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 …
Upcoming webinars and talks happening in the next week that you may be interested in! WalkBoston’s WalkMassachusetts Network’s monthly talk 5/18, 1pm. This month, Chris Falcos will be joining us from MassDOT to present on their new safe speeds programs and efforts. Have questions about the program? Please join us if you can by registering here! If you can’t make …
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 …