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New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Central and Western Mass. This Year
There are so many new trail projects in the works across Massachusetts that we had to split up our annual preview of new trails into two articles. Yesterday we offered a rundown of five new off-street multi-use pathways that are expected to open to traffic in eastern Massachusetts later this year. Today, we're looking at five more projects opening in Central and Western Massachusetts.
February 8, 2022
New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Eastern Mass. in 2022
From the Berkshires to Boston, construction crews are putting the finishing touches on a dozen new off-street biking and walking paths that are expected to open to traffic in 2022.
February 7, 2022
Boston City Council Considers Expanded Municipal Sidewalk Snow Removal
"As a city that prioritizes and is proud of the fact that a lot of our people move around on foot, or on public transit, and on bicycles, we have to have a snow clearance program that takes that into account, and it's something that has been done in other cities," said Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok.
February 2, 2022
MassDOT’s Complete Streets Philosophy Got Buried Under Massive Snowbanks This Weekend
StreetsblogMASS asked MassDOT about its sidewalk snow removal policies, and an agency spokesperson made it clear that the agency generally doesn't consider itself responsible for clearing the sidewalks along the roadways it builds and maintains.
January 31, 2022
Natick’s New Sidewalks Look Suspiciously Like A Road Widening
A repaving project that affected several narrow residential streets in downtown Natick is causing some headaches for residents, because motor vehicle owners are mistaking the project's new asphalt sidewalks as new on-street parking areas.
January 31, 2022
Internal Email Raises Safety Concerns for Dorchester’s Beades Bridge
After David Jones fell to his death on a broken stairway near the JFK/UMass station, a high-ranking @MassDCR official emailed his colleagues with a warning: “This incident gives me new motivation on the Beades issue.”
January 26, 2022
Op-Ed: Why We Are Relaunching the ‘Future of Transportation’ Caucus
We are relaunching the Future of Transportation Caucus because our work to build more equitable, accessible, and sustainable transportation systems is far from finished and we cannot miss this opportunity to deliver for our communities.
January 24, 2022
Boston Planning Additional Crosswalk, Bike Lane Upgrades Around Public Garden
The proposed intersection improvements around the Public Garden would upgrade the "Connect Downtown" bike lanes, give more space to people on foot, and transform a former right-turn lane into new parkland for the Boston Common.
December 14, 2021
Baker Admin Commits Funding for Proposed Mystic Greenway Bridge
“We are going to fund this project and make it happen,” said the Governor at a press conference on the shore of the Mystic River on Friday afternoon.
October 22, 2021
Eyes On the Street: More Space for Pedestrians and Bikes in Somerville
Two projects are nearing completion: the reconstruction of Somerville Avenue in Union Square, and the quick-build reconfiguration of Powder House Circle near Tufts University.
October 15, 2021
