Current U.S. safety standards protect drivers in crashes, but make no effort to protect the people they hit.

Watchdog Agency Calls for Stronger Pedestrian Safety Standards in New Cars

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A crowd of pedestrians in winter coats waits to cross a wide intersection with a tall art deco-style warehouse building in the distance on the far side of the crosswalk.

Street Design

Another Federal Funding Fumble: Boston Loses $8.15 Million for Safety Project At Deadly Fenway Intersection

A photo taken from an elevated vantage point of a bulldozer parked in a bike lane with a bucket full of white plastic bollards.

Elections and Politics

Globe Report Implicates Mayor Michelle Wu In Street Safety, Transit Project Cancellations

A bar chart titled "ticketed civil violations of Mass. speed limit laws since 2013, source: MassDOT driver citation portal, drivercitationdata.dot.mass.gov. The chart x-axis goes from 2013 (left) to 2025 (right) and the y-axis from 0 to 120,000. The bars show a steady downward trend from 2013 (112,503) to 2020 (55,314), then rebound slightly and plateau around 65,000 in 2024 and 2025.

Policing

Mass. Law Enforcement Data Show Dramatic Decline In Speeding Tickets

A city street with a two-way bike path, separated from the rest of the street by concrete curb barriers to the left. In the middle distance someone is riding a bike on the path.

Traffic Analysis Shows Newton Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes

A crowd of approx. 60 people, some seated in four rows of chairs, and more standing against the walls, fills a room facing a podium where a white-haired woman is speaking in front of the Massachusetts state seal and two flags.

Traffic Enforcement Camera Bills Pick Up Speed on Beacon Hill

A camera inside a gray metal box mounted to a street light pole next to a "no standing" sign.

Legislation

Policy Riders In Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Legalize Speed Enforcement Cameras, End Debt-Based License Suspensions

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Thursday’s Headlines Take the Long View

A row of white electric bikes are parked next to each other on a brick plaza in front of a steel truss bridge visible in the distance. The bikes have the words "ValleyBike" on their downtubes.

Bicycling

Fair Share Funds Will Keep ValleyBike Growing In Western Mass.

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Uncategorized

Healey Admin. Announces Summer Fare Discounts, Including Free Fridays, on Commuter Rail System

Two people with Bluebikes wait to cross a wide street towards a park on the other side. On the horizon to the left are four glass towers in downtown Boston.

Monday’s Headlines Pedal Backwards

Jaime Moore-Carrillo is a journalist based in Boston. A Massachusetts native, Jaime has reported on transportation issues for The Boston Globe and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Texas.

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Jaime Moore-Carrillo

A photo of UMass Transit employee Ash Larner driving a city bus don a downtown street. The photo is taken from behind the driver's seat of a city bus, with Larner's face visible in profile the rear-view mirror at upper right.

Regional Transit Authorities

In Amherst, Delivering Public Transit Is An Extracurricular Activity

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A diagram of potential pedestrian collision detection system in a new car.

Vision Zero

A computer animation shows a flashing pedestrian symbol next to an aerial view of a city street where a large dump truck is about to turn onto a side street where a pedestrian is crossing the crowwalk. A note above the crosswalk reads "pedestrian detected." A green triangle surrounding the truck indicates areas where cameras are detecting bikes and pedestrians in the truck's blind spots.