Protected bike lanes
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Mayor Walsh Boasts of ‘Healthy Streets’ Transformations
In a sure sign that taking away lanes from cars to create safer, more efficient streets is a politically winning strategy, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is expected to hold a press conference Tuesday morning to boast about the ambitious changes being made under his administration's "Healthy Streets" initiative.
September 15, 2020
American Legion Project to Create Protected Bike Route from Franklin Park to Mattapan Square
The City of Boston plans to address a high-crash corridor on American Legion Highway in Mattapan and Roslindale with a quick-build protected bike lane project later this fall.
September 10, 2020
Boston Bike Counts Make the Case for Better Bike Lanes on Key Routes
Data show that several downtown streets, like Cambridge and Charles Streets, get lots of bike traffic in spite of inadequate or nonexistent bike infrastructure.
September 4, 2020
Responding to Recent Killings, Cambridge Fast-Tracks Traffic Calming Through Harvard Square
The installation of a separated bike lane on the northbound side of Massachusetts Ave. will be implemented within the next two weeks, and the lane reduction on Brattle Street, in front of the Harvard Coop, will be implemented shortly thereafter.
August 25, 2020
Northampton Rearranges Its Main Street to Prioritize Foot Traffic
City crews have moved concrete barriers and roughly one hundred planters into the middle of Main Street's asphalt to delineate generous new public spaces for protected bike lanes and expanded sidewalk zones.
August 24, 2020
Next Phase of Boston’s ‘Healthy Streets’ Will Make Downtown Bike Lanes Permanent, Advance Projects in Outlying Neighborhoods
Boston officials announced plans to make downtown's new pop-up bike lanes permanent, and a new project that would add protected bike lanes and calm traffic on American Legion Highway between Mattapan and Hyde Park.
August 19, 2020
Boston Proposes 2-Way Protected Bikeway for Mass. Ave. in Dorchester
In the city's proposal, the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. would be converted into a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers.
July 27, 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
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
