By Erik Scheier/Project Manager, MBTA More than 30 percent of MBTA customers rely on the MBTA bus system for all or part of their daily commute. Almost all bus customers traverse public roads and sidewalks to access their bus service, which serves over 7,600 bus stops. Providing pedestrians with a safe, accessible, and convenient path …
By Adi Nochur/Project Manager, WalkBoston Age-Friendly Walking is an emerging framework to increase pedestrian safety for children and older adults. WalkBoston has spent many years working with children on Safe Routes to Schools efforts, and over the last two years we have focused on seniors through an Age-Friendly Walking initiative with Boston. In close collaboration …
NBC10 Boston: “Crosswalk Crisis: Dangerous Intersections in Boston” Two Boston high school students were hit by a car as they crossed the street at the intersection of Tremont Street and Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury on Tuesday. Safety advocates say the intersection is a hazard and that changes need to be made to make sure …
WBUR: “Rethinking The Turnpike Allston Interchange” Could the Allston I-90 Interchange Improvement project create a more accessible Charles River for pedestrians, bicycles and recreation? We speak with two advocates who are asking for more green space at the point where I-90, the train tracks and Soldiers Field Road squeeze together between Boston University and the …
January 25, 2018 Mayor Brian Arrigo ATTN: Robert O’Brien, Director of Economic Development City of Revere 281 Broadway Revere, MA 02151 Secretary Matthew Beaton ATTN: Page Czepiga, MEPA Analyst Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114 Director Brian Golden ATTN: Tim Czerwienski, Project Manager Boston Planning and …