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A City of Boston rendering illustrates the center-running bus lane concept for Blue Hill Avenue near Walk Hill Street. Under the plan, bus lanes and dedicated stations would run in the middle of the street, away from double-parked cars and turning vehicles. Pedestrian crossings would also be significantly shorter. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Boston Pitches Major Transit-Focused Redesign For Blue Hill Ave.

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 5, 2020 | 2 Comments

Because the vast majority of Blue Hill Avenue's neighbors identify as people of color, the addition of high-quality bus lanes and stations could offer a major improvement to inequities in the city's bus network, where black bus riders currently spend, on average, 64 more hours every year traveling than white bus riders.

The City of Boston's preferred concept for Cummins Highway would address safety concerns by reducing the street's width, widening sidewalks, and adding protected bike lanes. Courtesy of the City of Boston Public Works Department.

City Proposes Road Diet, Protected Bike Lanes On Cummins Highway in Mattapan

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 3, 2020 | No Comments

The Boston Public Works Department is recommending a major reconfiguration of Mattapan’s Cummins Highway to reduce vehicle speeds and add protected bike lanes, but drivers in the neighborhood are pushing back against the city’s recommendations. Cummins Highway links Roslindale Village to Mattapan Square, and is a key point of access to the Blue Hill Avenue […]

Blue Hill Avenue facing south towards Mattapan in August 2016.

Thursday: Boston Hosts Events On Blue Hill Ave., ‘Connect Downtown’ Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 27, 2020 | No Comments

City of Boston planners have scheduled two separate public meetings next Thursday, March 5 to present their progress on two major street safety projects: a transit-focused redesign of Blue Hill Avenue in the southern part of the city, and the “Connect Downtown/Southwest Corridor Extension” project, which is aiming to improve bike and pedestrian access into […]

A rendering of an on-street protected bikeway and widened sidewalk on Market Street in Lynn - part of a planned project to extend the Northern Strand Community Path through downtown Lynn to the city's waterfront at Nahant Beach. Courtesy of the City of Lynn's 2019 Walking and Bicycling Network Plan.

State Breaks Ground On New Links To Northern Strand Trail

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

The Baker-Polito administration announced last week the groundbreaking of a $13.7 million project to complete the remaining unbuilt sections of the Northern Strand Trail to Western Avenue in Lynn by the summer of 2022. Two separate projects – one by the City of Everett to extend the southern end of the trail to the Mystic […]

A "short-term" safety improvement plan dated from May 2018 shows proposed traffic-calming elements for the junction of Mount Auburn Street and Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge. Source: Mount Auburn Street Corridor Study.

DCR Reportedly Backpedaling On Planned Cambridge Safety Project

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

A proposed road diet for Gerry's Landing Road that would have reclaimed state parkland for recreational uses has been postponed so that DCR can prioritize car traffic.

The future downtown segment of the Columbia Greenway rail trail in Westfield, seen from an existing bike and pedestrian bridge in the city's riverfront park. A project currently under construction will extend the trail half a mile through the heart of downtown Westfield. Courtesy of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway.

Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

A new trail link in the city of Westfield will extend a network of rail trails that leads all the way to New Haven, Connecticut.

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