‘People Before Highways’ Author Picked to Head Boston’s New Equity Cabinet
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Dr. Crockett joined StreetsblogMASS earlier this month to discuss her book, 'People Before Highways,' a chronicle of anti-highway activist movements in the Boston region in the 1960s.
Watch ‘Revival: The Story of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway’
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The documentary features Tom Fortmann and Cathy Buckley, two co-founders of the Minuteman Bikeway organization, who recollect their neighbors' opposition to the trail when they first proposed the idea in the 1970s.
Dedham Voters Narrowly Reject Advisory Rail-Trail Referendum
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Out of 6,405 ballots cast in the local election, 3,011 (47 percent) voted "yes" and 3,260 (51 percent) voted "no."
Rep. Pressley, Sen. Markey Introduce Legislation to Fund Fare-Free Transit
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The proposed legislation would authorize $5 billion a year to fund "Freedom to Move Grants" – a new competitive grant program to support free transit services.
Saturday: Dedham to Hold Delayed Vote on Trail Referendum
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Voters in Dedham will head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to support the Dedham Heritage Rail Trail, a 2-mile connection between downtown Dedham, the town’s schools and the Readville commuter rail station. The advisory referendum asks voters whether they “favor, if there is no cost to Dedham taxpayers for design and construction, […]
DCR Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Arborway Safety Improvements
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The state Department of Conservation (DCR) hosted a second public meeting Wednesday night for a project that’s expected to create new, protected bike and pedestrian routes along the Arborway in Jamaica Plain. The DCR’s “Arborway Parkways Improvement Project” kicked off last winter, and is aiming to produce detailed designs for a construction project that would […]
The New Allston Turnpike Plan Looks A Lot Like the 1965 Allston Turnpike Plan
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The latest proposal would rebuild much of the massive, eight-lane-wide viaduct that has loomed over putative parkland on Allston's riverfront since the mid-1960s.
TransitMatters Issues Detailed Game Plan for Regional Rail Upgrades
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Advocates from TransitMatters have released a detailed, $2.6 billion strategy for upgrading key commuter rail lines to attain 15-minute, all-day service to Beverly, Providence, and along Boston’s Fairmount Line. Last November, the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) endorsed an aspirational vision to electrify the MBTA commuter rail network to provide all-day, rapid-transit-style service […]
MBTA Rolls Out Real-Time Crowding Data for Nine Bus Routes
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Initially, the new data will be available on nine routes: the 1, 15, 16, 22, 23, 31, 32, 109, and 110.
Study: Self-Driving Cars Are Worse at Detecting Darker-Skinned Pedestrians
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Autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities.
A Driver Has Injured Another Cyclist at Mass. Ave. and Appleton in Arlington
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Barely a month after a driver killed one bicyclist and sent another to the hospital on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, another driver has injured a cyclist at the same intersection. Arlington Police confirmed that a driver hit a bicyclist at the intersection of Appleton Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington Heights Sunday evening. This is […]