Chinatown
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More Bluebikes Coming Soon: City of Boston Plans 100 New Bikesharing Stations Across the City
Editor's note: this article is an edited City of Boston press release.
August 12, 2024
Boston Plans New Parkland to Bridge the Turnpike’s Scar Through Chinatown
The planning effort will focus on four blocks along the Interstate 90 trench, from Arlington and Tremont Streets in the west to Harrison Avenue in the east.
March 8, 2023
Boston, North Adams Win Federal Funds to Heal Highway Blight
The USDOT awarded over $2 million to the cities of Boston and North Adams to address the blight and pollution of I-90 and Route 2, respectively.
March 1, 2023
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
Eyes on the Street: Downtown Crossing’s New Bus and Bike Lanes
Washington Street in Downtown Crossing has been transformed from a traffic jam into a street that sets aside most of its space for bikes and transit users.
July 7, 2020
Eyes On the Street: Chinatown’s New Phillips Square Plaza
A little-used turning lane on Harrison Street in Chinatown is on the verge of being reclaimed as public space as the city puts the finishing touches on a new plaza in Phillips Square.
August 29, 2019
Study: People of Color Suffer Higher Health Risks From Highway Pollution
Planning decisions that deliberately routed highways through communities of color like Boston's Chinatown have left those neighborhoods significantly more vulnerable to air pollution from tailpipes.
June 28, 2019
