Drivers Lash Out As Bus Riders Sail Through Somerville
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New bus lanes on Broadway – the region's first all-day, bi-directional dedicated bus lanes outside of the Silver Line – are under fire.
Boston Suspends Popular Youth Cycling Program
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The City of Boston has temporarily suspended its popular Youth Cycling Programs this fall because of staff turnover at the Boston Transportation Department, according to city officials. The city’s Youth Cycling Program brought bikes, helmets and cycling safety educators to Boston public school classrooms for multi-day bike safety classes, including group rides around city neighborhoods […]
Rep. Pressley Announces New ‘Future of Transportation’ Congressional Caucus
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Pressley says that the current system for spending federal money on transit is "antiquated and contributing to the inequities and disparities when it comes to access to affordable, reliable, and rapid transit."
Report: Higher Gas Tax, Like Higher Transit Fares, Could Increase Inequality
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While many sustainable transportation advocates champion higher gasoline taxes as a way to pay for transportation improvements, a new report from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) warns that higher gasoline taxes will exacerbate the state’s growing income inequality – unless the state simultaneously passes other tax policies to benefit low-income families. A 10-cent […]
Decolonizing Our Work: Why Untokening Is So Powerful for BIPOC Transportation Advocates
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Untokening is a multiracial collective that centers the lived experiences of marginalized communities to address mobility justice and equity.
Mayor Walsh’s Climate Plan: City Must Cut Car Use In Half By 2030
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh released his updated “Climate Action Plan” this week to move the city towards its target of cutting citywide greenhouse gas pollution in half within the next decade, and the plan makes it clear that the city’s transportation policies will need to become much, much more ambitious. The updated climate plan shows […]
Haymarket Bus Riders Get A New Bus Lane
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When it's complete in 2023, the new North Washington Street Bridge will include its own dedicated bus lane that will connect to the city's new facility, as well as separated bike lanes and wider sidewalks.
Lawsuit: State Illegally Eliminated Carpool Lane On I-93
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The Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston-based environmental group, has filed its intent to sue MassDOT over its decision to let single-occupant vehicles into a transit and carpool lane on Interstate 93 north of Boston earlier this year. “Since the early 1990s, the I-93 HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) southbound lane, which is a 2.6-mile lane from Medford […]
Mayor Walsh, Advocates Call For More Fairmount Line Trains
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A proposed demonstration project could significantly reduce wait times for commuter rail riders from Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park.
For Priority Trails-To-Transit Projects, MBTA Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way
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Today’s Boston Globe reports on the ongoing efforts to build a new bike and pedestrian bridge over the Mystic River to connect Everett to the Assembly Orange Line stop, and how administrative bottlenecks at the MBTA are hampering the project in spite of broad financial and political support. Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria is extremely eager […]