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MassDOT Is Demolishing a Highway to Give Fall River Its Waterfront Back

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

MassDOT’s aptly named “Route 79 Improvements Project” will improve Route 79 – a four-lane elevated expressway – by demolishing it and rerouting traffic onto existing surface streets. Those surface streets will also get upgraded sidewalks, shared-use pathways, and crosswalks.

Sidewalk granite curb cut for wheelchair ramp in Philadelphia. Photo: Nickphilly, CC

Why Do People With Disabilities Have to Sue To Get Accessible Sidewalks?

By Kea Wilson | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

Philadelphia is the latest U.S. city to agree to make its sidewalks accessible to people who use assistive devices — though the win would be more significant if people with mobility challenges weren't so often forced to sue to get basic access to the places where they live.

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Boston Plans for More Sidewalk Plows, Expanded Sidewalk Snow-Clearing Program

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 7, 2022 | No Comments

The City of Boston will make last year’s sidewalk snow clearing pilot program into a permanent part of its winter operations, and plans to have more plow equipment out clearing curb ramps, crosswalks, and sidewalks this winter.

'Pedestrian Delivery Robots' Have the Same Challenges As ... Pedestrians

By Kea Wilson | Sep 26, 2022 | No Comments

Sidewalk delivery robots struggle to get around U.S. cities for many of the same reasons as human pedestrians, a new study finds — but that's not the only reason why the emerging technology might struggle to deliver on its car-cutting promises without careful planning.

Photo: Massachusetts Office of Transportation and Tourism

An Interstate Across America — For Everyone Besides Drivers, That Is — Would Pay For Itself in No Time

By Kea Wilson | May 19, 2022 | No Comments

A continuous cross-continental active transportation trail would pay for itself in less than five years in visitor spending alone, a new analysis argues — and it could have a big impact on the car-free transportation landscape in the communities it runs through, too.

Advocates Praise 'Inspired' RAISE Grantee List

By Kea Wilson | Nov 23, 2021 | No Comments

Last Friday, the U.S. DOT wowed sustainable transportation advocates with its list of grantees for the RAISE discretionary grant program, which will funnel $1 billion dollars into transportation capital and planning projects across America — and stoked optimism for how the agency would spend the historic $100 billion in discretionary funding it just won with the passage of the latest infrastructure bill.

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