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Help Wanted: State Seeks Volunteers for Bike and Pedestrian Board
Editor's note: The following news brief is an edited version of a MassDOT press release.
May 19, 2025
Photos: Bike to Work Day 2025
Hundreds of commuters – and quite a few people who joined the ride just for fun – joined convoys from all around the region to converge at City Hall Plaza before the workday began Friday morning.
May 16, 2025
Chamber of Commerce Lobbies Mass. Senate to Fund the MBTA
"Even the significant resources proposed by the Governor are below the MBTA’s actual need," says Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce president James Rooney.
May 15, 2025
Western Mass. Amtrak Expansions Are Flush With Funding, But New Routes Won’t Debut ‘Til 2030s
Years of work remain before new Amtrak routes start rolling through Springfield to connect Boston, Albany, and New Haven.
May 14, 2025
SUV Driver Kills Priest on Route 138 in Milton
A 2018 study warned of "poor safety conditions" on the state roadway where a driver killed Father James B. Doran last week.
May 12, 2025
MassDOT to Reschedule Public Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project
Update: On Monday afternoon, hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin, MassDOT announced that "this meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date." The hearing will now be held on June 24 at Somerville High School.
May 12, 2025
MassDOT Makes More Space for Bikes and Pedestrians In Revised Designs for Medford Main Street
"It really did feel like they really did listen and change a lot of stuff,” says Ellery Klein, a Medford road safety advocate.
May 9, 2025
Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Back Open Streets Schedule for 2025
On Wednesday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city's 2025 schedule of Open Streets events, with five weekend street festivals in Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Jamaica Plain, plus 11 car-free Sundays for Newbury Street in the Back Bay this summer and fall.
May 8, 2025
Mass. Senate Budget Revives Threat of MBTA Layoffs and Service Cuts
If it were enacted as the state's new budget law, the Senate proposal would force the T's budget writers to fill a budget shortfall of roughly $200 million this year, with virtually no reserve funding available to cushion the blow.
May 7, 2025
MassDOT Road Project Will Shut Down Half of the Orange Line for 9 Days, Starting Friday
The silver lining: the new bridges that MassDOT is building will create wider sidewalks, protected bike paths, and more dedicated bus lanes to improve connections between East Somerville and Sullivan Square.
May 6, 2025
