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Please advocate for a wider Mystic River Bike/Ped Bridge

THINK THE COMMUNITY PATH EXTENSION IS TOO NARROW?

DON’T LET THE STATE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE WITH THE MYSTIC RIVER CROSSING BIKE/PED BRIDGE.

Tell DCR and MassDOT to build the bridge deck at least 14 ft wide (or wider). Safety is more important than saving a few dollars by skimping on the width. 

Click here for a sample email you can copy, with points to cover (be sure to add some words of your own) and email addresses to direct your email to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R4oahsiCmaHwyhnmSHedZPrkalJYdLJPQvzRjeT79EU/view?usp=drivesdk

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The rest of the Green Line opens Monday! Here’s where to celebrate

December 12 is the first day of service of the Medford branch of the Green Line Extension. It's been a long journey and Somerville is ready to celebrate. Here are upcoming events: Monday, Dec 12 4:30 am: Meet the MBTA General Manager at the new Medford/Tufts station.4:45 am: Ride the first train from the same station.7-8 am: Celebrate with Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne (and live music) at the Ball Square station.10 am: Ribbon cutting ceremony at the Medford/Tufts station, followed by a ceremony at Tufts Joyce Cummings Center (177 College Ave). Space is limited, masks encouraged. Saturday, Dec 172-4 pm: Community celebration at Somerville High School (81 Highland Ave), with a kid's choo-choo train, live music, food, GLX oral history project, crafts, and more.

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STEP letter to the MBTA about the Revised Bus Network Redesign

Hello MBTA BNR team, We in Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership (STEP) greatly appreciate the improved proposed bus changes in Somerville in the second draft of the Bus Network Redesign. It’s obvious from the revisions to proposed routes in this draft that you all took the time to listen to and incorporate much of the community feedback on the first draft, and for that we thank you for your efforts. Like many Somervillians, we are pleased to see additional bus connections to the forthcoming GLX stops, as well as reinstating the critical routes 87 and 89, the Medford and west Somerville portion of the 80 route, new (and one-seat) connections to Union Sq, new connections to appreciate how Somerville will benefit from the new high-frequency routes. In noting the new connections to Assembly Square,…

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