
Chris Dempsey
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Chris Dempsey
@cdempc
Partner with @JeffSpeckFAICP at Speck Dempsey. We build walkable places. Co-founder @NoBosOlympics. Fmr. Assistant Secretary at @MassDot + Director of @T4Mass.



Somerville has become the second city in Massachusetts to eliminate all minimum parking requirements city-wide. "I think [parking reform] can be a difficult conversation to start, but I really do think that there’s a lot of value in pursuing it.” @BenForWard3


Voters choose transit in two sprawling cities: Successful ballot initiatives in Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, have the potential to greatly improve mobility and transit in two of America’s fastest growing, automobile-dominated cities. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…

It’s a movement, not a moment. BikeBusWorld is now a nonprofit. Please share, sign up for updates & donate. Join the movement!! BikeBusWorld.org Video credit: NBC News, Bike Portland, Education Week, BBC World Service, Here is Oregon, City Lab Barcelona






Thank you to everyone who came out to our five walk audits this week. The data collected will help inform the development of short-term recommendations and a toolbox for the City to continue the Vision Zero strategy long-term.







Decades of underinvestment have left the Commonwealth’s transportation system buried in debt & facing an overwhelming maintenance backlog. Yesterday, we released a series of 3 policy briefs that highlighted ways to make the State’s current transportation.. mapc.ma/transportation…









