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Bay State GreenwayCompleted Bay State Greenway
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MassDOT’s Vision for Bicycling
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is committed to promoting bicycling as an important transportation mode that can reduce emissions and support healthy lifestyles. The Massachusetts Bicycle Transportation Plan (Bicycle Plan), envisions the Commonwealth as a leader in bicycle transportation with a system that balances transportation modes and provides extensive infrastructure for bicycling. MassDOT supports bicycle transportation through the following initiatives:
MassDOT’s Project Development and Design Guide requires a comprehensive Complete Streets, multi-modal design philosophy, providing accommodations for all roadway users.
The GreenDOT Policy - a comprehensive sustainability initiative that integrates environmental responsibility into all areas of MassDOT’s activities.
The Healthy Transportation Compact - an inter-agency collaboration that promotes positive health outcomes and active lifestyles.
Mode Shift Goal - a policy-setting initiative to increase the percentage of trips taken by bicycle, walking, and transit.
The Bicycle Facilities Inventory - a statewide database of on-street and off-street facilities for bicyclists, including existing, designed, and planning projects.
Bicycling in Massachusetts
To create a cohesive network of bicycle facilities, the Bicycle Plan proposed a Bay State Greenway (BSG) system of 788 miles of facilities in seven corridors, crossing the Commonwealth, in tandem with a secondary network of feeder routes. Utilizing both shared use paths and on-road facilities, the BSG provides transportation connections to population centers, recreational resources, and neighboring states along these seven corridors:
Corridor MilesMass Central (NY-Boston) 157
Berkshires 66
Connecticut River Valley (E & W) 122
Nashua River-Buzzards Bay 127
Merrimack River-Charles River 86
North Shore 54
Boston-Cape Cod 176
Total 788
The BSG currently includes more than 30 different shared use paths totaling 152 miles. More than 15 projects covering an additional 60 miles are in construction or final design, and MassDOT has launched an effort to build another 100 miles: the BSG Priority 100.
The BSG Priority 100The BSG Priority 100 (BSG 100) comprises key shared use path projects that will increase the existing BSG by approximately 100 miles. The focus of the BSG 100 is on making additional connections to urban centers, extending existing paths, and maximizing the transportation utility of the network. The map and table below summarize the projects in the BSG 100.
BSG Customer InformationCollaboration between MassDOT, regional and local officials is allowing placement of route identification signs and pavement markings along the entire BSG network at intervals frequent enough to assist with route-finding. MassDOT is also developing BSG maps and a website with information on the BSG network, including the vision, current routes, and implementation progress.
Map # Corridor Project Name Municipalities Miles1 Berkshires Mohawk Trail Bikeway Williamstown 2.6
2 CT River Valley Southampton Greenway Southampton 3.1
3 MassCentral Wayside Trail Berlin, Hudson, Sudbury, Waltham, Wayland, Weston 24.4
4 Merrimack - Charles River
Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Extension
Acton, Carlisle, Concord, Westford 8.4
5 Merrimack - Charles River
Reformatory Branch Trail Bedford 2.3
6 Boston Cape Cod Neponset River Greenway Ph. 2 Boston, Milton 4.6
7 North Shore Salisbury Rail Trail Extension, Gillis Bridge Connector
Salisbury 9.2
8 North Shore Border to Boston (North & South) Boxford, Danvers, Georgetown, Newbury, Topsfield, Wenham
(9.1) 13.2
9 North Shore Northern Strand Community Trail Everett, Lynn, Malden, Revere, Saugus (4.2) 9.0
10 Merrimack - Charles River
Community Path Extension Somerville 2.0
11 Nashua River / Buzzard / Bay
Quequechan River Bike Path Phase 2
Fall River 1.3
12 Nashua River/Buzzard Bay
Mattapoisett Rail Trail Phase 2, Marion-Wareham Rail Trail
Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham 19.0
13 Connector - Boston Cape Cod
Hyannis Transportation Center Connector
Barnstable 7.1
Total (13.3) 108.2
The Bay State Greenway
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BSG 100 Project Status Map
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Berkshire Corridor
Berkshire Corridor
Mass CentralCorridor
Connecticut RiverValley Corridor West
Connecticut RiverValley Corridor East
Mass CentralCorridor
Nashua River - Buzzards Bay
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Nashua River - Buzzards Bay
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Merrimack River - Charles River
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North Shore Corridor
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Boston - CapeCod Corridor
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Bay State GreenwayBSG On Road - Signed
BSG On Road - Proposed
BSG Off-road Shared Use Path - Completed
BSG Off-road Shared Use Path - Proposed
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Rhode Island Links (Existing & Proposed)
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www.mass.gov/massdot/bsg
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