Tag: Pedestrians

Codman Academy Walk Audit

Codman Academy Walk Audit

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In 2014, a student was struck and seriously injured on Epping Street, a one block, one lane roadway bordering the Codman Academy. The 9th grade student got off an MBTA bus and started walking across Epping Street and was hit by a car. The student was hospitalized.

Epping Street is a one-way street used by drivers to avoid traffic signals at Norfolk and Talbot. This usage represents safety hazards for the students and faculty at Codman Academy. This report looks at the safety benefits of closing Epping Street.

Information for this report was collected and analyzed by 10th grade students at Codman Academy as part of their physics and math classes in the fall and winter of 2014-2015. They were assisted in this effort by staff from WalkBoston, a non-profit walking advocacy organization.

Read the full report here:
WalkBoston-CodmanAcademyReport-Dorchester

Walk and Bike Assessment Pittsfield

Walk and Bike Assessment Pittsfield

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WalkBoston and the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition (MassBike) working with Toole Design Group (TDG) led a walk and bike assessment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Thursday , December 4 , 2014. The assessment is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Awareness and Enforcement Program, funded by the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), in association with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The MassDOT program is a collaboration among Federal, State, regional, and local agencies, along with advocacy groups, WalkBoston and MassBike, to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety in identified high – crash areas.

Read the full report here:
WalkBoston-WalkandBikeAssessment-Pittsfield

Newton Walk Assessment

Newton Walk Assessment

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WalkBoston working with Toole Design Group (TDG) led a walk assessment in Newton , Massachusetts on Monday , November 24 , 2014. The assessment is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT ) Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Awareness and Enforcement Program, funded by the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP), in association with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health . The MassDOT program is a collaboration among Federal, State, regional, and local agencies, along with advocacy groups, MassBike and WalkBoston, to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety in identified high – crash areas.

 Read the full report here:
WalkBoston-WalkAssessment-Newton
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.

Read the full report here:
WalkBoston-BrightwoodNeighborhoodWalkAssessment-Springfield

“The Old State House corner: The corner that could”

“The Old State House corner: The corner that could”

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The time capsule on top of the Old State House was recently in the news. But did you know about more recent history on that corner?

Bob Sloane recently wrote in our newsletter about changes that WalkBoston pushed for on the corner in 2011 that helped get wider sidewalks and improve safety for the over 36,000 people cross that spot daily between T station users and visitors on the Freedom Trail.

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