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Comment Letter on Support for S.2277/H.3413 in order to increase regional transit accessibility in the Commonwealth – A pedestrian’s perspective

By WalkBoston | July 30, 2021

July 30, 2021 Joint Committee on Transportation To: The Honorable William Straus, House Chair & The Honorable Joseph Boncore, Senate Chair RE: Support for S.2277/H.3413 in order to increase regional transit accessibility in the Commonwealth – A pedestrian’s perspective Dear Chairs Straus and Boncore, Thank you for allowing public testimony on this critical and timely piece of …

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Statewide Fatal Crashes in MA, June 2021

By WalkMassachusetts | July 29, 2021

Each month in 2021, we plan to post about the fatal crashes in Massachusetts from the previous month, and share any trends that we see. Last month, we took a look at the 8 fatal crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in May. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in June 2021. The …

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Cambridge Street signals walk

By WalkMassachusetts | July 16, 2021

Recently, Brendan Kearney and Wendy Landman joined the Boston Transportation Department’s Stefanie Seskin and Vineet Gupta for a walk down Cambridge Street from City Hall Plaza to Charles Circle (but not including the Circle) to talk everything signals. It was a great chance for WalkBoston to give Stefanie and Vineet some detailed input about the …

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making connections to make Stoneham safer for people walking

By WalkMassachusetts | July 16, 2021

Earlier this week, WalkBoston staff facilitated a conversation between Stoneham’s Director of Planning & Community Development and a town resident who had read a recent Boston Globe story (“Together, neighbors can thwart speed demons. Here’s how“). She had reached out to WalkBoston with concerns regarding the lack of pedestrian crossings on the stretch of Main Street …

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Hybrid virtual and in-person walk audits expand engagement opportunities in Haverhill

By WalkMassachusetts | July 16, 2021

As pandemic restrictions ease and we resume in-person activities, WalkBoston is bringing back our traditional in-person group walk audits while keeping many of the new tools we’ve developed over the last year. Haverhill was the first of our Gateway Cities walk audits to benefit from this hybrid approach. Starting in late May, the hybrid walk …

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