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Speeding Driver Crashes, Wrecks Multiple Homes In Everett
Residents were forced to find temporary lodging after Everett building inspectors found serious structural damage to the buildings.
January 12, 2026
When the Government Says You’re ‘Weaponizing’ Your Car
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers have been brutalizing and killing people who they perceive as threats. Is mass automobility multiplying their pretext to do it?
January 12, 2026
See MassDOT’s Plans for a New Highway Interchange on the Cambridge Riverfront
On Tuesday night, MassDOT hosted a virtual public meeting to unveil their six competing designs for replacing the crumbling William Reid Overpass, located near the B.U. Bridge on the Cambridge side of the Charles River.
January 9, 2026
Family Members Lament Light Sentence for Driver Who Killed Tamar Vishlitzky
Joshua Quimby of Billerica received a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to motor vehicle homicide.
January 8, 2026
New Year, New Look, New Amenities for Worcester’s RTA
The Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) is rolling out a new bus tracking system, renovating its central bus waiting room at Union Station, and preparing a major agency-wide rebranding that will give Worcester's transit buses a fresh new paint job.
January 8, 2026
MassDOT Airs Options for Obsolete Memorial Drive Highway Interchange in Cambridge
On Tuesday evening, MassDOT hosted a virtual public hearing on its plans to remove the William Reid Overpass, a crumbling highway viaduct in Cambridge that flies over the traffic circle on the northern end of the Boston University Bridge.
January 6, 2026
While We Were Away: A Roundup of News From the Holiday Break
Happy new year! We took some time off for a long winter break, but news kept on happening. Some of these are stories we may cover in greater depth after we dig through a few hundred unread messages in our inbox, but for now, here's a quick briefing on the big stories from the past two weeks:
January 5, 2026
Our Most-Read Stories of 2025
This year, StreetsblogMASS attained a notable milestone: since January, readers have visited our homepage and article webpages over one million times – a 15 percent increase over last year's website traffic.
December 29, 2025
New Trails to Look Forward To In 2026
Massachusetts opened over 40 miles' worth of new off-street trails in 2025, and more than a dozen new projects are expected to break ground in 2026.
December 23, 2025
Should the Orange Line to Roslindale Be The T’s Next Rapid Transit Expansion?
New housing, crowded buses, and underutilized commuter rail tracks help make the case to expand the Orange Line beyond Forest Hills, advocates argue.
December 19, 2025
