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Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes
“I honestly don’t even understand why we’re having this conversation at this point,” said Councilor Quinton Zondervan. “People are afraid for their lives, and rightfully so.”
April 26, 2022
Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026
At tonight's Cambridge City Council meeting, city officials will consider a plan to build out physically-protected bike lanes on most of Massachusetts Avenue north of Harvard Square by the end of 2026.
April 11, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End
Work is now underway on two street reconstruction projects that will improve bike connections to the Southwest Corridor.
March 30, 2022
City of Cambridge Will Miss Cycling Safety Ordinance Deadline With Porter Square Project Delay
"We don't want this to become the norm or the expectation," said Joseph Barr, Cambridge's Director of Traffic, Parking, and Transportation.
March 8, 2022
DCR Issues One More Call for Feedback on Arborway Redesign
A DCR spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS that a timeline for implementing the proposed changes in a construction project hasn't yet been determined.
February 14, 2022
Inventories Take Stock of Growing Access to Bluebikes, Safer Bike Routes
Thanks to system expansions into more diverse neighborhoods, by 2021, non-white residents living in Bluebikes communities are slightly more likely to live near a bikesharing station than white residents.
December 6, 2021
Mass. Ave. Bridge Users Praise Improved Bike Lanes: ‘I Hope We See More of This’
MassDOT plans to leave the cones in place over the winter and evaluate the new layout for permanent implementation next year after analyzing its effects on user safety, bike traffic, car traffic, and bus speeds on the MBTA’s Route 1.
November 24, 2021
City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue
City officials have estimated that the project would benefit roughly 20,000 bus riders in Dorchester and Mattapan, reduce their collective commuting times by 800 hours every day, and, with less time wasted in traffic, allow the T to make over 100 additional daily trips on existing routes using the same number of buses and drivers.
November 18, 2021
Advocates Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. Bridge Before Year’s End
The coalition's proposed design, which could be implemented with paint and flexposts before the end of the year, would remove one motor vehicle lane to provide more space for the bridge's bike lanes.
October 28, 2021
Dorchester’s Mass. Ave. Bikeway Project Delayed ‘Til 2022
In an email to project stakeholders on Wednesday afternoon, the Boston Transportation Department announced that its contractor would not begin work on the project until 2022.
October 27, 2021
