August 9, 2017 Secretary Matthew Beaton Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, MEPA Office Attn: Alex Strysky 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114 RE: Comments on MassDOT Snow and Ice Control Program 2017 Environmental Status and Planning Report EEA# 11202 Dear Secretary Beaton: WalkBoston appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Snow and Ice …
A walk audit was conducted with the Beachmont Improvement Committee on 8/2/17. Areas that were looked at by the group were signalization, length of crossings, and traffic patterns. Special attention was given to the signalization at Winthrop Avenue and Bennington Street. Some pedestrian counts were taken between 7:50 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. The count yielded …
July 7, 2017 Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew A. Beaton Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Attn: MEPA Office, Alex Strysky 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston MA 02114 Brian Golden, Director Boston Planning and Development Agency Boston City Hall Boston, MA 02201 Re: EEA No. 15692, L Street Power Station …
June 30, 2017 Gina Fiandaca, Commissioner Boston Transportation Department 1 City Hall Sq., Suite 721 Boston, MA 02201 Re: Beacon Street Redesign Dear Commissioner Fiandaca, WalkBoston strongly supports the re-design of Beacon Street to slow vehicular traffic and improve pedestrian safety. As the neighborhood expressed at the Public Meeting on June 12, 2017, the narrowing …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Landman, WalkBoston, 617-367-9255, wlandman@walkboston.org Contact: Julie DeSilva, Cummings Foundation, 781-932-7093, jmd@cummings.com WalkBoston awarded $100,000 Boston nonprofit receives Cummings Foundation grant Boston, May 26, 2017 – WalkBoston is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. The Boston-based organization was chosen …