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Google Street View imagery of Main Street in Reading shows the street before (from 2019) and after (from 2020) a road diet that reduced the number of vehicle lanes on the roadway. Images courtesy of Google.

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Street Design

A Reading Road Diet Moves From Pilot to Permanent

A street-level before-and-after rendering of the proposed changes to Somerville's Powder House Circle. Courtesy of the City of Somerville.

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Bicycling

Somerville to Shrink Powder House Traffic Circle

Kelley Square from above, spring 2021

Vision Zero

New Roundabout Curbs Crashes In Worcester’s Kelley Square

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Kea Wilson

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Equity

Active Transportation Advocates See Silver Lining in Infrastructure Bill

Wellington Circle in Medford

Accessibility

What Do We Do About Wellington?

Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and and along a "sidewalk" in the middle of the highway.

McGrath Highway Crosswalk

Bowing to Pressure, MassDOT Will Fast-Track Traffic Calming in Somerville’s ‘Corridor of Death’

A rendering of a wide street from a birds-eye perspective. The center of the street features a red dedicated busway, with two lanes (one in each direction) separated from adjacent traffic with landscaped medians and bus stop waiting areas. General motor vehicle traffic is confined to 1-2 lanes on either side of the busway. Along the sidewalks are green dedicated bike lanes. A label in the upper left denotes the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, and another label denotes the intersecting street as Walk Hill St.

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Advocates Praise House Transportation Bill that Includes Policy Reform, More Transit Funding

Mystic Ave. in Somerville at the intersection with Temple Street, with the Interstate 93 viaduct at left.

Mystic Ave. in Somerville in the Ten Hills neighborhood

MassDOT Ghosts Somerville Critics At I-93 Virtual Public Meeting

Petru Sofio

Bike on Massachusetts Ave. in Arlington

Arlington Test-Drives Safer Intersection Designs At Mass. Ave. and Appleton

Advocates and elected officials gathered at an abandoned gas station on May 26, 2021 to memorialize victims of traffic violence in the area and demand immediate safety improvements to nearby roadways, including Mystic Ave. and the McGrath Highway.

Somerville safe streets rally, May 2021

Advocacy Opportunities

This Week: Two MassDOT Public Hearings on Safety Priorities in Somerville