Monday’s Headlines Are Still Stuffed
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If history is any indication, cost overruns and bureaucratic foot-dragging will doom the Biden administration's big-ticket items.
Wisconsin Car Attack is an Example of Our Failure to Prevent Cars Being Used as Weapons
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Policy, culture, and environment create conditions that all too often permit such crimes — and by failing to address those conditions, advocates argue, we practically ensure that such atrocities will continue to happen.
MassDOT Makes Plans to Extend Northern Strand Through Downtown Lynn
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The project would build new two-way, curb-separated bike lanes along the south side of the Market Square roundabout (pictured above), the Lynn Common, and Market Street.
City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue
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City officials have estimated that the project would benefit roughly 20,000 bus riders in Dorchester and Mattapan, reduce their collective commuting times by 800 hours every day, and, with less time wasted in traffic, allow the T to make over 100 additional daily trips on existing routes using the same number of buses and drivers.
Board Votes for One More Year of Zero-Fare Buses in Worcester
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The WRTA will be free to ride until the end of 2022; meanwhile, the agency will undertake a public process to design a new fare policy to implement when federal relief funding runs out.
Guest Column: How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane
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The Mayor doesn’t control the MBTA, but she can make Boston’s transit system more equitable from day one.
In Her First Day in Office, Mayor Wu Proposes More Fare-Free Bus Routes for Boston
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"Building on the fare-free 28 bus pilot created by Mayor Janey, we will expand access to transit across our neighborhoods, connecting more people to their schools, places of worship, small businesses, and community centers––and easing congestion on our bus riders and drivers alike,” said Mayor Michelle Wu in a press release announcing the proposal.
State Records Show MassDOT Overlooked Broken Stairway At JFK/UMass Station
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A MassDOT bridge inspection in February 2020 acknowledged that the stairway to the JFK/UMass station had been closed, but did not address why, or recommend any repairs. Courtesy of MassDOT.
L.A. Times Analysis Shows Racist Harms of Freeway Projects
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In five states — California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas — the paper found that large highway building projects demolished homes predominantly in Black and Latino neighborhoods.
Drivers Kill Two Pedestrians Within One Week on Springfield’s State Street
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It was the third death caused by a motor vehicle driver on Springfield's State Street so far this year.
An Exit Interview With Monica Tibbits-Nutt
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Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the Executive Director of the 128 Business Council, recently capped off six years of service on the governing boards of the MBTA and MassDOT. Tibbits-Nutt was the Vice Chair of the T’s Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB), and was one of only two board members (along with Chairperson Joseph Aiello) who served […]