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Advocacy Opportunities

Advocates Organize for Safer Access Across Boston University Bridge

A locator map of downtown Boston and Back Bay with the Public Garden in the center and the Charles River in the upper right. A red X marks the spot where a popular access point into the Garden will be closed until Spring 2024. The X is in the center of the map, where Commonwealth Avenue terminates at the western edge of the Garden.

Walking

Construction Closes Popular Walking Route Across Public Garden In Downtown Boston

A green truss bridge spans a wide five-lane roadway with two leafy trees on either side on a clear sunny day. A sign along the top railing of the bridge says "CITY OF WESTFIELD" while a smaller sign on the bottom reads "Columbia Greenway". In between the two signs is a round city seal in the center of the bridge.

Trails

Video: Take A Ride Along Westfield’s New Columbia Greenway Downtown Extension

A Green Line train passes under a black metal bridge in a forest. A few brick houses are visible in the distance on the other side of the bridge.

Eyes On the Street: Two New Path Connections In Fenway

WalkMassachusetts Announces New Leadership

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Christian MilNeil

A clump of carpetweed grows out of a sidewalk crack. The plant features small leaves that radiate like spokes from a fingernail-sized wheel out of a central stem, with 3-8 leaves to each node. The plant also features tiny greenish-white flowers with 5 petals.

Environment

A Streetsblog Field Guide to Sidewalk Wildflowers

Turners Falls shared streets and spaces project in Montague, Mass.

MassDOT

MassDOT’s ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’ Grants Will Continue Into 2024

A paved path extends under an overpass in the distance alongside railroad tracks with rusty boxcars and a power line corridor, which run along the right edge of the photo. To the left is a retaining wall and some exposed rebar from an under-construction bridge abutment.

Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett

A locator map of the MBTA's Dorchester Ave. bridge project. A red circle about one block south of the Andrew Sq. Red Line station indicates the location of the project. South Boston is located in the upper right corner of the map and Everett Square in Dorchester is in the lower left corner.

Dorchester Ave. Bridge Reopens to Pedestrian Traffic (But Still Closed to Cars)

An architect's rendering shows two bridges crossing a river. The illustration of the new bridge, on the right, shows a bridge with large arches swooping over the water. The illustration is superimposed on a photograph that shows an existing, plainer railroad bridge on the right.

Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Will Begin Construction In 2024