Photos: DCR’s Pedestrian Bridges Are Crumbling Away
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StreetsblogMASS surveyed several other pedestrian bridges over other DCR roadways and found extensive deferred maintenance issues on many of those structures as well.
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Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge
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This week, while the City of Cambridge was finalizing its plans for separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, city crews installed new pavement markings and flexible-post bollards to upgrade bike facilities on another segment of the same street, between Harvard and Central Squares. This project was also a response to the city’s […]
Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall
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The city’s recommended design generally replaces existing on-street parking areas on Mass. Ave. to bike lanes, and converts one of the street's four motor vehicle lanes to a bus-only lane.
SEE IT: In Boston, Bus Rapid Transit Works
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The transit system in the Hub of the Universe is undergoing a long overdue transformation thanks to expansion of dedicated space for buses.
Eyes On the Street: Columbus Ave. Busway, Almost Ready to Ride
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Workers are putting the finishing touches on the new Columbus Avenue center-running busway, which is expected to open for service later this month, according to MBTA officials. Boston’s first center-running bus lanes will run between Walnut Avenue (at the northern edge of Franklin Park) and the Jackson Square Orange Line station, benefiting the MBTA’s 22 […]
Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways
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Ripping up some asphalt is a start.