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A view from City Hall of Northampton's pilot Maimn Street redesign in the summer of 2020. Complaints from business owners led the city to discontinue the temporary street reconfiguration after only a few weeks. Photo by Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz.

Northampton Rearranges Its Main Street to Prioritize Foot Traffic

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments

City crews have moved concrete barriers and roughly one hundred planters into the middle of Main Street's asphalt to delineate generous new public spaces for protected bike lanes and expanded sidewalk zones.

A new protected bike lane, photographed here on the morning of Wednesday, July 22, was installed using temporary materials on Charles Street in downtown Boston as part of the city's "Healthy Streets" initiative. Photo courtesy of StreetsblogMASS board member Matt Lawlor.

Boston Officials Promise More 'Healthy Streets' Projects in More Neighborhoods

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 19, 2020 | 1 Comment

Boston officials announced plans to make downtown's new pop-up bike lanes permanent, and a new project that would add protected bike lanes and calm traffic on American Legion Highway between Mattapan and Hyde Park.

Pedestrians take advantage of expanded walking areas on Beacon Street in Brookline in mid-April. Brookline officials have repurposed on-street parking areas to provide additional space for safe physical distancing in commercial districts and on key routes to area hospitals; City of Boston officials may soon follow suit. Photo courtesy of the Brookline Transportation Department.

MassDOT Announces $1 Million in Grants for Pandemic ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 23, 2020 | No Comments

The first round of grant funding will create safer walking routes to schools in Chelsea, a new bus lane in Somerville, and new protected on-street pathways in Lowell.

Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 22, 2020 | 1 Comment

The first protected bike lanes of Boston’s new “Healthy Streets” initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common. Since Tuesday afternoon, Boston Transportation Department crews have deployed hundreds of orange construction barrels to delineate protected bikeways on Tremont, Boylston, Charles, and Beacon Streets around the Boston Common and Public Garden. Pop-up […]

The City of Boston will test a proposed road diet on Cummins Highway in Mattapan with temporary materials later this summer. Photo illustration courtesy of the City of Boston Public Works Department.

Boston to Fast-Track Cummins Highway Road Diet With Temporary Materials

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

In an effort to control reckless driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and road-test its road diet proposal, the City of Boston Public Works Department will use construction barriers to turn Cummins Highway in Mattapan into a two-lane street for the rest of this summer. As we reported in March, the Boston Public Works Department is […]

Tremont Street in Boston's South End, pictured in August 2019.

Physically Protected Bike Lanes to Replace Car Lanes on Tremont Street

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

The City of Boston Transportation Department expects to solicit construction bids later this year for physically protected bike lanes, new bus stops, and safer crosswalks on Tremont Street through the South End.

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