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A rendering of a wide multi-lane intersection with a city skyline in the distance and a bike path along the sidewalk on the left edge of the primary street.

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Highways

Somerville’s ‘Grounding McGrath’ Plan Has A New Look, With Fewer Lanes

Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and walk along "sidewalks" like this one, in the middle of the roadway.

Mystic Ave. Sidewalk near McGrath

Somerville Preps Petitions for Lower Speed Limits on State-Controlled ‘Corridor of Death’

A Google Street View snapshot of the Fellsway in Somerville, showing a snowbank burying the rightmost lane at its intersection with Mystic Avenue.

Fellsway/Mystic Avenue sneckdown screenshot

Bicycling

‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent

A memorial to Kevin Dumont on Mystic Avenue, near the crosswalk where a hit-and-run driver killed him in August 2019.

Memorial to Kevin Dumont

Vision Zero

With MassDOT’s Promised Safety Upgrades in Limbo, More Carnage on Somerville’s Mystic Ave.

Advocates and elected officials gathered at an abandoned gas station on May 26, 2021 to memorialize victims of traffic violence in the area and demand immediate safety improvements to nearby roadways, including Mystic Ave. and the McGrath Highway.

Somerville safe streets rally, May 2021

Advocacy Opportunities

This Week: Two MassDOT Public Hearings on Safety Priorities in Somerville

Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and and along a "sidewalk" in the middle of the highway.

McGrath Highway Crosswalk

MassDOT Prioritizing Highway Project Before Safety Fixes At Somerville’s Most Deadly Intersection

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Before Its Teardown, Somerville’s McGrath Highway Could Get A Road Diet

McGrath Highway