Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Walking

A high level overview showing the scope of DCR’s Arborway Parkways Improvement Project in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood from Jamaica Pond (upper left corner) to Kelley Circle, Murray Circle (middle) and continuing alongside the Arnold Arboretum just past Forest Hills Road.

Changes Coming to Jamaica Plain’s Arborway Parkway

By Grecia White | Dec 30, 2022 | No Comments

In the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the ongoing redesign project for the Arborway Parkway continues advancing closer to the final design phase with the goal of improving safety and accessibility for all corridor users including bicyclists and pedestrians. Serving as one of the links connecting a string of parks along Boston's Emerald Necklace, the Arborway extends […]

A pedestrian crosses Tremont Street in a new crosswalk. In the foreground is a newly-installed median island, about the size of a parked car, that is paved in bricks and ringed by a granite curb. To its left are two lanes for two-way car traffic; to its right is an asphalt-paved bike lane, and a second curb at the right edge of the photo delineates the street's sidewalk. A smaller granite curb island is located at the far side of the crosswalk, and two other pairs of islands in a similar configuration protect the crosswalk on the opposite side of the intersection. Historic brick rowhomes line both sides of the street. In the distance is a church steeple.

Eyes On the Street: Portions of New Tremont St. Protected Bike Lane Are Ready to Ride

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments

In the past few weeks, new striping has gone down on several blocks in the western end of the project area, delineating space for new protected bike lanes.

a white car is parked in between two trees planted in the street.

What Planting Trees In the Street Could Look Like in Boston: Learning From Other Cities

By Grecia White | Nov 25, 2022 | No Comments

As the effects of climate change begin to worsen, replacing heat-absorbing pavement with new trees can help make a difference toward expanding our urban canopy when space is limited.

Extensiones de bordillo/banqueta con vegetación en ambos lados del cruce peatonal localizados en la intersección de Somerville Avenue y Merriam Street a lo largo del camino de bici en la Ciudad de Somerville. Extensiones de bordillo/banquetas hacen la calle más angosta y ayudan a reducir la distancia que la gente tiene que cruzar.

Nuevas Normas de Diseño Para Calles Mas Seguras y Verdes

By Grecia White | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

El mes pasado, funcionarios municipales y estatales se juntaron para anunciar las primeros normas de infraestructura verde en Boston, con el fin de aumentar la resiliencia de la ciudad contra el cambio climático por medio de pequeñas instalaciones en las calles. Read the article in English. En una junta de prensa en Central Square Park […]

A photo illustration of a proposed new shared-use path. A wide, paved path runs through the middle of the image and is lined on both sides by trees and shade. To the left is a wooden guardrail and a two-lane roadway.

DCR Proposes New Trail Connection from Hyde Park to Blue Hills

By Grecia White | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Monday evening, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) presented conceptual design plans to connect the Neponset River Greenway to the Blue Hills via new and upgraded multi-use paths. Spanning 8.2 miles, the Neponset River Greenway begins in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester and runs along the Neponset River through the neighborhoods of Hyde Park, […]

a paved bike and pedestrian path surrounded by trees next to a parking lot.

Bedford Voters Reject Minuteman Extension at Town Meeting

By Grecia White | Nov 16, 2022 | No Comments

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the proposal to extend the Minuteman Trail through the Town of Bedford failed to pass after residents failed to meet the two-thirds majority needed during Monday evening’s Special Town Meeting. Inside the packed gym at Bedford High School, residents of the town gathered to vote on several articles, […]

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