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Lawrence Project Will Complete An Off-Street Path From Merrimack River to NH Border
The Lawrence-Manchester Rail Trail project would activate a 1.4 mile stretch of the abandoned Boston and Maine railroad corridor in Lawrence, from Merrimack Street on the south side of the Merrimack River to the existing Methuen Rail Trail at the Methuen/Lawrence city line.
July 26, 2022
Public Bathroom Access An Undervalued But Necessary Element of Walking, Transit Infrastructure
Catarina De Albuquerque, chief officer of the United Nations Sanitation and Water for All, calls the dearth of public bathrooms “an ongoing sanitation crisis, and it highlights American inequality and marginalization.”
July 25, 2022
Uber and Lyft Ridership May Be Faring Even Worse Than Transit
In 2021, Uber and Lyft only carried 44 percent as many trips as they did in 2019, before the pandemic.
July 22, 2022
Return to Sender: Postal Service Changes its Mind on Gas-Powered Truck Purchases
The United States Postal Service — under fire from environmental groups — is no longer moving ahead with a plan to almost entirely replace its aging delivery fleet with gas-fueled trucks.
July 20, 2022
MBTA Board Updates: FTA Safety Directives, Hiring Challenges, and More Buses
Since the summer of 2020, when the T began advertising for new safety-related positions in response to a critical independent safety audit, 917 new hires have joined the agency, but 908 employees have quit or retired.
July 19, 2022
Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’
"Who's calling the shots at the T?" asked Sen. Brendan Crighton, the Co-Chair of the legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.
July 18, 2022
Travel Guide: Rails to Trails to Ice Cream
This Sunday is National Ice Cream Day – here's our guide to ice cream shops along the Northern Strand and Bruce Freeman trails.
July 15, 2022
Mass. Senate Revives Low-Income Fare Legislation
The low-income fare legislation still needs approval from the House of Representatives, whose leadership snubbed similar language when it voted on its own version of the bond bill last month.
July 15, 2022
Truck Driver Kills Cambridge Man Next to Symphony Hall in Boston
Massachusetts Avenue, a major north-south bike route between Cambridge, Back Bay, the South End, and Dorchester, features a paint-only bike lane at the site of the crash.
July 14, 2022
Advocates Lobby Senate for Low-Income Fares, E-Bikes In Transportation Bond Bill
The state’s bond bill authorizes public borrowing for new infrastructure projects, but transportation advocates hope that the legislation can also be a venue for the legislature to enact new policies and programs.
July 13, 2022
