Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Trails and sidewalks

A person rides a bike along the Minuteman path in East Arlington.

New MassTrails Program Funds 71 Trail Projects on a Shoestring

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 9, 2019 | 1 Comment

A new statewide grant program has released its first round of awards, stretching $5 million in state and federal funds to advance dozens of trail projects across the state. MassTrails, a relatively new collaboration between the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and MassDOT, aims to fill gaps in the state’s growing network of […]

A presentation board showing the Department of Conservation and Recreation's conceptual cross-sections for Memorial Drive in Cambridge, photographed at a public meeting held on June 25, 2019.

State’s Memorial Drive Concept Conserves Cambridge Waterfront… for Cars

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 26, 2019 | 3 Comments

On Tuesday evening in Cambridge, several dozen neighbors, local politicians and transportation advocates turned out to hear the state’s conceptual improvement plans for the “Memorial Drive Phase III” project, which would rebuild the roadways and paths on Cambridge’s riverfront from Eliot Bridge near Mount Auburn Hospital to the rotary at the foot of the Boston […]

An architects' rendering of the hotel and public plaza being proposed for the western edge of Kenmore Square. Rendering by Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects, courtesy of BPDA.

Developers Pitch Major Reconfiguration of Kenmore Square

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 14, 2019 | 12 Comments

"The result is a Kenmore Square whose heart is a public space rather than a busy roadway," says the proposal's designer.

A December 2016 Google Street View image of Kelley Square in Worcester, looking north towards Water Street and the Canal District.

Worcester's Crash-Prone Kelley Square Will Get a Makeover

By Christian MilNeil | May 14, 2019 | 2 Comments

Worcester's Kelley Square, a junction of 7 busy streets near an interstate highway interchange, has the dubious honor of being the intersection with the most crashes in Massachusetts.