Boston - GLX Community Path now Open
GLX Community Path to Open on June 10 | City of Somerville
https://www.somervillema.gov/news/glx-community-path-open-june-10#:~:text=As%20a%20final%20connection%20from%20Bedford%2C%20MA%2C%20to,Square%2C%20Gilman%20Square%2C%20East%20Somerville%2C%20and%20Lechmere%20Stations.
“I am grateful to the many incredible, determined Somerville residents, activists, elected officials, and staff who labored to make this dream a reality (...) The Community Path is the product of so many hands, so today we celebrate both the path itself and the pathway that got us here." ―Mayor Katjana Ballantyne The City of Somerville and the MBTA are pleased to announce that the Green Line Extension (GLX) Community Path will open to the public on Saturday, June 10, 2023.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/73425
Boston has always been a confusing city for transit. Recently, in an effort to improve the Somerville region of the city, the construction group extending the green line completed work on a walking and biking path that follows the green line's tracks, connecting the Magoun Square area, through to the new stations at Gilman Square, East Somerville, and Lechmere.
The most significant part of the new extension is that it takes pedestrians and cyclists past two major obstacles of the area; the MacGrath Highway, a four-lane road with high-speed traffic, scant crossings, and a history of cyclist deaths, and the "Inner Belt" area, a network of blocked-off rail tracks for the railways coming from North Station.
The community path's new end destination at Lechmere takes pathgoers through Cambridge Crossing, a rising center that runs many outdoor events, through to connections that take people across the Charles River Dam into downtown, or through North Point Park and the pedestrian North Bank Bridge to reach Charlestown and the Navy Shipyard.