Last updated: 3/13/24

Streets Lab

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We’re dedicated to making Boston's streets safer, more efficient, and more delightful. Through our Streets work, we want to improve the flow of people throughout the City with:

smart and more accessible street furniture
parking systems that limit congestion, and
safer roadways for cyclists.

We work with the Mayor's Streets Cabinet, the Transportation Department, and Public Works. We want to understand how people are moving through our urban landscape and design new pathways to help them.

Projects

Contact: New Urban Mechanics

Adopt-A-Hydrant

The tool allows residents to partner with Boston Fire to make sure a specific fire hydrant is cleared of snow.

Autonomous vehicles: Boston’s approach

Learn more about our plans for testing autonomous vehicles, and their potential future in the City of Boston.

Boston Parklets Program

The program offers residents and local businesses greater public space on which to gather and relax. Parklets are...

Boston's Safest Driver Competition

Ever wonder if you’re as good a driver as you think you are?

Car Share Boston

Car Share Boston offers residents an alternative to personal vehicle ownership. We dedicate parking spaces in municipal...

City Worker App

The City Worker app is our workforce companion to BOS:311.

LED Street Name Signs

To make streets safer for pedestrians at night, we experimented with the use of street name signs lit by LED lights.

Neighborhood Slow Streets

Numina Street Sensors

Is there such a thing as “healthy” data collection without surveillance?

Performance Parking pilot

Circle less and park easier in Boston's busiest neighborhoods.

Pick-up and drop-off pilot for passenger cars

The pilot program in the Fenway dedicates curb space for pick-ups and drop-offs for all passenger vehicles, including...

Smart Parking

In the winter of 2013, we launched a smart parking initiative in Boston's Innovation District with the Boston...

Smart Streets

The City of Boston is using technology to re-imagine its streets. On smart streets, we use technology — like cameras and...

Soofa

A solar-powered seat that can charge smartphones and collect data on the environment.

Street Bump

The mobile app gathers data about Boston’s streets using a smartphone’s built-in sensors as a resident drives.

2013 Truck Side Guard Pilot

In 2013, the City of Boston installed Side Underride Guards (Side Guards) on 18 Public Works trucks as part of a pilot...

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Who's Involved:

New Urban Mechanics

617-635-0044