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Rte. 9 could get dedicated bike lanes in Brookline Village

By adamg - 8/30/14 - 10:21 am

The Boston Cyclists Union reports town officials are looking at raised "cycle tracks" for either side of the highway as it passes Washington Street:

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the design proposed by Tedrow and the Bike Union are the “floating bus stops.” The concept is common in Europe and it is included in the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide that many American cities including Boston now endorse, but it would be a first time it is used in Massachusetts. ... In essence, the bikeway travels behind the MBTA bus stop instead of in front of it, creating a crossing point where pedestrians can access the bus stop. The room for this marvel at Gateway East was provided by the removal of a unnecessary travel lane.

Oh, for Peet's sake

By adamg - 3/19/14 - 12:32 pm

Wicked Local Brookline reports selectmen put off a vote on letting a Peet's replace the Starbucks on Rte. 9 in Chestnut Hill after neighbors complained Starbucks customers were slobby bad drivers and selectmen decided they wanted the landlord to explain how he will keep the Peet's from replicating the mistakes of the Starbucks.

Slip and slide

By adamg - 12/30/13 - 8:40 am
Bad crash in Chestnut Hill

Remains of a pickup that slid under a truck in Chestnut Hill. Photo by State Police.

Rain turned to black ice overnight, causing cars to crash and overturn across the region and sending pedestrians and bicyclists plunging to the ground.

Rte. 9 eastbound by the Chestnut Hill Mall was shut after a pickup truck slid under the back of a tractor trailer around 7:20 a.m. State Police report the driver of the pickup suffered serious injuries but was conscious when extricated by firefighters.

Newton mall evacuated when construction workers hit a gas main

By adamg - 9/23/13 - 10:58 am

The Newton Fire Department reports it evacuated part of the Street mall on Rte. 9 after workers hit a gas main in front of the Container Store around 10 a.m. About 35 minutes later, National Grid managed to shut the gas off, freeing mall workers to return to their jobs.

Framingham store owner deserves her plastic gorilla back, judge says

By adamg - 9/13/13 - 9:26 am

A Middlesex Superior Court judge says Framingham police went too far in their zeal to shut down a local head shop in July.

But while Justice Douglas Wilkins says he sympathizes with Terry Wilson, owner of the Grateful Head on Rte. 9, he declined to issue an order to force police to return most of her stuff, saying she needs to follow proper channels in her request, which in this case means first seeking relief in Framingham District Court - where police obtained their search warrant.

Citizen complaint of the day: Again with the stupid Rte. 9 signs

By adamg - 8/14/13 - 9:44 am

Downed Rte. 9 sign

We can't be the only people who used to think Rte. 9 ended (or began) somewhere in the area of the Riverway overpass just past Brookline Village. Now, thanks to the industrious beavers at MassDOT, we know it continues down Huntington Avenue to at least Mission Hill (remember last year when a contractor blocked the sidewalk on Tremont Street by putting up Rte. 9 signs?). And now, thanks to a concerned citizen, we know Rte. 9 extends even further into Boston, onto at least Stuart Street (and from there, hmm, maybe it goes through one of the tunnels into East Boston and then all the way up to Canada!):

One of the new state road signs has been knocked down by a car and is near Eastern Bank at Dartmouth and Stuart (on elevated sidewalk). By the way, why are all these signs being installed?

Rte. 9 scenic byway next left

By adamg - 6/14/13 - 8:59 am

Brown sign

Bravo, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, for defying national "standards" on what makes a good highway exit sign.

After all these years, some revenge for those turnpike signs with the arrow through the Pilgrim hat

By adamg - 6/4/12 - 7:33 am

Paul Levy photographs an enhanced Rte. 9 sign.

Ender's game: Police say chase through four towns ends when driver plows into two cruisers

By adamg - 3/27/12 - 7:26 am

Wellesley Police report a Watertown man was finally stopped in Brookline after a chase that started on Rte. 9 in Natick early this morning.

Atrium Mall continues to lose stores

By adamg - 1/5/12 - 3:41 pm

The Boston Business Journal reports on the latest refugees from the increasingly empty Rte. 9 mall.

Fancy-shmancy supermarket to move into Chestnut Hill

By adamg - 12/5/11 - 4:11 pm

Wicked Local Newton reports Wegman's plans to open a store in the new mall being built on Rte. 9 where Omni Foods used to be.

Why does Newton hate pedestrians?

By adamg - 12/3/10 - 6:40 am

Sean Roche reports that the proposed mall for the old Omni Foods site on Rte. 9 will actually make pedestrian access along Rte. 9 worse and that that's just fine with the city lawyer, who got into a "heated exchange" with an alderman on the topic, basically arguing that nobody walks along Rte. 9 and never will - which Roche refutes with photos of some actual pedestrians walking along that stretch of Rte. 9.

Run, Tom, Run!

By adamg - 11/25/10 - 10:22 am

At 9:30, Bari Walsh tweeted:

Traffic just stopped on 9 west in Newton as 10 or so wild turkeys crossed the road. I swear.

No word if the cops who pulled him over asked where the fire was

By adamg - 11/23/10 - 2:20 pm

Wicked Local Brookline reports a Brookline firefighter was arrested on charges he drove up to 90 mph while drunk on Rte. 9.

Strip club proposed for Framingham

By adamg - 7/17/10 - 8:53 am

A plumber from Groton wants to expand his offerings by turning the old Tin Alley Grill (and even older. Ground Round) on Rte. 9 at California Avenue into a "gentlemen's club," the MetroWest Daily News reports.

If a tree falls on Rte. 9, will anybody hear it?

By adamg - 7/9/10 - 8:49 pm

Yes, if it falls on Newton Alderman Charlie Shapiro's car, Wicked Local reports.

A ten-mile backup on Rte. 9

By adamg - 9/10/09 - 9:56 am

Nothing like a water-main break in Framingham to ruin a perfectly good commute. WBZ's Traffic on the 3s says cars were stacked up past Southborough eastbound this morning thanks to the water-main problems at Prospect Street in Framingham.

Watch a police cruiser crash into a Chinese restaurant

By adamg - 6/1/09 - 3:02 pm

Turns out Brookline Police have a surveillance camera trained on part of Rte. 9 and it captured a cruiser chasing somebody down the wrong side of the road crashing into a Chinese restaurant near Cypress Street last month. Wicked Local Brookline's posted the video.

Sale at the mall

By adamg - 4/14/09 - 2:57 pm

Here's your chance to buy Shoppers' World.

Firefighters from three towns converge on two-alarm fire on Rte. 9

By adamg - 2/16/09 - 3:36 pm

Stephen Walsh posts some details and photos from a 5 a.m. blaze at 1160 Boylston St. in Brookline around 5 a.m.

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