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Amidst A ‘Crisis’ of Violent Crashes, Worcester City Council Slow-Walks Action for Safer Speed Limits
In spite of a rash of serious crashes that have killed and maimed dozens of victims across Worcester this year, a proposal to reduce the city's speed limits has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo in the City Council's Traffic and Parking committee since December.
August 20, 2024
Opinion: Democrats Are Calling Trump and Vance ‘Weird.’ Let’s Do the Same for Car Dependency.
Is it time to make automobility weird again?
August 2, 2024
Guest Column: Worcester Kills Children
Planners, engineers, and politicians designed a system of roads that, for the sake of cars, made pedestrian deaths permissible.
July 10, 2024
MassDOT to Host Friday Hearing On New Truck Safety Rules
The rules will require trucks that do business with the Commonwealth to install side-guards, backup video cameras, and improved mirrors.
July 8, 2024
Truck Drivers Have Caused Two Deaths In Two Weeks In Cambridge
Both crashes involved trucks making right turns across a separated bike lane, according to preliminary police investigations.
June 24, 2024
New Somerville Safe Streets Ordinance Mandates 30-Mile Protected Bike Lane Network By 2030
Last week, the Somerville City Council unanimously endorsed a new Safe Streets Ordinance that will set a 2030 deadline for the city to build out a 30-mile network of new protected bike lanes across the city.
June 18, 2024
Thousands of Drivers Caught On Camera Passing Stopped School Buses In Peabody
But under current state law, it's still illegal for cities and towns to issue fines to the drivers caught putting kids' lives at risk.
May 30, 2024
Bay State Bike Month is Off to the Races with Kick-off at Aeronaut Brewing
May is Bay State Bike Month, and Boston-area bike advocates gathered at Aeronaut Brewing in Somerville for a Bike Month Kick-off Event last Sunday afternoon.
May 1, 2024
Brockton Man Accused of Using RAV4 As Murder Weapon
A Brockton man is being charged with murder after allegedly driving his Toyota RAV4 multiple times over a pedestrian in downtown Brockton on Saturday morning.
April 7, 2024
Springfield Is the Commonwealth’s Deadliest City for Traffic Violence
WalkMassachusetts has released its annual survey of fatal crashes for 2023, which highlighted the City of Springfield for having the Commonwealth's deadliest streets last year.
April 3, 2024
