Recent Streetsblog posts about Vision Zero

Mayor Wu Won’t Wait: City Will Implement Centre Street Safety Improvements This Fall

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 1, 2023 | No Comments

To address a pattern of reckless driving and violence on West Roxbury's Centre Street, city officials will move forward this year with a plan to reduce the width of Centre Street from four vehicle travel lanes to three, with one travel lane in each direction, plus dedicated turn lanes at intersections and a pair of protected bike lanes.

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Safety Advocates Set Their Sights On Medford’s Mystic Mess

By Christian MilNeil | May 31, 2023 | No Comments

On Wednesday evening, street safety advocates from WalkMedford will host their State House delegation for a “Walk and Talk” event along the Mystic Valley Parkway to discuss ways to reclaim their riverfront parkland from the fields of asphalt that have paved over acres of the city’s riverfront. Organizers envision the walk as a companion event […]

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Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury

By Christian MilNeil | May 26, 2023 | No Comments

The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) is reviving a pre-pandemic plan to reconfigure Centre Street in West Roxbury in an effort to curb dangerous driving along a busy neighborhood commercial corridor with high volumes of foot traffic. The project’s revival was announced earlier this week as part of the Wu administration’s “safety surge” announcement. In the […]

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Wu Admin Announces ‘Safety Surge’ of Traffic Calming for Neighborhood Streets

By Christian MilNeil | May 22, 2023 | No Comments

The city says it aims to install up to 500 new speed humps and redesign at least two dozen intersections every year.

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Truck Driver Kills 5-Year-Old Girl In a Downtown Andover Crosswalk

By Christian MilNeil | May 15, 2023 | No Comments

In spite of eyewitness reports that her killer drove into the crosswalk while Olson and her family were legally protected by a walk signal, a spokesperson for the District Attorney's office said that they have decided not to restrain the perpetrator from operating a motor vehicle.

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Steal This Idea: In Québec, A New Traffic Light Only Turns Green for Safe Drivers

By Christian MilNeil | May 5, 2023 | No Comments

The light is red by default, but turns green when an attached speed camera detects an approaching motor vehicle that's driving under the speed limit.

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