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Mayor Walsh Announces Details of New ‘Healthy Streets’ Initiative
The initial plans include a network of new protected bike lanes across downtown Boston and around the Public Garden, expanded bus stop waiting areas, and processes to let restaurants expand their outdoor seating areas on sidewalks and on-street parking lanes.
May 28, 2020
Driver Kills Two Pedestrians In Lowell
A driver struck and killed two pedestrians on Lowell's riverfront on Thursday evening, according to reports from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.
May 21, 2020
MassDOT Begins Reexamining Deadly Speed Limit Policies
Ultimately, the new policies should make it easier to implement traffic calming measures, and provide a data-driven process to prioritize speed reduction efforts.
May 21, 2020
MassDOT Tries Out Traffic Calming on Reading’s Main Street
MassDOT is test-driving a narrower road layout – and new online public engagement tools – in a suburb north of Boston.
May 11, 2020
Driver Hits Two Bicyclists, Killing One, on Mass. Ave. in Arlington
The driver is facing charges – but they have nothing to do with his role in ending someone's life.
May 7, 2020
MassDOT Data Show Less Traffic, but Higher Odds of Dying on Streets
MassDOT data show that while traffic is down by half on major state highways, drivers still killed more people in crashes in April 2020 than in April 2019.
May 4, 2020
City, State Collaborating on Safety Fixes for Mass. Ave. in Boston’s South End
A City of Boston capital project could install protected bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue through the Boston Medical Center campus in 2021.
May 4, 2020
Watchdog Agency Calls for Stronger Pedestrian Safety Standards in New Cars
Current U.S. safety standards protect drivers in crashes, but make no effort to protect the people they hit.
April 30, 2020
Boston Council to Host Hearing on Pandemic Street Safety Improvements
"This is very much about safeguarding everyone's health in the immediate term. We are finding it impossible to practice distancing on narrow sidewalks," said Councilor Michelle Wu.
April 28, 2020
Mixed Signals: ‘Beg Buttons’ and the Pandemic
In the past month, several municipalities in the region, including Brookline, Cambridge, Arlington and Providence, RI, have acknowledged the uselessness of push-to-walk buttons at crosswalks, and have reprogrammed traffic lights to make walk signals automatic.
April 21, 2020
