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Julia Riseman: Make downtown safe for all Published: 5/23/2021 1:00:13 PM Main Street, Northampton is dangerous. My friend and neighbor nearly died when a car, trying to avoid a pedestrian crossing Main Street and Elm, sideswiped her bicycle, sending her flying over the handlebars. She is one of the many “non-fatal” crashes for which Northampton downtown is notorious in our state. A Road Safety Audit conducted over a two-year period closely studied the 167 reported crashes that occurred along a half-mile stretch of Main Street. Thankfully, no one died. But 22% of those crashes involved i...

Northampton Main Street redesign a ‘once in a generation’ chance A rendering of how downtown Northampton could be redesigned. TOOLE DESIGN The city has a website at tinyurl.com/picturemainstreet with information about the redesign project. SCREENSHOT/CITY OF NORTHAMPTON Published: 4/16/2021 5:52:03 PM NORTHAMPTON — The city continued its talks on a long-term redesign of Main Street this week, drawing more than 100 people to a virtual public forum where residents and business owners discussed everything from parking, bicycle safety and traffic to accessibility, trees and climate change. ...