The City of Boston is currently designing the complete reconstruction of Cummins Highway in Mattapan and they are calling out the project as Age-Friendly Cummins Highway! This is exactly the outcome WalkBoston hoped to see when we began our age-friendly walking work with the City in 2016. Many of the design elements are a direct …
Please join us on Tuesday, June 7th at 5:30pm for our first organized walk in almost three years. Sign up today! The walk is part of Olmsted Now: Greater Boston’s Olmsted Bicentennial and is the first annual walk in honor of Bob Sloane. Bob was a co-founder of WalkBoston and passed away in May 2021. He was a …
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 …
WalkBoston’s Talk the Walk Session “Jane Jacobs” May 5, 12-1pm Register for this event Lunch hour discussion session on Zoom. Open to all. Eating is encouraged. Video is optional. This is our second topic-driven discussion session (not just books!). These discussion sessions may include articles, podcasts, videos, and yes, maybe even a book or two. This session …
We list all media clips on our website, but on this post we consolidated some of the media coverage for the Fatal Pedestrian Crashes in MA (2021) Report. Please let us know if we missed any others that you’ve seen and we can try and keep this current. Report Overview Every life lost on Massachusetts’ roads …