Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Vision Zero

A ghost bike memorializes Paula Sharaga, the former children’s librarian at the Coolidge Corner Library, who was killed by a truck driver at the intersection of Park Drive and Brookline Avenue. The intersection, which marks the northern edge of a recent repaving project by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), features crowded sidewalks, long crosswalk wait times and inadequate bike facilities.

Baker Administration Promotes Montgomery As New DCR Commissioner

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

The Baker administration today announced that Jim Montgomery has named as the new Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), an agency in charge of managing the Commonwealth’s parklands as well as several high-speed “parkways” in the Boston region. Montgomery had been serving as the interim DCR commissioner since the retirement of former […]

The new protected bike lane on Beacon Street in Somerville, pictured on June 26, 2019.

Somerville Seeks Feedback For City’s First Vision Zero Action Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan also makes equity and data-driven accountability two guiding principles of its strategies, with a promise to 'acknowledge the disproportionate burden of traffic crashes on people of color.'

The aftermath of a truck crash on I-290 in Worcester.

Preliminary Data Show Slight Decline In Motor Vehicle Killings For 2019

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments

The Commonwealth's car-centered transportation system still exacted a brutally high body count, with 339 lives lost across the state.

Courtesy of the Pembroke Firefighters Local 2351.

Two Dead In Aftermath of Highway Contractor’s Holiday Party

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 2, 2020 | No Comments

The morning after a HiWay Safety Systems holiday party, one employee was found unresponsive in a motel room, and another employee, allegedly driving a company vehicle under the influence, crashed into and killed a 13-year-old victim.

The section of Main Street in Brockton where a police officer struck and seriously injured a pedestrian with his police cruiser on the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.

Another Brockton Cop Has Seriously Injured a Pedestrian

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

A Brockton Police officer has seriously injured a woman by striking her with his police cruiser late Tuesday afternoon. The Brockton Enterprise reports that a Brockton Police officer was allegedly responding to an emergency call when he hit the pedestrian at 706 Main Street. The victim suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to […]

Brattle Street in Harvard Square next to the Out of Town News kiosk, shown in a May 2019 file photograph.

Cambridge Will Ax Two Car Lanes From Harvard Square

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 5, 2019 | No Comments

A redesigned Harvard Square will go under construction in June 2020.

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