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Teen Driver Kills Father of Three In Boston’s Arborway Park
The Department of Conservation and Recreation, which controls the Arborway, has been promising safety improvements on the roadway for nearly seven years now.
October 13, 2026
Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Down Open Streets Schedule for 2026
On Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu's press office released a schedule for this year's Open Streets series, which will include four car-free street festivals this summer and fall.
May 22, 2026
Your Annual Update That DCR’s Arborway Redesign Still Isn’t Happening
DCR and their longtime design consultants, Howard Stein Hudson, still haven't produced a safer design for the roadway after six years of working together.
November 14, 2025
Guest Column: It’s Time to Make Hyde Park Ave. Safe for Everyone
"A walk to school or the corner store should not feel like a life-or-death decision."
October 14, 2025
State Parks Agency Hosts Yet Another Hearing for Arborway Redesign
The state government's efforts to redesign the Arborway, an Emerald Necklace park in Jamaica Plan that's been taken over by unruly mobs of suburban drivers, will continue for at least another two years, according to state officials.
January 15, 2025
Forest Hills Residents Petition for Safer Hyde Park Avenue After MBTA Bus Driver Kills Their Neighbor
On Saturday, an MBTA bus driver ran over Glenn Inghram, who later died of his injuries, in a crosswalk outside of the Forest Hills MBTA station's lower busway.
October 16, 2024
Streetfilms Test-Rides CargoB, Boston’s New Cargo Bikeshare
On a recent family vacation in Boston, Clarence Eckerson, producer of Streetfilms, got a chance to try out CargoB, a new private bikesharing service for electric pedal-assist cargo bikes:
July 11, 2024
DCR Is Planning A Big Renovation of the Southwest Corridor Greenway
The state Department of Recreation (DCR) is working on a Southwest Corridor Park Action Plan to revitalize one of Boston’s busiest greenways, and the agency hosted its second public meeting for the project on February 28th.
March 12, 2024
Revised Arborway Bus Plan Would Make Room For Hundreds of New Transit-Oriented Homes
The MBTA has updated its plans for a replacement Arborway bus garage, a keystone project in the agency's long-term plans to expand and electrify its bus fleet, to make more room for transit-oriented development next to Forest Hills station.
November 21, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Safer Side Streets In Jamaica Plain
New speed humps, a 20 mph speed limit, and bike lanes – which make the driving lanes more narrow – seem to be having a significant effect in encouraging safer speeds.
November 7, 2023
