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Bedford Voters Reject Minuteman Extension at Town Meeting
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.
November 16, 2022
Empty Spaces, Empty Promises Lie Beneath Downtown Boston’s Crummiest Sidewalks
Downtown Boston's "areaways," or vaulted sidewalks, are places where the privately-owned basements of historic buildings jut out into the public right-of-way of city streets.
November 4, 2022
Boston’s New Design Guidelines Aim for Safer, Greener Streets
"We are committed to not only making our streets safer, but greener and more resilient,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
October 26, 2022
Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square
The City of Cambridge is juggling three projects to add protected bike lanes, calm traffic, and improve bus stops around Harvard Square; work on Garden Street begins this month.
October 17, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Chelsea’s Produce Distribution Corridor Gets Much Needed Bike and Ped Upgrades
Previously, anyone without access to a car who works at one of the many produce distribution facilities along Beacham and Williams Streets had no choice but to walk or ride a bike down what seemed like no man's land; a road with fading markings, no separation from traffic, and asphalt that blended into uneven dirt shoulders.
October 10, 2022
Minuteman Bikeway Extension Hinges on Upcoming Special Vote
Earlier this spring, a vote enabling the Select Board to use eminent domain to obtain that land and easements required for the trail received 61 percent support, narrowly missing the two-thirds majority needed.
October 6, 2022
Photos: A Construction Tour of Somerville’s Community Path and New Light Rail Line
During last week’s NACTO conference in Boston, attendees streamed out of the Hynes Convention Center each morning for “walkshops” that offered tours of some of the region’s pedestrian, bike, and transit infrastructure.
September 12, 2022
Somerville to Build Protected Bike Lanes Near Davis Square After Fatal ‘Dooring’ Crash
Holland Street is scheduled to be repaved this fall; until this week, the project would have created a single paint-only bike lane next to parked cars, similar to the street layout on nearby Broadway.
September 2, 2022
Looks Like Memorial Drive Will Remain Open On Saturdays After All
There won’t be any changes in the operating hours of Cambridge’s popular car-free weekends on Memorial Drive, even though the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) gave its fans a scare last week when it unexpectedly announced that it was planning to let car traffic back in on Saturdays.
August 18, 2022
Weekend Construction Work On the Southwest Corridor Set to Overlap with Start of Orange Line Shutdown
The Department of Conservation and Recreation, DCR, the managing state agency for the Southwest Corridor, will “implement moving closures along the Southwest Corridor Park bike path in the City of Boston to accommodate repair work" during the first weekend of the Orange Line shutdown.
August 17, 2022
