Cambridge Eyes Updates to ‘Cycling Safety Ordinance’ to Accelerate Bikeway Projects
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The Cambridge City Council will take up an ambitious update to the city's Cycling Safety Ordinance on July 7.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about State budget
The Streetsblog Guide to the INVEST Act
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Our Congresspeople are reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if they succeed, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S.
Boston Officials Plan Some Summer Fun for 7-City Point Bus Riders
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Boston Transportation Department officials are pitching a plan that would set aside two lanes of Summer Street though the Seaport District as a new dedicated transitway between the Seaport District and South Station. The new lanes would primarily benefit riders of the MBTA’s 7-City Point bus, which connects South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, […]
‘People Before Highways’ Author Picked to Head Boston’s New Equity Cabinet
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Dr. Crockett joined StreetsblogMASS earlier this month to discuss her book, 'People Before Highways,' a chronicle of anti-highway activist movements in the Boston region in the 1960s.
Watch ‘Revival: The Story of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway’
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The documentary features Tom Fortmann and Cathy Buckley, two co-founders of the Minuteman Bikeway organization, who recollect their neighbors' opposition to the trail when they first proposed the idea in the 1970s.
Dedham Voters Narrowly Reject Advisory Rail-Trail Referendum
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Out of 6,405 ballots cast in the local election, 3,011 (47 percent) voted "yes" and 3,260 (51 percent) voted "no."
Rep. Pressley, Sen. Markey Introduce Legislation to Fund Fare-Free Transit
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The proposed legislation would authorize $5 billion a year to fund "Freedom to Move Grants" – a new competitive grant program to support free transit services.
Saturday: Dedham to Hold Delayed Vote on Trail Referendum
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Voters in Dedham will head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to support the Dedham Heritage Rail Trail, a 2-mile connection between downtown Dedham, the town’s schools and the Readville commuter rail station. The advisory referendum asks voters whether they “favor, if there is no cost to Dedham taxpayers for design and construction, […]
DCR Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Arborway Safety Improvements
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The state Department of Conservation (DCR) hosted a second public meeting Wednesday night for a project that’s expected to create new, protected bike and pedestrian routes along the Arborway in Jamaica Plain. The DCR’s “Arborway Parkways Improvement Project” kicked off last winter, and is aiming to produce detailed designs for a construction project that would […]
The New Allston Turnpike Plan Looks A Lot Like the 1965 Allston Turnpike Plan
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The latest proposal would rebuild much of the massive, eight-lane-wide viaduct that has loomed over putative parkland on Allston's riverfront since the mid-1960s.