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Open Thread: What Were the Biggest Transportation Stories of 2023?
As the end of 2023 approaches, we typically run a roundup of the year's biggest stories.
December 4, 2023
Gov. Healey’s Office Ordered Takedown of MBTA Podcast, Emails Confirm
More hot tea on the T's disappearing podcast.
December 1, 2023
New Morrissey Boulevard Commission Will Come Up With Another Plan for Boston’s Wettest Highway
In March 2021, we reported that "a crowded field of local and state agencies will collaborate on yet another plan for redesigning Morrissey Boulevard, the crumbling and frequently flooded highway that divides Dorchester neighborhoods from the Boston Harbor waterfront."
November 30, 2023
ValleyBike Bikesharing System Still In Limbo As Municipalities Seek New Operator
ValleyBike, the municipally-owned bikesharing system for the Connecticut River Valley, remains in a financially-induced coma after the firm that operated the system went bankrupt earlier this year.
November 29, 2023
DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting
No states will face penalties for building needless toxic road projects — but they also won't be able to hide those impacts from the public.
November 27, 2023
New North Washington Street Bridge Will Partially Open In December
A construction project that has dragged on longer the entire existence of Streetsblog Massachusetts is reaching a major milestone next month, when traffic between the North End and Charlestown will start using part of the new North Washington Street Bridge.
November 27, 2023
Revised Arborway Bus Plan Would Make Room For Hundreds of New Transit-Oriented Homes
The MBTA has updated its plans for a replacement Arborway bus garage, a keystone project in the agency's long-term plans to expand and electrify its bus fleet, to make more room for transit-oriented development next to Forest Hills station.
November 21, 2023
Night and Weekend Track Work Removes 9 More Slow Zones From the Red Line
This article is adapted from an MBTA press release.
November 21, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Back Bay’s New Bikeways
Over the past week, the City of Boston has been re-striping several newly-paved streets in the South End and Back Bay to implement new protected bike lanes on parts of Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue (pictured above).
November 20, 2023
Worcester to Tame One of Its Most Dangerous Streets With Narrower Roadway, Protected Bike Lanes
The City of Worcester last week held a public hearing for a proposed reconstruction of Chandler Street, one of the city's most dangerous roadways, that would narrow the roadway to tame traffic and create space for physically-protected, sidewalk-level bike lanes.
November 20, 2023
