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Christian MilNeil

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

Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Traffic Calming

Wu Admin Announces ‘Safety Surge’ of Traffic Calming for Neighborhood Streets

Crowds walk and roll past a map of Sunday's Open Streets event in Jamaica Plain.

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Bicycling

Mayor Wu Announces Expanded Open Streets Events Calendar for 2023

A Black man wearing shorts and a t-shirt rides a chopper bicycle past a mural with flowers that says "Black Lives Matter"

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Worcester Film Screening to Discuss the Realities of ‘Biking While Black’

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Main Street Project Would Widen Sidewalks, Create Protected Bike Lanes In Downtown Northampton

A graded gravel path under construction runs underneath a highway bridge next to a concrete bridge abutment. To the right of the abutment and below the trail are some railroad tracks.

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The Northern Strand Trail Is Growing In Lynn and Everett

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WalkBoston Analysis Finds Traffic Violence Is Overwhelmingly Concentrated in Lower-Income, Non-White Neighborhoods

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Kea Wilson

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Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study

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Walking

Study: Pedestrian Death Rate More Than 2X Higher in Historically Red-Lined Neighborhoods

A map of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, extending from I-495 in the west to Waltham in the east, Framingham in the south, and Concord in the north. The Mass. Central Rail Trail corridor, highlighted in green solid lines where the trail is complete and in dotted lines to indicate incomplete trail sections, crosses the center map west to east, and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail crosses the center of the map north to south.

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3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023

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Somerville Approves Community Path Lease Agreement; Opening Delayed ‘Til April