articles “Snow clearance: my view (and queries) from my wheelchair” By Amy Hunt/South End resident “Newton’s snow evolution” By Andreae Downs/Newton city councilor “Digging in on snow” By Wendy Landman/WalkBoston senior policy advisor snow quotes Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to …
By Wendy Landman/WalkBoston senior policy advisor One thing stays true for Massachusetts: It snows. And 11 years after it was written, WalkBoston’s report on better sidewalk snow clearance, Keep It Clear: Recommendations for Sidewalk Snow and Ice Removal in Massachusetts, remains shockingly relevant (download at walkboston.org/snow). While some cities and towns have adopted a more …
By Andreae Downs/Newton city councilor In the winter of 2007, it looked like Newton could never get its sidewalks clear, much less find a way forward. We were faced with dozens of snowed-in corners and complaints of impassable walks; hundreds of letters to local lawmakers and the papers; and of course, thousands of snowflakes, thawing, …
By Amy Hunt/South End resident I’m a wheelchair-using paraplegic. Over the next few months, you may spot me on the streets, in traffic, traveling alongside cars, cabs, buses, trucks and Ubers. It’s risky, but it’s where the City of Boston puts me after it snows. After a storm, the plows push mounds of snow onto …
WBZ- TV, CBS Boston: “Operation Crosswalk: Police Step Up Patrols In South Boston” According to the group WalkBoston there were nearly 700 crashes involving pedestrians who were either injured or killed. They’re hoping for more data collection to zero in on the most troublesome spots. “Data access and collection are not as good as it could …