Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Vision Zero

Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and walk along "sidewalks" like this one, in the middle of the roadway.

Somerville Preps Petitions for Lower Speed Limits on State-Controlled ‘Corridor of Death’

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 7, 2023 | No Comments

A new roadway safety law enacted at the end of December created a new process by which local municipalities could petition state agencies to reduce speed limits on state-owned roadways within their boundaries.

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 1, 2023 | No Comments

"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."

A person riding a bike along a sunny one-way street next to some two-story buildings with stores on the ground floor.

In Chicopee, Drivers Have Killed 8 People Since September

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

Even in the context of record-setting bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways last year, Chicopee has seen an unusually high rate of violence from drivers.

A freshly-painted green bike lane runs alongside a row of white flexible-post bollards and the sidewalk, where a white bicycle leaning against a traffic light pole memorializes George Clemmer, a bicyclist who was killed at this intersection in July 2022.

2022 Was Another Record-Breaking Year For Bloodshed on Massachusetts Roadways

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 3, 2023 | No Comments

In addition to hundreds of crashes that ended peoples' lives, MassDOT's crash database also records 2,361 crashes that caused serious injuries, plus 16,307 crashes that caused less serious injuries to their victims, during 2022.

A ghost bike memorial to Darryl Willis, who was killed by a truck driver in Harvard Square on August 18.

With Last-Minute Legislating, Roadway Safety Bill Finally Becomes Law

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 28, 2022 | No Comments

“An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities” would establish a suite of new regulations intended to improve safety on Massachusetts roadways.

New Road Safety Law Stalled (Again) in the State House

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 23, 2022 | No Comments

House bill 5103, “An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities,” would establish a suite of new regulations intended to improve safety on Massachusetts roadways.

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