Will Protected Bike Lanes Fit on Blue Hill Ave?
It’s been decided: Blue Hill Ave will have center running bus lanes. Whether it will have protected bike lanes is yet to be determined, and it depends heavily on whether they can fit without sacrificing mature trees, parking lanes, or traffic capacity. This set...Fixing the chaotic congestion at Boston’s Keany Square
12/21/2022 Severe congestion continues to plague the intersections on either side of the Charlestown Bridge, also called the North Washington Street Bridge, as reported in a WHDH Channel 7 News story. The intersection on the North End side is Keany Square; on the...Arborway: Yes! DCR Designates Alternative 4 As “Preferred”
Of the four alternatives for redesigning Arborway presented in January, 2022, I am very pleased that the DCR has announced that Alternative 4 is its preferred alternative. Alternative 4’s main features are signalized intersections in place of the two large, existing...
Improving the Mass Ave / Memorial Drive Intersection
With a new intersection layout and revised signal timing at Mass. Ave. and Memorial Drive, through traffic can be reduced to a single lane per direction, creating space for new bike lanes, a bus lane, and protecting bikes from a heavy right turn flow.