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Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Photo by John Phelan, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0.

Cambridge City Council Considers Opening Streets for Outdoor Exercise

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

On Monday evening, the Cambridge City Council (with most councilors calling in to participate by teleconference) discussed two policy orders that could give people walking and bicycling more space during the COVID-19 pandemic by closing city streets to car traffic. One order requested that the City Manager “confer with the Director of Traffic, Parking, and […]

A heat map of harsh braking incidents recorded by the City of Boston's "Safest Driver" app in 2019. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

‘Safest Driver’ Data Reveal Where Boston’s Most Dangerous Driving Is

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 20, 2020 | No Comments

Data collected from a city-sponsored safe driving competition reveal that Boston’s notoriously bad drivers are at their worst behavior on major high-speed state roadways that lie outside of the city’s direct control. In 2019, the City of Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics re-launched its “Boston’s Safest Driver” contest, an app-based competition that challenged travelers […]

A ghost bike memorializes Paula Sharaga, the former children’s librarian at the Coolidge Corner Library, who was killed by a truck driver at the intersection of Park Drive and Brookline Avenue. The intersection, which marks the northern edge of a recent repaving project by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), features crowded sidewalks, long crosswalk wait times and inadequate bike facilities.

Baker Administration Promotes Montgomery As New DCR Commissioner

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

The Baker administration today announced that Jim Montgomery has named as the new Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), an agency in charge of managing the Commonwealth’s parklands as well as several high-speed “parkways” in the Boston region. Montgomery had been serving as the interim DCR commissioner since the retirement of former […]

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.

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Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about DCR

Cambridge City Council Considers Opening Streets for Outdoor Exercise

‘Safest Driver’ Data Reveal Where Boston’s Most Dangerous Driving Is

Baker Administration Promotes Montgomery As New DCR Commissioner

DCR Reportedly Backpedaling On Planned Cambridge Safety Project

Baker Budget Portends Changes For Boston’s Waterfront ‘Parkways’

MassTrails Wants To Fund Your Trails Projects