WalkUP Roslindale Snow Clearance Collaborative – POSSIBLE ACTIVATION 12-13...
Tweet Depending on snowfall amounts and temperatures this afternoon/evening/overnight, we may be activating the Collaborative. Stay tuned here and note the principal locations/organizers below. We’ll...
View ArticlePedestrian Safety Meeting in West Roxbury this Wednesday, February 27
Tweet This Wednesday, February 27, 2019, elected officials will hold a public meeting to discuss ways to improve road safety for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in West Roxbury. Sponsors of the...
View ArticleATTENTION: WalkUP Roslindale Snow Collaborative In Effect TODAY (20 January...
Tweet Enough snow has fallen and temperatures look like they won’t get high enough to have warm enough rain that will wash it away, so we are a GO today at the following locations at the following...
View ArticleNo activation of the WUR Snow Clearance Collaborative Today (18 Feb 2019) –...
Tweet This snowfall was again under the 4″ (10 cm) mark, so we’re not going to activate the SCC. We still encourage everyone to pitch in and help where and how you can!
View ArticleStand by for the go/no go on the Roslindale Snow Collaborative – We will post...
Tweet Most likely gathering times will be either tomorrow evening or Friday. Stay tuned. Thanks!
View ArticleWalkUP Roslindale Snow Clearance Collaborative is ON – See below re...
Tweet With 4″ (10cm) + of fluffy snow having fallen with this storm, we are hereby activating the Collaborative. Note the principal locations/organizers/dates/times below. Thanks! Washington &...
View Article*** UPDATED *** WalkUP Roslindale Snow Clearance Collaborative – Session 3 –...
Tweet This one seems to have been more along the lines of 10-12″ (25-30cm). This morning’s locations are done (thanks!). Here are the ones for this afternoon: HP Avenue/Cummins Highway (NE corner) –...
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West Roxbury Walk Audit Complete
Tweet Hot off the presses, our friends over at West Rox Walks just released the results of the first ever Walk Roxbury Walk Audit, highlighting aspects of Centre Street most in need of pedestrian...
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West Rox Walks Letter to BTD re Centre and Spring Streets
Tweet Our friends and fellow travelers at West Rox Walks recently completed a Walk Audit documenting pedestrian safety concerns in the neighborhood, particularly along the Centre Street Corridor. To...
View ArticleA call to support the federal Complete Streets Bill sponsored by Sen. Markey
Tweet As Streetsblog NYC is reporting, our own Senator Ed Markey is co-sponsoring a bill at the federal level with Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) that would require at least 5% of all federal...
View ArticleWhere do the District 5 City Council Candidates stand on safe and equitable...
Tweet With the preliminary election for the Boston City Council now just two weeks away — on Tuesday, September 24 — we here at WalkUP Roslindale thought it might be helpful to do what we could to more...
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REMINDER: Cummins Highway Walk Audit – 7 December 2019 @ 9 am
Tweet On this group walk, we will cover the section of Cummins from Washington Street to Rowe Street, starting at 9:00 am at the RVMS office (4236 Washington Street). It should take us about 90 minutes...
View ArticleInteresting Take on 5 Best Practice Tips for Vision Zero from Suburban Maryland
Tweet Aaron Short of StreetsblogUSA came out earlier this week with an excellent piece on 5 best practice tips for Vision Zero as it is being implemented in Montgomery County, Maryland – the massive...
View ArticleSome very solid suggestions from one of the leading urbanists up north
Tweet Vancouver-based planner Brent Toderian is one of the more thoughtful folks working on urban issues globally. Herewith a link to an article he just posted on Fast Company with 25 suggestions for...
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It CAN be done – Oslo, Norway (pop. approx. 673,000) reaches Vision Zero for...
Tweet The whole article – Vision Zero! Norwegian Capital Completely Quashes Road Deaths – which comes from our friends at StreetsblogUSA is worth reading; If you’re following along at home, that’s a...
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A message from WalkUP Roslindale about COVID-19 and Roslindale Cares – One...
Tweet Like pretty much everyone these days, WalkUP Roslindale has been preoccupied over the last couple of weeks with responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic sweeping our city, commonwealth,...
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Vision Zero Coalition COVID-19 Statement
Tweet WalkUP Roslindale is a member of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition, a group of a dozen local organizations (and growing!) dedicated to safer streets. Today, we were proud to join the...
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Roslindale Silent Vigil for Black Lives – Tomorrow, 4 June 2020, @5:30 pm –...
Tweet Two organizations with whom we share principles and goals – Roslindale IS for Everyone (RISE) and Progressive West Roxbury/Roslindale – have invited everyone in our neighborhood to participate in...
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Recent Roslindale Black Lives Matter Protests and WUR’s Direction Going Forward
Tweet Working backwards, actually, here are 3 photos from WUR steering group members from the joint RISE/Progressive Roslindale/West Roxbury June 4th Silent Vigil for Black Lives, which Universal Hub...
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Cummins Highway Walk Audit Results
Tweet We are pleased to publish a report documenting the Walk Audit of a portion of Cummins Highway (between Washington Street/Roslindale Square and Rowe Street) performed by members of WalkUP...
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