We’ve highlighted upcoming funding opportunities that your community or organization may be able to use to improve walking in your area. Let us know if there are other grants that we should highlight! Opportunity: Winter City Vanguards / Wintermission: Bringing public life to winter cities Funding organization(s): 8 80 Cities Description: Wintermission will coach three …
November 14, 2018 Boston Transportation Department 1 City Hall Square Room 721 Boston, MA 02201 RE: WalkBoston comments on JP/Rox Transportation Action Plan To whom it may concern, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed projects for the JP/Rox Transportation Action Plan. WalkBoston supports the plan’s commitments to multimodal transportation and to expanding …
Boston dot com: “Should the Boston speed limit be 20 mph? Some say things need to change to make the city’s streets safer.” Among several residents and associations who spoke before councilors, Adi Nochur, project manager for WalkBoston, which works to make walking easier and safer in the state, said the proposed speed limit change …
Neighborhood View: “Frank Stella: An iconic artist returns home” In 2012, local artist and Malden resident Sharon Santillo reached out to Stella to reconnect with his hometown. As the chairperson on the newly formed Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Walkability, Santillo came up with the idea of incorporating Stella’s artwork into wayfinding signs throughout the city; …
Jamaica Plain Gazette: “City Council Holds Hearing Regarding Dockless Mobility, Electric Scooters” Kristen McCosh from the Mayor’s Office of Persons With Disabilities said that part of her role is to make sure the path of travel on the sidewalks remain unobstructed. “Sidewalks are the most common mode of travel for people with disabilities,” McCosh said. …