WalkBoston and the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) working with Toole Design Group (TDG) led a walk and bike assessment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Thursday , December 4 , 2014. The assessment is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Awareness and Enforcement Program, funded by the Federal Highway Safety Improvement …
WalkBoston working with Toole Design Group (TDG) led a walk assessment in Newton , Massachusetts on Monday , November 24 , 2014. The assessment is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT ) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Awareness and Enforcement Program, funded by the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), in association with the …
WalkBoston worked with the Town of Watertown staff and police to identify the assessment study area where pedestrian deficiencies are present. Irving Street was not among the enforcement locations monitored by the Watertown police as part of MassDOT’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Awareness and Enforcement Program. However, in thinking through areas of the Town that …
A safe walking environment is a critical need for the Brightwood community, as 34 percent of neighborhood residents lack access to cars (compared to 18 percent of residents for the City of Spring eld as a whole). As a result, they are heavily dependent on walking or sporadic PVTA bus service to access food stores …
The time capsule on top of the Old State House was recently in the news. But did you know about more recent history on that corner? Bob Sloane recently wrote in our newsletter about changes that WalkBoston pushed for on the corner in 2011 that helped get wider sidewalks and improve safety for the over …