Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation
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MassDOT Rail Trail Program
The MassDOT Rail Trail Program is a statewide initiative that seeks to transform disused railway infrastructure into mixed-use pathways for bicycle and pedestrian traffic. This program creates transportation options that allow greater opportunities…
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Longfellow Bridge Reconstruction
The Longfellow Bridge carries Route 3, the MBTA Red Line as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the cities of Boston and Cambridge across the Charles River. The bridge was first opened…
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Complete Streets
The Complete Streets Program was designed to support the efforts of municipalities to build infrastructure which would give members of the public safe travel routes, whether individuals were walking, riding bicycles, taking public…
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Community Transit Grants
The Community Transit Grant Program (CTGP) is designed to award funds to help meet the transportation and mobility needs of seniors and people with disabilities. This annual competitive program acts to distribute Federal…
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Commonwealth Avenue Bridge
Commonwealth Avenue is one of the primary access points to Boston for East-West bound traffic. This broad avenue proceeds directly from the heart of downtown Boston to Packard’s Corner in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. It carries…
