Making Walking & Biking in Newburyport Easier!
More and more residents are riding their bikes throughout the city, out to Plum Island, and to destinations in the surrounding towns. Still, some find it challenging to use their bikes for shopping trips and other types of everyday transportation. How should we think about designing a better network of bicycle routes to support everyday transportation …
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Our last post discussed how speeds on wide neighborhood streets can be tamed through the addition of traffic calming devices such as curb extensions and chicanes. These measures take advantage of the extra space available between the curbs to create horizontal deflections in the path of vehicle travel, which helps to reduce speed and make …
In response to our post last month on targeted projects to support walking and cycling, a resident asked us to add traffic calming on Plummer Avenue to the list of recommended projects to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Like many of the streets that run from High Street down to Merrimack and Water Streets, …
In December 2020 Newburyport Livable Streets submitted to the City a list of potential projects to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists. We encourage the City administration to consider these ideas for funding through the State's Shared Streets and Spaces grant program or through other sources. Our recommended projects include (in no particular order): High …
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