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Ashley Park Pop-Up Day for New Bedford’s Safe Routes to Parks effort

Ashley Park Pop-Up Day for New Bedford’s Safe Routes to Parks effort

 

WalkBoston joined in the celebration at the Ashley Park Pop-Up Day in New Bedford on Thursday, May 17. Ashley Park was the pilot location for New Bedford’s Safe Routes to Parks efforts guided by a technical assistance grant from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). Residents, business owners, and school children came to see how a parklet and a brightly colored crosswalk could help to slow traffic at the busy corner of Rivet and Bolton Streets. WalkBoston, funded by the Mass Dept of Public Health’s Mass in Motion (MiM) Program, conducted a walk audit in the Ashley Park neighborhood in Fall 2017 identifying needed safety improvements along walking routes to the park.

Safe Routes for Seniors Walk Audit Gloucester

Safe Routes for Seniors Walk Audit Gloucester

The “Reimagining Railroad Avenue” planning study conducted by the Metropolitan Area Planning
Council (MAPC) and the City of Gloucester proposes infrastructure changes to improve the safety and quality of the pedestrian environment in and around Railroad Avenue. Given the large number of senior citizens located in and near the Railroad Avenue study area, the City of Gloucester pursued “Healthy Aging through Community Design” funds made available through the Massachusetts Council on Aging (MCOA) and Mass in Motion (MiM) to ensure that the speci c needs of senior residents are represented.

Read the full report:
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