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Joint support letter for MassDOT proposal to USDOT’s FY2022 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program

Joint support letter for MassDOT proposal to USDOT’s FY2022 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program

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Joint support letter for MassDOT proposal to USDOT’s FY2022 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program May 23, 2022 The Honorable Pete Buttigieg Secretary of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Buttigieg: Please accept this letter from a broad coalition of transportation, environmental, business, and community stakeholders in support of the Massachusetts …

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MA Vision Zero Coalition comments on New Car Assessment Program

MA Vision Zero Coalition comments on New Car Assessment Program

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Submit your own comments to NHTSA about the New Car Assessment Program by June 8th using this simple feedback form created by America Walks. Friday, May 20th, 2022 As members of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition, we are writing to provide comments on the updates to the New Car Assessment Program.  The Massachusetts Vision Zero …

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WalkBoston Comments on Stanhope Hotel PNF

WalkBoston Comments on Stanhope Hotel PNF

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May 23, 2022 Quinn Valcich Boston Planning & Development Agency RE: WalkBoston Comments on Stanhope Hotel PNF Dear Quinn: WalkBoston is Massachusetts’ leading walking advocacy organization working to make Massachusetts a safer, more accessible and more attractive place to walk.  Slide 28 of the presentation dated May 5, 2022 shares the possibility of a “Seasonal …

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WalkBoston’s Advocacy Work Continues to Soar

WalkBoston’s Advocacy Work Continues to Soar

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Two of the most iconic by-products of Boston’s Big Dig — the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Zakim Bridge — also stand today as symbols of WalkBoston’s earliest and most prominent pedestrian advocacy. Founded in 1990, WalkBoston played a leading role throughout the 1990s in making sure pedestrians weren’t overlooked in the massive project to …

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April 2022 Network Meeting Recap

April 2022 Network Meeting Recap

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The WalkMassachusetts Network held its third network meeting on Wednesday, April 20th. Members ranged from WalkBoston staff and board members, resident advocates from community groups, Mass in Motion coordinators, and representatives on various municipal boards and commissions from across Massachusetts. Deputy Director Brendan Kearney gave a presentation on the WalkBoston report looking at fatal crashes in …

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