Complete Streets Walk, Jul. 19

Posted July 12th, 2011 by rfoley and filed in Advocacy, Greening Dorchester, Healthy Dorchester, Move Dorchester, News

Complete Streets - Dorchester Ave.Please join SMAMS, Fields Corner Main Street, Boston Transportation Dept and Boston Public Health Commission for a “Complete Streets” Neighborhood Walk from Fields Corner to Peabody Square on Tuesday, July 19! Meet at The Lenane Building, 1452 Dorchester Ave in Fields Corner at 5:30 p.m. The walk leader will be Mark Fenton, host of the “America’s Walking” PBS TV series and one of the country’s leading experts on the relationship among walking, street design and public health. Read on for contact information and details of the walk.

The group will explore the walking environment along Dorchester Ave. and learn how current and planned improvement projects fit with the City’s efforts to create streets that are “multimodal, green and smart” to support a healthy, active lifestyle. Refreshments will be served!

To register, please contact Patrick Hoey in the Transportation Department: 617-635-2756 or Patrick.Hoey@cityofboston.gov. For more information, visit http://www.BostonCompleteStreets.org.

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