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Resident suggests ways to make Park Ave. safer, broaden its vision

April 8, 2025

Barbara Thornton is a resident of Park Avenue for about 40 years who has seen “way too many accidents there.” These suggestions were shared…

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Plans for Broadway Corridor stem from 3 winning designs

October 20, 2024

by Bob Sprague

Barbara Thornton, a resident with a long-term interest in the town’s future, provided these comments and background information: “It’s great to see a renewed…

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Neighbors seek to improve safety, design for Broadway

October 15, 2024

by Bob Sprague

The following proposal from the Broadway Neighbors Coalition was sent to various town bodies. Signing it were Vincent Baudoin, Jennifer Litowski, Catherine Farrell, Paul Schlichtman,…

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Broadway neighbor calls plan ‘outrageous waste of money’

October 15, 2024

by Bob Sprague

This response to the proposal from the Broadway Neighbor Coalition was written by Mark Kaepplein of Palmer Street, a Precinct 9 Town Meeting members.…

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How about some regret for the way Scott was treated?

August 23, 2022

by Bob Sprague

The following letter by Roger House of Arlington was first published in the Aug. 23, 2022, Boston Globe, under the headline “Let’s ride down…

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Foundation spells out what failure to fix T means

August 19, 2022

by Bob Sprague

As the Orange Line closing begins tonight at 9, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation has issued a report that begins, “The MBTA is in a…

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Video: How our bikeway came to be

December 7, 2017

by Bob Sprague

The Minuteman Commuter Bikeway is observing its 25th birthday in 2017. Watch this excellent history about how the rail-to-trail path for a variety of…

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Traffic: Think it’s bad now? Look ahead

November 1, 2017

by Bob Sprague

The following excerpts of a fact-based viewpoint about increasing regional traffic were presented Sen. Will Brownsberger, Democrat of Belmont, on his blog Oct. 31,…

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Group ties 2 crosswalk deaths, selectmen’s silence

April 2, 2015

by Bob Sprague

Lights not considered These signals should have been installed years ago when we first made this commonsense request. The need was evident. Yet, these…

Transportation

T lies: Stop MBTA from defrauding customers with train countdown clocks

April 1, 2015

by Bob Sprague

The clocks don’t say if a train is stopped, which is why you can bolt down the stairs to catch a train that’s reported…

Transportation

Resident suggests ways to make Park Ave. safer, broaden its vision

Plans for Broadway Corridor stem from 3 winning designs

Neighbors seek to improve safety, design for Broadway

Broadway neighbor calls plan ‘outrageous waste of money’

How about some regret for the way Scott was treated?

Foundation spells out what failure to fix T means

Video: How our bikeway came to be

Traffic: Think it’s bad now? Look ahead

Group ties 2 crosswalk deaths, selectmen’s silence

T lies: Stop MBTA from defrauding customers with train countdown clocks

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