Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about East Boston

Charles Proctor's ghost bike memorial in Arlington, MA

Arlington Select Board Prioritizes Parking Over Bike Lanes At Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection

By Petru Sofio | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

A town committee that has been meeting for over a year endorsed a plan to remove on-street parking and install bike lanes, but members of the town's Select Board rejected their recommendation.

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Friday’s Headlines Are Getting Creative

By Blake Aued | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

The mayor of Paris has heard the whispers through the cheese: If you build bike lanes, they will come make you president.

Deterioration of the concrete deck on DCR's Sibler Street pedestrian overpass over Storrow Drive.

Photos: DCR’s Pedestrian Bridges Are Crumbling Away

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

StreetsblogMASS surveyed several other pedestrian bridges over other DCR roadways and found extensive deferred maintenance issues on many of those structures as well.

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

This week, while the City of Cambridge was finalizing its plans for separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, city crews installed new pavement markings and flexible-post bollards to upgrade bike facilities on another segment of the same street, between Harvard and Central Squares. This project was also a response to the city’s […]

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Thursday’s Headlines on the Road to Safer Streets

By Blake Aued | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

Hundreds of cities, counties and states have embraced Complete Streets, and a key federal official made a call to prioritize safety.

Community Path crossing at Massachusetts Avenue

Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The city’s recommended design generally replaces existing on-street parking areas on Mass. Ave. to bike lanes, and converts one of the street's four motor vehicle lanes to a bus-only lane.

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Reconciliation Looking Good For Sustainable Transportation (So Far)

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

New House legislation coming out of Peter DeFazio's committee could restore some of what sustainable transportation advocates lost during the negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — without technically breaking President Biden's promises to the GOP.

A crumbling DCR-owned stairway leads to Columbia Road from the JFK/UMass station

BU Professor Dies On Crumbling DCR Staircase In Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The agency in charge of the dangerous stairway appears to be the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the agency that controls the adjacent Columbia Road overpass and Old Colony Avenue.

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Tuesday’s Headlines Are Ready for a Showdown

By Blake Aued | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

Transit funding didn't have bipartisan support in the Senate, but doesn't need it in the House. Plus, Vox explains why we should drive less.

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Progressive Dems Demand $30B for Transit, Deemphasize EVs

By Kea Wilson | Sep 13, 2021 | No Comments

Mass transit must be at the center of America's strategy to end climate change — and the next spending package needs to devote at least half our transportation dollars to getting people out of cars and onto public transportation, a coalition of lawmakers says.