Completed Street, Sidewalk, and Path Projects
The Environmental and Transportation Planning Division of Community Development has completed many major infrastructure projects in recent years in conjunction with other City departments. The pages listed to the left provide an overview of these projects.
Post construction evaluations were completed on many projects and may be found by clicking here.
Ames Street Separated Bike Lane Project (Main St to Memorial Dr)
Learn more about MassDOT's community path project that connects Belmont, Cambridge, and Somerville.
Blanchard Road from Concord Avenue to Grove Street was fully reconstructed with new sidewalks, bike lanes and a raised intersection at Glenn Road.
Brookline Street reconstruction project, completed Fall 2010, included sidewalk replacement, repaving, and replacement of the water and sewer lines. Design improvements included traffic calming, safer pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes and the addition of many more street trees.
This project will renovated the Cambridge Common and build a multi-use path alongside Flagstaff Park on Mass. Avenue.
Cambridge Common Flagstaff Park Project
Cambridge Street Bicycle Safety Demonstration Project
The MBTA extended the Green Line to Union Square in Somerville and College Avenue in Medford. The MBTA also plans for a future extension to Route 16/Mystic Valley Parkway in West Medford.
Harvard Square street and sidewalk reconstruction project to promote bicycle and walking. Also includes recommendation to build multi-use path at Flagstaff Park.
Huron Avenue Reconstruction
The reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue and Lafayette Square included the creation of a new plaza and reduction in travel lanes.
The MBTA Key Bus Routes Program is creating improvments on many of the MBTAs busiest routes including bus shelters, accessibility, benches and trash barrels.
The MBTA Key Bus Routes Program is creating improvements on many of the MBTAs busiest routes including shelters, improvements for accessibility, benches and trash barrels.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), in conjunction with Cambridge and Watertown, has been conducting a Mount Auburn Corridor Planning Study to develop a range of implementable short- and long-term plans for the improvement of Mount Auburn Street, from the Watertown line to Fresh Pond Parkway, and parts of Fresh Pond Parkway.
Cambridge, in partnership with Watertown, was awarded a community grant from the Barr Foundation to work with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) to pilot bus priority improvements for routes 71 and 73 along Mt. Auburn Street west of Fresh Pond Parkway. The demonstration project includes the first dedicated bus lanes in Cambridge and new bike lanes, as well as transit signal priority. It uses temporary materials like paint and signs, which will remain in place during the evaluation, and is the first step towards implementing a long-term plan for the Mt. Auburn corridor.
Monsignor O'Brien Highway Reconstruction Project
Porter Square Redesign Project included reconfiguration of the main intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, reconstruction of the sidewalks, upgrading of lighting and the addition of new pedestrian crossings and bicycle facilities.
Quick build changes to Mass Ave from Sidney St. to Memorial Dr. will improve safety and reliability for people walking, biking and riding buses.
A multi-use path that follows a former railroad right-of-way from Fresh Pond in Cambridge and to Arlington Street in Watertown.
This project reconstructed about 400 feet of the Waverly Street Extension along the Purrington rail spur to create a mixed-use path.
This project reconstructed about 400 feet of the Waverly Street Extension along the Purrington rail spur, extending multi-modal facilities in the southern portion of the corridor to Erie Street, along with a reconstructed roadway allowing vehicle access to adjacent properties and to Merriam Street.
Reconstruction of Western Avenue between Franklin Street and Memorial Drive was completed Fall 2015, replacing the underground stormwater and sewer system, roadway, and sidewalks. The new design features improvements to pedestrian safety, a separated cycletrack, new street trees and plantings, and a reconfigured Cronin Park with a rain garden and a commemorative installation “Celebrate the Coast.”
Learn more about the Western Avenue Reconstruction Project.
This project improved public safety by completely reconstructing the Yerxa Road underpass that passes beneath the Fitchburg Branch MBTA railroad tracks.