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Boston Planners Begin Outreach for Mass. Ave. Upgrades In Dorchester
On Saturday, the City of Boston will host its second community walk and bike ride with city transportation planners to discuss safety upgrades to Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road at Edward Everett Square, a corridor that was identified as a top short-term priority for better bike lanes and crosswalks in the GoBoston 2030 plan.
October 3, 2019
Boston Plans Separation, Traffic Calming For White-Knuckle Allston Bike Lanes
The Boston Transportation Department is planning "near-term" changes to Cambridge Street in Allston between Harvard Avenue and the Charles River, where paint-only bike lanes currently guide cyclists through a series of intimidating merges with speeding vehicles headed to and from the Massachusetts Turnpike.
September 30, 2019
Kendall Square Is Getting Rid of Another Car Lane
In the midst of a development boom that will bring thousands of new workers and residents into the neighborhood, the City of Cambridge is continuing its policy of accommodating growth by re-allocating street space from private vehicles to cleaner, more efficient modes of transportation with a planned road diet on Main Street between Broadway and the Longfellow Bridge.
September 26, 2019
Ruggles Street Plans Aim for Safer Link From Dudley Square to SW Corridor
The City of Boston Public Works Department is finalizing plans to rebuild Ruggles Street, a street lined with affordable housing developments, with narrower car lanes, wider sidewalks and new protected bikeways.
September 16, 2019
City Hall Seeks Outside Help to Plan Expanded Safe Streets Network
The City of Boston is currently evaluating proposals from consulting firms to accelerate safety and non-motorized transportation improvements on several corridors, including projects to link the Southwest Corridor into downtown Boston, safety improvements on Massachusetts Avenue in Dorchester, and an eastward extension of the recent improvements on Commonwealth Avenue through the Boston University campus.
September 10, 2019
Rebuilt Summer Street in Boston’s Fort Point Is Very Nice and Very Short
A line in the city's most recent capital budget shows additional money in the budget for a second phase, which "will extend from BCEC towards South Boston."
September 3, 2019
Reconstruction of High-Crash Melnea Cass Boulevard Delayed to 2020
Construction of a long-planned safety project for the Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury has been delayed until 2020, according to MassDOT, and won't be complete until 2024.
August 19, 2019
Eyes on the Street: New Bikeways on Charles River Dam
One of the first stories that StreetsblogMASS covered was a May public meeting on MassDOT's plans for a road diet and new flexpost-protected bike lanes on Craigie Bridge (also known as Charles River Dam Road) in front of the Boston Museum of Science.
August 9, 2019
Research Shows Drivers Are More Reckless Near Women Cyclists
A new study measuring passing distances in Hennepin County, Minn., finds that drivers are much more likely to pass female cyclists at an unsafe distance.
August 2, 2019
Somerville Placates Parkers, But Emphasizes that Powder House is Still A Work in Progress
In a more conciliatory public meeting Wednesday night, city officials raised the possibility of installing a one-way protected bike lane on Powder House Boulevard in 2020, and emphasized the expected safety benefits of traffic-calming measures that are being installed on the street this summer.
August 1, 2019
