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Bike and pedestrian traffic on Brattle Street near Harvard Square in May 2019.

Protect Yourself! Separated Bike Lanes Create Safer Streets, Study Says

By Aaron Short | May 29, 2019 | No Comments

A 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all users of the road.

Friends of the Beacon Street Bridle Path organizers Elena Huisman and Jules Milner-Brage stand in the former bridle path's right-of-way near Coolidge Corner in Brookline on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Brookline Advocates Aim to Restore Olmsted’s Vision On Beacon Street

By Christian MilNeil | May 28, 2019 | No Comments

Earlier this month, on a beautiful Saturday morning, a group of Brookline neighbors who have been organizing as the “Friends of the Beacon Street Bridleway” laid a strip of tape along the pavement and invited people to experience, for the first time in decades, a car-free “bridle path” in the middle of Beacon Street. The […]