Traffic Calming
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Arlington Select Board Prioritizes Parking Over Bike Lanes At Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection
A town committee that has been meeting for over a year endorsed a plan to remove on-street parking and install bike lanes, but members of the town's Select Board rejected their recommendation.
September 17, 2021
A Reading Road Diet Moves From Pilot to Permanent
According MassDOT data, the removal of one traffic lane from Route 28 did not affect travel times or traffic volumes on other streets nearby, and early data suggest that fewer drivers are causing crashes.
August 31, 2021
Streetsfilms Features the North End’s Outdoor Dining Streets Transformations
Clarence Eckerson, Jr. features a tour of the North End's remarkable outdoor dining streets in his latest Streetfilm.
July 27, 2021
What Do We Do About Wellington?
Only 18 percent of Wellington station's riders use the station's park-and-ride lots, which bury six acres of publicly-owned, riverfront real estate under asphalt.
July 5, 2021
Advocacy Works: MassDOT Re-Prioritizes Basic Safety Upgrades For Somerville
On Wednesday evening, a follow-up public hearing on MassDOT's proposed I-93 viaduct rehabilitation project found a significantly warmer reception from neighbors and elected officials after the state agency promised to prioritize sidewalk and crosswalk upgrades this year, before a major highway viaduct rehabilitation project begins in earnest.
July 1, 2021
Boston, MassDOT Reveal Plans to Reconfigure Sullivan Square By 2026
Although it would be narrower, with more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bike infrastructure, there's little doubt that the new Rutherford Avenue will still be a high-speed, multi-lane highway.
June 24, 2021
Bowing to Pressure, MassDOT Will Fast-Track Traffic Calming in Somerville’s ‘Corridor of Death’
Under intense pressure from Somerville advocates and elected officials, MassDOT Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver reported on Monday afternoon that the agency would accelerate key safety improvements around the intersections of Mystic Avenue and the McGrath Highway ahead of a three-year highway viaduct repair project in the area.
June 21, 2021
Arlington Test-Drives Safer Intersection Designs At Mass. Ave. and Appleton
One year after a driver struck and killed Charlie Proctor at the intersection of Appleton Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington is testing short-term and long-term design solutions to slow down cars and improve safety.
June 3, 2021
This Week: Two MassDOT Public Hearings on Safety Priorities in Somerville
"I'm so furious that after three deaths in two years MassDOT has done nothing for us. Nothing," said Mystic Avenue resident Emily Vides at the May 26 rally.
June 1, 2021
Eyes On the Street: I Survived Worcester’s New Kelley Square
MassDOT's project upgraded several connecting streets in the Canal District with improved sidewalks and dedicated bike infrastructure.
May 4, 2021
