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Christian MilNeil

A wide four-lane city street under a blue sky. On the right edge of the photo is a historic five-story brick apartment building with bay windows. On the left edge is a BP gas station. The wide roadway through the center of the photo only has a handful of cars on it, a few of which are parked at the curbside.

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Street Design

Worcester to Tame One of Its Most Dangerous Streets With Narrower Roadway, Protected Bike Lanes

A bike lane, marked by two parallel white lines, with a row of flexible-post bollards in between the two white lines. In the foreground is a speed hump marked with white triangles. A row of cars is parked on the left side of the street. The Lamartine Street traffic signal is visible in the distance.

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Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: Safer Side Streets In Jamaica Plain

Turners Falls shared streets and spaces project in Montague, Mass.

MassDOT

MassDOT’s ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’ Grants Will Continue Into 2024

Tremont Street in the South End. In the right foreground is a newly-installed median island paved in bricks and ringed by a granite curb and topped with an orange construction barrel. In the background a pedestrian crosses the street among more construction barrels. On the right, a bicycle rider passes in the opposite lane. Historic brick rowhomes line both sides of the street.

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Tremont Street Safety Project Isn’t Complete, But Crashes Are Already Plummeting

A sunset view down a mostly-empty, wide four-lane street lined with small businesses and parked cars.

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Vision Zero

Mayor Wu Won’t Wait: City Will Implement Centre Street Safety Improvements This Fall

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.

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Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury

A paved path running through sand dunes. Two people in bikes are in the middle distance.

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Provincetown Plans to Carve Up Its Freeway For a New Car-Free Path

a white striped crosswalk with two vegetated curb extensions on either side.

Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Traffic Calming

Wu Admin Announces ‘Safety Surge’ of Traffic Calming for Neighborhood Streets

A street sign in French reads "30 km/h" next to a green traffic light; below that, a larger photo of a young girl wearing a backpack is next to a yellow speech bubble that says "ralentissez pour ma securite," or "slow down for my safety." A school bus and a green traffic light are visible behind the sign in the background.

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Steal This Idea: In Québec, A New Traffic Light Only Turns Green for Safe Drivers

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Somerville Budget Plan Could Start Highland Ave. Protected Bike Lane Project in 2024