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A rendering of the proposed Ruggles Street improvements illustrate new bike lanes, shortened, raised crosswalks, and increased sidewalk space for pedestrians and bus riders. The planned reconstruction project is scheduled to begin in 2020. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Ruggles Street Plans Aim for Safer Link From Dudley Square to SW Corridor

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 16, 2019 | 1 Comment

The City of Boston Public Works Department is finalizing plans to rebuild Ruggles Street, a street lined with affordable housing developments, with narrower car lanes, wider sidewalks and new protected bikeways. The project spans only about 2,000 feet of roadway, but it is bookended by two major transit destinations: the Ruggles T stop and the […]

The crosswalk on Summer Street at the Melcher Street intersection, where a driver hit two pedestrians, killing one, on the evening of Sept. 11, 2019.

Van Driver Kills One Pedestrian, Injures Another In Summer Street Bridge Crosswalk

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 12, 2019 | 1 Comment

Boston Police report that a van driver struck two pedestrians in a crosswalk on Summer Street in the Fort Point neighborhood Wednesday evening, killing one. Secondhand witness accounts suggest that the van driver may have been turning left from Melcher Street onto Summer Street, towards downtown Boston, when they struck the two pedestrians in the […]

The City of Boston is soliciting outside consultants to help conduct public outreach and design work for safer streets on several corridors radiating south and west from downtown Boston, illustrated in this map of projects included in a July 2019 "request for proposals" document. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

City Hall Seeks Outside Help to Plan Expanded Safe Streets Network

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

The City of Boston is currently evaluating proposals from consulting firms to accelerate safety and non-motorized transportation improvements on several corridors, including projects to link the Southwest Corridor into downtown Boston, safety improvements on Massachusetts Avenue in Dorchester, and an eastward extension of the recent improvements on Commonwealth Avenue through the Boston University campus. In […]

A section of the proposed Wellfleet extension of the Cape Cod Rail Trail. Image courtesy of the Massachusetts DCR.

Wellfleet Debates Details Over Northern Extension of Cape Cod Rail Trail

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 9, 2019 | No Comments

The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is moving forward with plans to extend the Cape Cod Rail Trail two miles northward into the town of Wellfleet, but the proposed trailhead on Route 6, the main highway through the outer Cape, is stirring up safety concerns about the busy highway that runs through Wellfleet’s […]

Rebuilt Summer Street in Boston’s Fort Point Is Very Nice and Very Short

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 3, 2019 | 1 Comment

A line in the city's most recent capital budget shows additional money in the budget for a second phase, which "will extend from BCEC towards South Boston."

The pop-up plaza at Phillips Square in Chinatown is nearly complete as of Wednesday, August 29, 2019.

Eyes On the Street: Chinatown’s New Phillips Square Plaza

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 29, 2019 | No Comments

A little-used turning lane on Harrison Street in Chinatown is on the verge of being reclaimed as public space as the city puts the finishing touches on a new plaza in Phillips Square. The City of Boston has been planning public space improvements for Phillips Square – located on Harrison Street between Essex and Beach […]

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