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“A Summer Proposal: Boston City Hall," which is on exhibit until Aug. 18, features eight artists from the Greater Boston area. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Local artists re-energize City Hall through visual art

Josee Matela August 13, 2017

Boston’s City Hall is attracting more crowds this summer, but it’s not for the standard parking tickets and marriage licenses. Continuing an ongoing effort with the Mayor’s Office of Arts...

Parking meters line Babcock Street on Boston University's West Campus. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is launching a program to examine the cost and quality of parking in the city. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City of Boston looks to potentially raise parking meter rates

Shannon Larson December 6, 2016

A one-year parking pilot program that examines the relationship between the price and the demand of parking in Boston will launch at the beginning of 2017 by the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics,...

The City of Boston is launching a competition through the Boston’s Safest Driver app as part of an effort to make city streets safer. PHOTO BY NICOLE GITTER/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Mayor announces app-based safe driving competition

Breanne Kovatch October 6, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced the launch of Boston’s Safest Driver Competition, which uses a smartphone app to assess drivers based on five safe driving behaviors, with $9,000 worth of prizes...

The solar-powered Soofa Bench in Samuel Adams Park was unveiled Friday by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh as an interactive platform for visitors. PHOTO BY ALEX MASSETT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New digital visitors guide sign opens in Boston

Katherine Cortes Ruiz September 28, 2016

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh unveiled a solar-powered digital visitor information sign, called a “Soofa Sign,” in Samuel Adams Park near Faneuil Hall on Friday, the city announced. Visitors can...

Snow accumulates near the George Sherman Union. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, along with Boston's Department of Innovation and Technology, the Public Works Department and the Office of New Urban Mechanics, announced Monday “Boston Snow Stats,” a website displaying snow operation information. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh launches Snow Stats site for public updates

Monika Nayak February 6, 2015

Following multiple winter storms that brought over two feet of the snow to the New England region over the past two weeks, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh launched the “Boston Snow Stats” website Monday...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Jan. 13 that the city has launched ParkBoston, an app that allows users to pay and check their parking meters from their phone. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mayor Walsh launches ParkBoston to simplify parking

Caroline Lord January 20, 2015

During his first State of the City address Jan. 13, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh introduced ParkBoston, an app which the City hopes will simplify parking at meters. "This system is an app that will allow...

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