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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
A Network of Rail-Trails Comes Together In Boston’s Suburbs
This fall, trail advocates and officials are celebrating ribbon cuttings on two significant new trail connections in the suburbs west of Boston: a 2.5 mile segment of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail through West Concord, and a 4.5 mile segment of the Wayside Trail (part of the longer Massachusetts Central Rail Trail, which extends from Somerville to Northampton) in Weston and Wayland.
October 1, 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
Wellfleet Debates Details Over Northern Extension of Cape Cod Rail Trail
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is moving forward with plans to extend the Cape Cod Rail Trail two miles northward into the town of Wellfleet, but the proposed trailhead on Route 6, the main highway through the outer Cape, is stirring up safety concerns about the busy highway that runs through Wellfleet's town center.
September 9, 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
Cambridge Has Grand Plans for the Grand Junction Rail Line
The City of Cambridge has kicked off a public design process to build several key segments of a new bike and pedestrian pathway that would cross the city from the BU Bridge to the Somerville city line along the Grand Junction rail line.
July 24, 2019
Natick, MassDOT Break Ground on Cochituate Trail Link to Framingham
Construction started this week on Natick's section of the Cochituate Rail Trail, a 2.4 mile path that will link fast-growing suburban neighborhoods and major employers to Natick's town center and commuter rail stop.
July 19, 2019
New MassTrails Grant Program Funds 71 Trail Projects on a Shoestring Budget
A new statewide grant program has released its first round of awards, stretching $5 million in state and federal funds to advance dozens of trail projects across the state.
July 9, 2019
