MAPC Launches “Trailmap”
Bike Week at trailmap.mapc.org. Created by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston, ‘Trailmap’ offers a comprehensive online glimpse at all the trails in Metro Boston and beyond. It features…
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Maynard Country Club Reuse Analysis
with the assistance of the Maynard Golf Course Reuse Committee, the town manager, Board of Selectmen, residents, business and property owners. It was conducted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council…
Public Meeting for Littleton’s Hazard Mitigation Plan: February 3
…made by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), which is assisting the Town on the 2016 update of its Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Town of Littleton adopted its first Hazard…
State of Equity Report Update
…on February 28 by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) shows that Greater Boston continues to struggle with significant disparities in access to housing, education, jobs, income, and health across…
Hudson’s Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan 2016 Update to be Presented November 18
…AM in Town Hall. The presentation will be made by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), which is assisting the town in preparing the 2016 update to the Hazard Mitigation…
New Analysis: Greater Boston Residents Driving Fewer Miles, Making More Trips Via Transit, Walking, and Biking
…Area Planning Council (MAPC) and the Northeastern University Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy in Boston. The analysis was funded, in part, by the Barr Foundation, which is based…
Commercial Permit Parking
more information, see https://ci.lexington.ma.us/DPW/parkingpermits.cfm. The Town of Brookline has a commercial parking permit program with a limited number of spaces for businesses in Coolidge Corner and Brookline Village commercial areas. One…
Mitigating Environmental Impacts
…of parking stalls and encouraging inclusion of compact car spaces Using pervious surfaces for low-volume parking areas to allow infiltration of stormwater Requiring landscaping to provide shade and improve air…
Are Strip Malls Key to Solving Greater Boston’s Housing Woes?
if new developments are built using the state’s 40R smart growth zoning bylaw, municipalities could be eligible for payments totaling $1.2 billion upon rezoning, an average of $3.2 million per…
First Miles: Crunching the Numbers on Dockless Bike Share in Greater Boston
…on two important areas of interest: a) the role that dockless bike share and other forms of so-called “micromobility” might play at the periphery of Boston’s Inner Core, especially in…