New Climate Bill Commits to Reduced Tailpipe Emissions
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The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a significant new climate bill on Friday night that commits the state to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by “at least 50 percent below the 1990 level” within the next decade. The Senate passed a bill with similar goals at the end of January. The two chambers, which recently agreed […]
MassTrails Program Announces $4 Million in Grants for 55 Trail Projects
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This year's MassTrails grants will distribute about $4 million to 55 trail projects across the state.
How Did the North End’s Car Owners Steal a Public Playground?
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An overlooked parking lot in the North End is technically a public park.
Designing Protected Bike Lanes That Any City Can Afford
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The 'Build a Better Barrier' competition sought new ideas for low-cost protected bike lane barriers.
Poll Finds Strong Support for ‘Big Changes’ in Commonwealth’s Transportation Systems
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Two-thirds of respondents agreed that the state should "make big changes to the transportation system coming out of the COVID-19 crisis."
Lawmakers Are Poised to Reform Fare Enforcement on the T
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In addition authorizing debt spending for hundreds of infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth, the multi-billion dollar bond package that the Massachusetts Senate passed earlier this month would also make significant reforms to how the MBTA enforces fare payments on its trains, buses, and ferries. The Commonwealth’s current fare evasion law sets large penalties for people […]
Boston Proposes 2-Way Protected Bikeway for Mass. Ave. in Dorchester
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In the city's proposal, the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. would be converted into a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers.
Bluebikes Expanding to Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown This Summer
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Bluebikes, the publicly-owned bikesharing system serving the greater Boston region, will expand to five new municipalities later this summer with 30 new stations in Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown. The expansion has been in the works since last fall, and will be funded in part with grant funds from MassDOT. Although ridership on Bluebikes […]
MassDOT Announces $1 Million in Grants for Pandemic ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’
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The first round of grant funding will create safer walking routes to schools in Chelsea, a new bus lane in Somerville, and new protected on-street pathways in Lowell.
Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common
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The first protected bike lanes of Boston’s new “Healthy Streets” initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common. Since Tuesday afternoon, Boston Transportation Department crews have deployed hundreds of orange construction barrels to delineate protected bikeways on Tremont, Boylston, Charles, and Beacon Streets around the Boston Common and Public Garden. Pop-up […]