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Highland Avenue near Central St. in 2020.

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

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments

The city plans "protected bike lanes in both directions, following the anticipated completion of sewer separation work in 2024,” a spokesperson from Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s office told Streetsblog.

A pedestrian crosses Tremont Street in a new crosswalk. In the foreground is a newly-installed median island, about the size of a parked car, that is paved in bricks and ringed by a granite curb. To its left are two lanes for two-way car traffic; to its right is an asphalt-paved bike lane, and a second curb at the right edge of the photo delineates the street's sidewalk. A smaller granite curb island is located at the far side of the crosswalk, and two other pairs of islands in a similar configuration protect the crosswalk on the opposite side of the intersection. Historic brick rowhomes line both sides of the street. In the distance is a church steeple.

Eyes On the Street: Portions of New Tremont St. Protected Bike Lane Are Ready to Ride

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments

In the past few weeks, new striping has gone down on several blocks in the western end of the project area, delineating space for new protected bike lanes.

A rendering of a proposed Columbus Avenue busway, looking down at the street from above, with the Northeast Corridor railroad tracks at left, the Southwest Corridor bike and walking paths, and center-running bus lanes on Columbus Avenue, with bus shelters located between the bus lanes and the general-purpose motor vehicle lanes.

Our First Look at Boston’s Plans to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

The project would more than double the length of the existing busway that opened on Columbus Avenue last year.

An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

Several construction projects scheduled to begin construction in the coming year in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood will widen sidewalks and connect the neighborhood's emerging network of protected bike lanes.

a white car is parked in between two trees planted in the street.

What Planting Trees In the Street Could Look Like in Boston: Learning From Other Cities

By Grecia White | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

As the effects of climate change begin to worsen, replacing heat-absorbing pavement with new trees can help make a difference toward expanding our urban canopy when space is limited.

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

Boston’s New Design Guidelines Aim for Safer, Greener Streets

By Grecia White | Oct 26, 2022 | No Comments

"We are committed to not only making our streets safer, but greener and more resilient,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

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