Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Protected bike lanes

A rendering of the City of Boston's proposed improvements to State Street downtown. The project would widen sidewalks and create a physically protected bike lane from the Rose Kennedy Greenway to Congress Street next to the Old State House. Courtesy of the Boston Public Works Department.

Boston Plans Wider Sidewalks, Protected Bikeway for State Street Downtown

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

During a virtual public hearing in the fall of 2020, city officials said that the project was expected to go under construction in 2021. The project now looks unlikely to get underway until 2023 at the earliest.

A bike rider rolls past a new protected bike lane under construction on Hampshire Street in Inman Square.

Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction in Cambridge’s Inman Square

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

The City of Cambridge's Inman Square project will eventually reconfigure the wide, x-shaped intersection into two smaller intersections with physically-protected bike lanes, shorter crosswalks, and a new plaza on the north side of the square.

A rendering illustrates the City of Boston's proposal to add a two-way protected bikeway on Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road in Dorchester. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Boston Begins Construction on ‘Mass. Ave. South’ Protected Bikeway in Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

The project will create a two-way bikeway on one side of the street, add median barriers to block unsafe motor vehicle turning movements at some intersections, rebuild accessible curb ramps at crosswalks, and build five new “floating” bus stops between the new bikeway and the motor vehicle lanes.

A map of the City of Boston's proposed route for a new "multimodal corridor" between North and South Stations. The route includes Causeway Street in front of North Station, Congress Street between Causeway and Post Office Square, and either Federal, Congress, or Pearl Street (to be determined) to Dewey Square and South Station. From there, the route would continue onto Summer Street into the Seaport.

City of Boston Reboots Plans for Bus-Priority Corridor Between North, South Stations

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments

In addition to bus-priority infrastructure and enhanced bus stops, the city is also examining the possibilities for cross-town protected bike lanes and safer, more visible crosswalks along the route.

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 26, 2022 | No Comments

“I honestly don’t even understand why we’re having this conversation at this point,” said Councilor Quinton Zondervan. “People are afraid for their lives, and rightfully so.”

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in front of Cambridge City Hall.

Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 11, 2022 | No Comments

At tonight’s Cambridge City Council meeting, city officials will consider a plan to build out physically-protected bike lanes on most of Massachusetts Avenue north of Harvard Square by the end of 2026. The city’s updated Cycling Safety Ordinance requires the city to install quick-build protected bike lanes on much of Massachusetts Avenue by May 1 […]

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