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Northborough Walking Map

Northborough Walking Map

With its bucolic setting along the historic Boston Post Road, Northborough is a great community for walking. This walking map features a variety of parks, historic buildings and community resources in two different parts of town. Click for “WalkBoston’s Northborough Walking Map” on Google Maps  

Boston Comment Letters from 2017 and Earlier

Boston Comment Letters from 2017 and Earlier

WalkBoston reviews selected development and transportation projects that are located in areas of particular importance to people walking, or that could have impacts on many existing (or future) pedestrians. Comment letters are submitted to the appropriate state or local public agencies. Seaport Square Expanded NPC Comment Letter 11/1/17 Comments On The Supplemental Information Document For The Back …

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Chelsea Complete Streets Support Letter

Chelsea Complete Streets Support Letter

December 4, 2017 Chelsea City Council 500 Broadway Chelsea, MA 02150 RE: WalkBoston support for Chelsea Complete Streets Resolution and Policy Dear Councilors: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Chelsea’s Complete Streets Resolution and Policy. As a statewide pedestrian advocacy organization working to make Massachusetts more walkable, WalkBoston enthusiastically supports this policy and …

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Comments on H1834 and distraction

Comments on H1834 and distraction

Senator Thomas McGee, Chair Representative William Straus, Chair Members of the Joint Committee on Transportation 24 Beacon Street, Room 134 Boston, MA 02133 November 14, 2017 Dear Senator McGee, Representative Strauss, and Members of the Joint Committee on Transportation: My name is Brendan Kearney. I am the Communications Director for WalkBoston, a nonprofit pedestrian advocacy …

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Memorial Elementary School Walk Audit – West Springfield

Memorial Elementary School Walk Audit – West Springfield

WalkBoston conducted a walk audit at Memorial Elementary School and in the surrounding neighborhood to assess the safety and quality of the walking environment for children walking to school. Westfield State University and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) also completed a walk audit and a Safe Routes to School analysis in the Spring of 2017. …

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