New flexpost-protected bike lanes have been installed on the Craigie Bridge in front of the Boston Museum of Science, seen in this August 8 photograph looking south towards Boston.
A few punchlist items remain to be done – such as the addition of green paint to highlight the bike lanes through intersections – but most of the new road markings and flexposts are now in place and open to bike traffic.
The new northbound Craigie Bridge bike lane, looking back towards Boston from Museum Way, photographed on Thursday, August 8, 2019.The new northbound Craigie Bridge bike lane, looking back towards Boston from Museum Way, photographed on Thursday, August 8, 2019.
The new northbound bike lane, pictured here looking west from the corner of Museum Way on August 8, 2019, extends for one block on the O'Brien Highway in Cambridge before ending at Charlestown Avenue, where new bike-only traffic signals have been installed.The new northbound bike lane, pictured here looking west from the corner of Museum Way on August 8, 2019, extends for one block on the O'Brien Highway in Cambridge before ending at Charlestown Avenue, where new bike-only traffic signals have been installed.
A ghost bike memorializes Meng Jin, a Boston University graduate student who was killed by a truck driver at the Museum Way/Charles River Dam Road intersection in February 2018.A ghost bike memorializes Meng Jin, a Boston University graduate student who was killed by a truck driver at the Museum Way/Charles River Dam Road intersection in February 2018.
Without a formal project agreement in place, MassDOT will receive only $8 million out of a $335 million "reconnecting communities" grant that the Biden administration had pledged.
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA rolls out a new bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling number of streets where dedicated bus lanes still exist.
The state's final budget gives the T about $80 million less than it had planned to spend in the coming fiscal year to cover its payroll and other transit operating costs.