As the Globe has reported, safe streets projects across the city have been halted with no clear explanation, even losing existing funding. Please join WalkUP Roslindale along with other advocates, city councilors, and fellow residents for a rally and coordinated presence at the City Council hearing this Wednesday, April 22 at 2:00 pm. Boston’s street safety and transportation […]
Powerful video here on a well-attended march to protest traffic violence from Brooklyn, where 2 young children were killed last week while walking in a crosswalk with their mothers by a reckless driver with a long history of moving violations, including speeding in school zones, though this crash occurred at a regular crosswalk. Considering what […]
First, a reminder that the City is hosting a bike share workshop tonight, October 26, 2017, at 6pm-8pm at the Roslindale Community Center. Details: Our public bike share system is getting bigger and even better! In Boston, we are adding more than 70 new stations over the next two years. We need your help finding great […]
WalkUP Roslindale is joining with all of its allies in the Vision Zero Coalition to encourage everyone to turn out for a major Rally for Safer Streets. We will gather at City Hall Plaza on September 29, 2016, from 6pm-7pm to demand meaningful steps toward the Vision Zero goal of truly safe streets. Recent crashes and […]
As adverse as the national level conditions have been generally for anyone concerned about the direction of this country and its respect for fundamental human rights as well as the causes we hold dear in particular, we here at WalkUP Roslindale can still look back at this year at the local level as one of […]
This week, the Boston City Council held a hearing on Docket No. 0266 – Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Calming, and Expanding the Safety Surge Program. We emphatically support greater investment in pedestrian safety, which also benefits cyclists and motor vehicle drivers. Our comments for the hearing are below and also available as a PDF as submitted.
WalkUP Roslindale’s intent with this occasional series is to take a few minutes to have a chat with folks with whom we’re involved and/or aligned and hear more specifically from them about their perspectives, how they’ve come to participate in the Squares & Streets process, what they think about it, and where they hope it […]
WalkUP Roslindale’s intent with this occasional series is to take a few minutes to have a chat with folks with whom we’re involved and/or aligned and hear more specifically from them about their perspectives, how they’ve come to participate in the Squares & Streets process, what they think about it, and where they hope it […]
Website Host Note: The below post, which is a deep dive into the topics it explores and almost certainly sets a length record for this website, is the first in what we hope will be a series of pieces about the current Squares + Streets planning process in Roslindale Square from folks with whom we […]
NOTE: The following are entirely the personal thoughts of the poster, not the entire organization or even the Board of Directors of WalkUP Roslindale. – mjl There is no question that the manner in which Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) leadership and staff are going about the Squares + Streets small area planning process […]