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Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, April 2022

Statewide Fatal Crashes In MA, April 2022

Each month, we post about the fatal crashes in Massachusetts from the previous month, and share any trends that we see. For the full list of monthly posts, head here. Earlier this year, we released a year in review for 2021 to highlight common issues. Last month, we took a look at the seven fatal crashes listed …

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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

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

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

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

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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