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Fed. Vehicle Safety Rating Update Won’t Get Megacars Off the Road

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A Google Street View snapshot of the Fellsway in Somerville, showing a snowbank burying the rightmost lane at its intersection with Mystic Avenue.

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‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent

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Why Vision Zero is a Human Rights Issue For the Deaf — and the Rest of the Disability Community

A before-and-after sketch of the City of Boston's proposed changes to Cummins Highway in Mattapan Square illustrates how the city plans to widen sidewalks, add trees, and reduce crossing distances for people walking to or from the neighborhoods west of the square. The design also includes physically protected bike lanes that would connect Cummins Highway to the Neponset Greenway across Blue Hill Avenue.

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City of Boston Proposes Safety Improvements for Mattapan Square

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What’s the Groundbreaking New USDOT Safety Strategy — and What’s Missing

Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

Beades Bridge West Sidewalk

Internal Email Raises Safety Concerns for Dorchester’s Beades Bridge

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

City of Springfield Proposes Road Diet, Traffic Calming for Deadly Downtown Block

A makeshift memorial to Marshall Mac, a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who died after a hit-and-run driver struck him on McGrath Highway near Foss Park in Somerville.

Marshall Mac Memorial at Stop N Shop on McGrath Highway

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2021 Was A Record-Breaking Year For Deaths on Massachusetts Roadways

The crosswalk at the Kensington Underpass (at left) across Mystic Avenue. Drivers on Mystic Avenue frequently ignore the flashing red lights above the crosswalk.

Kensington crosswalk near Stop N Shop

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Guest Column: Another Crash Highlights State Inaction on Somerville’s ‘Corridor of Death’

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Boylston Street’s two-way cycletrack at Charles St.

Boston Planning Additional Crosswalk, Bike Lane Upgrades Around Public Garden