As summer approaches, we’ve been ramping up our work all over the Commonwealth! Here are a few places we’ve been working with people lately, either in person or virtually, to help make their community more walkable: Blandford Boston Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Concord Cummington Egremont Haverhill Huntington Medford New Bedford Quincy Springfield Worcester
Since September 2020, WalkBoston has conducted a series of walk audits in Gateway Cities across the Commonwealth as part of our “Gateway Cities: Social Infrastructure and Walkability” project in partnership with MassINC and with support from the Solomon Foundation. We’re hosting walk audits in five Gateway Cities, in the area around each city’s downtown commuter …
May 19, 2021 Jeff Parenti Deputy Chief Engineer, Division of Planning and Engineering Department of Conservation and Recreation Re: Lynn Fells Parkway at Melrose Street Intersection Dear Jeff: Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments for the proposed intersection improvements at Lynn Fells Parkway and Melrose Street. We are very excited to see DCR’s …
A recent visit to Springfield revealed significant progress on two major pedestrian safety projects in two different Springfield neighborhoods. Completed in September 2020, the Six Corners Roundabout was years in the making. WalkBoston learned about it back in 2013 when conducting a walk audit at the Elias Brookings Elementary School and the Maple High – …
May 14, 2021 Stephanie Pollack, Acting Administrator Federal Highway Administration US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave S.E. Washington, DC 20590 RE: WalkBoston Comments on 2021 MUTCD Update Dear Acting Administrator Pollack: With this update of the MUTCD, the Federal Highway Administration has an opportunity to overhaul the current standards and create streets that …