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A surveillance video frame shows the white SUV that struck and seriously injured 5th grader Francis Nedwell on Wednesday in Dorchester. Courtesy of the Boston Police Department.

Boston Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure 2 Children in 3 Days

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Boston drivers have hit and seriously injured two children in the past three days, and in both cases, the drivers fled from the scene without stopping to care for their victims. The first assault happened Wednesday morning, when 11-year-old Francis Nedwell disembarked from an MBTA bus with his aunt and mother on his way to […]

Grisly Texas Crash Raises Old Questions About Teen Drivers

By Kea Wilson | Sep 27, 2021 | No Comments

Safe streets advocates in Texas are questioning the state driving age after an aggressive teenage motorist mowed down six cyclists this weekend — and others are wondering whether children really belong behind the wheel anywhere in America.

New protected cycletrack on Warren Street near Nubian Square

Eyes On the Street: Nubian Square’s New Bike Path

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

The Boston Transportation Department is contemplating other projects for Warren Street and Malcolm X Boulevard that could extend the bike path and also create dedicated bus lanes for some of the city's busiest bus routes.

Charles Proctor's ghost bike memorial in Arlington, MA

Arlington Select Board Prioritizes Parking Over Bike Lanes At Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection

By Petru Sofio | Sep 17, 2021 | No Comments

A town committee that has been meeting for over a year endorsed a plan to remove on-street parking and install bike lanes, but members of the town's Select Board rejected their recommendation.

A crumbling DCR-owned stairway leads to Columbia Road from the JFK/UMass station

BU Professor Dies On Crumbling Staircase Between Two DCR Parkways In Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

The agency in charge of the dangerous stairway appears to be the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the agency that controls the adjacent Columbia Road overpass and Old Colony Avenue.

Google Street View imagery of Main Street in Reading shows the street before (from 2019) and after (from 2020) a road diet that reduced the number of vehicle lanes on the roadway. Images courtesy of Google.

A Reading Road Diet Moves From Pilot to Permanent

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 31, 2021 | No Comments

According MassDOT data, the removal of one traffic lane from Route 28 did not affect travel times or traffic volumes on other streets nearby, and early data suggest that fewer drivers are causing crashes.

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