Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Protected bike lanes

An evening scene on a wide four-lane street that's lined with one-story commercial buildings. In the foreground, a person walks across the street at a traffic light as another person rides a bike in the opposite direction. A few cars' headlights are visible in the background.

Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury

By Christian MilNeil | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) is reviving a pre-pandemic plan to reconfigure Centre Street in West Roxbury in an effort to curb dangerous driving along a busy neighborhood commercial corridor with high volumes of foot traffic. The project’s revival was announced earlier this week as part of the Wu administration’s “safety surge” announcement. In the […]

Orange construction barrels surround a newly-constructed median island surrounded by parked cars on the left and moving vehicles to the right. Two pedestrians are stepping off the island to cross the street, which is lined with multi-story apartment buildings. In the distance on the horizon are visible the Prudential Center and other skyscrapers in Back Bay.

Eyes On the Street: Some Curb Appeal In Dorchester and the South End

By Christian MilNeil | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

A protected bike lane project that allegedly started construction a year ago is finally showing some visible signs of progress. Boston’s Massachusetts Avenue Better Bike Project will create a two-way protected bikeway along the western curb of Massachusetts Avenue from Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury to Columbia Road in Dorchester. Planning for the project began […]

A freshly-paved street with new bicycle lane markings. On the other side of the street a woman on a bicycle rides past a bus stop. Beyond the bus stop are several large trees budding with new leaves.

Eyes On the Street: New Protected Bike Lanes In Jamaica Plain

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 27, 2023 | No Comments

The street was recently repaved, and over the last few days, city workers have been painting new lane markings and installing flexible-post bollards to delineate a new protected bike lane.

A view from City Hall of Northampton's pilot Maimn Street redesign in the summer of 2020. Complaints from business owners led the city to discontinue the temporary street reconfiguration after only a few weeks. Photo by Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz.

Main Street Project Would Widen Sidewalks, Create Protected Bike Lanes In Downtown Northampton

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 12, 2023 | No Comments

Later this month, the City of Northampton and MassDOT will present plans to renovate one of the most walkable Main Streets in western Massachusetts with widened sidewalks and protected bike lanes. “The ultimate goal is to reallocate that tremendous amount of right-of-way on Main Street to provide safer spaces for people to walk and linger […]

A view of a sidewalk-level bike lane running alongside newly planted sidewalk trees through a neighborhood of historic brick buildings. In the distance a downtown Boston skyscraper is visible.

Buses Get Pushed to the Side in Boston’s Latest Design for Summer Street

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments

Under the administration of former mayor Marty Walsh, Boston had proposed a center-running dedicated busway on Summer Street to connect South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, and the downtown financial district. Revised plans call for a shared bus-and-truck lane that will run on the side of the street instead.

A bike rider rides along a flexpost-protected bike lane next to a sidewalk cafe on one side and a line of cars waiting in traffic on the other side of the bus lane, on the left edge of the photo.

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 13, 2023 | No Comments

In a memorandum dismissing the case, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan observed that, contrary to the plaintiff's claims, the Cycling Safety Ordinance "does not prohibit individuals from visiting any businesses or residences, and the Plaintiffs have not plausibly suggested facts to the contrary."

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