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The Herald News Six SouthCoast cities and towns were recently awarded funding for new traffic safety measures, trail connections, bikeshare stations, bus facilities and areas for outdoor dining and community activities. Dighton, Fairhaven, Raynham, Somerset, Swansea and Taunton were among 77 municipalities across the state that applied for and received a total of $6.5 million in funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program.   The program provides technical and funding assistance t...

Baker-Polito administration announces $6.5 million awarded to municipalities COURTESY OF BAKER-POLITO ADMINISTRATION Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito joined acting transportation secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler and highway administrator Jonathan Gulliver in Dedham to announce the award of $6.5 million total to cities and towns which applied for funding from the Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program.  The program provides technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts municipalities con...

Saugus awarded $98,000 Shared Street and Spaces Grant to create safer Cliftondale Square Wicked Local Town Manager Scott Crabtree issued the following press release Town Manager Scott C. Crabtree is pleased to announce that the Town of Saugus has been awarded $98,000 through the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Streets and Spaces competitive grant program to make traffic and sidewalk improvements in Cliftondale Square. “We are grateful of the Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachu...

Baker-Polito Administration announces $6.5 million in Shared Streets funding, including $91,060 to Wareham Wicked Local DEDHAM – The Baker-Polito Administration has announced $6.5 million to municipalities in Shared Streets and Spaces Program funding, including more than $90,000 to Wareham. “The Shared Streets and Spaces Program has now awarded $33 million total to 183 cities and towns since the competitive grants were offered to municipalities 13 months ago,” said Gov. Charlie Baker.�...

Above: The traffic pattern on North Street in Pittsfield has been adjusted again to encourage the use of bicycles. The city has proposed a new network of bike “facilities” — painted bike lanes, signs and flex poles among them — covering 90 miles of roads in the newly unveiled Bicycle Facilities Master Plan. Top: Freshly painted markings create a separate bike lane along North Street. photos by BEN GARVER — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE PITTSFIE...

PITTSFIELD — A popular subject of discussion among Eagle letter writers has been the installation of bike lanes on Pittsfield’s North Street, which has forced one lane of traffic on each side of the road, which used to be a hazardous two. And it makes sense; drivers hate to be inconvenienced, and are vocal about it. Areas of concern range from confusion about the flow of traffic when the street merges from one lane to two lanes — a consequence of focusing on only one part of the ...

FRAMINGHAM — The city’s Highway Division has received a $200,000 Shared Streets and Spaces grant to improve pedestrian accessibility on a section of School Street. “Our Public Works team is very appreciative of the Baker-Polito administration and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for this grant opportunity,” Public Works Director Blake Lukis said in a statement. “It is vital to keep investing and improving Framingham’s public infrastructure. Construction is slated to be...

Beth DeCarbo -- Globe Correspondent June 23, 2021 12:42 pm Residents in a western enclave of Concord would like to walk or bike to the newly opened Bruce Freeman Rail Trail nearby. But crossing busy Route 2A is unsafe because a roughly 2,000-foot stretch along the road lacks both sidewalks and crosswalks. “My son wants to play with kids who live on the other side of 2A. So we get in the car and drive him 200 feet and drop him off,’’ said Caroline Mahoney, a mother of four whose n...

‘Steeteries’ to remain for dining, but many ‘greenways’ will reopen for traffic

This Saturday, NYC’s Department of Transportation launches its first “Shared Streets” community initiative in Lower Manhattan. From 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., cyclists, pedestrians and motorists will share the streets in the Seaport and Financial district (motorists are encouraged to drive 5 mph) and will have the opportunity to explore Lower Manhattan’s history, architecture and arts. […]