WBUR: “Rethinking The Turnpike Allston Interchange” Could the Allston I-90 Interchange Improvement project create a more accessible Charles River for pedestrians, bicycles and recreation? We speak with two advocates who are asking for more green space at the point where I-90, the train tracks and Soldiers Field Road squeeze together between Boston University and the …
January 25, 2018 Mayor Brian Arrigo ATTN: Robert O’Brien, Director of Economic Development City of Revere 281 Broadway Revere, MA 02151 Secretary Matthew Beaton ATTN: Page Czepiga, MEPA Analyst Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114 Director Brian Golden ATTN: Tim Czerwienski, Project Manager Boston Planning and …
Dear Secretary Beaton and Secretary Pollack, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on transportation sector strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resiliency in our Commonwealth. WalkBoston believes that policies and programs that encourage equitable, compact, mixed-use transit oriented development and that drive mode shift from single occupancy vehicles to walking, biking …
WBUR: “Mobility Challenges In The Boston Snow” Navigating a city with snow on the ground is difficult enough as it is, but what about for mobility impaired residents? WalkBoston, a nonprofit that makes walking safer and easier in Massachusetts, produced a video about Amy Corcoran Hunt that draws attention to the mobility challenges that poor …
The center of East Cambridge retains much of its early residential character with a vital focus on the Middlesex County courts. The community is located within easy walking of neighboring areas where construction activity booms—Kendall Square with its new offices and North Point where high-rise residences face the Charles River. In 1810, the wealthy investor …