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Arborway Parkway, Murray Circle, December DCR public meeting

Accessibility

Changes Coming to Jamaica Plain’s Arborway Parkway

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Christian MilNeil

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.

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Bicycling

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

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

Bologna, Italy, trees in the street.

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

Somerville Avenue, October 2022

Environment

Nuevas Normas de Diseño Para Calles Mas Seguras y Verdes

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.

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DCR Proposes New Trail Connection from Hyde Park to Blue Hills

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

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Bedford Voters Reject Minuteman Extension at Town Meeting

A man and an woman step off the curb on a sidewalk in downtown Boston. A row of red bricks running down the middle indicate the path of the Freedom Trail. In the center of the sidewalk is a large rectangular hatch that leads to the basement underlying the sidewalk.

School Street Freedom Trail

Walking

Empty Spaces, Empty Promises Lie Beneath Downtown Boston’s Crummiest Sidewalks

a white striped crosswalk with two vegetated curb extensions on either side.

Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Boston’s New Design Guidelines Aim for Safer, Greener Streets

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Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square

bicyclist rides on a new black asphalt bike path next to a stretch of grass with newly planted trees next to a road

Chelsea, bike path, Beacham Street

Eyes On the Street: Chelsea’s Produce Distribution Corridor Gets Much Needed Bike and Ped Upgrades  