Hubway Expansion meeting for Roslindale scheduled – September 20 @ 6 pm –...
Tweet Great news–the Hubway citywide bike-sharing program is considering expanding to Roslindale! See the full schedule and how BTD will be rolling this out. A community meeting is scheduled for...
View ArticleStonybrook Neighborhood Slow Streets – Pre-Construction Open House – August...
Tweet It’s been a long time that this particular set of changes has been in the works. But it sounds like Stonybrook’s Neighborhood Slow Streets improvements will go in next month. Pre-construction...
View ArticleRoslindale Gateway Path & Blackwell Path Extension – Now combined and on the...
Tweet Rozzie Gateway Path Entrance (image courtesy Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc.) We last updated folks on the progress of the Roslindale Gateway Path when we, along with our partners...
View ArticleWalkUP Roslindale Key Bus Stop Snow Clearance Collaborative – Version 1.0
Tweet Will you join us? WalkUP Roslindale is looking to organize a collaborative group of neighbors who will help us clear snow from a handful of our neighborhood’s key bus stops whenever we have more...
View ArticleVision Zero World Day of Remembrance this Sunday Nov. 19, 2017 at 12pm Copley...
Tweet WalkUP Roslindale is a proud member of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition, which seeks to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries from car crashes in the Commonwealth. We encourage...
View ArticleACTION WARNING – Possible Significant Snowfall in Forecast – WUR Key Bus Stop...
Tweet We may have a snowfall that meets our criteria in the next 36 hours. If you’re interested in joining us if that happens, watch this space and our social media outlets on Twitter and Facebook for...
View Article2017 – WUR’s year in review
Tweet With the books now closed on 2017, let’s take a moment to reflect on another year in the life of WalkUP Roslindale, your neighborhood walk-bike-transit-Y/QIMBY (Yes/Quality in My Backyard)...
View ArticleRecap on WalkUP Roslindale Key Bus Stop Clearance Collaborative – Version 1.2
Tweet Overall, and no surprise to anyone, but there was a lot of snow out there this morning. The vehicular portions of streets were generally in good shape thanks to the city’s long-standing...
View ArticleThe Right to Walk
Tweet Our friends at Streetfilms offer The Right to Walk for your viewing pleasure. It’s 4:53 of to-the-point, quick-hit, smart thinking about why walking is so critical to every city’s health. And is...
View ArticleUPDATED: WE ARE A GO – WalkUP Roslindale Key Bus Stop Clearance Version 1.3...
Tweet Snowfall from last night/this morning’s storm has exceeded our 4″ (10.2 cm) benchmark, so we are going to check on and, if necessary, clear our identified key bus stops: Accordingly: Meet either...
View ArticleIT IS ON: WalkUP Roslindale Snow Clearance Collaborative Version 1.4
Tweet We have already exceeded the 4″ (10.2 cm) benchmark for being called into action, so WURSCC v. 1. 4 is very much on for this evening and we will be looking to clear key bus stops at HP/Cummins...
View Article“Kids need safe streets”– Video from Brooklyn Rally
Tweet 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...
View ArticleImplementation of Vision Zero and Go Boston 2030 is now beginning in earnest
Tweet With yesterday’s announcement by the Mayor’s Office and the Boston Transportation Department that BTD’s requested budget will be increased by $5 million annually starting in FY 2019 (i.e., July...
View ArticleVision Zero Steps Up in Roslindale
Tweet As part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Boston initiative, Boston Public Works will make some significant pedestrian infrastructure improvements in the village this coming week, beginning Tuesday,...
View ArticleNew Neighborhood Slow Streets Round announced for 2018 – Deadline is August...
Tweet The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) has just announced the 2018 Neighborhood Slow Streets (NSS) process. Link is HERE. In brief, applications are due August 24, 2018, and there’s a...
View ArticleTragedy leads to clarity in South Boston…and maybe citywide?
Tweet Everyone concerned about traffic violence in Boston, which touches every part of our city, every day, day-in, and day-out, felt incredible sadness at the tragedy late last month in South Boston...
View ArticleLetter of Support for Pedestrian Safety and Traffic Calming Improvements in...
Tweet We recently sent an official comment letter to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, expressing our strong support for recent pedestrian safety and traffic calming improvements around Roslindale Square....
View ArticleRoslindale Snow Clearance Collaborative – 2018-2019
Tweet January 6, 2019 update: please sign up on our snow clearance page at http://walkuproslindale.org/snow if you’re interested in helping, and spread the word! After a fair amount of success during...
View ArticleYour 2018 WalkUP Roslindale year in review!
Tweet WITH 2018 having drawn to its inevitable close, now seems like a decent enough time to look back on another year in the life of WalkUP Roslindale, your neighborhood walk-bike-transit-Y/QIMBY...
View ArticleWill this wintry mix produce enough snow for us to invoke the WalkUP...
Tweet Predictions on snow totals for our part of the world have been a bit all over the map, but it seems at least more likely than not that, by tomorrow at some point, we will get the 4″ of snow...
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