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Video: Take A Ride Along Westfield’s New Columbia Greenway Downtown Extension
After many delays, a crowd of state and local officials joined advocates in downtown Westfield yesterday to celebrate the opening of the new downtown extension of the Columbia Greenway.
September 8, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Two New Path Connections In Fenway
The Town of Brookline recently opened its newly-rehabilitated Carlton Street footbridge, and a few blocks east, the City of Boston opened a new segment of the Fenway Path.
August 17, 2023
Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett
Work on a long-delayed segment of the Northern Strand Trail is finally nearing completion in Everett this summer, opening up a car-free pathway from the Mystic River to Malden, Saugus, and Lynn.
July 12, 2023
Study: Finishing the Mass. Central Rail Trail Could Deliver Over $200 Million In Annual Benefits
Filling in the remaining gaps in the east-west Mass. Central Rail Trail, which is envisioned as a 104-mile path from Northampton to Boston, could generate over $200 million a year in increased economic activity from new trail-oriented tourism, according to a new analysis.
June 26, 2023
Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Will Begin Construction In 2024
"We are on schedule for the project to go out to bid at the end of the calendar year," a state official confirmed for StreetsblogMASS.
June 20, 2023
PHOTOS: Construction Progress On New Rail Trails In Sudbury and Waltham
A construction tour of the progress on new segments of the Bruce Freeman and Mass. Central Rail Trails in Sudbury, and, a few miles to the east, on the Waltham section of the Mass. Central Rail Trail.
June 16, 2023
MassTrails Program Announces $11 Million in Grants for 68 Trail Projects
The state has announced $11.6 million in funding for 68 local trail construction and enhancement projects across the Commonwealth.
June 15, 2023
Somerville’s Community Path Extension Is Open
The long-awaited Somerville Community Path Extension will finally open to bike and pedestrian traffic on Saturday, June 10.
June 9, 2023
Provincetown Plans to Carve Up Its Freeway For a New Car-Free Path
Provincetown, located on the tip of Cape Cod, is already a renowned vacation destination in part because of its tight-knit, walkable downtown, where cars must creep at a slow walking pace behind throngs of pedestrians every summer, and its network of paved paths in the nearby Cape Cod National Seashore.
May 25, 2023
