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Brightwood Neighborhood Walk Assessment

Brightwood Neighborhood Walk Assessment

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A safe walking environment is a critical need for the Brightwood community, as 34 percent of neighborhood residents lack access to cars (compared to 18 percent of residents for the City of Spring eld as a whole). As a result, they are heavily dependent on walking or sporadic PVTA bus service to access food stores and other goods and services on nearby West and Main Streets. However, pedestrian connections to local bus stops and destinations outside the neighborhood are severely lacking and unsafe, and walking conditions within Brightwood are often poor as well.

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WalkBoston-BrightwoodNeighborhoodWalkAssessment-Springfield

Salem Downtown Walk Assessment

Salem Downtown Walk Assessment

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The walk assessment focused on Salem’s downtown district just west of the pedestrian mall and Peabody Essex Museum. The route began at the City Hall Annex; traveled north to Bridge Street and the Salem MBTA commuter rail station; turned west on Bridge Street; cut through a worn pathway along the North Street (Rt 114) ramps up to the Federal/North Street intersection; followed North Street to the Summer/Chestnut/Norman Street intersection; and returned to Washington Street at the intersection with New Derby Street.

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WalkBoston-DowntownWalkAssessment-Salem

Walk Audit Weymouth

Walk Audit Weymouth

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Weymouth has many of the attributes of a walkable community including a street system that has interconnected blocks of moderate size, a mix of land uses within reasonable proximity of many residents, a number of commercial areas that include a variety of civic uses, a mix of housing types including multi- family buildings and a wide mix of single family housing types, parks that are interspersed into many neighborhoods and a varied topography and landscape including both ponds and sea shore. In addition, Weymouth has a mix of transit services including both commuter rail and bus. This too provides an important backbone for a walkable place.

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WalkBoston-WalkAudit-Weymouth

Greenwood Square/Greenwood School Area Walk Assessment Wakefield

Greenwood Square/Greenwood School Area Walk Assessment Wakefield

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The Wakefield Town Administrator, Stephen Maio, is interested in improving the image and overall economic viability of the Greenwood Square/ Greenwood School area of Wake eld. In addition, members of the Greenwood Elementary School faculty and staff would like to revive the Walk-to- School program and make the walking routes safer for students to walk to school.

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WalkBoston-Greenwood SquareGreenwood SchoolAreaAssessment-Wakefield