Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Boston

The Simple Change to Truck Design That Can Save Lives

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2014 | 10 Comments

When someone is struck by a turning truck driver in New York City, the worst injuries are typically caused when the vehicle’s back wheels run over the victim. Amar Diarrassouba, Ngozi Agbim, Noshat Nahian, Jessica Dworkin, and Renee Thompson were among the New Yorkers run over by the rear wheels of large trucks in recent years. Large trucks designed […]

Memo From Massachusetts: 25 MPH Speed Limit Would Save Lives

By Stephen Miller | Jun 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

Researchers in Massachusetts have concluded that lowering the default speed limit on local roads from 30 to 25 mph would save lives and yield big public health benefits. Even without additional traffic calming measures, a lower speed limit on its own would prevent 2,200 crashes, 1,200 injuries, and 18 fatalities in the state of 6.6 […]

Massachusetts Official: Boston’s Winter Cyclists “Living in the Wrong City”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 19, 2014 | No Comments

Bostonians making polite requests for a clear path on one of the city’s key bike routes were met with disdain from the state agency responsible for maintaining the paths. Here’s how one unnamed official from the Massachusetts’ Department of Conservation and Recreation responded in an internal email thread to a message from a Boston resident asking […]

More Mayoral Results: Minneapolis, Houston, Boston

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2013 | No Comments

This week’s mayoral elections yielded good news for transit and safe streets in both Houston and Minneapolis. In Boston, meanwhile, the results are less straightforward. Transportation reformers in Minneapolis are generally pleased about the election of City Council member Betsy Hodges (runoff votes are still being counted, but the second-place contender has conceded). Hodges is […]

Will Vehicular Cyclists and the “Right to Park” Trump Safer Streets in Boston?

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2013 | No Comments

Beacon Street in Somerville, just outside Boston, is perhaps the most biked route in the state of Massachusetts. It also has a terrible safety record. There have been 154 collisions involving cyclists on the corridor between 2002 and 2010, according to the state Department of Transportation [PDF]. “There are more bikes going down Beacon Street in […]

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