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Mayor Wu Announces Discounted Bikeshare Passes for Boston Residents
New members who live in Boston will be able to buy an annual Bluebikes pass for $60, and income-eligible residents can get a year-long pass for just $5.
October 12, 2023
Halfway to 2030, How’s ‘Go Boston’ Going?
A progress report from the LivableStreets Alliance finds that the City of Boston deserves credit for making streets safer, but also warns that there's been essentially no progress in the past two decades in cutting the 1.9 million metric tons of climate pollution that the city's motor vehicles emit on an annual basis.
October 12, 2023
MBTA Rail Service Will Return to Downtown Lynn in December
On Wednesday morning, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng joined local elected officials in downtown Lynn to announce the construction of a new temporary platform that will enable the commuter rail service to return to the city over a year after the T closed Lynn's main commuter rail station.
October 11, 2023
City of Worcester Kicks Off Vision Zero Action Plan
The City of Worcester is seeking proposals from transportation safety consulting firms to help it adopt a citywide Vision Zero safety action plan.
October 10, 2023
We Got A Copy of the Samizdat MBTA Podcast – Listen Here
Last night, after we published our story on how the Healey administration sloppily deleted a new MBTA podcast that had billed itself as an example of "transparency" and "open communication," we asked our readers if anyone had downloaded a copy before the state sent it down the memory hole.
October 6, 2023
Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning
One of America's most well-respected environmentalists reflects on how car dependency impacts our planet and our species.
October 6, 2023
The Fog of Transparency: Why Did the Healey Administration Memory-Hole the MBTA’s New Podcast?
An official MBTA podcast that aspired to "transparency, open communication, and continuous improvement" appears to have been a little too transparent for someone in the Healey administration.
October 5, 2023
As a Child, ‘Succession’ Star Jeremy Strong Narrowly Avoided Becoming Another Crash Victim on Boston’s Arborway
The Emmy-winning actor who plays Kendall Roy in HBO's "Succession" grew up in Boston's Jamaica Plain.
October 4, 2023
Billion-Dollar State Tax Cut Includes Expanded Deductions for Bike and Transit Expenses
The new law, which is effective retroactively to January 1, 2023, will let taxpayers deduct a much broader range of transportation expenses.
October 4, 2023
State Parks Agency Will Reduce Space for Bikes to Expand Traffic Jams On the Emerald Necklace
The work will partially undo a roadway re-striping project that was implemented in 2020 with the aim of reducing conflicts and crashes in and near Murray Circle.
October 3, 2023
