Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Walking

A map illustrates one of 11 design options under analysis for the "Connect Downtown" project to improve bike and pedestrian connections into and across downtown Boston. Option 1-A would create a separated bike facilities running counter-clockwise around the Public Garden, and a new southbound protected bike lane on Tremont Street downtown. Map courtesy of the City of Boston; photo by Elena Huisman.

City Wants You To Weigh In: What’s the Best Way To ‘Connect Downtown’?

By Elena Huisman | Mar 6, 2020 | No Comments

On Thursday evening, the City of Boston’s Transportation Department revealed conceptual designs for pedestrian improvements and high-quality bikeways across the Common and downtown Boston at an open house for its “Connect Downtown” project. “Connect Downtown” aims to extend the Southwest Corridor that runs from Forest Hills to Back Bay and connects Jamaica Plain and Roxbury […]

A map of current pedestrian routes (highlighted in red) through the junction of McGrath Highway and Mystic Ave. in Somerville, the city's most dangerous intersection for crashes.

State Proposes Modest Tweaks to Somerville's Deadliest Intersection

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 13, 2020 | 1 Comment

A $5 million safety improvement project for the dangerous intersection of Mystic Avenue and McGrath Highway will provide basic accessibility upgrades to sidewalks and crosswalks, but largely will not address the reckless, high-speed driving behavior that killed two people in hit-and-run crashes in the area over the past year, according to plans presented by MassDOT […]

A rendering of an on-street protected bikeway and widened sidewalk on Market Street in Lynn - part of a planned project to extend the Northern Strand Community Path through downtown Lynn to the city's waterfront at Nahant Beach. Courtesy of the City of Lynn's 2019 Walking and Bicycling Network Plan.

State Breaks Ground On New Links To Northern Strand Trail

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 12, 2020 | No Comments

The Baker-Polito administration announced last week the groundbreaking of a $13.7 million project to complete the remaining unbuilt sections of the Northern Strand Trail to Western Avenue in Lynn by the summer of 2022. Two separate projects – one by the City of Everett to extend the southern end of the trail to the Mystic […]

The future downtown segment of the Columbia Greenway rail trail in Westfield, seen from an existing bike and pedestrian bridge in the city's riverfront park. A project currently under construction will extend the trail half a mile through the heart of downtown Westfield. Courtesy of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway.

Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

A new trail link in the city of Westfield will extend a network of rail trails that leads all the way to New Haven, Connecticut.

Path Upgrades Under Discussion In Boston Common Master Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Planners for the City of Boston are preparing a new master plan for the Boston Common under guiding principles that recognize that the park is an important crossroads for people walking between Back Bay, Beacon Hill and downtown Boston. City planners and consulting landscape architects are midway through a 2-year planning process to create a […]

The "double arch" concept, one of three conceptual designs for the new Northern Avenue Bridge. Courtesy of AECOM.

City Embraces 'People-First' Design For Northern Ave. Bridge

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

In deference to the city's climate goals, officials say there will be "no cars" on the new bridge between the Seaport and Financial District.

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