Welcome Traffic Crusaders

Maybe you’ve come here via the mud­dy Mar­ble­head Rail Trail. Or you’ve been try­ing to find a Safe Route to School. Or per­haps you’re lost. You’ve been e‑biking around town try­ing to reach the Com­plete Streets promised by the Select Board three years ago and nev­er built.

How­ev­er you’ve arrived, by what­ev­er mode or route, you’ve come to the right place. And, you’ve tak­en an impor­tant step (per­haps your first) in bring­ing about the kind of mobil­i­ty sys­tem we all want (if those who don’t know it yet).

For the moment, I ask your patience. In the com­ing weeks, this page and oth­er out­lets will pro­vide edu­ca­tion and calls to action. It will con­nect and empow­er you to help the town of Mar­ble­head ful­fill the com­mit­ments it has already made and ulti­mate­ly change the way we trav­el around this tiny, four-square-mile town.

About Me: I hold a PhD in His­to­ry from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan where I wrote my dis­ser­ta­tion on the his­to­ry of traf­fic safe­ty from the 1890s to 1966. I have writ­ten numer­ous aca­d­e­m­ic and pop­u­lar arti­cles on the sub­ject and you can find my book on the home page of this web­site: danal​bert​.com.

We have lived in Mar­ble­head since 2008, hav­ing moved from Lon­don, where I was the cura­tor of the trans­porta­tion col­lec­tions at the Nation­al Muse­um of Sci­ence and Indus­try. We moved here when I start­ed teach­ing at Salem State. I have since retired from teach­ing and, oth­er than my cur­rent writ­ing projects and a cou­ple of morn­ings a week teach­ing dri­ver edu­ca­tion, I have made fix­ing mobil­i­ty in Mar­ble­head my full time job.

Let’s get started.