Engineers acknowledge that the Reid overpass, where Memorial Drive meets the Boston University Bridge, is “outdated and no longer reflects current best practices for safety, efficiency, or multimodal access.”
A software developer is working on an easier-to-use system to report illegally-parked vehicles and identify streets that need better physical protection for bike lanes.
The developers of a new apartment building near Day Square had been planning to build traffic-calming safety improvements on a segment of Bennington Street in East Boston. A new plan to cancel those improvements in favor of more parking faces a final vote from Boston’s Public Improvements Commission at its August 20 public hearing.