Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Boston

Boston Gets Serious About Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | | 6 Comments
That’s Boston Mayor Thomas Menino in the blue track suit. Photo: Boston Globe. The AP reports that Boston is looking to launch a bike-share program — and not the skimpy, half-hearted variety: The city has put out a request for proposals to create a bike share program. The proposal envisions a network of 150 stations […]

Streetfilms: Enrique Peñalosa in Boston

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
When Boston livable streets advocates invited Enrique Peñalosa to town recently, Streetfilms’ Robin Urban Smith made the trip north to hear what the Colombian urbanist had to say to residents of "The Walking City." Watch here as Peñalosa speaks to a packed house at the Boston Public Library, and see what Bostonians think of their […]

Boston’s First Bike Lanes a Hit With Drivers

By Brad Aaron | | 17 Comments
Last month, Boston moved toward shedding its rep as one of the country’s least cycling-friendly cities by installing its first-ever bike lanes on city-controlled streets. According to the Boston Globe, the lanes — on Commonwealth Avenue and American Legion Highway — will be accompanied by some 250 bike racks around the city, and represent the […]

The State of Livable Streets in Boston

By Ben Fried | | 1 Comment
The Boston Globe serves up a smorgasbord of livable streets storylines in this gripping read, "The Future of Crossing the Street." An overview of Boston’s evolving transportation scene, the piece starts with a look at the "shared space" philosophy of Hans Monderman, the pioneering Dutch traffic engineer who designed intersections with minimal controls, signals and […]
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