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Christian MilNeil

Tremont Street in the South End. In the right foreground is a newly-installed median island paved in bricks and ringed by a granite curb and topped with an orange construction barrel. In the background a pedestrian crosses the street among more construction barrels. On the right, a bicycle rider passes in the opposite lane. Historic brick rowhomes line both sides of the street.

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Street Design

Tremont Street Safety Project Isn’t Complete, But Crashes Are Already Plummeting

Petru Sofio

A person on a bike rides past a green bike signal alongside a walk sign while roughly a dozen cars wait at a red light on the opposite side of the street. A sign in the foreground reads "Turning vehicles yield to [bike and pedestrian pictograms]" while a sign next to the walk signal says "No Turn On Red." The street is lined with 3-5 story brick buildings.

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Op-ed

Guest Column: Why Boston’s New Traffic Signal Policy is a Big Deal

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Crashes

Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All

A wide intersection with a small island planted with flowers in the foreground. The street is lined with multi-story buildings with small businesses on the ground floor. A group of three teens crosses the crosswalk in the middle distance.

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Vision Zero

Andover Town Officials Ignored Residents’ Warnings About Site of Fatal Crash

A sunset view down a mostly-empty, wide four-lane street lined with small businesses and parked cars.

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Mayor Wu Won’t Wait: City Will Implement Centre Street Safety Improvements This Fall

A man pushing a stroller along a narrow sidewalk on a bridge with an old stone masonry railing. Next to him is a wide asphalt highway lane where a large blue pickup truck is driving. In the distance is a brick-clad apartment tower peeking above leafy trees.

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Highways

Safety Advocates Set Their Sights On Medford’s Mystic Mess

An evening scene on a wide four-lane street that's lined with one-story commercial buildings. In the foreground, a person walks across the street at a traffic light as another person rides a bike in the opposite direction. A few cars' headlights are visible in the background.

Centre Street in West Roxbury

Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury

a white striped crosswalk with two vegetated curb extensions on either side.

Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Traffic Calming

Wu Admin Announces ‘Safety Surge’ of Traffic Calming for Neighborhood Streets

A wide intersection with a multi-story brick building on the far side. In the foreground is a triangular traffic island surrounded by asphalt where three crosswalks meet.

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Truck Driver Kills 5-Year-Old Girl In a Downtown Andover Crosswalk

A street sign in French reads "30 km/h" next to a green traffic light; below that, a larger photo of a young girl wearing a backpack is next to a yellow speech bubble that says "ralentissez pour ma securite," or "slow down for my safety." A school bus and a green traffic light are visible behind the sign in the background.

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Steal This Idea: In Québec, A New Traffic Light Only Turns Green for Safe Drivers