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The grant will fund a new Bluebike station, curb extensions, flashing safety beacons and ADA-compliant ramps

PITTSFIELD — Following more than two hours of discussion Monday night, a City Council subcommittee voted narrowly to reject a measure to change new traffic patterns on lower North Street

PITTSFIELD — The city’s leadership this week will delve into a traffic project and waste management proposal that are already generating strong opinions in the community. The city has for years been looking for ways to rein in curbside waste disposal costs, and the newest proposal aimed at achieving just that will be outlined and no doubt scrutinized at Wednesday’s 7 p.m. Committee of the Whole meeting. At-Large Councilors Peter Marchetti, Earl Persip III and Pete White proposed a bag-based “pay-as-you-throw” system for curbside waste disposal that subsidizes what sha...

2/03/2021 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Boston — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the award of $3,236,762.78 in the third round of funding from the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces program. The program, which was launched on November 10, provides technical and funding assistance to help Massachusetts cities and towns conceive, design, and implement tactical changes to curbs, streets, and parking areas in support of public health, safe mobility, and renewed commerce, with a special focus on the p...

The Commonwealth’s two largest bikeshare systems are poised to expand further this summer, as Salem plans to join the Bluebikes system with eight new stations, and West Springfield joins the ValleyBike system. In West Springfield, town officials in December announced plans to install their town’s first stations for the electric pedal-assist ValleyBike system. One station would be located on the town common next to the library, and a second station will be installed on Memorial Avenue near Union Street. The latter location is in an area dominated by parking lots and strip malls, but it’s...