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Porchfest Brings Affordable Entertainment to the Streets
People-first streets aren’t just life-saving – they’re a cost-of-living tool. And they're fun.
June 23, 2026
Bike Bus + Pop Up Lane = A Better Way To Get Back To School (And Advocate)
Miami residents are getting an arithmetic lesson in the power of pop-up infrastructure to multiply support for active transportation — by focusing on kids who need a safe, active way to get to school.
August 25, 2025
Eyes On the Street: Some Shade Flair for Day Square
This summer in East Boston, a new pop-up public space is covering up a sun-baked field of asphalt in Day Square, offering a small measure of relief for a neighborhood that is uniquely vulnerable to summer's increasingly miserable heat waves.
July 30, 2024
City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements
72 percent of survey respondents expressed a "very positive" opinion about making the car-free plaza permanent.
January 19, 2023
Eyes On the Street: New Bus, Bike Lanes Popping Up All Along the Orange Line
“We know that this shutdown is going to be disruptive and challenging for the city," said Mayor Wu's Chief of Streets, Jascha Franklin-Hodge. "So over the last two weeks we have engaged in an unprecedented effort to reconfigure our streets, to boost alternative transportation options, and to help residents and businesses in Boston prepare.”
August 19, 2022
‘Copley Connect’ Echa a los Vehiculos Para Amplear Uno de los Espacios Famosos de Boston
“Es genial tener este tipo de espacio donde hay como una oportunidad para que la gente vea a esta calle de una manera diferente, lo que era la meta de todo esto,” dijo el Jefe de Calles, Jascha Franklin-Hodge.
June 9, 2022
‘Copley Connect’ Expands a Signature Boston Public Space By Kicking Out the Cars
“It's great to have this kind of space where there’s sort of an opportunity for people to look at this street in a different way, and that was the goal of this,” said Boston's Chief of Streets.
June 9, 2022
‘Open Streets’ Events Expanding to More Boston Neighborhoods This Summer
"This is about community, this is about bridging the gap, this is about opening the door so people can see what businesses are out there and actually patronize them,” said Warren Williams, Executive Director of Jamaica Plain’s Three Squares Main Street organization.
June 2, 2022
‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent
A lane of the Fellsway/McGrath Highway would be "repurposed to provide enhanced bicycle accommodations" under the I-93 viaduct, according to a MassDOT spokesperson.
March 7, 2022
Boston’s ‘What the Tech’ Series Offers A Field Guide to the Gadgets on Our Streets
"Whether they’re feeling positively or negatively about it, the main point is to get more people talking about the use of technology in the public realm."
December 20, 2021
