Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Chelsea

Pedestrians take advantage of expanded walking areas on Beacon Street in Brookline in mid-April. Brookline officials have repurposed on-street parking areas to provide additional space for safe physical distancing in commercial districts and on key routes to area hospitals; City of Boston officials may soon follow suit. Photo courtesy of the Brookline Transportation Department.

MassDOT Announces $1 Million in Grants for Pandemic ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 23, 2020 | No Comments

The first round of grant funding will create safer walking routes to schools in Chelsea, a new bus lane in Somerville, and new protected on-street pathways in Lowell.

Food for Free volunteers sort food for distribution in Cambridge.

COVID-19 Exacerbates Food Insecurity for Greater Boston’s Car-Free Households

By Olivia Box | Jul 21, 2020 | No Comments

“Communities like Chelsea wouldn’t have been so vulnerable had we not had structural injustices in place, like compromised public health, poorer air quality, and industrial impacts,” said Rosann Bongiovanni, the executive director of GreenRoots.

Sixth Street at Walnut in Chelsea, Mass. Image courtesy of Google Street View.

Drivers Killed Two Pedestrians This Weekend in Crashes in Chelsea and Wareham

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 13, 2020 | No Comments

Drivers drove into and killed two pedestrians Friday night in two separate incidents in Chelsea and East Wareham.

Transit app screenshot showing crowding data

T’s Real-Time Crowding Info Expands to 23 Routes, Including the 111 to Chelsea

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 13, 2020 | No Comments

The MBTA’s real-time broadcasts of bus crowding data have been expanded to 23 bus routes, including the 111 to Chelsea. Crowding information is now available for buses running on routes 1, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 44, 66, 70, 71, 73, 77, 86, 104, 108, 109, 110 and 111. The […]

An MBTA Route 111 bus bound for Haymarket Station uses the new inbound bus lane on North Washington Street on October 9, 2019.

Demands of ‘Essential’ Work Put Boston’s Neighborhoods of Color at Higher Risk

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

'Essential' workers are more likely to live in the Boston region’s neighborhoods of color, according to an analysis by the ACLU of Massachusetts.

Bluebikes docked at South Station in downtown Boston.

Bluebikes Negotiating Expansion to Five Suburbs, Including Newton and Chelsea

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 24, 2019 | No Comments

A memo to the Newton City Council reports that Bluebikes has made "an attractive offer" to expand to Newton and five other municipalities in the region.