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MassDOT Prioritizing Highway Project Before Safety Fixes At Somerville’s Most Deadly Intersection
Elected officials and advocates in Somerville are putting intense pressure on state highway officials for fast-tracking a $37 million project to repair the Interstate 93 viaduct ahead of a modest $6 million safety project for nearby surface roadways where reckless drivers regularly kill and maim local residents.
May 25, 2021
Brahmin Bikelash: The Inside Story of Why There Are Still No Bike Lanes Through Beacon Hill
There's broad agreement on the fact that Charles Street has too many lanes for cars, and not enough space for bikes and pedestrians. But emails between Beacon Hill neighborhood organizations and city staff reveal intense disagreements over the details of how a redesign should be accomplished.
May 24, 2021
Department of Concealed Records: Why Is DCR Hiding Its ‘Parkways Study’?
In 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation initiated a $500,000 study to improve safety on its park roadways. But the study was never published, and six years later, the agency is stonewalling efforts to find out what happened.
May 13, 2021
A Walk Audit of Worcester
Highway construction devastated West Boylston Street, which remains extremely hostile to foot traffic to this day. What would it take to make it a healthy neighborhood main street again?
May 5, 2021
Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time
For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?
April 7, 2021
Opinion: Safe School Transportation Has A Place in the Next Infrastructure Package
April 5, 2021
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
March 24, 2021
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Require Sidewalks, Bike Lanes In State Road Projects
The newly-adopted controlling criteria for bike, pedestrian, and transit facilities lay out minimum standards to help ensure that all roadway users are considered from the beginning of a project's design process.
March 22, 2021
Boston Council Discusses Ideas to Improve Sidewalk Snow Clearance
Councilor Kenzie Bok, who represents Back Bay and Mission Hill, requested the hearing before the Council's Committee on City and Neighborhood Services after a large Nor'easter last December left some of her constituents housebound for days.
March 16, 2021
Plan for Franklin Park Would Ban Cars From Circuit Drive
"We want to elevate multimodal routes for bikes and pedestrians," said Lydia Gikas Cook, a landscape architect working on the plan, on Wednesday.
March 10, 2021
