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Salem Walk Audit – The Point

By WalkMassachusetts | July 20, 2018

On June 6, 2018, WalkBoston conducted a walk assessment in the Point neighborhood of Salem, with support from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion program to promote active transportation and healthy eating. The goal of the walk assessment was to recommend improvements to the local built environment that improve walkability and pedestrian safety. Participants included representatives from WalkBoston, Salem Mass in Motion, Salem Mayor’s Office, Salem Traffic and Parking Department, Salem Commission on Disabilities/Age-Friendly Salem, Salem Family Health Center, North Shore YMCA, and North Shore Community Development Corporation.

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Walk Audit Today in Charlestown

By WalkMassachusetts | July 19, 2018

Gorgeous morning for a Charlestown walk audit with the Mystic River Watershed Association and friends. Big idea is to find new connections from the neighborhood to the waterfront and to highlight the parts of the Harbor Walk that already exist.

Walk audit today in Leominster (in the heat!)

By WalkMassachusetts | July 5, 2018

Whether it’s pouring rain or searing heat, our walk audits don’t stop! Thanks to our colleague Andrea Freeman at the Massachusetts Public Health Association, as well as City Councilor Mark Bodanza, State Representative Natalie Higgins, and her legislative aide Taylor Landry, for joining us on an EOPSS-funded walk in downtown Leominster today to look at opportunities for safer pedestrian crossings and traffic calming.

Yarmouth Route 28 Walk Audit

By WalkMassachusetts | June 30, 2018

On Thursday, June 28, 2018, WalkBoston conducted a walk audit along Route 28 as part of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s (EOPSS) Pedestrian Safety Planning Initiative for High-Fatality Communities. The EOPSS Pedestrian Safety Planning Initiative builds municipal staff understanding and awareness of the components of a safe walking environment. WalkBoston is working in partnership with EOPSS to address walking safety concerns in Massachusetts communities with high pedestrian crash rates, with the goal of reducing pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries in the Commonwealth.1 In Yarmouth, WalkBoston met with representatives from the Department of Public Works, Community Development, and the Police Department prior to the walk audit to identify an area in need of pedestrian infrastructure improvements.

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Rain couldn’t stop walk audit in Yarmouth on Cape Cod

By WalkMassachusetts | June 29, 2018

Rain couldn’t stop our recent EOPSS-funded walk audit in Yarmouth along Rt 28 on Cape Cod. Thanks to members of the Yarmouth Dept. of Public Works, Dept. of Planning, Age-Friendly Community Team, the Library, and the Cape Cod Commission for contributing their time to make the area safer for people walking.