, 2019
Protect Yourself! Separated Bike Lanes Create Safer Streets, Study Says
A 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all users of the road.
May 29, 2019
Brookline Advocates Aim to Restore Olmsted’s Vision On Beacon Street
Earlier this month, on a beautiful Saturday morning, a group of Brookline neighbors who have been organizing as the "Friends of the Beacon Street Bridleway" laid a strip of tape along the pavement and invited people to experience, for the first time in decades, a car-free "bridle path" in the middle of Beacon Street.
May 28, 2019
In Worcester, the State’s Most Crash-Prone Intersection Is Getting a Makeover
Worcester's Kelley Square, a junction of 7 busy streets near an interstate highway interchange, has the dubious honor of being the intersection with the most crashes in Massachusetts.
May 14, 2019
What’s in Boston’s 2020 Streets Budget?
City councilors, citing high volumes of complaints about dangerous streets, want city staff to act more quickly in implementing safety improvements.
May 10, 2019
