“Dollars & sense” “Small change has big impact: The Quincy Adams gate” By Michelle Deng/Quincy-Penn’s Hill Neighborhood Association Gate Committee Member “New state Pedestrian Plan is a positive step” By Adi Nochur/Project Manager, WalkBoston “WalkMA Network connects towns” By Brendan Kearney/Communications Director, WalkBoston Download the February 2019 Newsletter PDF
Dollars & sense Walking costs cities very little, unlike driving and even public transit. A resident’s bus ride may cost $1, but costs the city $1.50 in bus operation. If a resident decides to drive, it costs the city $9.20 in services like policing and ambulances. When a resident walks, the cost to the city …
By Brendan Kearney/Communications Director, WalkBoston At our WalkBoston annual meeting in March 2018, we announced that we were building a statewide WalkMassachusetts network. It would consist of advocacy organizations, municipal committees, and community groups working on walking. The Network aims to connect and support new, emerging, and existing local organizations. Key Network features include community …
By Adi Nochur/Project Manager, WalkBoston As the largest single investor in the state’s roadway and pedestrian system, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation [MassDOT] has a critical responsibility to take pedestrian safety, accessibility, and convenience seriously in all of its actions and investments. With its release of a draft Massachusetts Pedestrian Transportation Plan last fall, the …
By Michelle Deng/Quincy-Penn’s Hill Neighborhood Association Gate Committee Member Michelle is a Transportation Engineering graduate student with a background in traffic safety and a transportation advocate. For three decades, residents of South Quincy could not access the nearby Quincy Adams MBTA station due to a locked pedestrian gate. Penn’s Hill neighborhood residents faced a 1.2-mile …