The MassDOT Shared Streets & Spaces and Winter Shared Streets and Spaces municipal funding programs have provided technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts cities and towns conceive, design, and implement tactical changes to curbs, streets, and parking areas in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce. This has created more places for …
Missed the event? You can watch the recording here. Today’s the day! The WalkBoston 31st Annual Celebration is tonight, 3/24 at 5pm ET. Our board had pledged to match $5,000 worth of donations from tonight’s event (both donations made through Eventbrite RSVPs & this GoFundMe page this evening). If you’re tweeting about the event, tag us …
Frank Caro will be honored with a Golden Shoe in memoriam on Wednesday night at the WalkBoston Annual Meeting. See the Eventbrite page for more info. Frank Caro, who died suddenly in October, was a strong, dogged advocate for safe and pleasant city walking. After his retirement as a Professor of Gerontology at the University …
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 5 fatal crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in January. In this post, we’ll look at crashes in MA in February …
Boston.com: “Should the city remove snow from sidewalks, just like it does for Boston’s streets?” Brendan Kearney, deputy director of WalkBoston, an advocacy organization aimed at making walking easier and safer in Massachusetts, told officials Cambridge has taken up efforts, as have Newton and Framingham to varying degrees. “There are definitely examples here in Massachusetts as …