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Chinatown Boston Pedestrian Safety Campaign Video

In summer 2016, WalkBoston worked with students from AsianCDC’s A-VOYCE program on a walk audit and to make observations, gather data, and collect stories from people about dangerous walking conditions in Chinatown. The students created a video and presented their findings to the Boston Transportation Department. This youth-led campaign resulted in tangible, structural improvements such as doubling the walk light timing to better accommodate elders, children and individuals with physical disabilities.

#WBSignTest comes to an end

Thank you to the staff members from the Downtown Boston BID for removing our faded wayfinding decal from the top of Pi Alley today. We installed this as a prototype in June 2016, and gathered feedback from people walking by through email and social media using the Twitter hashtag #WBSignTest. This lasted much longer than we expected: it had a good run!

Learn more about the material we used & see how it fared during the changing seasons of New England in the slideshow below (photos from June 2016 through Fall 2017).
Learn about other wayfinding projects we’ve worked on throughout Massachusetts.

MassDOT celebrating 15 years of the Zakim Bridge with light show

Tonight, Sept. 21^st, at 8:30pm swing by North Point Park in Cambridge or Nashua Street Park in Boston to check out the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge light show in celebration of its 15^th year anniversary. Thanks to Rosales + Partners for organizing the festivities and MassDOT for the lighting demonstration! Read more

Thanks for coming on our walk last week!

Thanks to everyone who came for the Charles River “Throat” Site Walk and to hear WalkBoston, the Charles River Esplanade Association, The Charles River Conservancy, Charles River Watershed Association talk about the importance of this section of the pathway and riverbank. The next Task Force Meeting is Wednesday, September 26th.
More photos on Facebook, and additional info on the Allston I-90 Interchange Project and UnchokeTheThroat page.

MassDOT’s Statewide Pedestrian Plan now available for public comment!

MassDOT’s Statewide Pedestrian Transportation Plan will recommend policies, programs, and projects for MassDOT to guide decision making and capital investments, as well as develop guidance for municipalities to improve walkability in local communities.

Thursday, September 20 from 1 to 3 pm, the scheduled Massachusetts Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board (MABPAB) meeting will be a special open-house style forum highlighting the finalized draft Statewide Pedestrian Transportation Plan. The event will take place in the second floor Transportation Board Room of MassDOT’s Boston headquarters at 10 Park Plaza. Released for a 30 day public review on Monday, September 17, MassDOT is welcoming MABPAB board members as well as the general public to attend, learn more about the Plan and provide comments to the final draft.

The Plan defines a vision for Massachusetts in which all people have a safe and comfortable walking option for short trips. The Plan presents an action-oriented strategy with the goal of increasing the percentage of short trips made by walking and also eliminating pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries. Pedestrian fatalities have been increasing over the last decade in Massachusetts. The plan goes into further detail about the state of walking today.

Take a look at the plan, and let us know what you think; make sure to send your comments to MassDOT!