Last month, America Walks [www.americawalks.org] announced the formation of the Transit-Walkability Collaborative. Its purpose is to expand safe, healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities by harnessing the synergy between walkability and quality public transit service. WalkBoston is a member of the Collaborative, has signed the Statement of Purpose, and our Executive Director, Wendy Landman, sits on …
“No one can find what will work for our cities by looking at … suburban garden cities, manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities. You’ve got to get out and walk.” – JANE JACOBS Every year on the first weekend in May, people all over the world take part in Jane’s Walk. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) …
AS PUBLISHED IN BOSTINNO ON JAN. 18, 2017 Brendan Kearney is the Communications Director at WalkBoston and a member of the Boston Vision Zero Task Force. The City of Boston recently rolled out a performance parking initiative that includes flexible parking meter pricing in the Seaport and Back Bay. Prices will be lower on streets …
Jim Aloisi is a former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation. He is on the board of the advocacy group TransitMatters. There are many moving pieces to our transportation system, no pun intended. In order to develop and maintain a truly sustainable mobility system you need to understand and respond to how the pieces fit together. The …
“Funding equity is the missing link to our transportation future” By Jim Aloisi/former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, Board member of the advocacy group TransitMatters “Pricier Boston parking meters is a start” By Brendan Kearney/Communications Director, WalkBoston “Start planning a Jane’s Walk near you” “Transit-Walkability Collaborative” Download the March 2017 Newsletter PDF