Transit Oriented Development

The Holyoke City Council recently voted to establish a Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee to oversee the implementation of the Downtown Pedestrian Plan, which makes key recommendations and outlines strategies for strengthening pedestrian, social and economic connections between the neighborhoods of the city’s center.  Completed by the pedestrian advocacy organization Walk Boston, in conjunction with the City and the MA Department of Health’s “Mass in Motion” initiative, the plan proposes physical modifications to walking and biking infrastructure,  as well as urban ...

As part of the City’s planned improvements along its transit corridor, streetscape improvements were recently completed on Mosher and Main streets to improve the connectivity between the downtown and Flats neighborhoods.  Funded through the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, the improvements will make the area safer for residents to walk through while complementing other area improvements in 2014, such as the  second phase of the Canalwalk and new passenger rail platform.

Focusing primarily on the streetscape underneath the rail ...