On Tuesday, August 6, WalkMass and GreenRoots co-hosted a walk through East Boston, joining Caminatas Verdes (“Green Walks”), a group of local residents. This was our first-ever bilingual community walk, and an opportunity to highlight a partnership with GreenRoots made possible by a grant from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Throughout the year, we post about the fatal crashes in Massachusetts from a previous month, and share any trends that we see. For the full list of monthly posts, head here. In our previous post, we took a look at crashes listed in the MassDOT Crash Portal in February; seven were identified as people walking. …
How Can Spatial Thinking Help in Advocating for Pedestrians? Speaker: Professor Sumeeta Srinivasan, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, WalkMassachusetts Board Member Yesterday, Professor Sumeeta Srinivasan spoke about how GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, includes analytic tools that help make maps and conduct spatial analysis. In …
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” –Søren Kierkegaard As part of the Summer Walk …
June 14, 2024Re: North Station Drawbridge Replacement / Draw One ProjectSent via email: drawone@mbta.comDear project team, My name is Brendan Kearney, and I’m co-executive director of WalkMassachusetts, a statewide pedestrian advocacy organization previously known as WalkBoston. We have followed the slow progression and implementation of the New Charles River Basin Master Plan for decades. I’m …