Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Traffic Calming

Realigned curbs under construction at the intersection of Tremont Street and West Springfield Street in Boston's South End.

Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 30, 2022 | No Comments

Work is now underway on two street reconstruction projects that will improve bike connections to the Southwest Corridor.

A Google Street View snapshot of the Fellsway in Somerville, showing a snowbank burying the rightmost lane at its intersection with Mystic Avenue.

‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

A lane of the Fellsway/McGrath Highway would be "repurposed to provide enhanced bicycle accommodations" under the I-93 viaduct, according to a MassDOT spokesperson.

A before-and-after sketch of the City of Boston's proposed changes to Cummins Highway in Mattapan Square illustrates how the city plans to widen sidewalks, add trees, and reduce crossing distances for people walking to or from the neighborhoods west of the square. The design also includes physically protected bike lanes that would connect Cummins Highway to the Neponset Greenway across Blue Hill Avenue.

City of Boston Proposes Safety Improvements for Mattapan Square

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 16, 2022 | No Comments

To improve safety - particularly for the thousands of transit riders who pass through the square - the City of Boston's Transportation Department is proposing to close the wide right-turn slip lane in front of the Mattapan trolley terminal, widen sidewalks to reduce crosswalk distances, and add a new crosswalk across the Blue Hills Parkway to provide more direct access to the T station and the Neponset Greenway from the neighborhoods to the west.

DCR Issues One More Call for Feedback on Arborway Redesign

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 14, 2022 | 1 Comment

A DCR spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS that a timeline for implementing the proposed changes in a construction project hasn't yet been determined.

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 3, 2021 | No Comments

Boston’s new center-running bus lanes are open for business in Roxbury, and they’re already delivering major benefits to pedestrian and transit riders along Columbus Avenue between Franklin Park and the Jackson Square Orange Line stop. StreetsblogMASS visited the new bus lanes on Wednesday morning to try them out. The 0.7 mile ride went by remarkably […]

Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.

Advocates Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. Bridge Before Year’s End

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 28, 2021 | No Comments

The coalition's proposed design, which could be implemented with paint and flexposts before the end of the year, would remove one motor vehicle lane to provide more space for the bridge's bike lanes.

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