Walk, Bike, and Roll in Revere

Walk, Bike, and Roll in Revere

Photos & Story by Marianne Salza Revere residents offered their input on the City of Revere and Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) drafting designs on infrastructure improvements that will make traversing through the city safer and more accessible during the May 21 Walk, Bike, and Roll Event at Revere High School (RHS). “I think it’s a big concern,” explained Tom Skwierawski, Chief of Planning and Community Development, City of Revere. …

Report suggests how Metro can make quick progress on long-standing street safety issues

A new report is calling on Metro to make a number of quick changes to improve the safety of city streets for pedestrians and cyclists. Local advocacy nonprofit Walk Bike Nashville released their “State of Our Streets” report Tuesday. It details wins and failures of city government. The “win” is the 1.5-mile bike lane on 12th Avenue South, which the report lauds for the “high-level of coordination across Metro departments” to get it made. The rep…