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Dascomb Rd - Andover/Tewksbury Park & Ride
Closing
February 8, 2010
MassDOT announces Dascomb Ride Park & Ride
lot to close on February 8, 2010. Click
here for additional information.
Google Maps Directions to alternate
Park & Ride facility.

Tue Sept 9, 2008
Check out and post to our
new bike
commuting blog about your bike commuting tales, woes,
foibles, routes, plans, triumphs, experiments, technical difficulties,
fears of getting "doored," traffic
nightmares, hopes, dreams and blissed out moments of rolling
along beside a steady stream of cars, stopped dead in traffic.
By Staff reports
Thu Aug 14, 2008, 09:47 PM EDT
"The city of Salem’s own Bill Woolley has the North
Shore TMA flirting with first place among 10 teams, statewide,
in the Fire Up Your Foot Power campaign, sponsored by MassCommute
and the North Shore TMA."
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By Amy Tetreault/ Green scene
Fri Aug 08, 2008, 03:03 PM EDT
"We’re always told that small steps help create big
changes, like recycling or bringing your own bag to the grocery
store or bicycling to work.
Sure, they’re great habits to fall into during your everyday
life. But what about when you’re looking to go that extra
inch? Consider volunteering with a local environmental organization."
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By David Rattigan, Globe Correspondent
August 7, 2008
"Salem is a great walking city, and residents and people who work
there have traditional transportation options: commuter rail, bus
line, Salem State shuttle, and a ferry to Boston. But its roads still
overflow with traffic, particularly at peak periods.
So it's not surprising that the city became the first municipal
partner for the North Shore Transportation Management Association,
a new group that is trying to reduce gridlock and the region's
carbon footprint through alternative commuting methods."
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By Dori Phillips/dphillip@cnc.com
Fri Jun 20, 2008
"Salem - More than 1,200 people flowed through the doors
of Old Town Hall last weekend for the
Salem Living Green and Renewable Energy Fair.
With more than 40 vendors and exhibitors, lectures, a film, storytelling,
Segways and one
very bright green car, there was something for everyone at the June
14 event. The fair was the
first of its kind in Salem.
Adopting a greener lifestyle can start by making small
steps — sometimes
literally."
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By Kristin D'Agostino/kdagosti@cnc.com
May 2008
"SALEM - As gas prices push past $3.50 per gallon, local
bicycling enthusiasts
and a new green-focused nonprofit are working to create a bike-friendly
city
where more people leave their cars at home when they’re going
to work."
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