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City of Lynn Wins $9.5 Million Grant For Traffic-Calming Safety Improvements
Published: September 6, 2024 20:37
The U.S. Department of Transportation will give $9.5 million to the City of Lynn to implement hundreds of speed humps, raised crosswalks, curb extensions, and other safety improvements aimed at reducing speeds on high-risk streets across the city.…
Springfield Crash Victim Identified as Local Mother; Teen Suspect Faces Homicide Charges
Published: September 5, 2024 17:44
Another pedestrian has lost their life on Springfield's deadly State Street corridor. The post Springfield Crash Victim Identified as Local Mother; Teen Suspect Faces Homicide Charges appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.
Thursday’s Headlines Miss the Cheese Wagon
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/09/05/thursdays-headlines-miss-the-cheese-wagon
Published: September 5, 2024 06:05
School buses are often the main transit service in sprawling areas, but increasingly they're leaving many students behind, The post Thursday’s Headlines Miss the Cheese Wagon appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.
Challenger On Track to Defeat Riverbend Park Antagonist Marjorie Decker In Cambridge State House Race
Published: September 4, 2024 13:03
In what would be a rare defeat for an entrenched State House incumbent, Evan McKay has declared victory in their primary challenge against Cambridge state Representative Marjorie Decker, familiar to StreetsblogMASS readers for her machinations to curtail…
Springfield Teen Faces Homicide Charges For Allegedly Killing Pedestrian With His Car
Published: September 3, 2024 17:44
Another pedestrian has lost their life on Springfield's deadly State Street corridor. The post Springfield Teen Faces Homicide Charges For Allegedly Killing Pedestrian With His Car appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.
Make A Plan to Vote In Today’s Primary Elections
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/03/make-a-plan-to-vote-in-todays-primary-elections
Published: September 3, 2024 12:39
Across Massachusetts, voters will pick their party’s candidates for various state offices, including candidates for a new legislature (or, in many districts, the uncontested candidates from last year’s legislature) that will arrive in Beacon Hill this…
Tuesday’s Headlines Are History Repeating Itself
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/09/03/tuesdays-headlines-are-history-repeating-itself
Published: September 3, 2024 04:01
Grist reports a largely unknown story about how states, congressmen and labor unions tried to restrict or ban polluting vehicles in the 1960s, and almost succeeded. The post Tuesday’s Headlines Are History Repeating Itself appeared first on Streetsblog…
Eyes On the Street: Somerville Fits In Some New Bus, Bike Infrastructure Near Union Square
Published: September 2, 2024 13:09
This summer, the City of Somerville is re-building Washington Street, a key bus and bike route west of Union Square. The project is reconfiguring a relatively narrow neighborhood street to fit in some new protected bike lanes, several raised crosswalks to…
Dam the Torpedoes, Friday’s Headlines Are Ahead
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/30/dam-the-torpedoes-fridays-headlines-are-ahead
Published: August 30, 2024 05:16
David Zipper has a long read in Slate about the history of freeway construction and how it compares to dams. The post Dam the Torpedoes, Friday’s Headlines Are Ahead appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.
Friday Video: How (and Why) To Paint a Ghost Bike
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/30/friday-video-how-and-why-to-paint-a-ghost-bike
Published: August 30, 2024 04:03
Roadside memorials can make the human costs of our traffic violence crisis visible — at least until someone tears them down. That's why filmmaker made it his mission to restore two ghost bikes that had vanished from Boston roads. The post Friday Video: How…
Boston Will Build Another New Curb-Protected Bike Lane On Harrison Ave. Next Year
Published: August 29, 2024 18:56
The City of Boston will rebuild a short segment of Harrison Avenue in the South End to narrow the roadway and add protected bike lanes, in a design similar to its recently-completed Tremont Street road diet. The Harrison Avenue reconstruction project will…
Last Week’s Red Line Closure Fixed 6 More Slow Zones
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/08/29/last-weeks-red-line-closure-fixed-6-more-slow-zones
Published: August 29, 2024 17:39
Last week’s closure of the Red Line downtown forced thousands of riders to endure long shuttle bus rides across traffic-clogged streets in downtown Boston – but it also allowed workers to fix six more slow zones between the Kendall/MIT and Park Street…
Thursday’s Headlines Better Never Than Late
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/08/29/thursdays-headlines-better-never-than-late
Published: August 29, 2024 04:45
A bunch of red state road projects that were stalled for lack of funding are moving now thanks to the Biden administration. The post Thursday’s Headlines Better Never Than Late appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.