Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boston

Green Lane Project Picks Six New Cities to Make Big Progress on Bikeways

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2014 | No Comments

More than 100 cities applied for the second round of the Green Lane Project, the program that helps cities build better bike infrastructure, including protected lanes. People for Bikes, which runs the program, announced its selections for round two today: Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Seattle. “The selected cities have ambitious goals and a vision for […]

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

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 19, 2014 | 26 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 […]

Real Estate Trend: Parking-Free Apartment Buildings

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 10, 2013 | 51 Comments

A wave of new residential construction projects in places like Seattle, Boston, and Miami are showing that, yes, modern American cities can build housing without any car parking on site. Officials in Boston gave their approval last week to what Curbed called the city’s “first big-time parking-less condo,” a 175-unit project named Lovejoy Wharf. The “plan was met with […]

Boston Introduces “Super Sharrows”

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 21, 2013 | 27 Comments

Behold, Boston’s new “super sharrows,” a spin on the often-derided shared-lane marking. Boston’s new twist is meant to give the feel of a bike lane, even when the space for one is lacking. The official term for this street treatment is “priority shared-lane markings,” and they were debuted in the last few weeks on Boston’s […]

More Mayoral Results: Minneapolis, Houston, Boston

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2013 | 2 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 […]

Study: Homes Near Transit Were Insulated From the Housing Crash

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 22, 2013 | 11 Comments

If you live close to a transit station, chances are you’ve weathered the recession better than your friends who don’t. Your transportation costs are probably lower, since you can take transit instead of driving. Transit-served areas are usually more walkable and bikeable too, multiplying your options. And while home values plummeted during a recession that […]

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