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PROMO-milneil

Christian MilNeil

An animated GIF rendering of different highway configurations along a riverbank park (left) and a railroad (right). In one frame, labelled "original proposed rendering," the landscape is dominated by a 12-lane highway, with little greenery. The next frame, labelled "6-lane Mass. Pike, 4-lane Soldiers Field Road", shows an alternative with two fewer highway lanes and some trees and a bike path along the riverbank. The third frame, labelled "6-lane Mass. Pike, 2-lane Soldiers Field Road", shows even more trees and green space along the riverbanks.

CRWA road diet renderings

MassDOT

The Path Forward for Allston’s Highway Megaproject Is Getting Narrower

Signs alongside a roadway read "Hammond Pond Parkway – Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation" and "Hammond Pond Parkway Improvement Contract No. P23-3501-C3A Newton MA" next to some orange construction cones and freshly-laid asphalt and stacks of granite curbing.

HPP_near_BeaconStreet

Eyes On the Street: State Conservation Agency Converts Asphalt to Parkland In Newton

Aaron Lu

A freshly-paved two-lane road is lined with orange construction barrels stretching into the distance. The road is surrounded by trees just beginning to grow their leaves. A wide dirt track runs along the right edge of the pavement.

HammondPondParkwayConstructionJustSouthOfBeaconStreet_creditAaronLu

Highways

Eyes On the Street: Less Pavement, More Park On Hammond Pond Parkway

A long, empty four-lane highway bisected by.a median with trees stretches toward the horizon. A single car approaches in the distance.

BirminghamParkwayFeb162024

DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless

A rendering of a street with three moving vehicle lanes in the middle, a parking lane on the left curb, and a two-way bike path along the right curb. In the middle distance is a crosswalk and a white-and-yellow MBTA bus is approaching in the opposite lane.

Newton Washington Street Rendering Concept 3

Street Design

City of Newton Plans Protected Bike Lanes, Road Diet For Washington Street

A paved path running through sand dunes. Two people in bikes are in the middle distance.

ProvinceLandsBikePathProvincetownMA

Provincetown Plans to Carve Up Its Freeway For a New Car-Free Path

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

Wellington Circle in Medford

MassDOT Shares Early Concepts for Taming Wellington Circle

Google Street View imagery of Main Street in Reading shows the street before (from 2019) and after (from 2020) a road diet that reduced the number of vehicle lanes on the roadway. Images courtesy of Google.

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