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A memorial to Kevin Dumont on Mystic Avenue, near the crosswalk where a hit-and-run driver killed him in August 2019.

With MassDOT’s Promised Safety Upgrades in Limbo, More Carnage on Somerville’s Mystic Ave.

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

"We had to bring in Rep. Ayanna Pressley just to get a crosswalk. We have to publicly shame MassDOT for months and months, and all we get are empty promises.”

Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons

By Streetsblog | Nov 24, 2021 | No Comments

Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.

A memorial to the 39 people killed by drivers in the city of Springfield during 2020 and 2021 at a vigil held on the steps of the Springfield Central Library on Sunday, November 21, the World Day of Remembrance. Photo courtesy of Springfield City Councilor Jesse Lederman, via Twitter.

Vigil for Crash Victims Amplifies Need for Safer Streets in Springfield

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 22, 2021 | No Comments

Sunday was the World Day of Remembrance, an annual memorial for the lives lost to traffic crashes. In Springfield, residents joined elected officials on the front steps of the Springfield Central Library, just a few feet away from an informal pedestrian crossing where drivers have struck and killed two victims in the past decade – […]

Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu in front of the entrance to the Forest Hills T station

Guest Column: How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane

By Jonathan Timm | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments

The Mayor doesn’t control the MBTA, but she can make Boston’s transit system more equitable from day one.

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

Drivers Kill Two Pedestrians Within One Week on Springfield’s State Street

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 12, 2021 | No Comments

It was the third death caused by a motor vehicle driver on Springfield's State Street so far this year.

Riders on a bike path show off their new bike lights.

MassBike Hands Out Free Lights for the Long Nights

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 8, 2021 | No Comments

MassBike’s “lights brigade” program sends boxes of bike lights to teams of volunteers to help make bike riders more visible during the long winter nights

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