The Hilltowns CDC, together with Healthy Hampshire and WalkBoston, are leading a 5-year grant project to promote Age-Friendly Walkability in the Hilltowns Town Centers. Together with community residents and leaders, the team will be conducting a series of walk audits in partnering Hilltowns. The goal of these walk audits is to identify infrastructure improvements and …
The WalkMassachusetts Network meets every third Wednesday of each month at 1 pm, with the next being August 17, 2022. Our August presenter is Amith Saligrama, a high school student at the Commonwealth School in Boston passionately interested in improving our local communities. You can register for the August 17, 1pm meeting here. He is the creator of bathroomaccess.com which maps and lists …
July 21, 2022 Commissioner Doug Rice Department of Conservation and Recreation 251 Causeway Street Boston, MA 02114 Attn: Jeff Parenti, Deputy Chief Engineer; Dan Driscoll, Director of Green Transportation RE: Memorial Drive Phase III – 25% Design Dear Commissioner Rice: WalkBoston is Massachusetts’ primary pedestrian advocacy organization, working across the Commonwealth to make it safer and …
July 31, 2022 Andrew MacFarland Manager of Bus System Enhancements, MBTA via email: BetterBusProject@mbta.com RE: WalkBoston Comments on 2022 MBTA Bus Network Redesign Dear Andrew: WalkBoston is Massachusetts’ primary pedestrian advocacy organization, working across the Commonwealth to make it safer and easier for people to walk for all activities of daily living such as access to transit, school …
At the July monthly meeting of the WalkMassachusetts Network, StreetsBlogMASS Editor Christian MilNeil and Reporter Grecia White presented their work to report on transportation issues across Massachusetts, which now includes reporting stories in Spanish and covering a variety of intersectional topics such as public bathroom access and the effects of disrupted T service on riders. …