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Mayor Wu Announces 2024 Open Streets Schedule, With Expansion to Hyde Park
On Tuesday morning, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced an expanded program of Open Streets events for 2024 that will bring the popular car-free festivals to Hyde Park for the first time.
March 26, 2024
Ford F-150 Driver Kills 4-Year-Old Girl Next to Boston Children’s Museum
On Sunday afternoon, a truck driver struck and killed a 4-year-old girl in front of her family next to the Boston Children's Museum in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston.
March 26, 2024
DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless
The Commonwealth's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the state's parks agency, is moving ahead with plans to renovate a portion of the Leo Birmingham Parkway in Brighton with a smaller footprint and a new shared-use pathway.
March 25, 2024
How Car Ownership is Keeping Americans From Financial Stability
As car costs continue to surge, American drivers are taking drastic measures to stay on the road — with troubling societal implications.
March 25, 2024
Rep. William Straus, Chair of Legislature’s Transportation Committee, Won’t Seek Re-Election
Rep. William Straus, the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Transportation, announced on Thursday that he will not be seeking re-election this year.
March 22, 2024
Eyes On the Street: In Back Bay, A New Transit Plaza Takes Shape Over the Turnpike
It's been under construction for three and a half years now, but a busy transit transfer station and sidewalk in the heart of the Back Bay neighborhood are finally taking shape to open up to the public later this year.
March 21, 2024
Guest Column: Massachusetts Should Embrace Decongestion Pricing
For nearly 100 years, Massachusetts has funded a substantial share of its transportation program by taxing gasoline and diesel fuel by the gallon.
March 21, 2024
MBTA to Suspend Red Line Service In Dorchester This Weekend
The MBTA will suspend service this Saturday and Sunday (March 23 and 24) on two segments of the Red Line, between Broadway and Ashmont stations on the Ashmont Branch and Broadway and North Quincy on the Braintree Branch.
March 21, 2024
Wednesday Night: Editor Christian MilNeil Speaks At Streetwise Somerville
StreetsblogMASS editor Christian MilNeil will be in Somerville this evening as the guest of the month for the Streetwise lecture series from the Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets.
March 20, 2024
Poll Finds Overwhelming Public Support for Worcester’s Fare-Free Buses
A new MassINC poll of residents who live in the greater Worcester region found that the public overwhelmingly supports the city's fare-free bus program, which as been in place since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
March 20, 2024
