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Improving Dangerous Intersections In Underserved Communities
MassBike was recently invited by MassDOT to participate in a Road Safety Audit to help improve Morton Street in Mattapan. This is just one of many audits that take place around the state to improve our...
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Spreading The Word About Complete Streets
MassDOT is offering trainings for local officials, transportation professionals and advocates around the state on how to design for “Complete Streets.” Complete Streets is a design concept that...
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MassDOT, Make The Fore River Bridge Better For Biking
On Thursday, February 9th I attended a public hearing in the Town of Weymouth on the Fore River Bridge Replacement Project. This bridge, part of the Accelerated Bridge Program, is the main connector...
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The Long View Of The Longfellow Bridge
MassDOT recently released the long-awaited Environmental Assessment for the Longfellow Bridge reconstruction project, which reveals the design MassDOT has chosen for the bridge. To its credit, MassDOT...
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Federal Transportation Bill A Step Backwards
The federal transportation bill, a focus of much analysis and anxiety (we’ve written most recently about it here and here), was finally passed through congress late last week. It’s not good news. This...
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MassBike Comments On GreenDOT Implementation Plan
In 2010, MassDOT launched its GreenDOT initiative, a comprehensive program to combat climate change, encourage biking, walking and transit, and support smart growth. This year, MassDOT released a draft...
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Add Your Voice To MassDOT’s Statewide Conversation
Starting this week, we have an opportunity to voice our support for bicycling as a statewide priority. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is holding a series of public meetings in...
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Mark Your Calendar – Bay State Bike Week Is Coming
Bike Breakfast in the Pioneer Valley It’s really impressive – we’ve already gotten some emails and phone calls from Bay State Bike Week organizers asking what the dates are for 2013, because they have...
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State Transportation Funding Plan Is Big On Biking
Governor Patrick is finally taking on the state’s transportation crisis in the upcoming legislative session. With the state’s ambitious mode shift goals and GreenDOT Implementation Plan both strongly...
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MassDOT Biking Toward Sustainability
We were glad to see more evidence that the state gets it when it comes to bicycling. Back in August, we made extensive comments on MassDOT’s GreenDOT Draft Implementation Plan. GreenDOT is MassDOT’s...
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Longfellow Bridge Construction: Progress, But Questions Remain
MassDOT recently held a public meeting with the firm selected to perform the reconstruction of the Longfellow Bridge, scheduled to start in earnest later this year and continue until 2016. Click here...
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Bay State Bike Week Starts May 11!
Just around the corner is a statewide celebration of two-wheeled, human-powered transportation: Bay State Bike Week! Be sure to check out this year’s calendar of events so that you don’t miss out on...
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Comments on the Arlington Improvements to the Minuteman Bikeway
MassDOT and the Town of Arlington are moving ahead with the Arlington Center Safe Travel Project, which would redesign the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Pleasant Street, and Mystic Street in...
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Safe Routes to School: Get Biking! Get Walking!
The school year has just begun and we’re getting ready to teach thousands of elementary and middle school children how to ride their bikes more safely. Since 2009, MassBike has been teaching through...
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MassDOT Issues Groundbreaking Directive
MassDOT took another huge step forward in promoting Complete Streets throughout the Commonwealth. A nagging criticism of MassDOT’s nationally recognized Project Development and Design Guide, which...
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Join Us At The Cape Cod Bike Summit
The MassBike Cape Cod Chapter, Barnstable County Mass in Motion, the Town of Barnstable, and the Office of Senator Dan Wolf have been working hard the past several weeks to put together the first ever...
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Making The Cape Great For Biking
We all knew the Cape was great for biking. All you have to do is go to the Bourne Bridge in the summer and take a look at all the bikes strapped to cars to know that the Cape is a destination for...
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New Report Illustrates Westfield’s Bikeability
MassBike has been working in Westfield for the past several months to create a Bikeability Assessment for the Friends of the Columbia Greenway Trail (FOCGRT). The report details how the city can...
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Why You Should Attend MassDOT’s Capital Investment Plan Meetings
Like what you see? Tell MassDOT to fund bicycle and pedestrian projects. Photo: John Phelan Bicycle and pedestrian advocates across Massachusetts are excited and encouraged by Governor Patrick’s and...
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House Passes $50 Million For Complete Streets
People riding bicycles on the Southwest Corridor in Jamaica Plain (Photo: Cycle Style Boston) Complete Streets guidelines could be adopted by municipal governments across the Commonwealth in the near...
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